Anya ,'Touched'
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."
KristinT, beware of MaryMarySue Russell. I had to stop reading them, although I liked the first three a great deal. By the time I got to Jerusalem, where Russell learned Arabic in three weeks, enchanted diplomats with her wit and beauty, and convinced her Muslim guides that Educated Western Women could kick their asses, I'd pretty much had it.
That said, I rather liked her XF-ish cult novel, and her San Francisco-based mysteries.
Yes - I know what you mean. Still love the series though, suspension of disbelief nonwithstanding.
Yes - love the others too. Did you read her latest? Sort of a sequel to Folly?
Yeah, I preferred the lesbian-cop stories to the MarySueSherlock stories. I liked the first one of those well enough, but after that, it just got worse and worse...(though part of the problem is that I find Sherlock Holmes improbable and marysueish, so it doens't start out on a good note for me!)
The reader spoke in what I assume is a Satswani (it sounded like she said Satswani, but it could be Botswani? [this is the downside of not have words on paper in front of you]) accent,
Setswana is the language, the Batswana are the people, one person is a Motswana, and the country is Botswana. Confusing enough for you? :-) The same pattern can be found in Lesotho: the people are Basotho, the language is Sesotho, etc.
t /showoff
Oh, and I really enjoyed The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and plan on reading the others soon. I loved all the descriptions of Botswana (and was less interested in the mystery part--unlike JC, I'm not much of a mystery fan in general), and I adore Mma Ramotswe.
Yes - love the others too. Did you read her latest? Sort of a sequel to Folly
I did -- unfortunatley too soon after a certin 'conflict' began . found it way too real fo rme to deal with well. But really good.
don't really thin of No. 1 ladies... as a mystery-- much more of a story of place. I have Tears, just haven't read it yet.
If it's already been recommended, I apologize - but along that vein, I LOVE Laurie King's historical mystery series -- starts with The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Have you read the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters? It's set in the 19th century, a woman Egyptian archaeologist/detective and her family. Books are set in London and Egypt. I quite like them.
Have you read the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters? It's set in the 19th century, a woman Egyptian archaeologist/detective and her family. Books are set in London and Egypt. I quite like them.I liked the first fifty-seven. After that reading new ones grew a bit redundant.
t /Rhetorical Exaggeration
I liked the first fifty-seven. After that reading new ones grew a bit redundant.
I've read four or five of them. Out of order, of course, which isn't a big deal. Happens a lot with series. "Elizabeth Peters" also writes romance novels under the name Barbara Michaels, and I think that she has another pseudonym as well.
i (put those italics back in place!)
Thanks Kate! I was wondering. It's an unusual experience for me, the usually prolific reader, to know the sound of a word before I know the look of the word. Signed, the person who was certain "segue" was pronounced "seg-goo" from reading it for many years without having heard it spoken, and many other similar examples. I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!
I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!
One of the nice feature of online dictionaries is the pronounciation button, where you can hear the word properly pronounced.