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.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
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.
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!
Consuela - May 23, 2005 3:39:26 pm PDT #7770 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Cool. I just started reading that Kage Baker novel.