tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post6787827514807425686..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Top Dogs Among Crime BlogsJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-21583758703374889802017-08-18T05:14:39.662-07:002017-08-18T05:14:39.662-07:00Scammers everywhere. Everything for a price. Very ...Scammers everywhere. Everything for a price. Very difficult to trust anyone........so sad, but glad you write a wonderful real blog.Icewineannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285245139527587783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-90717212396515390482017-08-11T14:16:28.650-07:002017-08-11T14:16:28.650-07:00Just to set your mind at ease (I know you're g...Just to set your mind at ease (I know you're going to lose sleep over it) I've partially solved the mystery of the apparently arbitrary order of the list in which The Rap Sheet appears as #11 of "Top Crime Novel Blogs". It's arranged by Alexa ranking from highest or most frequently visited (440,466) to lowest or least visited (19,396,453). But that only takes care of #1 - #32. The rest have an N/A in that Alexa rating area, and I can't for the life of me figure out how they were arranged.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-73875644353549562052017-08-11T13:58:56.843-07:002017-08-11T13:58:56.843-07:00Six of those websites are not even about mystery B...Six of those websites are not even about mystery BOOKS at all nor are they blogs! They are websites devoted to mysterious events: three websites and a YouTube channel about the exploration of paranormal phenomena, one site which looks like a New Age advice column, and the sixth is another YouTube channel for the old "Unsolved Mysteries" reality TV show. What a mess!<br /><br />Feedspot used to show up in my Google spam referral links for months and that's the only way I ever heard of them. Until today I never investigated what it was all about.<br /><br />Oh, and thanks for the mention of P.S.B. in your well deserved list of real blogs about crime fiction, both contemporary and vintage. I read many of them regularly.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-6612458485315322512017-08-11T11:18:46.727-07:002017-08-11T11:18:46.727-07:00Thanks, Jeff. Now I have some more blogs to look i...Thanks, Jeff. Now I have some more blogs to look into. Just keeping up with interesting crime fiction blogs is almost a full time job.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-14486972944058786102017-08-11T05:13:50.804-07:002017-08-11T05:13:50.804-07:00I know she reviews mostly cozy mysteries, but anyt...I know she reviews mostly cozy mysteries, but anything by Dru Ann Love.Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-85836324620419755132017-08-11T01:18:37.397-07:002017-08-11T01:18:37.397-07:00The View at the Blue House is snother blog I alway...The View at the Blue House is snother blog I always find interesting to read.Jose Ignacio Escribanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296527986083953692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-2127971051042343282017-08-11T00:09:52.853-07:002017-08-11T00:09:52.853-07:00Great piece on the dodgy dealings of Feedspot - an...Great piece on the dodgy dealings of Feedspot - and thank you for your own list of crime book review sites. The Rap Sheet is always MY #1 site to visit for the best information on crime novels. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240136825771723989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-72819039574065249962017-08-10T23:10:58.051-07:002017-08-10T23:10:58.051-07:00Thanks for including my blog. Your post puts "...Thanks for including my blog. Your post puts "best of ..." in perspective for me.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-15768359084140496342017-08-10T22:18:35.748-07:002017-08-10T22:18:35.748-07:00In addition to so many, including this one, here a...In addition to so many, including this one, here are four more I visit....Hardboiled Wonderland gives great notice to great noir and great forgotten noir or unrealized noir....<br /><br />Black Guys Do Read also highlights a lot of stuff out there a lot of us may miss. This man has a very broad interest, too...<br /><br />Col's also highlights a lot of obscure items that we should know about and Northern has one of the best, accurate ratings out there...<br /><br />Col's Criminal Library - http://col2910.blogspot.co.uk/<br /><br />Hardboiled Wonderland - http://spaceythompson.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Black Guys Do Read - http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/<br /><br />#northern #crime - https://northerncrime.wordpress.com/E. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572525876818668236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-85150705662677861492017-08-10T19:38:44.540-07:002017-08-10T19:38:44.540-07:00Crime Always Pays, Declan Burke's blog about I...Crime Always Pays, Declan Burke's blog about Irish crime writing. http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/<br />I've also started listening to Two CrimeWriters and a Microphone, the podcast by Steve Cavanagh and Luca Veste--lots of good stuff, interviews with other writers, and those two guys are hilarious. And by the way, most of those best-of lists are based on paid advertising. I'm a (retired) lawyer and learned about that scam early on in practice. Thank you for this list--your recommendations actually have weight!EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066994786482182993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-3094742832204766412017-08-10T19:17:12.622-07:002017-08-10T19:17:12.622-07:00I love your blog, and love your list of other blog...I love your blog, and love your list of other blogs.thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-11531918272611992882017-08-10T17:12:34.097-07:002017-08-10T17:12:34.097-07:00Great list. I know from the ones I do know (BOLO, ...Great list. I know from the ones I do know (BOLO, Lesa's, Mystery Fanfare, Crimespree, RTE, and a few others) that the others would be of interest, so thanks for posting this.Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-83833466992066308552017-08-10T16:50:49.693-07:002017-08-10T16:50:49.693-07:00Tough has good stuff . . .
