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Rooter was at once the most difficult and the most helpful of the pequeninos.

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Dakota by Kathleen Norris

Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

December 15, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Speaker for the Dead – 4/5 Stars This is the direct sequel to Ender’s Game, in that it’s an Ender book, doesn’t stay on Earth with Bean and Peter like other later books, and is the book that Card wrote right after Ender’s Game. It’s also one of those books I skipped for the longest time. I read the first book in high school 25 years ago and have read all the Ender’s Shadow books at least once. I think when I read the premise of this book I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: dakota, Douglas Stuart, Elmore Leonard, Kathleen Norris, Orson Scott Card, out of sight, shuggie bain, speaker for the dead

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:640 · Genres: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: dakota, Douglas Stuart, Elmore Leonard, Kathleen Norris, Orson Scott Card, out of sight, shuggie bain, speaker for the dead ·
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Robber Barons

Swag by Elmore Leonard

May 16, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Despite being a longtime Elmore Leonard fan, Swag is about the only well-regarded book of his I have yet to read. And I don’t know why I put it off for so long. I made excuse-after-excuse because there was always something else to read. But when I saw it at a used book store (bless them), I figured it was time to get to it. And thanks to this pandemic (sarcasm), I decided to knock it out. Yeah, there was no reason to wait. This book was […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: detroit, Elmore Leonard, Robbers, Swag

Jake's CBR12 Review No:90 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: detroit, Elmore Leonard, Robbers, Swag ·
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This is a Stick-Up

Swag by Elmore Leonard

August 28, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Swag is classic Elmore Leonard. Criminals who think they’re smarter than they actually are, heists that are too complex for their own good, double-crosses motivated by greed and mistrust, and crisp pose packed with crackling dialogue. When used-car salesman Frank Ryan catches Ernest “Stick” Stickley trying to drive off the lot with a stolen car, he decides to see it as an opportunity. Refusing to identify Stick in court, Ryan approaches him with a business proposition. He wants the two of them to join up […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Elmore Leonard

jeverett15's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Elmore Leonard ·
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Take My Wife, Please

The Switch by Elmore Leonard

August 23, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

You can always count on Elmore Leonard. If you’re in the mood for an entertaining caper written in fluid, clean prose than Leonard’s your man. The Switch is no exception. Mickey Dawson is increasingly dissatisfied with her life as a housewife in the tony Detroit suburbs. Her husband Frank is a boorish drunk whose miserable everywhere but the golf course and their teenage son is starting to remind her too much of his dad. She’s also angry at herself for never summoning up the courage […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Elmore Leonard

jeverett15's CBR11 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Elmore Leonard ·
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Can’t teach a Road Dog new tricks

November 5, 2018 by octothorp 2 Comments

What’s with you, kid? You think the death of Raymond Chandler left an opening in the Rat Pack? Im amused that my pick for Home Sweet Home’s bingo square, Bloomfield Hills Michigan’s own Elmore Leonard, spends about two lines on Detroit before moving the action to California, in this apparent sequel to Out of Sight.  I dunno.  It was a buck and I needed that home square space, I saw the movie when I was in middle school, but I remember the plot points neatly […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Elmore Leonard, Home, Something

Post by octothorp · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr10bingo, Elmore Leonard, Home, Something ·
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