The Edgars

The 2007 Edgar Award Nominees list is out http://www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/2007/01/20007_edgra_awar.html and I have to admit that I have read very little of the list or have seen the television/movie candidates. Movies, I wait for them to be out on video so I don’t see them at the theater. I do like the ability to pause the movie when I need to and at home I don’t have to worry about some moron talking behind me. Then there is the fact that I am on extended basic on my cable so I don’t have access to HBO, Showtime, etc and get those via Netflix when they finally come out.

Shorts stories come in anthologies and since I don’t buy books and instead, rely on my local library, I don’t read that many anthologies. Though, I have been seeing more lately as some have been sent to me for review. I do recognize several names and wish I had seen the books they are in.

That leaves novels.

In the novel category, I have read only one and couldn’t even finish that one. I thought the book was hideous and had liked other stuff the author had done. So, maybe it was me.

Though, I think not.

So, if you have read any of the nominees and think I am missing something, please let me know. Either here or at kevin_tipple@att.net Tell me why I should move the book to the top of my list of reading material.


Kevin R. Tipple © 2007