http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-tuesdays-gone/ reading material to get excited about Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-tuesdays-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-59839 Joshua Perdue Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=9233#comment-59839 Sounds like I need to try some Carter Brown. Thanks for the tip! Sounds like I need to try some Carter Brown. Thanks for the tip!

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-tuesdays-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-59837 Cruikshank Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:38:43 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=9233#comment-59837 The G-String Murders is my favorite Carter Brown story. It's like a Russ Meyer movie between the covers. The G-String Murders is my favorite Carter Brown story. It’s like a Russ Meyer movie between the covers.

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-tuesdays-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-59835 Bruce Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:15:43 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=9233#comment-59835 Robert you totally nailed it. It never dawned on my how much Brown just loves the use of words ending in 'ly' Robert you totally nailed it. It never dawned on my how much Brown just loves the use of words ending in ‘ly’

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-tuesdays-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-59834 Robert Loy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:56:44 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=9233#comment-59834 I used to love Carter Brown books when I was a teenager, and going back and rereading them I find much to enjoy, or I would if it weren't for all those damn adverbs. In Brown's books no one ever whispers, they say softly. Here are the adverbs from one typical page. "bellowed angrily" (how else is somebody going to bellow? "looked at him nastily" "I said shortly" "watched me doubtfully" "I said carefully" "he said icily" "he said heavily" After a while I'm just tensing my body getting ready for the next -ly blow. I used to love Carter Brown books when I was a teenager, and going back and rereading them I find much to enjoy, or I would if it weren’t for all those damn adverbs. In Brown’s books no one ever whispers, they say softly. Here are the adverbs from one typical page.
“bellowed angrily” (how else is somebody going to bellow?
“looked at him nastily”
“I said shortly”
“watched me doubtfully”
“I said carefully”
“he said icily”
“he said heavily”
After a while I’m just tensing my body getting ready for the next -ly blow.

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