Bookgasm is one of my favourite book blogs, if not THE favourite. They have a regular feature by Bruce Grossman called, rather luridly, Bullets, Broads, Blackmail & Bombs which gives brief reviews and descriptions of tons of cheesy old paperback originals: mostly adventure, noir, hardboiled, detective. A lot of the stuff he talks about is pretty bad, but Grossman also reviews a lot of classic pulp by Donald Westlake, John D. Macdonald, Donald Hamilton, Eric Ambler and tons of others. Even when the reading is grim, Grossman keeps his commentary lively and entertaining.
Some recent installments include:
- Now Available on DVD -- books made into movies
- Bricks -- long-form cheese
- E Is for Espionage -- spy stuff, obviously
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Preston Gannaway, The Virginian-Pilot
Stop writing to me about Mairson and Grossman. I have no respect for their opinions at all.
[To go with this post on images of consumption and that post on what we eat in a week.]
It is looking as though the Colts are going to win this one.
Another interception, this time with the Bears on the losing end.
You just can't win if you keep throwing things away.