Litsy

Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures | Dave Stevens

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Throwback, pulpy fun! Stevens creates a exciting hero who's also a bit of a scumbag, but his adventures are page turners. Stevens wrote and illustrated the two storylines collected here. He was known for his mix of realism and a stylized ideal, bold colors, and detailed line work. His obvious admiration of Bettie Page led to them becoming real-life friends. The film adaptation is wonderfully faithful to the book and a childhood favorite of mine.

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩...LOVED the movie when a kid 🤩👍🏼💫. 2w

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RoyallyReading

Scratch One: A Novel | Michael Crichton, John Lange

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Is this book original & unique? No, not really. It's a pulpy crime thriller from the 60s.

If I had to sum it up, I'd say Cars 2 mostly used the plot from it but made it family friendly, less globe-trotting, and added the power of friendship to the movie.

Mistaken identity, secret agents, & lots of dangerous people that a lawyer ends up facing against - all to try and get the girl.

It's not the most unique book ever but it kept me reading

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RoyallyReading

Scratch One: A Novel | Michael Crichton, John Lange

“I would like,“ she said, “to be rich enough to be unhappy, but not rich enough to be miserable.“

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Octoberwoman

Jungle Tales of Tarzan | EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Tarzan of the Apes and The Return of Tarzan | EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

#Apparition 💚🧡

#HauntsAndHexes 🎃👻🍁🕸️🦇🧹🐈‍⬛🌙🪄

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼🩶🪦 3mo

rubyslippersreads I love that she said, “He married the wrong Jane!” 3mo

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xicanti

The Mad King | EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

Time for pulp fiction and Casey snuggles. THE MAD KING‘s cover led me to expect pseudo-medieval fantasy, but it‘s actually a contemporary-to-publication adventure novel about a young American who is mistaken for the runaway king of his mother‘s European homeland. The first three chapters were fun.

Bookwomble I've had this on my tbr shelf for a couple of decades! From my memory of the blurb when I bought it, I think it's ERB's nod to the Ruritanian romances of Anthony Hope. Good to hear you're enjoying it - I'll try to bump it up my list!

The Prisoner of Zenda

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dabbe Casey, you simply slay me. 🤎🐾🧡 3mo

xicanti @Bookwomble I‘m almost halfway through now, and it‘s still good! If it were a novella, it‘d be at its natural end point, but there‘s still enough left that I expect lots of twists and exciting confrontations. 3mo

xicanti @dabbe Casey‘s mission in life. 3mo

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Ruthiella

The Silencers | Donald Hamilton

#weekendreads

Definitely enjoying the cooler temperatures today.

📕I will finish the Matt Helm today. I picked it up at a FLL along with the James Bond books last week.

📘Handling Sin is my last #Roll100 for September and a bit of a struggle.

📗Loving my revisit to Brideshead for #HashtagBrigade and am reading far, far ahead of planned as a result.

Leftcoastzen 🥰love Brideshead 3mo

Ruthiella @Leftcoastzen It‘s a true classic.👌 3mo

RamsFan1963 I remember the Matt Helm movies with Dean Martin. He's played like an American James Bond, Martin wasn't much of an actor, but they could still be enjoyed for their campiness. 3mo

Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 I used to love Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis movies as a kid. 😅 Apparently the Matt Helm movies were quite different from the books. But for sure I can see a tie to Fleming‘s Bond, who is also quite different from his film counterpart. (edited) 3mo

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