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ds, The order of the Mary Russell books is: The Beekeeper's Apprentice A Monstrous Regiment of Women A Letter of Mary O Jerusalem The Moor I liked the first of these the best.

The "PA" is the postal abbreviation for Pennsylvania. For the record, it isn't so much that I assume everyone must know that Pennsylvania is in the US. I didn't really give it any thought other than deciding how specific I should be. I know that no-one has ever heard of the town I live in...

#1: As far as I can tell, it is the custom to keep one's shoes on. I generally only take mine off to shower and sleep. I think taking one's shoes off on entering the house is more of a Southern thing. #2: You might be able to buy caviar at the local grocery store, but it probably wouldn't be...

Also, if you are interested in things Polar, you really should find a copy of Alfred Lansing's book Endurance. It's about Shackleton's failed attempt to reach the South Pole. It makes Into Thin Air look like a walk in the park. (And that's no knock on Krakauer's book - I liked it, too.)

I'm very glad that you did. I read, somewhere, a theory that Wolfe was the illegitimate child of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler. Frankly, I thought that Wolfe had a lot more in common with Mycroft. In any event, he'd get my vote hands down. And, I've read most of the Mary Russell/Sherlock...

You know, this business about telling another story, one different from the written one, makes me think about how close the Fabulists are to the old traditions of passing down folk tales. I know that Marquez once said that he learned to write from listening to his Grandmother tell him all these...

Dave, You might be able to find out something at www.abaa.com. Or maybe www.alibris.com. They are certainly good enough starting points with enough links to other resources to keep you busy for a little while. However, I must also warn you that there is "VERY old" and then there is "Very...

Wabbit, It sure sounds like Marquez has done it again. I think one of the greatest tricks that the magic-realists pull off is the portrayal of something (a person, a couple, a town, a culture, etc.) enveloped in Grace, or Magic, like the air trapped inside a soap bubble. It is perhaps the...

Thanks, Wabbit, I'll take that into consideration. I actually haven't read much Hem. at all. As for the waiting bit . . . so many books, so little time.

This morning, sausage omelet, hash browns, white toast, and black coffee. Nothing, and I mean nothing, beats a good diner breakfast. But, that giant kettle of gumbo that Cajunmama was whipping sounds pretty darn good. As a general rule, though, breakfast is usually whatever was left over from...

Off the top of my head: Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone Hemingway - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Very interesting. I am afraid I'm going to have to fudge a little and break things up. Favorite character to have dinner with (male): Nero Wolfe Ditto (female): Lena (from Conrad's Victory) Favorite character to hang out with: Sal Paradise (though more from the Desolation Angels period) I'm...

Yeah, I really didn't do a good job of explaining my thoughts there. What I meant to say was that cozies represent a "lifestyle" mystery - like legal mysteries, medical mysteries, gardening mysteries, cooking mysteries, etc., and that cats are a pretty safe bet for set dressing when writing to...

It would be easier to say that I don't read either horror or romance. They just don't interest me. Oh, and true crime (esp. dealing with serial killers). Like I said, just not interested.

I'll be giving books this year, but I rarely get books. I usually either already have it, or it is something I'm not interested in reading.

I would also tend to think that cozy authors incorporate cats into their books as a sort of marketing tool (though that doesn't really get at what I am trying to say). I mean, it plays into the stereotype, not just of the writer of cozies (Angela Lansbury, for example), but also the readers of...

I have tried to direct my dreams when I realize that I am dreaming. However, it usually isn't successful. I guess my mind has a mind of it's own. In fact, almost without exception, such lucid dreams end up being nightmares for me. I even had one, once, that was very similar to the one...

Cathy, For what it is worth, I do take the format into consideration when looking at books. I prefer trade-size paperbacks, especially for nonfiction, "serious" literature, and that sort of thing. They tend to be printed on a better quality paper, and also look better on my bookshelves. In...

I've run across a few cozies in my latest reading "obsession" (i.e. biblio-mysteries) including the Carolyn Hart series. You might like the series written by Julie Kaewert or Lawrence Block's "Burglar" series. Kaewert's series features the head of a publishing house and is, I think, pretty...

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