Monthly Archives: July 2012

2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet, K is for Kohan, Martin Kohan

Posted on 30/07/2012 by

This week the Crime Fiction Alphabet has arrived to letter “k”. My K is for Kohan, Martin Kohan. Unfortunately I have not read him yet and the information below has been taken from Guillermo Schavelzon Agencia Literaria. Kohan can not … Continue reading →

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OT: Late Raphael (II)

Posted on 27/07/2012 by

Following my previous post HERE, I visited today The Prado. Late Raphael is the first major survey exhibition on Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) to combine paintings and drawings in order to focus on the last seven years of the life … Continue reading →

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Book Cover – Domingo Villar (Leo Caldas #3)

Posted on 26/07/2012 by

Thanks to Estudio en Escarlata webpage I have learnt that this long awaited book will be released in November 2012. Click at Cruces de Piedra by Domingo Villar to see my previous post.

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2012 Global Reading Challenge Update

Posted on 25/07/2012 by

During the last months I have somehow neglected my participation in the Global Reading Challenge 2012. The Easy Level requires me to read one novel from each of these continents in the course of 2012: Africa, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, Europe, North … Continue reading →

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2012 Crime Fiction Alphabet, J is for Jimenez, Georgina Jimenez

Posted on 23/07/2012 by

This week the Crime Fiction Alphabet makes its stop on letter ” j”. Despite Kerrie’s opinion that this week’s  letter J is probably fairly easy, I found extremely difficult to come up with a Spanish crime fiction writer whose surname … Continue reading →

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Deep Down by Lee Child

Posted on 23/07/2012 by

Esta entrada es bilingüe, desplazarse hacia abajo para ver la versión en castellano Transworld Digital, 2012. Kindle edition. 306 KB. ASIN: B008DVVLYW. Deep Down is the second short story by Lee Child after Second Son. It is available in electronic … Continue reading →

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Reseña: Máscaras (Havana Red) de Leonardo Padura

Posted on 21/07/2012 by

This blog is bilingual, scroll down to find the English language version Tusquets Maxi Serie, 2012. 1ª edición en colección Ardanzas, 1997. 234 pages. ISBN: 978-84-8383-597-5. Máscaras es la tercera entrega de la tetralogía “Las cuatro estaciones” protagonizada por el … Continue reading →

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Premios Hammett de la Semana Negra de Gijon

Posted on 19/07/2012 by

A few days ago someone was asking in a twitter for the full list of the Spanish Hammett Awards that every year, for the last twenty-five, are granted during the Gijon Crime Fiction Festival. At that time I do not … Continue reading →

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O/T Two Comedians by Edward Hopper

Posted on 18/07/2012 by

Yesterday I visited the Hopper exhibition at the Thyssen Museum. Although Two Comedians is not one of my favourite Hopper paintings, I liked this story around it and the song by Frank Sinatra. In 1965 Hopper painted what would be … Continue reading →

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Review: The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty

Posted on 18/07/2012 by

Esta entrada es bilingüe para ver la versión en castellano desplazarse hacia abajo Serpent’s Tail, 2012. Kindle edition. 605 KB. eISBN: 978 1 84765 795 4. ASIN: B006U1C5K6. (Detective Sean Duffy 1) Now don’t be a cry baby when there’s … Continue reading →

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