All About Pocket Knives

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 4:21 pm Decent read.

Biggie 'H', you might enjoy Randy Wayne White's "Doc Ford" series. Those and Lawrence Block's "Matthew Scudder" series. Lawrence Block is such an easy read. He makes me feel like I've set down with an old friend and he's telling me a story.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:26 pm 20191220_171935.jpg
Just finished THE TALL STRANGER, about a chapter into KILKENNY, with HONDO and SHOWDOWN AT YELLOW BUTTE to follow.
Wish I had discovered Louis L'amour earlier.

I enjoy L’amour too, I think I’ve read all of his novels and many short stories. I prefer Kelton though. As someone once said, L’amour’s heroes are all over 6 feet tall and bulletproof. Kelton’s are 5’9”, and worried.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 4:48 pm

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:26 pm 20191220_171935.jpg
Just finished THE TALL STRANGER, about a chapter into KILKENNY, with HONDO and SHOWDOWN AT YELLOW BUTTE to follow.
Wish I had discovered Louis L'amour earlier.

I enjoy L’amour too, I think I’ve read all of his novels and many short stories. I prefer Kelton though. As someone once said, L’amour’s heroes are all over 6 feet tall and bulletproof. Kelton’s are 5’9”, and worried.

Ken

Kelton who?

Elmer Kelton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Kelton If you’re not familiar with him and enjoy Westerns you should give him a try. However he’s not a “shoot em up” type. In fact in most of his books not a shot is fired. One critic described him as not writing westerns, but rather writing great novels set in the West. Typically Kelton takes a little-known historical event and writes a novel around it as the central theme.

For openers try The Day the Cowboys Quit, which is based around the late 1800’s cowboy strike against large ranchers. Or The Good Old Boys, set during the coming of barbed wire and end of the open range.

Kelton was born and raised on a Texas ranch where his father was the foreman. Many of his stories contain elements of stories and events told to him by working cowboys.

Ken

Thanks Ken. I'll check him out.

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Well into this one. A worthy follow-up to the author’s previous novel about the early life of Doc Holliday.

Ken

600+ pages. It's actually pretty good. So far.

Just got this one.

Thanks Biggie 'H', I didn't know #5 in the Will Robie series was on the shelves.


Just finished this.
Now I've started this. A 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. A Cormoran Strike series of detective novels, there are currently five books in the series.

Interstellar Caveman by Karl Beecher - I like it, it is British humor in the style of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - my favorite!

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:32 pm Interstellar Caveman by Karl Beecher - I like it, it is British humor in the style of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - my favorite!


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it is not published in Bulgaria, and unfortunately it is a little difficult for me to read fiction in English. But in this style, I strongly recommend Robert Rankin

Just finished this one that was a Christmas gift. A good read. As a student of Texas history there wasn’t much new in it for me but it’s well written and covers the basics of the Texas Revolution, the events leading up to it, and the aftermath. With enough interesting tidbits thrown in to keep it lively reading. Should be required reading for all the transplants moving to Texas.

Ken

Just discovered this series by A B Guthrie Jn ... 6 books in all and I have managed to track down all except one of them
'Big Sky' set the scene and I'm well into 'The Way West' A very gifted writer particularly how he describes the various Landscapes

Derek

Great writer Derek. I’ve read both of those and a couple of his others but it’s been years ago.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:16 am Great writer Derek. I’ve read both of those and a couple of his others but it’s been years ago.

Ken

Ken
I think these 2 books are recent releases and there seems to be a resurgence of interest in his writing ... I'm loving his style

Much like "The Long Rifle" by Steward Edward White

Starting this one. Over 900 pages - it’s gonna take a while.

Ken

Picked up a few at the flea mkt. buck apiece or six for five. Already started Reacher.

Gonna crack this one open tonight.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:50 pm Gonna crack this one open tonight.
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Good Read Steve.. I have many, many books on the L&C Expedition..
John

Knocking this out while waiting for a Harry Turtledove hardback in the mail...