tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post226664738659394275..comments2024-03-20T09:37:09.972-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: The Best of the Best: My Top 100 MysteriesBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-57835046086523603912012-04-28T14:09:14.163-04:002012-04-28T14:09:14.163-04:00Great list! I was shocked that I had only read 15 ...Great list! I was shocked that I had only read 15 of the books on the list - and I'm an avid mystery reader!! I was glad to see The Yellow Room, as it is also one of my favorites. I recommend The Swimming Pool by Rogers, if you haven't read it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418612871246199865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-58274807821267657062012-04-27T21:12:51.512-04:002012-04-27T21:12:51.512-04:00This is a wonderful list. I haven't even had t...This is a wonderful list. I haven't even had time to read it all and absorb it. But I will. And it inspires me to do one also, although it will take me much longer.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-17252354299134996932012-04-27T14:09:47.004-04:002012-04-27T14:09:47.004-04:00Thanks, Bev!! This has added a lot to me "to ...Thanks, Bev!! This has added a lot to me "to read" listAbby Mannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-46744815829538915782012-04-27T11:42:29.927-04:002012-04-27T11:42:29.927-04:00John: I actually own a copy of the Bristow & ...John: I actually own a copy of the Bristow & Manning book called The Ninth Guest. I'll add the aka, though just to be clear. And I'll send you the deets via email on my edition.<br /><br />Yvette: Speed = Goodreads plus my anal listmaking. But, honestly, if I sat down and gave this the thought it deserved, my list would probably be quite different. I just went until I had 100--occasionally thinking of some on the fly without looking at the lists. And I deliberately tried to go with different books from yours--except when I HAD to have one.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-28583896798019710162012-04-27T11:24:03.024-04:002012-04-27T11:24:03.024-04:00Oh such an intriguing list, Bev. I find that I hav...Oh such an intriguing list, Bev. I find that I haven't read many of the vintage. But then I suspected that would be the case. THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES was borderline with me. I love the creepiness quotient and I'm still reading the series. <br /><br />I'm glad though that your list is so different (except for a few titles) from mine. I will definitely be looking for some of your titles online at Better World Books or Amazon. There goes my budget. My library is little help with vintage.<br /><br />I don't agree with a couple of your choices, but why quibble. As I mentioned on my blog, I haven't read THE MOONSTONE (or at least I think I haven't) but it's lined up for this year.<br /><br />I love all of Jasper Fforde's books but I didn't/don't consider them really mysteries. Maybe we need to do fantasy list - not that I've read all that many fantasy books.<br />But there has to be a way of characterizing. Maybe just a plain 100 Favorite Books, now that the mystery/thrillers are out of the way.<br /><br />I must say, abjectly, that I forgot THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP. I love that book. There's got to be a way to amend these lists fairly...!<br /><br />I've never read Catherine Aird, maybe now's a good time to start.<br /><br />I did read THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER and liked it very much but hated the book's ending. Much preferred the film's ending even if it was a very imperfect adaptation.<br /><br />Great list, Bev. HOW DID YOU DO IT SO QUICKLY? It took me forever!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-45856039432059435572012-04-27T07:22:45.134-04:002012-04-27T07:22:45.134-04:00Wonderful list Bev (and not a hardboiled author in...Wonderful list Bev (and not a hardboiled author in sight!). I'm proud to say that I'm familiar with most of the titles but there are some that are completely unknown to me, and thankfully completely different from the ones in Yvette's list, making a truly positive boon in terms of new information. I must admit that it would never have occurred to me to include the Susan Hill and I think you liked the Heyer much, more than I did! You have so many great books there, from Doyle to Lovesey and via such greats as Rendell and PD James - lots to mull over in this veritable feast! Thanks.Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-77347897856687153562012-04-26T23:45:18.296-04:002012-04-26T23:45:18.296-04:00This is an amazing Top 100 filled all sorts of vin...This is an amazing Top 100 filled all sorts of vintage mystery treasures. I'm proud to say I have read 31 of the books you list. I own about 15 others which someday I will get to. But when?<br /><br />The title of the Bristow & Manning book is THE INVISIBLE HOST. The movie version was called <i>The Ninth Guest.</i> Do you have a paperback or some other edition with a different title? Never knew it existed. You might want to change that so people can find the book. It's more readily available under the original title.<br /><br />I know it's a personal list but I have to say that I loathed - absolutely loathed - Charles Finch's first book. Twee is a word that comes to mind. The period stuff was all so ersatz to me. Maybe he improved by the third book you list here, but I'll not bother finding out.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-72597783578721048372012-04-26T23:41:47.787-04:002012-04-26T23:41:47.787-04:00Amber, Keep going with The Moonstone. It's on...Amber, Keep going with The Moonstone. It's one of my favorites.<br /><br />Bev, I love your list. I like that The Moonstone is on it as well as The Name of the Rose, both great books. I'm scared to do this list because I know how much Agatha Christie would be on it.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-86398423272188598372012-04-26T22:32:50.671-04:002012-04-26T22:32:50.671-04:00Oh, this is so good. I'm bookmarking this page...Oh, this is so good. I'm bookmarking this page.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-7658790341488850072012-04-26T21:41:34.791-04:002012-04-26T21:41:34.791-04:00Comprehensive and very cool! I'll be looking i...Comprehensive and very cool! I'll be looking into The Ninth Guest, Abracadaver and The Dante Club.<br /><br />I'm reading The Moonstone right now and in this moment I prefer The Woman in White (One of my all-time favs)However, I'm only about fifty pages in, so this may change.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699242203215883961noreply@blogger.com