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BEACH NOTES ... October 26, 2010 ... Ocean City, New Jersey

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Real Estate Agent with Goldcoast Sotheby's International Realty License # 9481514

Book Recommendtions ... from Ocean City, New Jersey

 

Since college so many years ago, I have tended to slowly move into the mystery, espionage, and crime fields,  fiction almost exclusively, instead of the high literature and history and social science that I was required to read in those years.  That is not to say that I don't, from time to time, read the "better" books.  I do.  But "better" is a very difficult word to understand.  Dashill Hammett road some great mystery novels that may be some of the best literature from America.  Certainly ALL THE KINGS MEN by Robert Penn Warren was better, but much different.

So I also find myself often in a lull before some of my next favorite novels arrive in the Ocean City Library.  Yes, in my advancing age, I have decided to read more books that I do not purchase.  I still buy, but not nearly as often.  And I haven't moved to the electronic book, or Nook, whatever.

So I ran across two writers who I have seen before, but never pulled off the stacks:  Nevada Barr who writes the "Anna Pigeon" series about a Ranger in the National Park Service ... BURN (2010) set in New Orleans, and Martin Cruz Smith who writes about Russa and his character, a police detective names Arkady Renko.  His first novel was one I read a long time ago ... GORKY PARK.  It appears he has written five or six Renko books so I may read another sometime.  Nevada Barr has written 16 books with Anna Pigeon ... another being 13 1/2.

So where do I find my writers and the various books that I read ... my best source is BOOKMARKS, an every other month magazine which I also give out as Christmas presents to my favorite readers ... right now 5 or 6 in number including myself.  This is a great resource which I would highly recommend to you.  I also read USA TODAY and the Friday and the Saturday WALL STREET JOURNALS for book selections, many being non-fiction works.

On occasions I also sell and rent real estate in Ocean City (NJ) ... call me at 888-215-9935 or send me an email to Dustin@BeachNotes.net                               dap

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Kellie Morrissey
Keller Williams Realty Success LLC - Littleton, CO
CO Realtor CRS, GRI, CDPE

INTERESTING BLOG THANKS FOR SHARING!   I can tell from your blog that you have a passion for what you do.  If I come in contact with someone looking in your area I'll pass your information along.

Oct 26, 2010 12:22 PM