Dear Jill, Lori and Booksharian Friends,Jill, I've read several of the Pitt mysteries and am glad to hear I'm not the only one who didn't absolutely love all of them. Like Lori, I didn't enjoy the tone of the inner circle books. It's like with Superman, I like it better when he saves treed kittens and prevents car accidents than when he saves the Earth or the Universe. Actually, I plan to read the last few I haven't read yet because I care about the characters, enjoy the mysteries and love the historical elements and slices of Victorian life on all class levels, but they aren't among my favorite mysteries. I like books that focus on person to person conflicts, resolutions, etc, more than novels about the grande scale. To me the Inner Circle is grand scale and less believable and involving than your garden variety murder bunny pulled out of a hat.
I've read one of Perry's WW I books. It was well written enough that I still recall several scenes, but they're all sad ones. Unless Anne Perry could devise something like M*A*S*H,, I guess it's to be expected that most novels written within the WW I or any war context will subject the reader to scenes including the traumatic, the devastating, the noble and heroic, the terrifying,...
While I'm writing, Jill, Thank you for scanning the Constable Evans books for me to validate. You went beyond the call of duty by taking the extra time to move the page numbers to the tops of the pages. Mayrie Renae does that too. As a validator, I definitely don't mind putting them at the tops of the pages if the submittor doesn't mind, though I confess I just do it without asking first. I guess the submittor can track me down if page numbers at the top is a problem.
Speaking of being tracked down, I'm so fortunate that I haven't been tracked down and divested of my books for life. I made the atrocious mistake of asking two submittors to scan the same book! As a volunteer I think I'm about three years old. To date, I think of this as the very worst mistake I've made. Bookshare volunteers are an understanding, forgiving lot. I plan many of my validations in advance, thinking I have the master plan safely in my head. This time a book spilled out. The lesson? Check, Check and Check some more, or maybe, gasp, slow down a little.
Jill, The Constable Evans books one through six are in the collection now. If you're still game, we have 4 to go! I hope some of you will give that series, by Rhys Bowen, a try. If you do, and you find problems I didn't know I had, please, please let me know. There are some details about formatting and punctuation I'm not sure about yet.
Six was already in the collection. The book I just uploaded is Evan Can Wait which is number 5 and my favorite so far. It has World War II as a back story. These cozy mysteries, set in Wales are my idea of pleasurable reading. They aren't as silly as the Delightful Agatha Raisin. Evan Evans is a friendly but unassuming small town constable who enjoys climbing the Welsh mountains on weekends. I don't mean that vertical-type, life-threatening, kind of climbing. What he does is more like rugged hiking up and down rather steep ground appreciating the clean air and views or the company of his main sweetie, Bronwen, the school teacher.
This time he's given the embarrassingly undetective-like task of keeping sight seers away from a film crew set up on the mountain to film the lifting of a crashed World War II German bomber from the bottom of a lake. He observes tension among the crew, but must use his strengths of patience, gathering evidence in all directions with an open mind, and intuition when the heart throb type guy on the crew goes missing, despite the fact Evan's been told to let the experts from the big city, solve the case. I loved the back story of a retired slate miner's recollections of the war when he worked in the slate mines and had his first love affair at age 15. I also learned that to protect their art treasures from being destroyed in the bombing, the priceless paintings and other works of art from the National Gallery in London were hidden away in heated crates several stories underground in the slate mines in the North Wales mountains. Be still my heart!
Always with love, Lissi----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:57 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Dish Taken Cold
Lori, I hope you read this book when it's available. It's more like a long short story and frankly I wasn't impressed, but we all have different tastes in books so I'd be interested in your reaction. I too got burned out on the Pitt series but will try the WWII ones. Thanks for the recommendation. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Dish Taken ColdI have really enjoyed the WWI series; I think it is my favorite.I got rather tired of the Pitt series when the books began to focus on "The Inner Circle". I would not say that the Monk books are darker. Actually, I like all of her books.Cat Lover Lori----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:22 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Dish Taken ColdCindy,Actually, the munk series deals with the lower and upper classes. You might try one and see if it doesn't fit your tastes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Dish Taken ColdYes, I would put the Otto Penzler books in parentheses next to the title since it is that way on Amazon. It may or may not be the start of a new series, so I wouldn't put a number. The synopses, short and long, will tell people what it's about,i.e., what age group.Are you the one who adds the age group to the book? It's so helpful to me. As you know, I've been doing that, and when a lot of books are added, like today, it's time consuming. Fortunately, I'm familiar with children's and juvenile and young adult authors, and sort of sense from titles what might be in one of those categories, though I have been wrong on occasion--but looking them up takes time. I've finally gotten smart, though, and made a list of the various series so now all I have to do is look at my list. If you are the one who has been adding that info, as I say, it certainly has been helpful.A Dish Taken Cold sounds very interesting, and I'm going to request it soon. I love her Pitt series; I haven't read the Monk books because I hear they're darker and deal with a different social class. I love reading about the upper classes. smile. I also haven't read her WWI series--or is it WWII--I didn't realize until someone told me recently that they are mysteries; I thought they were just stories. But I prefer books set further back in time, and A Dish Taken Cold, set during the French Revolutionary period, sounds interesting to me. And she is such a good writer.Cindy --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Dish Taken Cold To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 11:29 AM Cindy, Thanks so much for this information. From what you read, do you think I should put the information in parentheses as part of the title if Mary Anne didn't? I frankly couldn't quite decide what age group this book was written for and it was certainly in no way typical of other Anne Perry books.----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:28 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A Dish Taken Cold > