8/27/19 review of the novel Devil in a Blue Dress, by Walter Mosley

Here is the link to my August 27, 2019, Twitter thread review of the novel Devil in a Blue Dress, by Walter Mosley.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

6/24/18 review of the book The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse, by Mabel Maney

Here is the link to my June 24, 2018, Twitter thread review of the book The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse, by Mabel Maney.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still moderately coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

5/7/18 review of Nancy Drew mystery The Message in the Hollow Oak

Here is the link to my May 7, 2018, Twitter thread review of the Nancy Drew mystery The Message in the Hollow Oak, by Carolyn Keene (aka Mildred Wirt Benson).

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still moderately coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

11/14/17 review of Nancy Drew mystery The Mysterious Mannequin

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Nancy Drew mystery The Mysterious Mannequin, by Carolyn Keene.

The thread gives a summary of the novel. It discusses the books' views toward immigrant and diaspora cultures. And it mentions some of my favorite characters in the book. It also gives some critiques I had of the book.

3/26/14 review of novel Lucky at Cards by Lawrence Block

(Image: Hard Case Crime)

Here is the link to my March 26, 2014, review of the Lawrence Block novel Lucky at Cards.

In my review, I discuss my ideas about how the plot devices of some mystery/crime novels seem to be about regaining balance and integrating with society, and how Lucky at Cards subverts that dynamic a little. I discuss my feeling about some character arcs, as well as the love scenes, the pacing, the story's POV, and some other characters I like.

Here is the link to the Hard Case Crime edition of Lucky at Cards.

11/24/12 review of Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie

Here is my one of my earlier Twitter thread reviews. This is a review of the Agatha Christie mystery novel Cat Among the Pigeons.

I did this review on November 24, 2012.

Unlike many of my Twitter reviews, I did not post all the tweets in one thread. Instead, I posted them separately.

I have reproduced the tweets in this blog for easier reading.

T1. Finished reading Cat among the Pigeons, by Agatha Christie. The mystery of multiple murders at an elite girls' school.

T2. Cat Among the Pigeons is an interesting mix of the "who's after the jewels" motif with the "who wants the glory of succession" motif.

T3. Cat Among the Pigeons also seems to have interesting undercurrents having to do with the rites of passage from girlhood to womanhood.

T4. But the most interesting theme of Cat Among the Pigeons is that of the effects of an increasingly interwoven world on traditional Europe.

I'm pretty sure, not totally sure, that I checked this book out from the Jefferson County Public Library system in Colorado.

Here is the link to the Agatha Christie website page for Cat Among the Pigeons.

10/19/2014 review of the novel Borderline, by Lawrence Block

Here is a link to my Twitter review of the Lawrence Block novel Borderline, which I posted on October 19, 2014.

In the review, I discuss Lawrence Block's story structure, his characters, the sexuality of some of the characters, the sex scenes of the book, some of my past Lawrence Block reads, and some of the influences Block has had on my own writing.

The edition of Borderline I read was from Hard Case Crime. You can find it here.

Also, I bought this book from the Tattered Cover Book Store, a great bookstore chain in the Denver, Colorado area.