Wed 26 Jan 2011
J. F. “John” Norris, whose several posts and many comments you have seen here on this blog over the past couple of months, has begun his own, as of today, and he’s off to a great start. If you’re interested in classic detective fiction and other similar literature from the musty past, I highly recommend it to you — and even if you aren’t!
Going into more detail about it, he describes his blog as “a foray into the realm of the old-fashioned detective novel, the ghost story and supernatural novel of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the pulp adventure magazines of the 30s & 40s and similar dusty relics.”
Along these lines John has already posted reviews of —
The Chinese Parrot – Earl Derr Biggers (1926)
The House of Strange Guests – Nicholas Brady (1932)
Murder on Wheels – Stuart Palmer (1932)
The Saltmarsh Murders – Gladys Mitchell (1932)
The Poison Fly Murder – Harriet Rutland (1940)
The Cut Direct – Alice Tilton (1938)
Death Turns the Tables – John Dickson Carr (1941)
…but between you and me, I don’t think he can keep up the pace. (He must have storing these up. That’s all I can think of.)
The full URL is http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/, and you can tell him I sent you.
January 27th, 2011 at 1:13 am
Hello, my name is Nicoletta. I’m from Como (Italy) I am a writer of detective books classics and a reader.
I really like your blog.
Thank you for your work
January 27th, 2011 at 1:32 am
Nicoletta
I took a look at your blog, and one thing is for sure. The author photos, jacket covers and the movie scenes are all great, but that’s as far as I can go. I don’t know Italian, and right now I wish I did!
— Steve
Check it out, everyone, at http://www.nicolettacassani.blogspot.com/.
January 27th, 2011 at 2:01 am
Sorry. I don’t know english very well. The google tradution is insufficient to understand the meaning of your answer but thanks anyway.
Ciao
Niki
January 27th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Thanks, Steve. (again!)
Believe it or not (as our friend Ripley used to say), all those books were read this month and all those reviews were written this month. I’m stunned myself!
But you’re right: I’m sure I will not be able to keep up the pace. Time will tell…
John
January 27th, 2011 at 11:32 am
When I was younger, like 30 or 40 years ago, I could read maybe 20 books a month, sometimes more. I never could do six in one day, though, no matter how hard I tried.
January 27th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
I remember 30 or 40 years ago. In fact, I even remember 50 or 55 years ago, when as a teenager I would start reading at 8:00 am and continue to 11:00 pm, a solid 15 hours with time out for quick meals. Of course this was on the weekends or in the summer when school was out.
The reason Steve and I, and just about all you Mystery File addicts, no longer routinely read all day is simple. I’m talking about the distractions of the internet, computers, blogs, ebay, etc. Not to mention texting, tweeting, i-pod, etc.
Remember the good old days when you either read a good book or watched a movie on TV? Boy, are those days gone forever. Now we are in the computer age with the world wide web. Are we ever!