http://www.toughcrime....Tough has good stuff . . .<br /><br />http://www.toughcrime.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537842603855958917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-31320443421113839962017-08-10T15:51:52.521-07:002017-08-10T15:51:52.521-07:00Thank you.Thank you.Jose Ignacio Escribanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296527986083953692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-86299417997148944212017-08-10T13:41:24.093-07:002017-08-10T13:41:24.093-07:00Me, too although after 11 years I am running out o...Me, too although after 11 years I am running out of steam. And I think the "cool kids" discussion has moved over to Facebook and even more Twitter. Whereas I used to get 30 comments a day, now it is more like 10. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-27550672268657997282017-08-10T13:05:52.278-07:002017-08-10T13:05:52.278-07:00Jeff's work reporting on the genre is second t...Jeff's work reporting on the genre is second to none. I'm so honored that Speaking of Mysteries is on the list. Nancie Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182268902097169803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-9225121550179895762017-08-10T13:03:03.953-07:002017-08-10T13:03:03.953-07:00A great list. Thanks for including me, Jeff.
Yvet...A great list. Thanks for including me, Jeff. <br />Yvette at in so many words...Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-222150922457445052017-08-10T12:06:46.590-07:002017-08-10T12:06:46.590-07:00Thanks for including Mystery Fanfare. Good post, t...Thanks for including Mystery Fanfare. Good post, too, on these types of lists. <br />Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-61733896145027445142017-08-10T12:04:29.511-07:002017-08-10T12:04:29.511-07:00Thank you!Thank you!Greg Jolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12482827655148157566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-45372861722503685432017-08-10T10:44:32.982-07:002017-08-10T10:44:32.982-07:00Fantastic list! I'd add Pop Culture Nerd, http...Fantastic list! I'd add Pop Culture Nerd, http://popculturenerd.com/Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229093568907196459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-38232790341009006252017-08-10T10:38:18.448-07:002017-08-10T10:38:18.448-07:00Thanks for including BOLO Books on your list.
A...Thanks for including BOLO Books on your list. <br /><br />And thanks for the research into this one example of many such lists I have seen online. Like you, I was always skeptical of them, but also know that the average person might buy into these so called "best" lists. Good to have somewhere to point folks when I get asked about such things (both your good list and the report about at least one bogus one).Kristopherhttp://www.bolobooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-36811239993663489552017-08-10T09:43:53.631-07:002017-08-10T09:43:53.631-07:00Glad to be on your list, Jeff. Thanks. Glad to be on your list, Jeff. Thanks. mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-51753684803494213652017-08-10T08:53:01.959-07:002017-08-10T08:53:01.959-07:00It reminds me of the book, Who's who among Ame...It reminds me of the book, <i>Who's who among American High School Students</i>. The basic purpose of listing people was to get them to buy the book and associated memorabilia. Like much on the internet, it's an old idea with new packaging.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698885393854345012noreply@blogger.com