----- Original Message ----- From: "Robison Michael R CNIN"
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> I WAS DORA SUAREZ sits on the shelf, waiting for me
to
> quit being so damned anal and repeat an
author.
And what would John Dove say about that? Actually, Mike,
there's a way out. I'm not going to suggest reading what you
damned well want to when you want to because that suggestion
(as all us borderline obsessive compulsives know) is
preposterous. But you could alternate. New author, repeat
author, new author, etc. Makes for a nice regular pattern and
satisfies your desire to read more than one book by the same
author without sacrificing your original goal. (I have a One
New Author Every Third Book rule. I'm nearly cured).
> I read a short novel called 52 PICKUP, by Elmore
Leonard,
> over the weekend. It was an interesting and
enjoyable
> story, with a good plot and well-drawn characters.
But
> it didn't move me. Austin Powers would say, "No
mojo,
> baby." The plot had plenty of room for tension, but
the
> narrative never found it. It was still a fun
ride.
I love Elmore Leonard, but I certainly wouldn't read him to
be moved. His best characters tend to be a pretty detached
bunch - amoral, sociopathic even. They don't feel the need to
justify their actions and consequently there isn't a lot of
interior monologue, which is fine by me but isn't to
everyone's taste. That aside, Leonard's dialogue and plotting
are hard to beat. I thought THE SWITCH was a near-perfect
crime novel.
Al
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