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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 27, 2024 20:09:32 GMT
How horrible. Maybe you can change that? No, the Kindle Android app does not allow you to do that. I also have one of those. On it, the red text shows up as an unreadable rasterized representation of pale gray.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 27, 2024 18:53:50 GMT
Phil Baker’s masterful biography The Devil is a Gentleman: The Life and Times of Dennis Wheatley I acquired the somewhat expensive Kindle edition of this, only to find the text is in red. I am not sure I can read that.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 24, 2024 17:34:56 GMT
I read the first original novel of Death in Paradise last year, written by Robert Thorogood, the creator of the series. I read it when it was first published. If I remember correctly, at one point Poole considers killing Harry the lizard, which struck me as weirdly out of character.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 23, 2024 18:00:38 GMT
Season 2 of BEYOND PARADISE, the intensely soporific DEATH IN PARADISE spinoff, has started. Frankly I cannot explain why I watch this.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 20, 2024 18:35:26 GMT
What is the deal with Rosalind Ashe? She is not in print. There are no ebooks---not even pirated ones. I remember reading several of her novels with pleasure, in particular THE HURRICANE WAKE.
Somebody on Goodreads with the user name "Thomas Hale" says she was his grandmother. So, "Thomas Hale," if you see this, and have happened to inherit the rights, give us some ebooks.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 19, 2024 18:02:53 GMT
Derek @ Wordsworth was wondering about the possibility of getting some of our Mystery & Supernatural titles back out there in the form of eBook as there have been a few that we've had to stop printing due to poor sales. I wondered if there would be demand for these? Possibly, but you would be competing with outfits like Delphi Classics who offer the complete works, not just single titles, of out-of-copyright authors for next to nothing. I mean this to be encouraging.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 11, 2024 19:30:21 GMT
It gets more bland every year with the ever changing cast. I was going to say that Don Warrington has been in every episode of the show, closely followed by Élizabeth Bourgine. But according to IMDb, the latter has been in 84 episodes, the former only 80. Still, I would say they are both fairly well-established by now.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 11, 2024 18:31:23 GMT
I have been watching the current season of DEATH IN PARADISE. Spoiler: Dwayne returns! A step in the right direction. It gets more bland every year with the ever changing cast. I can't even remember the name ins of the current roster. Now if just Joséphine Jobert also would return,it would be so much better. Spoiler: She does. This upcoming Sunday.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 11, 2024 17:17:07 GMT
I have been watching the current season of DEATH IN PARADISE. Spoiler: Dwayne returns!
Danny John-Jules, the actor, is not a tall man, normally. Nevertheless, in this old music video, next to singer Princess, he is:
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 9, 2024 19:14:48 GMT
Diabolik (2021) directed by Antonio and Marco Manetti I had no idea this existed. I am a big fan of the DIABOLIK fumetti. They are an excellent way of improving your Italian.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 28, 2024 20:56:38 GMT
This is something I had completely forgotten about. But I had at least the first volume, although I do not think I actually read it.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 19, 2024 17:48:06 GMT
At least in one point he is right. Never give your books away without checking what is left between the pages. Did you notice a note of creepy obsessiveness about the whole thing?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 18, 2024 20:34:21 GMT
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 17, 2024 22:05:22 GMT
Priest's blog on his website is fascinating; recommended to all!
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 13, 2024 21:05:32 GMT
I have, I believe, the original paperback edition from 1985 or 1986 and another one from the mid-90s, and am currently reading the Kindle edition. Good to know that I am not the only one who does things like this. Priest seems to have deliberately created this for readers who will read all the different versions. It is a strange experience.
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