Forgot about that. I guess I thought of it as 19th century because so much of the setting sounds 19th century.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Typo Boy - Oct 14, 2012 1:53:21 pm PDT #19917 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hil R. - Oct 14, 2012 2:27:02 pm PDT #19918 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It seemed pretty modern to me, especially in that scene about preparing for Shabbat -- the cooking and cleaning would have been totally different in the nineteenth century. Nineteenth-century preparing-for-Shabbat scenes seem to always include someone either killing or plucking a chicken, and a whole lot of fetching water.
Typo Boy - Oct 14, 2012 3:25:37 pm PDT #19919 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
There did not seem to be electricity. Maybe I've forgotten that too.
Hil R. - Oct 14, 2012 3:59:31 pm PDT #19920 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There's definitely electricity. There's no TV, but there's plenty of other electric stuff. That Shabbat scene includes vacuuming and ironing.
Typo Boy - Oct 15, 2012 8:03:02 am PDT #19921 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My memory does not seem to be getting beter. I do remember it was a very cool book though.
Kate P. - Oct 16, 2012 9:48:53 am PDT #19922 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hil, I think the books you've settled on for your friend's kids are great (I've been meaning to get a copy of The Snowy Day for Rose), but thought I'd put in a plug for our current favorite book, Ten Nine Eight by Molly Bang. It's our bedtime book and is really warm and sweet and charming: [link]
Connie Neil - Oct 16, 2012 10:44:37 am PDT #19923 of 28370
brillig
I'm reading Josephine Tey's "Brat Farrer" for the first time, and I now know what kind of writer I want to be when I grow up. Her style is sort of minimalist, in that there's little overt description, but it's all so evocative. A girl describes Aunt Bee as having a face like an expensive cat, which she is secretly pleased by, and the rector's wife later says, "Yes, but not the fluffy kind." And I can instantly picture Aunt Bee. I don't know the color of her hair or her height or build, but I know her.
In referring to a dead relative, Bee say "Walter has died." The rector's wife asks "Did he die in an odour of sanctity?" "Carbolic. A workhouse ward I believe." I snickered so loud the other people in the lunch room looked intrigued, but I didn't look up to give them the satisfaction.
And she has dozens of books I've never read!
flea - Oct 16, 2012 12:07:07 pm PDT #19924 of 28370
information libertarian
Ah, you're in for a treat. Not dozens, though, only 6 or 7.
sumi - Oct 16, 2012 12:13:15 pm PDT #19925 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
Sadly, not dozens.
I love Brat Farrer. (How could I not - a mystery, with horses.)
Connie Neil - Oct 16, 2012 12:22:07 pm PDT #19926 of 28370
brillig
Not dozens, though, only 6 or 7.
Ah, I was getting her confused with Georgette Heyer. Whom I also haven't read. I think I confused her with Barbara Cartland.