http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts Where books get the treatment they deserve. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:51:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en July 30-comparing two favorite characters This month I read both a mystery by J.D. Robb and a novel by Jacqueline Winspear, two of the series that I have discovered recently and I'm trying to catch up on.  Although they are completely different types of stories I have a good ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=104 Crane, Stephen:  The Red Badge of Courage I'm not sure how I managed to miss reading this for so many years because it is one of the most well known American classics about the Civil War.  It was never a reading assignment for me in school for which I ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=113 Brand, Christianna:  Green for Danger Last month as one of my Book Challenge selections I read the short story collection English Country House Murders edited by Thomas Godfrey. (See Review in June) The story by Christianna Brand caught my attention and the blurb at the ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=14 Buzbee, Lewis:  The Yellow Lighted Bookshop Buzbee talks about his life with books as a book seller in independent bookstores, mainly in the Bay Area of Northern California, as a book rep for publishers and as one who lusts after books and unique bookstores.  Along the way he sprinkles ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=108 Cleaning out my bookshelves I ran across the collection of Nero Wolfe mysteries I had collected over several years in either used paper back editions or reprint compilations in hard cover.  I discovered the I own nearly all of the and it has been a long time since I ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=101 Haddon, Mark:  the curious incident of the dog in the night This is an unusual but compelling story told through the viewpoint of the protagonist, an autistic teenager.  It is presented as a book that he has written and we get good idea of what goes on inside ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=90 Wiesel, Elie:  Night It is difficult to understand how something this horrendous could have happened in my lifetime.  No wonder the people of Sighet couldn't believe Moishe the Beadle when he tried to warn them about what happened to him when he was taken by the Gestapo.  If he ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=87 Godfrey, Thomas ed.: English Country House Murders Published in 1989, this is a wonderful collection of stories in a special sub genre of classic mysteries. The country house mystery was one of the most popular types of mystery from late Victorian Era until around the time of the ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=15 June 13-Friday [note:  When I wrote this I didn't have a blog.  It was my difficulty being active in the challenge that prompted me start the blog.] I'm really falling down on the job for journaling.  I've been struggling trying to get active in the Classics challenge I plan to ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=85 Robb, J.D.:  Judgment in Death In an uptown high class strip joint, a cop is found bludgeoned to death. Roarke owns the place and it looks like this cop who was working a part time job off duty was a dirty cop.  But things aren't always what they seem. ... http://aweofunderstanding.com/CeCethoughts/?p=79