Make Forgotten Books a part of your life
I urge you to read Patti Abbott's Forgotten Books posts religiously. Each week she asks readers, writers and bloggers to post a short essay on their own blogs about a book that deserves to be better remembered. She then compiles lists of all the essays in a weekly summing up that is the only shopping list a serious crime-fiction fan will ever need. And it renews every week!
Why the excitement? Because the lists are a good idea, but also because I've used them. An author I had not heard of previously stuck in my mind from one of the lists. His name registered when I found an old copy of one of his novels at Philadelphia's own version of Aladdin's Cave, otherwise known as Port Richmond Books. I pulled it off the shelf, found a grabber within the first two pages, and bought the book. So, guarantee yourself a fistful of pleasant surprises every week, and don't forget to read Forgotten Books.
© Peter Rozovsky 2008
Why the excitement? Because the lists are a good idea, but also because I've used them. An author I had not heard of previously stuck in my mind from one of the lists. His name registered when I found an old copy of one of his novels at Philadelphia's own version of Aladdin's Cave, otherwise known as Port Richmond Books. I pulled it off the shelf, found a grabber within the first two pages, and bought the book. So, guarantee yourself a fistful of pleasant surprises every week, and don't forget to read Forgotten Books.
© Peter Rozovsky 2008
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posted by Peter Rozovsky at 1:00 AM
5 Comments:
Thanks Peter, and love that cover.
I have currently, for better or worse, begun reading Ann Perry's works again, this time around the her "World War I" series, beginning with "No Graves As Yet". I enjoy the detail with which she describes both the settings, but her characters as well. Such attention to detail and rich use of words, brings her books to a keen vividness.
You're welcome. Yours are the posts that will launch a thousand trips to secondhand bookshops.
That cover, decidedly of the book's time, is not the one of my edition. Mine bears a more sedate illustration of a bull.
Thanks, gjg. All I know about her is that she's prolific, that's she's written at least one historical-crime series, and she had an interesting youth.
hii friend..your blog was quite interesting and informative enough..and remembering a book & paying homage to the book is definitely a good idea...
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