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This is a re-read. I read this a long time ago and now want to read more of the series. Interesting main character, with sarcastic wit (sometimes). Hoping he improves over time. The mystery was fine.
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This is a re-read. I read this a long time ago and now want to read more of the series. Interesting main character, with sarcastic wit (sometimes). Hoping he improves over time. The mystery was fine.
pickPretty satisfying! I associate Parker with Sue Grafton and Ed McBain - authors I read lots of when I was working my way through the mystery section as a teen in the late 80s/early 90s, but haven't read much of since. This is the first Spenser novel and I loved the hard-boiled, wry narration. It's definitely of it's time, but progressive for it in some ways, too. I might just read some more of the series (and maybe Kinsey & the 87th precinct, too).
1. I finished the tagged book for an upcoming book club meeting. It‘s…fine. Susan Silverman is very obviously not in the picture yet! 😈
2. I don‘t know if this is really a campfire song, but my best friend in Girl Scouts taught me a song called Jeep. It‘s sung very fast, and the lyrics make no sense!
This has been fun! Thanks to our charming and clever hostess! #LitsySummerCamp
There was no #date, no signature. It was written in a distinctive cursive script. For crissake! A clue. A goddamned clue. I folded the note up and put it in my inside coat pocket. So far I was guilty of breaking and entering, possession of burglar‘s tools, and destruction of property. #QuotsyDec19
My friends mom was getting rid of books - I snagged the bulk of Robert Parker‘s Spencer series. It‘s been on my TBR forever. I also snagged a majority chunk of John D MacDonald‘s Travis McGee series.
All in all a good book haul!
📚 Tagged. Classic Spenser
🙍🏼♀️ Sue Grafton, the queen of the alphabet!
📺 Currently watching The Good Wife
🍇 Grapes, garlic bread, grilled cheese
#manicmonday Thanks for the fun, @JoScho !
so-soI thought this was my first Parker book; but a search of my reading logs shows that I read him in 2004 & 2006, before I kept record of my ratings. No worries. As my sole aim right now is to be entertained, this was fine. I was amused to learn that this series was the basis of the TV series Spenser for Hire. This sent me down a bit of an IMDB rabbit hole yesterday—also entertaining.
pickClassic. Amazing to go back again to the start of this iconic series. Definitely the start of an epic re-read stint.
I have never gotten enough of Robert B. Parker‘s “Spenser for Hire.” Recently revisited and I still love them. Rest In Peace, Mr. Parker.
