Any PD James/Dalgleish fans about? I loved the PBS series with Ray Marsden--actually that's what led me to the books. Bit later than Campion, etc., 80s? I think? Possibly 90s? I do like James' writing.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Beverly - Mar 31, 2021 4:53:10 pm PDT #26586 of 28175
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
-t - Mar 31, 2021 5:12:20 pm PDT #26587 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I liked Cordelia Gray a lot but have an irrational dislike of Adam Dalgliesh. And Children of Men made me very angry and I have held that against James.
Beverly - Apr 01, 2021 7:40:52 pm PDT #26588 of 28175
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh yes, thumbs down on Children of Men.
Toddson - Apr 02, 2021 1:34:30 pm PDT #26589 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
This is an older book, but I waited for it to be on sale at a reduced price and so I finished it recently. It took a while for me to get into it, but once I did it moved along. Basic story (set in the early 1800s) - a highly skilled chef, employed by a titled man who's the head of a trading company (kind of like the British East India Company) has a dinner party interrupted by pirates, accidentally gets himself into the middle of this, sees his employer killed, then is hauled off by the pirates. Their leader is a woman and she tells him that he will have to make her one delicious meal on Sunday or he'll be killed. It follows the adventures of the pirates, the chef having to come up with something wonderful with paltry food/seasonings and a cooking place that is woefully inadequate.
-t - Apr 02, 2021 1:46:58 pm PDT #26590 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Kidnapped by pirates is good
Seriously, that is an intriguing description
Toddson - Apr 02, 2021 1:55:01 pm PDT #26591 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And the meals he cooks ... he's very ingenuous and makes some meals that sound delicious out of the least promising things.
Laura - Apr 02, 2021 2:16:07 pm PDT #26592 of 28175
Our wings are not tired.
To those who recommended the Chanur books I send thanks. Enjoyable so far.
meara - Apr 02, 2021 3:32:36 pm PDT #26593 of 28175
What’s the name of the book Toddson?
So, one of my fave authors has created a spinoff “universe” from one of her series, and co-wrote the first book and has other people doing others. Mostly sound good, and I liked the first one, but the latest...just...ok, if you name one of the mean guys “Redd Bottom” you’re not being cure you’re being ridiculous. And I’ve read some fun ridiculous like, were-bear stuff? But this is not that, but I can’t get past it. Especially since the hero is apparently called “Bull” and his brothers include “Blade”. Just...take it back a notch, lady.
Consuela - Apr 02, 2021 7:21:06 pm PDT #26594 of 28175
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
To those who recommended the Chanur books I send thanks. Enjoyable so far.
Glad you're enjoying them! I do love me some Cherryh.
Right now I"m reading All the Light We Cannot See, which I found in a Little Free Library a few weeks ago. Pretty good so far, although the blind girl and her dad are a bit precious.
Toddson - Apr 05, 2021 5:49:40 am PDT #26595 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
meara, the book is called "Cinnamon and Gunpowder" (sorry about being offline over the weekend)