Trouble Is My Business | 
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Waited up on Christmas night to see Santa fly over my house♡ Not book-related except that I was reading the tagged book while waiting.
Currently reading...one for bookclub, the other just because.
I may have a new literary pet peeve: "newly discovered" stories that have already been published. There's this "newly discovered" Raymond Chandler story that had been published in The Stand magazine. About a week earlier, there was a "newly discovered" Dashiell Hammett that had also been published in a magazine.
Is it just me, or do you think "newly discovered" should only apply to unpublished works? Am I being overly pedantic?
You can always depend upon #FolioSociety to produce some pretty spectacular covers. #SilhouettesOnCovers #SeasonsReadings2016
pick'As to the emotional basis of the hard-boiled story, obviously it does not believe that murder will out and justice will be done--unless some very determined individual makes it his business to see that justice is done.' ~ Raymond Chandler (in his introduction to Trouble is My Business)
4 Philip Marlowe shorts. I enjoyed them all. Worth checking out for all detective fiction fans.
It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks.
pick"I felt terrible. I felt like an amputated leg." I'm glad that book bingo prompted me to revisit this novella. Chandler's style cracks me up.
Must choose between either "classic mystery" or "noir" bingo squares for Raymond Chandler. Is his stuff even considered noir? Too bad I don't have a "hard boiled" square to eliminate this dilemma.
"...he should be there in 20 minutes."
"Ok, that just gives me time to drink my dinner."
