'The Big Sleep' gets my vote! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by dfloyd
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'The Big Sleep' gets my vote! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by dfloyd
you know i have yet to read the silence of the lambs!
Hi I am new to the forum and dont have the points to vote but am on board for a book club as I have been searching for one for a while. How in the world do you get points on here? Look forward to reading with you..
Free, just post. Look under your handle name. It has your profile information, join date, location, posts. You have 3. I believe any number over 50 posts will allow you to engage in most forum activities, including the selection vote, but anyone can join the discussion thread on the books once the monthly pick is selected.
I think I only ever read one book fully for the club--my other discussions I rather picked at the bones, but I suppose it has to come together for me, right time, right place, right author, my buying mood, or willingness to troll at the library.
Enjoy, at any rate.
Wow I guess most people are not that excited about Crime Fiction, or maybe just a bad time of year, almost the end of the month and the highest nomination is 3 votes.
Can anyone tell me why in the polls before you vote, you can see the breakdown of voting, who's voted for what, but after you have cast your vote, those details are no longer available. I'll be voting for my own nomination, the Henning Mankell title, but I'll leave it to the last minute, so that I can see how people are voting.
Maybe you are right, DM, it is that time of year, end of term assignments due, Thanksgiving for those across the Pond, Christmas on the horizon - not really a 'Crime' sort of season, perhaps?
Perhaps not, but than for me it is a bit of breath of fresh air, considering 2 or three of the other groups I am involved in are doing Christamas stories for December, and I for one am not into hoxy, "heart-warming" cheeseball holiday stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by kasie
Though I will be reading Christmas Carol that is a ghost story at least :D
I agree with you. I am ready for a diversion perhaps with a good crime mystery. I dont feel like being heart warming right now as I am trying to survive fall term.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
Dark Muse, I love crime fiction and would love to read one of these books. I haven't had much luck with the online book club yet, but am still willing to give it a try. I am interested in "The Big Sleep." I have read it, but it's been years. I've also read "And Then There Were None," also years ago. What is "The Boy Who Followed" about? Sounds intriguing, as does "The White Lioness."
I've seen "Silence of the Lambs" and I think I've read the book. I know I've read the other one, the prequel is it, "The Red Dragon" , and I've seen "The Talented Mr. Ripley." I know Patricia Highsmith is well thought of, but I can't get into her stuff for some reason.
I am really looking forward to reading that one! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael T
You could always close the thread early Scher, whilst 'The Big Sleep' is ahead! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I'm voting for The Big Sleep because I know it's in my library [not all of them are]. Crime fiction's not really my thing but I'll try and join in this time.
The Big Sleep it is (for me, that is)! :)
I can download it but will have to think about it, since I do not mind paying Amazon for what I want to keep, but what I might like to read only once and then dispose of is another matter--not that I cannot suffer a stroll to the library, but it is getting cold, and I am not partial to the Parkway in bad weather; it is a semi-dangerous thoroughfare for powerchair users.
Of course you can tell me to shut up already and make up my own mind ;). Not that I do not like the genre, mind you, but I'd like it to be a read I'd want to return to.
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I decided to pass, for now; my plate is full and I have non-paying projects I am neglecting, but with the two year rule in mind maybe I will pull up the thread when I want to indulge higher end popular fiction, since I've never read Chandler.
the books is very convoluted, as was the movie which was shot in two versions. It is now on disc with the different versions on either side. In fact, the book and movie were convoluted enough so that one of the murders is never solved. When making the movie, Chandler was called and asked who did in so and so. His reply was, "I don't really know." And the title, a euphemism for death, really has nothing to do with the book.