Oh yeah, there are Sayers and Christies and Stouts I've read over and over, among others. Of course, I pay so little attention, half the time I forget who does it, anyway, so it's like a whole new story!
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Jesse - May 22, 2005 1:57:55 pm PDT #7760 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Scrappy - May 22, 2005 1:58:52 pm PDT #7761 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I reread my Georgette Heyers over and over, and I know not only how it ends but exactly how it gets there, and I find that comforting as well. I have reread Nero Wolfes as well.
Sophia Brooks - May 22, 2005 2:04:10 pm PDT #7762 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Nero Wolfe is also among the re-reads. I also got a lot of John Dickson Carr and Carter Dickson (they are the same person) mysteries at many rummage sales as a child. Actually, I own Mrs. Charles Wuertzer (she put a return address label in the books) for much of my mystery reading habits. Almost all the books I bought at the rummage sales (Ellery Queen, Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, Agatha Christies) were hers first.
erikaj - May 22, 2005 2:57:57 pm PDT #7763 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
If I wait long enough I forget whodunit.
Connie Neil - May 22, 2005 3:02:19 pm PDT #7764 of 10002
brillig
I used to re-read my Martha Grimes a whole lot more than I did, but now I just re-read the Melrose Plant portions. Plus there's all my Sayers and Elizabeth Peters. The mystery itself comes second, it's the character interaction I enjoy. Heron Carvic's Miss Seeton books are fun to re-read as well.
Do gothic-type mysteries count? Because my Mary Stewart's are over 25 years old and still getting--carefully--reread. Likewise the Jane Aiken Hodges.
Dana - May 22, 2005 3:03:20 pm PDT #7765 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I definitely reread mysteries. If you're not focused on who the murderer is, you can pick up other details. And sometimes the language and the world-building is just fun.
Betsy HP - May 22, 2005 3:28:45 pm PDT #7766 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
There are several mystery writers I read without caring a single little bit who killed whom. Sarah Caudwell comes to mind -- I'm there for the dialogue, not the plot. I read Jonathan Gash for the antique neepery.
Jesse - May 22, 2005 3:33:46 pm PDT #7767 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Actually, I own Mrs. Charles Wuertzer (she put a return address label in the books) for much of my mystery reading habits. Almost all the books I bought at the rummage sales (Ellery Queen, Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, Agatha Christies) were hers first.
That's fantastic.
Calli - May 23, 2005 6:23:35 am PDT #7768 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Like I said, I don't think Anita's jumped any of her were-lovers while they weren't human.
(Spoilers for Incubus Dreams): She kinda sorta does, in ID. Well, the guys are sort of in a half-way stage, anyway. How fuzzy do they have to be to count?
I used to re-read my Martha Grimes a whole lot more than I did, but now I just re-read the Melrose Plant portions.
I do this, too. In spite of him not quite working with the character description (piercing green eyes, etc.) I tend to picture Melrose being played by ASH.
sumi - May 23, 2005 12:18:58 pm PDT #7769 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
The Mythopoeic Society announces it's award winners.
Yeah, that word really seemed like it oughta have a "t", but guess what? It doesn't!