tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post6624147292582063252..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: How Many Have You Read?J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-81801081984220576092011-05-28T06:51:06.411-07:002011-05-28T06:51:06.411-07:00Good looking list but it lost credibility when I s...Good looking list but it lost credibility when I saw MASTER & COMMANDER made the grade. There's a book that made me want to pick up a gun and shoot both O'Brian and myself.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-70523483307032102312011-05-27T18:56:57.701-07:002011-05-27T18:56:57.701-07:00I had 45 of them but I added a few to my reading l...I had 45 of them but I added a few to my reading list. Some suprises here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-54340948477539213902011-05-27T12:48:29.355-07:002011-05-27T12:48:29.355-07:00I've read 31, including all the ones you consi...I've read 31, including all the ones you consider to be thrillers. You could easily add Stone's "Dog Soldiers" to the thriller list. I suspect "Master and Commander" was the O'Brian title chosen because it's the first of the seriesMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515927050827397245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-86090247889543263012011-05-27T12:38:05.788-07:002011-05-27T12:38:05.788-07:00Really great blog. My friends referred me your sit...Really great blog. My friends referred me your site. Looks like everyone knows about it. I'm going to read your other posts. Take care. Keep sharing.online gamblinghttp://www.onlinecasinosgames-onlinegambling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-42695272984886648912011-05-27T12:11:20.754-07:002011-05-27T12:11:20.754-07:00"Master and Commander" is one of the wor..."Master and Commander" is one of the worst of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books. Obviously, someone at Esquire said, "hey, what about the O'Brian books - there's a cult around them. It would be cool to have one of those books on the list." So that someone picked one without knowing anything about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-73131183847927467702011-05-27T11:16:21.514-07:002011-05-27T11:16:21.514-07:00Does it count that I've been meaning to read a...Does it count that I've been meaning to read a lot of these? A new one to add to my TBR pile is Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-72537956589262237722011-05-27T11:03:17.787-07:002011-05-27T11:03:17.787-07:00OH! And I should have tipped the hat in turn to St...OH! And I should have tipped the hat in turn to Steve Weddle, who first linked to this piece on FB and prompted me to read in the first place!Art Taylorhttp://www.arttaylorwriter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-43397609766605751452011-05-27T10:57:55.326-07:002011-05-27T10:57:55.326-07:00Thanks for the hat tip! An interesting list, yep -...Thanks for the hat tip! An interesting list, yep -- and apparently provocative, given the response I got on FB! (Good to see the crime novels represented there, as you said, but I was surprised no Chandler in the bunch!)Art Taylorhttp://www.arttaylorwriter.comnoreply@blogger.com