'Not Fade Away'
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."
Die Upon a Kiss by Barbara Hambly
Oh, the mysteries set in early 1800s New Orleans. I read one of them but couldn't read the others because I couldn't shake my knowledge of what history was like for blacks in the south later in the century, I couldn't just immerse myself in the period, fascinating though it is.
Is it a Britiish book, Jilli? I notice no translations of French in books published there
Sayers is horrible for that.
I admire those mysteries greatly, but they only get more and more heartbreaking.
Is it a Britiish book, Jilli?
Yep.
I notice no translations of French in books published there--maybe because it's assumed everyone knows at least enough French to get by and to imply they don't is to insult the reader's intelligence?
Hmmph. That's probably the case with this book. I did ask Pete if it was common for UK-published books not to translate any sections in French, but he wasn't sure.
The other non-fiction book I'm currently reading (Courtesans : Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century, by Katie Hickman) DOES provide translations for the great whopping chunks of French that are part of it. Of course, I'm not sure if that book was originally published in the UK or not.
I have found it vastly frustrating in the past.
I almost stopped reading the dratted thing because of it.
I admire those mysteries greatly, but they only get more and more heartbreaking.
Should I not bother reading this one since I haven't read the first four?
Die Upon a Kiss by Barbara Hambly
I admire those mysteries greatly, but they only get more and more heartbreaking.
Fever Season and Sold Down the River were especially so. And also terrifying.
The mysteries are self-contained--I think--but there are lots of references to family life and relationships.
Edit: Fever Season is the one I read. That one was fiendish.
Should I not bother reading this one since I haven't read the first four?
Cereal:
Personally, I would read at least the first one, A Free Man of Color beforehand to acquaint yourself with the characters and world.
It's a great series, but I do think you might want to read the others first or at least A Free Man of Color.
It's a great series, but I do think you might want to read the others first or at least A Free Man of Color.
Well, drat. It's the only book I have with me for the bus ride home from work.