The Maltese Falcon: The Thin Man ; Red Harvest | 
It is not often I enjoy a tale and dislike all of the characters. This is one. People are not always likable. They can be a part of an interesting story just the same.
I gave it 4 stars on goodreads.
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Started reading for Dewey‘s 24 Hour #readathon this morning by finishing this classic crime novel set in 1930 San Francisco. #deweyoct #LibraryEBook
waiting for the cable guy
pickBook #89: I know that the movie was based off of the book but it had been so long ago since I saw the movie that I don't remember any of the plot points. This was good because it didn't end up ruining any of the book for me. The movie, and a lot of similar rip-off movies, have the same motif, they contain this old detective feel; a black and...
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8-22-19: My 68th finished book of 2019! #themaltesefalcon #dashiellhammett 👍🏼📖#️⃣6️⃣8️⃣ This was my Dad‘s copy from 1984 💖
7-10-19: While reading my father‘s copy of The Maltese Falcon, there was a knock on the door and I found 10 blue packages from the library waiting for me! It feels like my birthday! 📚🎉💖📚
pickI liked this much more than I expected! At under 200 pages it‘s a quick read. And it isn‘t nearly as misogynistic as I was expecting from a hard-boiled detective novel 🤣. San Francisco Private detective Sam Spade figures out the various players in the search for/theft of the Maltese Falcon. #1001books #1000books
What an absolutely excellent description! I love when a passage just packs that little umph! that sets it apart.
#litsypartyofone
1. The Ruin of a Rake and Maltese Falcon
2. The High Mountains of Portugal
3. "I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too." Neil Gaiman, American Gods
"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time." Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories.
I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway." Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
This book reminded me why I write suspense/thrillers. Loved it! How about you? #classic #amreading #amwriting
1. Not really
2. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett
3. Night owl, usually up to 2 or 3 in the morning, reading of course.
4. Left-handed
#sundaysurvey @alisonrose
Congrats @MicrobeMom on your milestone! 🎉👏🏻🎉👏🏻
There‘s still time to enter her #10kgiveaway - see the details on her original post!
Just noticed that when rearranging shelves, I put my cute little owl figurine right in front of The Maltese Falcon. The falcon looks so angry about it 😂😂
pickGreat audio adaptation. Like a radio play. (Made so much more sense than the movie.)
pickOne of those books you read because so many others spun off from the genre. It was impossible to take seriously, but a fun quick read. #100essentialnovels
1. A ring necked snake got itself stuck in a tape dispenser on the organ at church.
2. Boiled egg, bagel, fruit;
3. Hard boiled detective
4. The chair cushion I‘m sitting on;
5. 5‘4”
#humpdaypost @MinDea
It‘s calm enough this morning to read a paper book outside, so I‘m starting this one of the #100essentialnovels.
Heading to the ER to see what's going on with my leg. Figured I'll take this along so I can get it shipped out to @Dempsey eventually.
#lmpbc
#groupo
@AshleyHoss820 @corycatelyn
I‘m a little over halfway, Ladies!! Also, because Amazon hates me and they screwed up one of my packages, I‘m going to mail your goodies to you to coincide with when you get my book! 😄😄😄
P.S. So far, this is good! I have no clue what‘s going on and the women are totally the stereotypes for women in 1920s/30s noir! 😊
#LMPBC #GroupO
When one of the books you're reading was written in 1929 and someone is described like he's Uncle Pennybags, but his net worth is roughly the value of your house, and you can't fathom what that would be in today's money (according to saving.com, $200,000 in 1929 would be about $2,883,321.64 today).
Getting around to another classic. I've been craving mysteries more lately, I think. I don't have many on my TBR pile, though.
pickWhat a great read 👍 Sam Spade had me until the very last page. What a great detective story, full of colourful characters, mysterious murders, and intrigue 😊 I‘ll for sure be purchasing more titles by Dashiell Hammett 😊
Current before bed must read 🙂 I purchased a copy years ago and I‘m finally digging in to this classic. So far so good 👍
Starting this old classic this weekend.
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Wow - I liked this as an audiobook soooo much better than I liked reading it.
I gave it another go for 192019, & because it was on sale on Audible. I‘m so glad I did. The narration really brought this to life for me. Now I have to find more #noir for audiobooks. Suggestions?
Everyone wants to get their hands on this. #readingresolutions #greed
I LOVE Bogart. ❤️🕵️🏻♂️ #spadeandarchersquadgoals
Oh look! Is that a book which mentions Malta? I think it is! Isn't that the place I will be going to on holiday? Tomorrow? Why yes! Yes it is!
I just thought you'd like to know.
panThe last twenty pages or so were way more interesting and entertaining than the rest of the thing but in no way made up for the boring, misogynistic, homophobic, poorly written first 195.
Dogbean snuggles making this stinker more bearable. Misogynistic, homophobic, *and* boring. Sheesh.
#dogsoflitsy
so-soThis classic doesn't do much for me. I love a good hard-boiled detective story, but give me Marlowe over Spade...and write believable women, please!
The end of the school year means reading all day every day is in sight. Finally found time to get back to the library!
so-soClassic noir, cynical, booze-guzzling, smoking, gun-toting, slaphappy characters, good story, well-written action. But the characters are soooo dated that they are ridiculous. I have no patience for misogynistic assholes. Spade treats females with condescension, bullies everyone, picks fights, and generally is an arrogant idiot. I did not have the same issue with Chandler so it might not be me, but Hammet. ⭐⭐/5
so-soNoir and filmic and genre-typifying -- but I just couldn't get past the latent skeeviness. That, and my fingers kept itching to go at the descriptive passages with a judicious red pen. Two stars for this one.
pickLoved listening to a full cast for this hard boiled detective story.
So much fun to listen to! This is my first experience with a full cast.
Hard-boiled detective fiction #coolspines #riotgrams #februaryphotochallenge
There are a lot of really famous books set in San Francisco and apparently I have read none of them! Here are just two of the many. I did eat at a restaurant featured in Maltese Falcon, so maybe that counts for something?
#setinyourcity #readjanuary
@RealLifeReading
pickThis is between a pick and a so-so for me. The style is fast-paced and the author wastes no time, but some of the descriptions are strange and don't go well together in my opinion. Sort of unpictureable. I also felt a fair amount that was left out of the movie was just for suspense and didn't serve too much of a purpose otherwise. I did enjoy it, though, and the characters are very sharp. Wilmer was even more brutal in the book version.
