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[Paul]

Yes, i've had a rush of blood to the head today. Here's another review . Read it a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bryan]

I'm now reading this months group read:

[Nancy]

Bryan wrote: "I'm now reading this months group read: "

Excellent choice, Bryan!

[Paul]

Started

[Paul]

Finished a week or so ago. here's my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Russ]

Just started Remo Went Rogue

[Bryan]

Just got done with our pick of the month started reading after reading all the rave reviews. Check out my review of Rage in Harlem here:
http://everythingnoir.com/2015/03/15/...

[Paul]

Just finished . Very good. Natch.

Started .

[Paul]

Charles Willeford's The Shark-Infested Custard.

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "Just finished . Very good. Natch.

Started ."

McCoy is one of my favorite writers, and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? is on my lifetime best books list. I had my real-life book group read it and our discussion on that book lasted about 3 hours.

[Paul]

Started

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "Started "

Did you finish McCoy already? That was quick!

[Paul]

Nancy wrote: "Paul wrote: "Started "

Did you finish McCoy already? That was quick!"

Reading in tandem Nancy.

[Algernon (Darth Anyan), Hard-Boiled]

started and quickly finished the second Charlie Hardie book: .
It was intense and ultra violent, but not unexpcted, after the mayhem of Fun & Games.

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Leaning toward the pulp rather than noir side of things, I'm really enjoying Weasels Ripped My Flesh!



I highly recommend this one!

[Paul]

Algernon wrote: "started and quickly finished the second Charlie Hardie book: .
It was intense and ultra violent, but not unexpcted, after the mayhem of Fun & Games."

Duane Swierczynski is on my TBR list. His books look great.

[Algernon (Darth Anyan), Hard-Boiled]

Paul wrote: "Algernon wrote: "started and quickly finished the second Charlie Hardie book: .
It was intense and ultra violent, but not unexpcted, after the mayhem of Fun & Games..."

Think Die Hard on steroids.

[Paul]

Algernon wrote: "Paul wrote: "Algernon wrote: "started and quickly finished the second Charlie Hardie book: .
It was intense and ultra violent, but not unexpcted, after the mayhem o..."

Ha, awesome!

[Bryan]

I just got done with my full review is here:

http://everythingnoir.com/2015/03/26/...

Gone to start tonight!

[Bryan]

This was a great short pulpy fun read. Now I'm on to

[Still]

Melki wrote: "Leaning toward the pulp rather than noir side of things, I'm really enjoying Weasels Ripped My Flesh!



I highly recommend this one!"

Josh Alan Friedman - I need this one!

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Still wrote: "Melki wrote: "Leaning toward the pulp rather than noir side of things, I'm really enjoying Weasels Ripped My Flesh!



I highly recommend this one!"

Josh Alan Friedman - I need th..."

I found this one while looking for books by Bruce Jay Friedman.

[Still]

Melki wrote: "

I found this one while looking for books by Bruce Jay Friedman. "


Yeah- his dad edited men's "sweat mags" back in the late 50s -early 60s. Before he became an acclaimed novelist and screen writer.
Very talented family, those Friedmans.

[Paul]

Thanks for the 'heads-up' on Josh Alan Friedman. Just got my hands on a copy of . Looks good.

[William]

Gunning for Angels by Cathy Lewis. A fun novel about long lost daughters who are both unwanted and wanted too much. . . Good characters and some really fine writing. Just started "Mosh it Up" based on a recommendation from a friend. . .Before Angels I finished "The Lady Killer" by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding and "Getaway" by Lisa Brackman. Am going to do Mike Miner's "Prodigal Sons" next, followed by "Knuckleball" (Tom Pitts) and "Jesus Saves, Satan Invests" by Todd Mohr. . .

[Simon]

I've been reading Alfred Hitchcock's Skull Session, an anthology of crime/horror short stories by various authors but selected and compiled by Hitch himself, who wrote the introduction.

The stories vary quite a bit in style and quality, but a surprisingly amount of them revolve around marital infidelity and business rivalry as motivating the psychological mind games driving the main conflicts in the stories. Among the authors are not just usual suspects like Robert Bloch and I think also Patricia Highsmith, but also Donald Westlake and Jack Webb of "Dragnet" fame.

I've also been reading A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe. Technically not really crime fiction, but books like this are part of the genre's "cultural DNA" so to speak. It basically plays like a really violent soap opera set in a dysfunctional upper-class family interrupted by ghost hauntings strongly hinted to be faked, with a very fast-moving plot and huge cast of characters manipulating each other that gets extremely confusing considering the short length of the novel. It's the kind of novel where there's either a traumatic revelation from a main character's backstory or a dramatic death every chapter, and lots of flowery descriptions of either people's emotional lives as well as the extremely beautiful clothing, architecture and landscapes everyone is surrounded by.

