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On The Avenue

Losers Live Longer by Russell Atwood

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Starting in September, I’ve resolved to read at least one Hard Case Crime novel per month. I collect Hard Case Crime books as a hobby, though there are getting harder and harder to find in used book stores. I always enjoy reading them but I sort of take it for granted that I can do so at anytime; knowing they’ll always be there. I had to force myself to read Casino Moon last month in order to check off a library bingo square. It wound up being one of my favorite reads of the year. And it made me realize that I […]

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9/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:90 |

Boardwalk Empire

Casino Moon by Peter Blauner

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I collect Hard Case Crime books as a hobby. I love crime novels and I love the simplicity of HCC works: nothing pretentious, just good ol’ fashioned pulp fiction. However, I’m really bad at reading what I collect. I think I take it for granted that these books may be around for awhile and that, unlike most books I purchase, I’m not giving them up. So I only read about two a year in a collection of sixty or so. One of the great things about library summer reading challenges is how they encourage me to read things in my […]

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8/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:76 |

Somebody Set Me Up

The Cutie by Donald E. Westlake

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cbr11bingo – Reader’s Choice, replacing “Two Heads Are Better than One.” Donald Westlake has one of those “writer’s writer” reputations, so I’ve always meant to check out his work. This is one of his earliest novels, originally published under the title “The Mercenaries” and re-issued by Hard Case Crime. The main character and narrator is George “Clay” Clayton, right-hand man for crime boss Ed Ganolese. As Clay and his live-in girlfriend are settling in to bed one night, they are disturbed by a knock on the door. On the other side is small-time drug dealer and stutterer Billy-Billy Cantell, who […]

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8/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:24 |

Normandy Gold by Megan Abbott & Alison Gaylin

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Read as part of CBR11 Bingo: Illustrated I love 70s moves. I love conspiracies. I love Megan Abbott’s work. Mix it all together and you’re probably going to make something I’ll love. That’s definitely the case here. I collect Hard Case Crime novels as a hobby. I decided not to do this when they expanded to graphic novels but I admire the talent they got to do them. Abbott on this one and Crista Faust, another favorite, on one that I will have to check out as well. This was great. It’s purely meant to be a cinematic experience on […]

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8/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:71 |

There are all kind of ghosts in this life, and this book has most of them.

Joyland by Stephen King

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Nothing about this is the way I thought it was going to be. I really, really liked it. I think the main reason I’m always so surprised when I enjoy Stephen King novels is that the very first book of his I ever read was Cell, which I didn’t like, and which I now know is considered to be one of his inferior offerings. This is an especially dumb mindset to have now as I’ve read quite a few since then and enjoyed all of them (The Green Mile, 11/22/63, The Eyes of the Dragon, to name a few). I think […]

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