Sunday Salon #6 - 14 February 2009

Sunday sure comes around quickly each week doesn't it?
I've written a variety of different posts this week, but only one book review.

Six years ago I created a Yahoo discussion group called oz_mystery_readers.
On Monday it turned 6 so that was really my big celebration for the week.

oz_mystery_readers turns 6

Postings in the last week

• How Many Books did you read in 2008?
  I've set up a poll so visitors can record how many books they read in 2008.
• Weekly Geeks 2009-6: What's in a Name?
  This week's challenge is about names and what they mean. My post is about the meaning of my name and how it is so not me, but I also talk about what Dorte told me about the main characters of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
• Striking Covers
  About a style of book covers we rarely see these days.
• Australianisms, Australian language in use
  Puzzled by the Australian language? Baffled by Strine in use?The information here may help.
  
• Review: DEADLY WATERS, Pauline Rowson
  This is the fourth title in Pauline Rowson's "marine" mysteries. The problems I had in focussing on the plot of this book may perhaps be attributable to the fact that I have not read earlier titles.
• My blog according to Wordle
  Have you tried Wordle out? A little tool to play with.
• Forgotten Books: VENOM HOUSE, Arthur Upfield
  Did you know an Australian crime fiction author writing in the 1950s and 1960s had an Australian aborigine called Napoleon Bonaparte as his protagonist?
• What sort of blog do you write?
  A tool that analyses your blog in Briggs Meyer terms with cute cartoons.
• The word "apache" in Agatha Christie
  An example of the constantly evolving English language.

Breaking News

• Peter's Best International Crime Fiction published in 2008
• John Nettles leaving Midsomer

Currently Reading

• now - THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN, Agatha Christie
• next - THE PYRAMID, Henning Mankell
• sometime soon - THE 19TH WIFE, David Ebershoff
• also listening to - CORDUROY MANSIONS, Alexander McCall Smith, ready for ch. 86
• in the car - AREA7, Matthew Reilly (up to disc 8/11)
  

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