tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post6746789557479382277..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: Prima Aprilis!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-33575631250190182582011-10-26T14:22:02.334-04:002011-10-26T14:22:02.334-04:00I attempted to read two of Bush's books and co...I attempted to read two of Bush's books and couldn't finish either of them. The first one (THE CASE OF THE MAGIC MIRROR, a very hard to find title that Nick Fuller ended up buying from me in an eBay auction) was just dull for most of the story but I admit to skipping to the end to find out how it all worked out. It was only then that I discovered the story had something in common with Christie's THREE-ACT TRAGEDY. The other was another rare title (THE CASE OF THE THREE STRANGE FACES) that took place on a train but was just too rambling for me to care about it and I closed the book after Chapter Three and never finished it. If ever I come across ...APRIL FOOLS I may pick it up. My rule is “Three strikes - you're out!” and I never return to an author after that. Bush has one last chance with me and this title may be it.<br /><br />I'm envious of the Canadian university interlibrary loan services! Chicago Public Library has an interlibrary loan service that is next to useless if you're not in academia. Everything I've ever wanted to read when I resorted to interlibrary loan was held in university libraries in Michigan or Wisconsin and none of them were allowed to go out to regular citizens like me. If I were an academic doing research it would all be a different story. Mere book reviews for a blog are not considered real research. Bah!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-37796489958680276272011-10-26T11:54:05.374-04:002011-10-26T11:54:05.374-04:00TomCat, I've almost finished BLACK ORCHIDS, an...TomCat, I've almost finished BLACK ORCHIDS, and NOT QUITE DEAD ENOUGH is chronologically the next in the series. (You may recall that I started reading the series in order, although a mistake in ordering and a brief excursion to THE DOORBELL RANG somewhat spoiled that.) Conveniently, I have all of Stout's Wolfe books as audiobooks. Two minutes to transfer the next entry to my MP3 player, and hour of class, and then I will have started it. :)<br /><br />But then again, maybe I shouldn't blaze through only Stout. After all, there are other authors I have in audiobook form. There's Margery Allingham, Catherine Aird, and even one or two entries by one Paul Doherty...<br /><br />Life is cruel to me, with all these choices. :)Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-52399978478634962672011-10-26T11:45:53.753-04:002011-10-26T11:45:53.753-04:00Oh you lucky you!
I sometimes really despise this...Oh you lucky you!<br /><br />I sometimes really despise this country, with its useless, up-to-date libraries and bookstores. Would it kill them to stock writers like Bush, Rhode and Connington? But that's a angry rant for another time and at least there came something special in the mail today. :)<br /><br />And if you're reading/listening to Rex Stout, give <i>Not Quite Dead Enough</i> a shot. It has Stout, Wolfe and Archie at their best and the titular story shows them as you've never seen them before. My favorite novellas from the corpus.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-51843972657289105742011-10-26T07:23:45.990-04:002011-10-26T07:23:45.990-04:00It's all thanks to the University of Waterloo&...It's all thanks to the University of Waterloo's interlibrary loan service, aka RACER. This actually came all the way from the University of Alberta, along with the Connington!!!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-68243058490515327142011-10-26T05:36:30.600-04:002011-10-26T05:36:30.600-04:00Good review, Patrick! I've read only one of Bu...Good review, Patrick! I've read only one of Bush's detective novels, which was a disappointing and forgettable experience, but this is an enticing review and a convenient excuse to reacquaint myself with this obscure mystery writer. Unfortunately, for me, I have enough on my plate as it is. Oh well...<br /><br />However, I do feel a pang of envy that you're reading Connington's <i>Case with Nine Solutions</i>. So unfair!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com