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?
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Pix - Mar 16, 2004 6:50:18 pm PST #1391 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
meara - Mar 16, 2004 6:58:15 pm PST #1392 of 10002
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!)
Kate P. - Mar 16, 2004 7:36:53 pm PST #1393 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
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.
beth b - Mar 16, 2004 8:52:20 pm PST #1394 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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.
Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 5:32:08 am PST #1395 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
Typo Boy - Mar 17, 2004 5:57:45 am PST #1396 of 10002
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.
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
Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 7:06:50 am PST #1397 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
Java cat - Mar 17, 2004 7:39:09 am PST #1398 of 10002
Not javachik
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!
DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 7:40:47 am PST #1399 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:41:00 am PST #1400 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
I had a very embarrassing incident with the word facade in 7th grade or so....