tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post4579160042349860140..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: 2012 Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge: Challenge AcceptedPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-69840787877998870562011-11-22T12:50:57.756-05:002011-11-22T12:50:57.756-05:00Nothing like a bit of hubris to lighten up the moo...Nothing like a bit of hubris to lighten up the mood... ;)<br /><br />I believe it is a novella, but it has been published on its own, which is why I included it. Though of course I would read the entire collection while I was at it.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-41264619383407937072011-11-22T12:42:02.986-05:002011-11-22T12:42:02.986-05:00"Now, naturally, if I’d know about it and sig..."Now, naturally, if I’d know about it and signed up, I would have won hands-down... "<br /><br />Wow, big ego already? ;^) There's no question you can complete the challenge in less than a year, but as for any type of champion I'd give the prize to someone else. We were all left in the dust of that holy terror on wheels, the manic speed reading Becky at Becky's Book Reviews who read 19 Christies, 4 Sayers, and one Marsh in nine weeks. That averages out to a little more than two and half books per day! It's damn impressive. She must have no real life or job.<br /><br />P.S. Isn't "The Lamp of God" a short story? Are you reading the entire short story collection that the story appears in?J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-41707137963512728712011-11-20T16:04:18.729-05:002011-11-20T16:04:18.729-05:00TomCat, as long as you don't beat me to writin...TomCat, as long as you don't beat me to writing about an impossible crime novel I'm itching to get at, you'll be forgiven...<br /><br />Sergio, I have to agree-- I didn't join this year's challenge because I only found out about it well into the year, but I do look forward to this one...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-11084890026492593522011-11-20T13:12:03.644-05:002011-11-20T13:12:03.644-05:00You probably won't like this, but there's ...You probably won't like this, but there's a title on your list that coincidently turned up next in the queue over here. Do you want to know now or curse me when the review is posted? <br /><br />By the way, good themes and selection of titles! Looking forward to your thoughts on these books. I'm thinking of creating a second miscellaneous category, but have no idea yet what the theme will be.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-90321210348531667532011-11-20T08:08:36.824-05:002011-11-20T08:08:36.824-05:00Some great choices there mate - 2012 is already lo...Some great choices there mate - 2012 is already looking extremely productive I would say ...Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-47315443496152030122011-11-19T22:53:59.150-05:002011-11-19T22:53:59.150-05:00I've read the Gilbert book...pre-blogging days...I've read the Gilbert book...pre-blogging days, so I don't have an actual review. But I do remember that I liked it.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-60062726238096544372011-11-19T22:12:53.986-05:002011-11-19T22:12:53.986-05:00Thanks for commenting, Les and Bev! "The Devi...Thanks for commenting, Les and Bev! "The Devil in Velvet" will be a re-read for me, but a re-read I'd be glad to indulge in. Plus it rounded up my themes nicely without my having to resort to a book that I badly want to read as soon as I can...<br /><br />Glad you both liked the list-- I particularly wanted to include Margaret Millar ("How Like an Angel" was brilliant, and though I just read it so I can't use it for the "angel" list, I was able to use it for the title) as well as Gladys Mitchell (loved "Death at the Opera", but others have distracted me from her output). I've similarly disregarded Ellery Queen-- I can hardly believe that I've yet to review one of Queen's books on the blog!<br /><br />Gilbert, Charteris, and the Lockridges will be entirely new authors to me, and I picked Gilbert's book based on a reference to it in Curt Evans' "Was Corinne's Murder Fairly Clued?".Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-16144147540779679852011-11-19T19:10:06.766-05:002011-11-19T19:10:06.766-05:00Oh, goody! I just knew you could come up with a g...Oh, goody! I just knew you could come up with a good one after reading so many of your comments at Les's blog. And so many that I haven't read!Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-85150773594520157082011-11-19T18:26:37.799-05:002011-11-19T18:26:37.799-05:00Looks like a couple of great lists, Patrick. You h...Looks like a couple of great lists, Patrick. You have some of my favorites on there - Qu8een's "The Lamp of God" is one of the most ingenious impossible crime mysteries ever, and Innes was never better than he was with "Lament for a Maker." Wallace, Lockridge, Mitchell...great choices!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com