{"id":139,"date":"2008-08-18T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roseledgebooks.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2008-08-18T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T17:49:18","slug":"readers-having-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roseledgebooks.com\/blog\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"READERS HAVING FUN"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a great week of old (well, long-time) and new (two visits or second visit this summer) regulars refinding Roseledge Books. As always, we talked about important matters in and out of books.<\/p>\n

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Fig. #35. Lurking behind the unruly bush to lure walkers-by into Roseledge Books. You are never safe on Sea Street. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Of note:
\n**We discussed Roxana Robinson\u2019s<\/strong> novel set in Maine, Cost: A Novel<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, and created a new genre: dysfunctional family chick lit.
\n**We agreed Lee Child’s<\/strong> The Enemy (Jack Reacher Novels)<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is our favorite Jack Reacher novel.
\n**The differing merits of Michael Connelly\u2019s<\/strong> Harry Bosch (e.g. The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch)<\/a><\/strong><\/em>) and Reacher make comparisons difficult. Thinking fast of other edgy detectives who chafe at working \u201cinside the box,\u201d I was shouting \u201cHow about Ian Rankin\u2019s<\/strong> Rebus (e.g. Resurrection Men: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Novels)<\/a><\/strong><\/em>), or C.J. Box\u2019s<\/strong> Joe Pickett (e.g. Open Season (A Joe Pickett Novel)<\/a><\/strong><\/em>)\u201d as the boaters were escaping down the walk. They shouted, \u201cNext summer,\u201d and waved.
\n**Reader comment: Nathaniel Philbrick\u2019s In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is better than The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex<\/a><\/strong><\/em> because First-mate Chase\u2019s report was self-serving.
\n**I learned about Tom Bissell<\/strong> and have ordered his Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

I was on the porch reading and trying, unobtrusively, to lure walkers-by who read into Roseledge Books. But the walkers-by were few. Last week may have been the peak week. The breeze is strong enough to make reading Ryszard Kapuscinski\u2019s Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International)<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, a trade paperback, a one-handed fight with flopping pages. And Daniel Silva\u2019s The Secret Servant (Gabriel Allon)<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is a page-turner which makes looking up to watch the tide and the incoming sailboats a problem. So now I\u2019m inside.<\/p>\n

The high-bush blueberries may be the downfall of the cheeky chipmunk. He was ignoring available blue blueberries and sitting on the big rock he uses to crack the rose hips which apparently aren’t quite to his taste yet. A breakthrough, for sure. If it stays dry and rain-free for 24 more hours, my screen doors may close again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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