What are you currently reading?

[Bogey]

Second time in past two years:

[Ken B]

Second time in past two years:

Read the Parkers?

[Bogey]

Read the Parkers?

We'll do.

[Ken B]

We'll do.

Uneven but usually enjoyable. Deadly Edge is the best.

[Bogey]

Uneven but usually enjoyable. Deadly Edge is the best.

This one above is an incredible crime/"noir" type read.  I feel like I am watching an excellent film from the genre.  Its original title was The Mercenaries and I believe it was re-titled once again as The Cutie.

https://www.amazon.com/Cutie-Hard-Case-Crime-Book-ebook/dp/B005O0ZSDU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466505335&sr=8-1&keywords=westlake+cutie

You need to read this one, Ken if you have not.  I'm 100 pages in after a day  and cannot wait to get back to it later.

[Ken B]

This one above is an incredible crime/"noir" type read.  I feel like I am watching an excellent film from the genre.  Its original title was The Mercenaries and I believe it was re-titled once again as The Cutie.

https://www.amazon.com/Cutie-Hard-Case-Crime-Book-ebook/dp/B005O0ZSDU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466505335&sr=8-1&keywords=westlake+cutie

You need to read this one, Ken if you have not.  I'm 100 pages in after a day  and cannot wait to get back to it later.

No, have not read that one. I've read a lot of DEW though!
That one is available from my library as an audiobook ...

[Bogey]

Before the movie, there was

[Karl Henning]

Well, I had never heard about this.  But, we wouldn't have expected me to.

"More barn!"

[NikF]

I'm in the gym and waiting for a bench. I knew it would be busy so I brought a book which I'm reading while alternately checking out the women and sneering at the hoi polloi.



You might have seen the film based on the book http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049291/

[andolink]

This is turning out to be significantly better than I expected.

[Ken B]

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One of several on the go. Another is Likelihood by Edwards.

[AndyD.]

A terrific run, one of the best for this title.

[Bogey]

Before the movie, there was

A lot of the movie was within....some differences, but it was a fun read.  FWIW, Marilyn's character in the book was a redhead.

TD:



Picked this up for the McGinnis artwork on the front.  Same guy that did all the Bond Thunderball art.  There are 80 or so of these Mason novels out there, so thought I would give one a go.

[AndyD.]

I read this over and over, probably my favorite fiction writer.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

[Drasko]

A terrific run, one of the best for this title.

Superhero comics are not really my cup of tea, but Kurt Busiek had also a phenomenal run on Dark Horse's Conan, with equally superb artist Cary Nord. Unfortunately none of the subsequent writers (or artists) was anywhere near in quality, brief return of legend that is Roy Thomas was saddled with some truly awful art. But those first five trade paperbacks by Busiek/Nord (mostly) are definitely worth reading.

[Karl Henning]

I read this over and over, probably my favorite fiction writer.

I need to revisit Братья Карамазовы.  I have (not that I could have read it when I was a schoolboy) a sort of schoolboyish fondness for Crime & Punishment.  But the two books I should have to clutch to my breast as I drift toward that proverbial desert island are The Possessed (monumental downer of a catastrophe though it is) and The Idiot.

[AndyD.]

Superhero comics are not really my cup of tea, but Kurt Busiek had also a phenomenal run on Dark Horse's Conan, with equally superb artist Cary Nord. Unfortunately none of the subsequent writers (or artists) was anywhere near in quality, brief return of legend that is Roy Thomas was saddled with some truly awful art. But those first five trade paperbacks by Busiek/Nord (mostly) are definitely worth reading.

Hi Draško, great to hear from you! Busiek and Nord did CONAN?  I love Conan! I have to pick those books up. I so loved the Roy Thomas years, John Buscema was a great artist for the character imo. That was my favorite for Conan comics, by far.

I need to revisit Братья Карамазовы.  I have (not that I could have read it when I was a schoolboy) a sort of schoolboyish fondness for Crime & Punishment.  But the two books I should have to clutch to my breast as I drift toward that proverbial desert island are The Possessed (monumental downer of a catastrophe though it is) and The Idiot.

All very amazing, but my favorite (non philosophy) book by anybody is probably The Idiot. I never got over that prince as a character. An amazing story.

[Drasko]

Hi Draško, great to hear from you! Busiek and Nord did CONAN?  I love Conan! I have to pick those books up. I so loved the Roy Thomas years, John Buscema was a great artist for the character imo. That was my favorite for Conan comics, by far.

Yes, Thomas and Buscema in The Savage Sword of Conan, black and white, large magazine format with no censorship. Grew up on those!

Here's Busiek / Nord:

vol.0 Not by Nord but still excellent
vol.1
vol.2
vol.3
vol.4
vol.5

[AndyD.]

Yes, Thomas and Buscema in The Savage Sword of Conan, black and white, large magazine format with no censorship. Grew up on those!

Here's Busiek / Nord:

vol.0 Not by Nord but still excellent
vol.1
vol.2
vol.3
vol.4
vol.5

Oh no! I just ordered no.1...I'll have to grab 0 next. See? Mention Busiek and Conan to me and I'm all over it lol. And THANKS!