tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post3531839230856752795..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Win a Copy of The Dusty Bookcase!Brian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-12036899877267614462017-11-26T18:33:23.693-05:002017-11-26T18:33:23.693-05:00Would that you were right, James, but I'm not ...Would that you were right, James, but I'm not so clever. That said, I do wish I'd read Allen instead of Ross. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-24568154455326176842017-11-22T02:14:33.227-05:002017-11-22T02:14:33.227-05:00Brian, this is too easy: it's a trick question...Brian, this is too easy: it's a trick question. The first sentence will read, "I was going to review "____ Nurse for this month's CNQ, but decided, after two dreary pages, to reread some Grant Allen instead." Then, in 800 words of astute commentary to follow, there is one cryptic reference to "Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow" followed a Glassco-inspired limerick about Ezra Levant. <br /><br />Do I win?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617268878665390285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-76730964615731227442017-11-21T15:21:34.330-05:002017-11-21T15:21:34.330-05:00Well I'll go sit in the corner for not followi...Well I'll go sit in the corner for not following instructions, then after my penance I'll send you my second guess. Thanks for indulging me.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-87034227473302881082017-11-20T19:43:33.617-05:002017-11-20T19:43:33.617-05:00I regret that I discovered the fact too late. Thos...I regret that I discovered the fact too late. Those <i>Dark Shadows</i> books were always on display at the United Cigar Stores of my youth.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-1543887528796248302017-11-20T19:41:07.995-05:002017-11-20T19:41:07.995-05:00Arctic Nurse isn't the one, John, though your ...<i>Arctic Nurse</i> isn't the one, John, though your reasoning makes perfect sense. Ross also wrote a novel titled <i>Down East Nurse</i>. I know nothing about it, but like to think the setting is Cape Breton.<br /><br />Care to try again? If so, email me your guess.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-24237253221852866662017-11-20T15:07:01.237-05:002017-11-20T15:07:01.237-05:00I'm tempted to say LUST PLANET, but I think yo...I'm tempted to say LUST PLANET, but I think you put that in as a red herring. I'll go with ARCTIC NURSE...possibly set in the Northwest Territories?J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-47328413762906918752017-11-20T07:04:11.925-05:002017-11-20T07:04:11.925-05:00Yet again I learn something new. I have a stack o...Yet again I learn something new. I have a stack of Marilyn Ross/ Dark Shadows novels. I never realised that they were written by a Canadian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com