Last Seen Hitchhiking (Mike Shayne)
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2 journalers for this copy...
From a box of books a friend gave me to give away...
A Mike Shayne Mystery
A Mike Shayne Mystery
Journal Entry 2 by ShadZ at Java Hut coffee house 30th/Walnut in Boulder, Colorado USA on Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Released on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Java Hut coffee house at 30th & Walnut in Boulder, Colorado USA.
Upstairs, on magazine shelf
Upstairs, on magazine shelf
I saw a book was released five minutes by bike away from my house, and used that as an excuse to go to a new coffee shop to write away the hours before work. I left a book in its place.
I am slightly unimpressed with the Java Hut. In the good city of Boulder, who knew that there is still one coffee house that will not provide vegetarian breakfastable versions of its ham-and-onion quiche and ham-and-egg croissants? "They don't sell," says the lady behind the counter. I suppose in a shopping plaza with Walgreens, Alberton's, and OfficeMax that's only to be expected. The coffee's OK though, the upstairs seating loft is airy and full of nice artwork, and the radio plays 99.5 The Mountain whose DJs "do not talk over the beginnings and ends of songs." My time spent writing there was pleasant enough, but it would have been nice were the TV tuned to Cartoon Network or Discovery Channel instead of Fox News.
This looks like a trashy, easy read, just what I needed now, having finished my current bedtime reading book and being unsure what to crack open next. I'll probably devour it this weekend and then leave it in a Pueblo airport on Sunday.
I am slightly unimpressed with the Java Hut. In the good city of Boulder, who knew that there is still one coffee house that will not provide vegetarian breakfastable versions of its ham-and-onion quiche and ham-and-egg croissants? "They don't sell," says the lady behind the counter. I suppose in a shopping plaza with Walgreens, Alberton's, and OfficeMax that's only to be expected. The coffee's OK though, the upstairs seating loft is airy and full of nice artwork, and the radio plays 99.5 The Mountain whose DJs "do not talk over the beginnings and ends of songs." My time spent writing there was pleasant enough, but it would have been nice were the TV tuned to Cartoon Network or Discovery Channel instead of Fox News.
This looks like a trashy, easy read, just what I needed now, having finished my current bedtime reading book and being unsure what to crack open next. I'll probably devour it this weekend and then leave it in a Pueblo airport on Sunday.
As is often the case, the cover of this book made it look really trashy. But I found it to be quite the page turner - even if what kept me turning pages was "Well? Is she dead or alive, dammit?!"
What I liked particularly was the way the mystery you start off with turns out not to be the real mystery our hero has to solve. Which was a darn good thing; it's not much of a mystery if you get to watch the murder(?) from victim's-eye-view in the first two chapters.
I also liked the detectives' (yes, that was a plural) unorthodox method of solving the crime. We're used to the Perry Mason style of gathering all the suspects into a room and laying out all the clues until it's time to point the finger at one gasping face. Our hero does this in a unique (well, I hadn't seen it before) and hilarious way.
Thanks for a great read, ShadZ! I'll probably bring this with me this Sunday to Pueblo and drop it off in the airport terminal or something.
Update:
Bleah. Weather was too iffy to fly to Pueblo today. Knock-on-wood that Thursday is less ambiguous, and I'll leave a book at each of my feul stops on the way to Phoenix.
What I liked particularly was the way the mystery you start off with turns out not to be the real mystery our hero has to solve. Which was a darn good thing; it's not much of a mystery if you get to watch the murder(?) from victim's-eye-view in the first two chapters.
I also liked the detectives' (yes, that was a plural) unorthodox method of solving the crime. We're used to the Perry Mason style of gathering all the suspects into a room and laying out all the clues until it's time to point the finger at one gasping face. Our hero does this in a unique (well, I hadn't seen it before) and hilarious way.
Thanks for a great read, ShadZ! I'll probably bring this with me this Sunday to Pueblo and drop it off in the airport terminal or something.
Update:
Bleah. Weather was too iffy to fly to Pueblo today. Knock-on-wood that Thursday is less ambiguous, and I'll leave a book at each of my feul stops on the way to Phoenix.
Journal Entry 5 by NicoleJLeBoeuf at Grants Pass Airport (3S8) in Grants Pass, Oregon USA on Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Released on Sunday, April 18, 2004 at Grants Pass Airport (3S8) in Grants Pass, Oregon USA.
So that flight to Phoenix never happened, because of weather. I ended up bringing this book with me to visit friends in Grants Pass. We went to the Airport so we could do some flying and sight-seeing. Had a lesson with Dan, who is extremely cool, and got to fly in a 2002 Cessna Skyhawk with fuel injection and a working autopilot, which is absolutely worth the higher rental rate.
Left the book on the bottom tier of the end table to the right of the long sofa in the Great Pacific Aviation Services lobby.
So that flight to Phoenix never happened, because of weather. I ended up bringing this book with me to visit friends in Grants Pass. We went to the Airport so we could do some flying and sight-seeing. Had a lesson with Dan, who is extremely cool, and got to fly in a 2002 Cessna Skyhawk with fuel injection and a working autopilot, which is absolutely worth the higher rental rate.
Left the book on the bottom tier of the end table to the right of the long sofa in the Great Pacific Aviation Services lobby.
