Observations from the Balcony

-Is Montreal like L.A.?

-Interview with Reed Farrel Coleman

-The literary history of Denver

-Favorite TV crime dramas

-Interview with Charlie Huston

-Charlie Huston has been putting up original short stories on his site based off of the names on spam emails. The project is called The Book of All Future Names. The latest, Hugo Cauldron, is up.

-All the Friday’s Forgotten Book action is here.

-And a Friday book I’ve never heard of but feel like I have to find NOW.

-The Bookgasm guide to used book buying.

-Interview with Donald Westlake

-The Wide World of Crime Fiction

-The Nameless Detective series

-A topic that I touched on recently, why are mysteries so popular?

-An interesting sounding non-fiction book

-How to be literary, self-conscious and readable

-Win Brad Meltzer’s The Book of Lies

-Matt’s Bookosphere 8/21/08

-Felicia “Snoop” Pearson has got into some trouble. Stay cool girl!

-What if The Kindle suceeds?

-Review: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

-Buisness Week has an article about what the publishing industry can do to keep itself vital.

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-Richard Nash of Soft Skull largely concurs

Based on the Robert B. Parker novel here is the trailer for Appaloosa, starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen.