tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post7495472512067157401..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: This week: the usual suspectsStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-8247787364331649422016-02-11T14:48:13.198-06:002016-02-11T14:48:13.198-06:00Yes, I know Martin Guerre...... and the book I'...Yes, I know Martin Guerre...... and the book I'm reading is nothing like that [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-73736071074961307932016-02-10T20:42:58.401-06:002016-02-10T20:42:58.401-06:00Sounds a bit like Martin Guerre, only...not mediev...Sounds a bit like Martin Guerre, only...not medieval, and not French. Are you familiar with that case? My French history prof had perverse enthusiasm for showing a movie based on it to his Historical Methods classes. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-54912602163075877562016-02-09T14:48:28.154-06:002016-02-09T14:48:28.154-06:00Contemporary as published in 2007.... and a novel ...Contemporary as published in 2007.... and a novel about a guy's sister who disappears in the woods only for the guy who supposedly 'died' with her to show up dead 20 years later... and 20 years older.... CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-62711585869742925442016-02-09T07:14:55.922-06:002016-02-09T07:14:55.922-06:00Contemporary crime? Is it the documentation of a m...Contemporary crime? Is it the documentation of a murder, or something more analytical? <br /><br />(Just received 2001: A Space Odyssey as both a book and a DVD. Don't be surprised to see a new Reeds to Reels posting in the next month or so.. ;-))Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-1729249728256877332016-02-09T07:11:51.225-06:002016-02-09T07:11:51.225-06:00It's especially bad when I'm charged with ...It's especially bad when I'm charged with buying new books and see hundreds of new offerings!Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-11341265563375668892016-02-08T15:01:07.480-06:002016-02-08T15:01:07.480-06:004 books to be reviewed. 2 fiction (SF & Classi...4 books to be reviewed. 2 fiction (SF & Classic crime), 1 history and 1 science (where I was getting my Brian Cox quotes from). Presently reading a contemporary crime novel during the week and concentrating on a history of Prussia at weekends because it's just too heavy to lug into work every day! More science and German history to come and then I have a few political books (from the Left of course) and a few surprises in store.... [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-50968352471869233592016-02-08T09:24:49.090-06:002016-02-08T09:24:49.090-06:00I'm again (as always) intrigued by your book r...I'm again (as always) intrigued by your book reviews/postings. And it belatedly occurs to me that your career means you must be like the kid in the candy shop. Life among books must be your dream job.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com