Destination Unknown Vox 2007-10-30T05:46:08Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd97050ce24cd5/tags/mystery/ When the destination is a mystery, the journey is everything. Book: Grave Peril tag:vox.com,2007-10-30:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b8228c0003 2007-10-30T03:28:45Z 2007-10-30T05:46:08Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) James Marsters Pax as Harry Dresden

This is the third in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, starring who I like to refer to as "The Other Wizard Named Harry," Harry Coperfield Blackstone Dresden, the only openly practicing wizard in the City of Chicago. He's in the phone boo...

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]]> What's the Draw?! tag:vox.com,2007-10-23:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398b5c57a0004 2007-10-23T03:57:16Z 2007-10-25T15:16:17Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom According to Clustrmaps, this blog is drawing over one hundred hits per day (122 yesterday), and I've had over 10,000 visitors since the beginning of July when I installed the counter. Considering how immensely uninteresting my blog is, I can't ...

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]]> Book Review: Fool Moon tag:vox.com,2007-06-18:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d41442b1606a47 2007-06-18T05:01:00Z 2007-06-21T23:57:32Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2)

This is the second book of the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher. The first book, Stomfront, about the only openly practicing Wizard in Chicago - part hardboiled detective, part CSI analyst, part Harry Potter - blew me away, and I know that I ...

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]]> Book Review: Storm Front tag:vox.com,2007-04-15:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd972234434cd5 2007-04-15T23:23:44Z 2007-04-15T23:29:44Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)

I listened to this on CD, and absolutely loved it. Now I have to get the whole series. I understand that there is a TV series of this now on the Sci-Fi Channel, called The Dresden Files, but not having cable I haven't seen it. Jim Butcher has m...

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]]> Book Review: Drop Shot tag:vox.com,2007-03-26:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142b0ece3c7f 2007-03-26T03:01:05Z 2007-03-26T03:01:05Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)

This is another one I listened to in audiobook. It's good, funny in a chuckles sort of way, but no guffaws. Some of the jokes get a bit tedius, like how the main character likes to irritate the other male characters with homosexual innuendo. Th...

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]]> Movie Review: Chinatown tag:vox.com,2007-03-22:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971c07dd4cd5 2007-03-22T03:20:46Z 2007-03-22T03:20:46Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Chinatown

We watched Chinatown tonight, from our Netflix list. This Roman Polanski/Jack Nicholson picture from 1974 is the epitome of hardboiled detective stories. Strix and I both noticed strong Alfred Hitchcock influences in the camera work, and the ...

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]]> Movie Review: Family Plot tag:vox.com,2007-02-19:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142258483c7f 2007-02-19T02:59:08Z 2007-02-19T02:59:08Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Family Plot

Originally posted on my old blog on November 29th, 2004: Family Plot, 1976, was the last movie made by uber-director Alfred Hitchcock. It's always disappointing when a master's final work is below his average par. It would be more satisfying ...

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]]> Poems: Haiku Who-Done-Its tag:vox.com,2007-02-17:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e55d835be2b 2007-02-17T18:27:28Z 2007-02-17T19:36:22Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Haiku-Who-Done-It So many poisons, So little time to spike drinks. Guess I'll just shoot him. Detective looks dour, Shows me his fingerprint brush, Says, “You should wear gloves.” “Heart attack?” she says. Potted foxglove missing leaves....

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]]> Book Review: A Rare Benedictine tag:vox.com,2007-01-10:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e4c4dfbbe2b 2007-01-10T23:14:03Z 2007-01-11T00:08:57Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Rare Benedictine

Originally posted on my old blog on Sept 25th, 2004: A Rare Benedictine, by Ellis Peters, is a collection of three short stories (novellas? novellettes?) staring her recurring medeival sleuth Brother Cadfael. Of course, in the first story, he's...

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]]> Book Review: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency tag:vox.com,2006-12-29:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d10a797c9f8bfa 2006-12-29T01:56:22Z 2006-12-29T16:41:58Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Today Show Book Club #8)

I read this for a mystery book group Christina and I attend, and though I didn't get it finished in time for my book group, I did finally finish it! This is the first in a series about the first female private detective in Botswona. The book has...

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