tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post8882299483358587607..comments2024-03-23T02:59:40.776+00:00Comments on Euro Crime: New Reviews: Barclay, MacLean, Rickman, Sjowall & WahlooKaren (Euro Crime)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-82748133901372126262009-01-21T17:36:00.000+00:002009-01-21T17:36:00.000+00:00I think all this how many books I have read in a y...I think all this how many books I have read in a year is ridiculous. I too am a fairly slow reader and in fact the more I am enjoying a book sometimes the slower I get. I want to wallow in the atmosphere and think about what is going on rather than rush on to the end. Is that why I like Vargas, Nesbo and Larsson two? <BR/>I have now finished watching 3 Branagh Wallanders, 2 Swedish Wallanders, and 2 exquisite Montalbanos, so I can get back to reading again!Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-58535513758816273602009-01-21T16:37:00.000+00:002009-01-21T16:37:00.000+00:00I am a bit put off by big books. And yet some of m...I am a bit put off by big books. And yet some of my recent favourites have been the tomes from Nesbo and Larsson. If a book's over 300 pages I get a bit twitchy. Mainly because I'm a fairly slow reader and there's a lot of emphasis these days on how many books people read in a year, plus there's the reviewing aspect - you could read and review two thin books for the price of one thick one :).Karen (Euro Crime)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-2214415818163789652009-01-18T19:42:00.000+00:002009-01-18T19:42:00.000+00:00Declan Burke has published her picture a few times...Declan Burke has published her picture a few times I think and he is more her age. <BR/>Larsson, Vargas, Nesbo and Mankell have all written very fat books so it is not just an Anglo-Saxon trend. <BR/>You have three of the best Sjowall and Wahloos to go I have not read 6 and 7 but have read 8,9,10.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-52185985913177921712009-01-18T18:06:00.000+00:002009-01-18T18:06:00.000+00:00Good question, Martin! I was the reviewer of the t...Good question, Martin! I was the reviewer of the thinnest book of this quartet, but I have to say that even this series gets fatter as it nears the end.<BR/>This is an excellent collection of reviews. I will have to direct a colleague, who refers to Richard Dawkins as "He who must not be named" to Laura's review of the Phil Rickman book. Incidentally, the Merrily Watkins books sound so eccentrically bizzarre - an exorcist with a pagan teenager - although I am not keen on supernatural I am increasingly tempted to try them. And I was looking at that Alex Barclay in Borders earlier today (it is on 3 for 2 there) - another author I have meant to read for a while. I have one of her earlier books somewhere. I think Norman should add her picture to his collection!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Martin's question is a good one, and looking forward to your answer, Karen - Stieg Larsson is certainly one candidate for the accolade of "author of fat books".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-1247667812009233012009-01-18T17:10:00.000+00:002009-01-18T17:10:00.000+00:00Karen, I'd be interested to know why, in your opin...Karen, I'd be interested to know why, in your opinion, and that of others, crime novels have become so much fatter - and whether people think it is a good thing.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.com