I actually sorta miss that type of unselfconscious weirdo storytelling it's usually hard for modern writers to replicate, it at first comes across as rather ridiculous to a 21st century reader but it is extremely entertaining and even well though out as it's still clear that the author knows exactly what she is doing.

[Nancy]

Simon wrote: "I've been reading Alfred Hitchcock's Skull Session, an anthology of crime/horror short stories by various authors but selected and compiled by Hitch himself, who wrote the introductio..."

I love those old Gothic novels. They may seem ridiculous, but they're great.

[Paul]

Finished . Very good, though i've seen the movie starring Bogart & Bacall, so i already knew the story.

Started last night. Seems i'm stuck on a Noir binge. And loving it!

[Algernon (Darth Anyan), Hard-Boiled]

I am a fan of Bacall and Bogart, but I think I liked the book version of Dark Passage better.

[Paul]

Algernon wrote: "I am a fan of Bacall and Bogart, but I think I liked the book version of Dark Passage better."

I agree Alg. The building of Parry's fear & paranoia in the book are much more evident than the movie. I think tears of fear & tension would have been asking too much of Bogie:) The movie did seem to remain faithful to the book, in most regards.

[Nancy]

Currently reading The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing. So far, an excellent read.

[Franky]

Nancy wrote: "Currently reading The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing. So far, an excellent read."

Same here :)

[Bryan]

I just watched and reviewed the movie The Big Clock. check it out here:

http://everythingnoir.com/2015/03/31/...

Great movie, I want to check out the book soon.

[Bryan]

Just got done with All the Wrong Places very interesting and different from most noir fiction. Check out my full review of this book here:

http://everythingnoir.com/2015/04/02/...

Now I'm on to Tussinland.

[Paul]

Started .

[Nancy]

Definitely not my favorite of his books, but still quite good.

[Paul]

Nancy wrote: "Definitely not my favorite of his books, but still quite good."

I read 'Dark Passage' a couple of weeks ago Nancy, but i broke my cardinal rule & watched the movie with Bogart & Bacall before reading the book. Although there were a couple of minor differences between the two, i think i would have enjoyed it more had i not watched the movie prior to reading the book. Duh. It was still enjoyable though.
I'm really enjoying 'Nightfall'. Not knowing the story's conclusion helps:)

[Michael]

Just finished The Martian by Andy Weir. Excellent!

Just started Sunday Nights at Seven by Jack Benny.

[Paul]

The Martian is on my TBR list. Looks good.

Quite timely considering talk of sending a team of people on a one-way trip to Mars.

[Bryan]

The Martian is very good, can't wait for the movie, looks like top notch crew making it.

[Franky]

Bryan wrote: "I just watched and reviewed the movie The Big Clock. check it out here:

http://everythingnoir.com/2015/03/31/...

Great movie, I want to check out the book soon."

Love your review of The Big Clock. I'll have to go watch it again. It's been awhile. Now that I read the book, it seem to remember it being quite different from the book.

[Bryan]

Franky wrote: "Bryan wrote: "I just watched and reviewed the movie The Big Clock. check it out here:

http://everythingnoir.com/2015/03/31/...

Great movie, I want to check out the book soon."
..."

Thanks for checking out my review.

[Bryan]

If you guys are looking for a new pulp noir check out
My full review is here:
http://everythingnoir.com/2015/04/06/...

I'm on to some more Block

[Paul]

Starting American Skin

[Nancy]

Finished Simenon's The Engagement - stunning novel.

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "The Engagement was made into a French movie called Monsieur Hire. I watched it some twenty five years ago and it still sticks with me. A tragic story. I almost don't want to watch it again because ..."

After reading the novel, which was absolutely tragic, I'm not sure I could watch the movie -- if it sticks to the book, seeing what happens will be devastating.

[Paul]

Finished . Maybe a review to follow.

Started Sunset and Sawdust

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "Nancy - I never saw the ending coming. And the ending is like you described - devastating. Give it a watch because it is really well filmed. It's directed by a guy named Patrice Leconte who has mad..."

Thanks -- I bought the movie yesterday. Now I'll wait for an appropriate time (when I can use a good cry) to watch it. :)

[Michael]

Just finished Sunday Nights at Seven by Jack Benny. So-so.

[Algernon (Darth Anyan), Hard-Boiled]

started , by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. It is a lecture touched with sadness, as I am getting very close to the end of the ten book series featuring the Stockholm Murder Team Chief, Martin Beck. Interestingly, in this 9th book, I found some characters from the very first one (Roseanna) and from later on - a sign that the authors did plan the whole arc in advance.