tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post970996872481773357..comments2024-02-08T00:28:09.810-08:00Comments on Big Beat From Badsville: Back In The Land of The Almost LivingDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-21813497195412255962009-10-20T18:52:37.794-07:002009-10-20T18:52:37.794-07:00Vince - thank you :o) I have a few more panel post...Vince - thank you :o) I have a few more panel posts which I will write up over the next few days. Glad you've enjoyed them.<br /><br />Bernadette - Megan Abbott and Christa Faust were great on panels I went to but I already have everything they've written :o) Of the other female authors I saw on panelsor whose books I enjoy, I was tempted by Sophie Littlefield's book, could not find Barbara Fister's new one in the bookroom, or anything by Frankie Bailey. I already have (or couldn't find one I didn't in the bookroom) Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Lisa Cody, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Lauren Henderson and Cara Black.<br /><br />At conventions I tend to concentrate on spur of the moment 'new to me authors I saw on panels' purchases, or big favourites I can't wait to buy at home.<br /><br />Thinking about it (jetlagged and at 3am when I should be asleep as I have work tomorrow), I would have to say that of my top 20 favourite authors there are only maybe 5 women though. I never actually think about it, just buy what I like :o)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-35063439367911597952009-10-20T18:30:42.062-07:002009-10-20T18:30:42.062-07:00What struck me was that all but one of your haul w...What struck me was that all but one of your haul were written by men. Given many of them are older books it's not surprising but it's nice to see we've come a little way since the 'old' days. I think any haul of modern crime, even the hard boiled stuff, would have a few more women like Megan Abbott and Gillian Flynn.<br /><br />As for what to read next I found the first line of GO WITH ME the most compelling so I look forward to your thoughts on that.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-73569905427201102952009-10-20T16:12:55.206-07:002009-10-20T16:12:55.206-07:00I'm loving these posts, Donna. Please keep the...I'm loving these posts, Donna. Please keep them coming.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473441336451528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-22992745495658402072009-10-20T14:42:09.134-07:002009-10-20T14:42:09.134-07:00John - I love the pulps and always pick up a few a...John - I love the pulps and always pick up a few at Bouchercon - the old ones were $1 each :o) I'm really enjoying TOWER.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-63997968306563880732009-10-20T12:11:23.119-07:002009-10-20T12:11:23.119-07:00I read Tower on the plane home too. Great book.
...I read Tower on the plane home too. Great book. <br /><br />And A Taste for Ashes is good too. I think I have a signed copy of that around here somewhere. Haven't read Halo yet. And The Blind Pig is great. What made you pick up all the pulp stuff?<br /><br />Tower reminds me of the old pulps too. Short, violent, dark. Good stuff.John Purcellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-81551733579811012162009-10-20T11:25:22.986-07:002009-10-20T11:25:22.986-07:00Keith - yep, I'm a big Jim Thompson fan, and I...Keith - yep, I'm a big Jim Thompson fan, and I will definitely get around to BOULEVARD very soon - it looks excellent.<br /><br />Neil - you big softie :o) No worries on the signing front. I was sorry I didn't get to see you later, but it was good to get to see you at all - as is always the case with Bouchercon, there were several people I really wanted to see and never managed to.<br /><br />Bookwitch - I decided that it was only worthwhile justifying what someone else had bought for me. Justifying my OWN purchases was a non-starter :o)<br /><br />Dad - mother is correct - he is indeed the skinny fellow on the advertisements, but he's better known as...oh, never mind :o)And I cannot believe my father just uttered the word fetishism, but yes, I was that chain wearing punk girl :o)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-56536002619323655582009-10-20T11:15:54.670-07:002009-10-20T11:15:54.670-07:00Mum thinks Iggy Pop is that skinny fellow on the a...Mum thinks Iggy Pop is that skinny fellow on the advertisements, I do not want to incriminate myself (we do not have the fifth ammendment in this country) As for punk, I seem to remember a girl wearing chains some years back, no, not into fetishism. All I can say, is Yuk!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-32004827949374054532009-10-20T10:57:36.883-07:002009-10-20T10:57:36.883-07:00I noticed you stopped explaining away your choices...I noticed you stopped explaining away your choices to your Mum and Dad after a while...<br /><br />Books AND shoes! No wonder you were overweight. In the nicest possible way.<br /><br />Throw a dart at the pile and see what it hits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-88934083663125896402009-10-20T10:56:48.866-07:002009-10-20T10:56:48.866-07:00Hey, I was supposed to sign your books, wasn't...Hey, I was supposed to sign your books, wasn't I? Sorry I missed you later on. <br /><br />Dark and twisted and perverted and scared of spiders. That's me.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540129844427544282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-54260769822731462842009-10-20T10:46:15.059-07:002009-10-20T10:46:15.059-07:00Manifesto for the dead is awesome (and a super qui...Manifesto for the dead is awesome (and a super quick read.)if you're a Thompson fanatic (and even if you're not.) and then give Boulevard a roll. I've been eying it for the past couple of weeks and I'd like to get some else's opinion on it before I shell out the 25 bucksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827652636843928373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-36153522995393586472009-10-20T10:22:16.153-07:002009-10-20T10:22:16.153-07:00Martyn - I might read the Stansberry then and then...Martyn - I might read the Stansberry then and then I can e-mail you about it :o) It was great to see you too. That was one of my favourite evenings - despite the sore feet, the scary underpass and the fact that I nearly wee'd myself - what fun :o)<br /><br />Dec - as someone else said to me - "it's a shoe-in" :o)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780558832861165256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-9758248918284189352009-10-20T09:46:25.650-07:002009-10-20T09:46:25.650-07:00Hi Donna -
"A heel was the weapon - and a he...Hi Donna -<br /><br />"A heel was the weapon - and a heel the victim." How could you NOT go for that one?<br /><br />Although the fictional memoir of Jim Thompson sounds like a dinger, too ...<br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130397031953077904.post-75877526944477926272009-10-20T09:46:00.559-07:002009-10-20T09:46:00.559-07:00How come you found the good books? Every time I w...How come you found the good books? Every time I went to the room I couldn't find anything I wanted or got stopped by self published self publicisers. Next though, I'd go for Halo in Brass. Not as good as The Taste of Ashes by the same author but still worth your time. Or Manifesto for Murder because them I'll have someone to talk to about it.<br /><br />By the way, did I say how great it was to see you? See you soon.<br /><br />MxMartyn Waiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916409975713900808noreply@blogger.com