tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post4110021356779633374..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: My Bones and My Flute - Edgar MittelholzerJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-77250075578751137572018-09-20T21:27:30.736-05:002018-09-20T21:27:30.736-05:00I've read this book before and your review was...I've read this book before and your review was great. Hopefully more will find it and will read this great book. Your research into our Guyanese creole was certainly fruitful. nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295824532327837114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-27499585184673489482017-05-29T11:31:57.531-05:002017-05-29T11:31:57.531-05:00Thanks, Rick. We were in Door County, Wisconsin ca...Thanks, Rick. We were in Door County, Wisconsin camping at one of the most popular state parks. We were there from Thursday through Sunday and were intentionally "unplugged." Hence nothing for Friday's Forgotten Books this final Friday in May. Hope you had a good holiday weekend, too!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-28579943388484588682017-05-29T10:06:59.020-05:002017-05-29T10:06:59.020-05:00An aside, but happy Memorial Day, John.An aside, but happy Memorial Day, John.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-49669570076499849092017-05-23T01:57:16.555-05:002017-05-23T01:57:16.555-05:00Another brand new author for me (I always say that...Another brand new author for me (I always say that ...) - but very glad that the work is comparatively easy to find (always relieved to say that too). Thanks John, as ever in your debt. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-61201383466290991492017-05-22T14:36:05.844-05:002017-05-22T14:36:05.844-05:00I should check with my husband, John. Right now he...I should check with my husband, John. Right now he is reading a lot of ghost stories, but short stories, not novels.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-18863478758758988352017-05-22T09:08:41.681-05:002017-05-22T09:08:41.681-05:00Oh that title! Sure to get a titter or chuckle or ...Oh that title! Sure to get a titter or chuckle or two out of a certain type of person. If Seth Rogan and his crowd came across this book and turned it into a movie it would be transformed into something altogether different than what Mittelholzer wrote.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-19984417105969741332017-05-22T09:04:51.994-05:002017-05-22T09:04:51.994-05:00Ah well, another anti-ghost story reader. But what...Ah well, another anti-ghost story reader. But what's the fictional jungle aversion about? Hmm.... I read Grann's book a couple of years ago and was transfixed. Amazing story. I want to see the movie, but apparently it's paradoxically languorous for such an adventurous, action-oriented story. I'm afraid I might fall asleep. May have to wait for the DVD. That way if I fall asleep I won't embarrass myself in public.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-54964776934005631782017-05-22T08:58:38.681-05:002017-05-22T08:58:38.681-05:00I was thinking of you, Tracy, and your skull/skele...I was thinking of you, Tracy, and your skull/skeleton fascination when I turned up all these different paperback covers. Sorry this isn't your kind of book. It's really one of the best ghost story novels I've read in quite a while.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-67311309033294097662017-05-21T13:58:36.759-05:002017-05-21T13:58:36.759-05:00I guess you do like surreal, John! Despite your co...I guess you <i>do</i> like surreal, John! Despite your compelling review I just...nuh uh. The title's pretty weird all by itself, come to think of it. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-9318073133780564762017-05-21T10:49:44.304-05:002017-05-21T10:49:44.304-05:00Yeah, I'm not big on the supernatural coupled ...Yeah, I'm not big on the supernatural coupled with creepy doings. I much prefer fake supernatural used as a distraction for a whodunit. My wants and needs are pretty basic. Ha. (I'm also not keen on books set in the jungle unless it's non-fiction. Don't know why. I absolutely loved THE LOST CITY OF Z by David Grann.)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-45176775496949509822017-05-20T14:28:07.072-05:002017-05-20T14:28:07.072-05:00I am not sure I would like this book at all, proba...I am not sure I would like this book at all, probably too creepy for me. But it does have some of the best covers I have ever seen. Thanks for this review, John. I may try to get past my aversion to creepy and read it anyway.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-5560860400999187392017-05-19T11:43:09.064-05:002017-05-19T11:43:09.064-05:00The new edition from PeePal Tree Press is very pop...The new edition from PeePal Tree Press is very popular. I found dozens of reviews of this book when looking for images of older editions. I hope that <i>Eltonsbrody</i>, his most scarce title and rarely mentioned in his bibliography, is just as well told and evocatively creepy as this book is.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-21087352887982378292017-05-19T11:11:30.140-05:002017-05-19T11:11:30.140-05:00I have wanted to read this one for several years, ...I have wanted to read this one for several years, John. Your fine review just whets my appetite further.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.com