As someone who has thousands of books, mostly detective fiction (and practically all of them signed first editions), I can sympathize with Mr. Fusilli. I especially enjoy James Lee Burke, Randy Wayne White, Nevada Barr, James W. Hall, William Kent Krueger, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Edna Buchanan and Julie Smith.
To: MississippiMalcontent
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To: MississippiMalcontent
Writing that monthly column for the Globe was easily the worse job I've ever had, Perhaps it was the worst. But I'm no expert on the English language :-)
3 posted on
07/07/2004 9:29:55 AM PDT by
glorgau
To: RadioAstronomer; RightWingAtheist
Bibliopath ping.
4 posted on
07/07/2004 9:33:49 AM PDT by
Physicist
To: MississippiMalcontent
Reading books for a LIVING? Yeah...that's one hard life this booklover would KILL to have.
How does one go about getting on the list of publishers as a Book Reviewer?
5 posted on
07/07/2004 9:45:34 AM PDT by
Portnoy
(Fahrenheit 451...Today's Temperature is hotter than you think...)
To: MississippiMalcontent
Welcome to FreeRepublic. Nice to have another book collector on board.
I don't read many mysteries (not the way my mom does, anyway), but I try to make time for them. Mostly I read classic mysteries, but I also enjoy some more modern fare, such as the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters.
6 posted on
07/07/2004 9:47:29 AM PDT by
Physicist
To: MississippiMalcontent
Am I supposed to feel sympathy for a guy who had a job of reading books for a living, and whose main problem was where to put all the free books he received from publishers? Boo bleeding hoo.
8 posted on
07/07/2004 11:19:58 AM PDT by
NYCVirago
To: MississippiMalcontent; Physicist
Here's a
fun little account of a critic(who happens to be a terrific writer in his own right) trying to review a book from memory, which points out some other trials and tribulations of the job.
11 posted on
07/07/2004 11:43:06 AM PDT by
RightWingAtheist
(Ni Jesus, Ni Marx..OUI REAGAN!)
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