tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post2650128023470121250..comments2024-02-08T00:28:09.810-08:00Comments on Big Beat From Badsville: It's Alternative World Book NightDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-1012626195400564922011-03-09T12:18:05.304-08:002011-03-09T12:18:05.304-08:00Ooooh... when I read the books, I always picture a...Ooooh... when I read the books, I always picture a Scottish actor called Jake D'Arcy. He's one of those character actors with a "where have I seen you before?" face.jimbairnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-77260496122674965462011-03-08T14:10:40.941-08:002011-03-08T14:10:40.941-08:00Michael - you're in the hat for the Eddie Mull...Michael - you're in the hat for the Eddie Muller!<br /><br />Jim - hmmmmm - that's a toughie - what do you think?<br /><br />Laura - I loved The Last Llanelli Train - good call. And you're in the hat.<br /><br />Douglas - you are most welcome. I'm re-reading all the Barney stories so that I can ask you intelligent questions at Crimefest :o)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-90188343684158382692011-03-06T11:57:34.979-08:002011-03-06T11:57:34.979-08:00Donna,
Just noticed that you'd included Long M...Donna,<br />Just noticed that you'd included Long Midnight in your alternative World Book Night, and said some very nice things about it. Thank you very much.<br />See you in May!<br />xDouglas Lindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-33199596359637177662011-03-06T10:51:19.146-08:002011-03-06T10:51:19.146-08:00As Mancunian born and bred, I'll put in a bid ...As Mancunian born and bred, I'll put in a bid for Corned Beef Sandwich.<br /><br />Now in terms of a alternative WBN book - I would suggest The Last Llanelli Train by Robert Lewis - downer than downbeat Welsh noir.LauraRootnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-14513034658882370982011-03-06T05:05:01.863-08:002011-03-06T05:05:01.863-08:00I still remember the sheer glee I had when I first...I still remember the sheer glee I had when I first read LONG MIDNIGHT - an absolute stoatir of a book that was easily my favourite book of that year. CUTTING EDGE is almost as good and while subsequent sequels have, inevitably, suffered in comparison they're all worth seeking out. Barney deserves to be much better known!!<br /><br />Now, who'd play him in the BBC TV adaptation?jimbairnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-67706752069063822612011-03-06T02:47:44.147-08:002011-03-06T02:47:44.147-08:00Eddie Muller's The Distance sounds like someth...Eddie Muller's The Distance sounds like something I'd really enjoy.<br /><br />And how GOOD is Daniel Woodrell. I've gotta get me a copy of the Bayou Trilogy when it comes out.<br /><br />I'm a wee bit behind on this WBD thing. Still haven't made my "alternative" choice. But dinnae fret, Our Donna. It will be up on my blog by tomorrow night.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-8216364346468265682011-03-06T02:29:42.977-08:002011-03-06T02:29:42.977-08:00I think that's a great idea! I hope people are...I think that's a great idea! I hope people are encouraged to read by all of this book giving away goodness. I always give my books away after I read them. If I realy want them back I put my name inside the cover and eventually they make their way home. Others I just luanch out into the ocean and who knows where they will end up. Books sitting on a shelf are dead.<br />Go on - pass them on - antyime not just on Wold Book Night!Fiona Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327414379413053096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-81274678305234931702011-03-06T02:16:09.372-08:002011-03-06T02:16:09.372-08:00Thanks Patti - I loved GO WITH ME - great book.
B...Thanks Patti - I loved GO WITH ME - great book.<br /><br />Bobbie - you're right - Daniel Woodrell is a genius. I've read the trilogy (in individual books, of course) and love the character of Rene Shade. I was hoping you might pick Woodrell :o) Thanks so much.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-73930338806472288602011-03-05T12:15:52.107-08:002011-03-05T12:15:52.107-08:00Donna, please put me in the running for Douglas Li...Donna, please put me in the running for Douglas Lindsay's book The Long Midnight of Barney Thompson...my dad was a barber and I love Glasgow, and I'm off my heed at times.<br /> :-)<br /><br />I've had a time trying to decide which, also. After trying and trying to decide, I guess I'll choose one of my top favourite authors, his first works are 3 mysteries set in Louisiana and I am not sure I know anyone other than me who has read them (although I suspect you have?). But now they are being reissued in a set of three, so my winner will actually get three books! It's called THE BAYOU TRILOGY by Daniel Woodrell and includes BRIGHT LIGHTS, MUSCLE FOR THE WING, and THE ONES YOU DO. Rene Shade is an ex-boxer, now a police detective in rural Louisiana's Cajun country and he has issues of course. There's violence and heart, great plotting, and the man writes like no one else-spare and yet the words and people will stay with one, for a good while. "Woodrell injects Shade's life and various cases with both humor and brutal violence...There's poetry in Woodrell's mayhem, each novel—and scene—full of gritty and memorable Cajun details." from Publisher's Weekly and I totally agree! Though many have heard of Woodrell, he still is not as well known as he should be, and many who know his stellar work do not know of these three mysteries at all, have never heard of Rene Shade and this series. One last caveat: This trilogy is not published till late April, so even though you win, I will not be shipping it till then. And if no one wants them, I'll add them beside the really old beat up used ones I bought in the 90's, new and old versions. :-)<br /><br />This is fun, thanks Donna for doing this!<br />BobbieBobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489240376198748579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-61880232887192291112011-03-05T09:43:36.648-08:002011-03-05T09:43:36.648-08:00Tonight at 8:30 EST
http://pattinase.blogspot.com
...Tonight at 8:30 EST<br />http://pattinase.blogspot.com<br />Never have figured out how to give the exact URL until it publishes and I won't be home.<br /><br />GO WITH ME, Castle Freemanpattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com