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Craig’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Craig’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Craig Pittman
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| I first heard about this debut novel by Aaron John Curtis in the Miami Herald Books FB group. Readers there were enthusiastic about it in part because the author worked as a bookseller at Books & Books, the Coral Gables-based indy store. Plus it had ...more | |
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"No Sunscreen For the Dead. Tim Dorsey. William Morrow, 2019. 336 pages. Book 22 of 26 in Serge Storms series.
Sadly, it's over. After three or four years, I've now read all 26 books of the Serge Storms books, and there will never be another one." Read more of this review » |
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| There's a new edition of this book available with an additional co-author, and the result is a terrific, well-illustrated, non-technical read for anyone who wants to know about Fort Mose, the first free Black settlement in North America. I particular ...more | |
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The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8)
by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
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Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
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| What a fascinating book! I learned to sing the "Hallelujah Chorus" with my high school choir and loved it so much that I participated in a couple of community "Messiah" sing-alongs, which were fun. But I had NO idea of all the drama that went into wr ...more | |
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"Pineapple Grenade. Tim Dorsey. William Morrow, 2012. 352 pages. Book 15 of 26, Serge Storms series.
This has definitely been a three-Serge Storms (or more, we'll see) kind of month. In his fifteenth adventure, Serge decides he wants to be a spy, so t" Read more of this review » |
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“Patriotic to the point of arrogance, quick to take offense at any seeming slight of his beloved country and government”
― The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
― The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
“To me this sums up life in Florida: surrounded by dangerous beauty, in way over our heads, pulled along by powerful forces, desperately grabbing for any lifeline.”
― Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
― Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
“I interviewed Buffalo Snot Lady, who showed the spirit of a true Floridian. The whole time smelly beasts were painting her with mucus, she said, her one thought was, “I am going to die today, but isn’t this awesome?”
― Oh, Florida!: Inside America's Strangest State and How It's Shaping the Country
― Oh, Florida!: Inside America's Strangest State and How It's Shaping the Country
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“It is interesting to note that St. Augustine began to document the identity of its landladies and the location of its brothels only when it enacted its first ordinances outlawing prostitution in the late 1800s. Up until that time, prostitution and brothels were simply “business as usual” in the city and deemed invisible to polite society. Even after passage of laws making the businesses illegal, law enforcement took the stance that brothels were to be raided now and then to assure the public that the city was enforcing the laws, but as was true in the cases against Blanche Altavilla, very few convictions were sustained and no brothels were actually shut down. After all, the judges, the sheriffs and the men who constituted the juries were mostly longtime customers.”
― Wicked St. Augustine
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Hi! Thanks for your kind words. Hope you enjoy the book -- and please, post a review here on Goodreads! --Craig
Craig, I read the review by Kent Russell for your new book Oh, Florida! in Sunday's New York Times. Congratulations! As a fellow Floridian [adopted, 28 years ago to the month] I certainly appreciate our weirdness… though perhaps "appreciate" is not quite the right word for some of it.
Right here in Palm Beach County we've lost count how many public officials have been arrested for corruption, for one example. I guess I should be glad there are still a few prosecutors and judges willing to bring miscreants to justice, if that's what you call it. On the other hand, there are other judges, such as in the Jeffrey Epstein case, more than willing to let a Palm Beach sexual predator who has friends in high places, negotiate his freedom with only a feeble slap to the wrist.
But I digress. As you know all too well, we could swap stories from now until forever about the "greed, chicanery and heartbreaking irony" endemic in Florida. We could also have this chat while walking along the algae covered beachfront.
Again, congratulations. I'll be heading out to the bookstore.
