J. Kingston Pierce and the Rap Sheet mob challenged crime writer/bloggers to play this "Fours" meme. Since I was a good boy and got some writing done today, I'll take a shot at it.
4 movies you would watch over and over again:
Jaws
The Big Lebowski
L.A. Confidential
The Goonies
4 places you have lived:
Utica, New York (I was born there)
Herkimer, New York
Hollywood, California
Friendship, Maine
4 TV shows you love to watch:
Deadwood
Doctor Who
Battlestar Galactica
Law & Order
4 places you have been on vacation:
The family camp on Haymock Lake
Pemaquid Point/New Harbor, Maine (my favorite place to go)
Tijuana, Mexico (don't ask)
New Hampshire
4 of your favorite foods:
tomato sandwiches
Spanish rice
shrimp
pizza
4 web sites you visit daily:
Crimespot
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
The Huffington Post
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine
4 places you would rather be right now:
At Pemaquid Point, no matter what the weather.
Heading due north.
Scotland.
Ireland.
4 things you want to do before you die:
See Bitter Water Blues get published.
Write and publish several other novels.
See polar bears in the wild.
See great white sharks from inside a diving cage. Seriously.
4 books you wish you could read again for the first time:
The Long Home by William Gay
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Norwood by Charles Portis
The Grifters by Jim Thompson
Tag 4 people you think will respond:
Chris Holm
Stephen Blackmoore
Keith Rawson
Clair Dickson
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5 comments:
Bugger. I mean, thanks. Tomorrow, I swear -- I mean, I've got to do SOMETHING while I'm at work, right?
Great to see a mention of Norwood. Everything Portis has written is great, but Norwood remains a favorite.
I've the Long home sitting on my shelf for the past three months and keep passing it over for some reason.
Chris: I'll check up on you later. Just keep one eye on your work while you're typing.
Bill: Yeah, I love all of Portis' stuff--and wish the much-rumored new novel would finally see the light of day--but NORWOOD'S my favorite.
Keith: Yank that sucker off the shelf and crack it open. If you dig Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor or Tom Franklin, I guarantee that Gay will floor you.
Ten years from now I'd select The Long Home for my list too, but I've only just read it recently... THEY SHIT FIRE!
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