Frank’s Comments (group member since Jan 13, 2009)

Frank’s comments from the UMF Mantor Library group.

I think I saw that there is an HBO movie now of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, just fyi.

My recommendation for a new foray into fiction would be something by Barbara Kingsolver - not mysteries, but she's a great writer who does take you into different people's lives/situations. Or, Paul Theroux's Mosquito Coast.

The first two were feeling out the character of Doc, and he was much more bloodthirsty than he later became. But, beginning at the beginning is always good. You can see where Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Superman came from after reading this series. The first one is called The Man of Bronze. There was a horrible movie made in the 70s about the character.

I have not read single books multiple times, but I read over 100 books from the Doc Savage series when I was a teen, and still have my collection of them. They were originally published as pulps during the 1930s, and reprinted by Bantam in the 60s and 70s. Frank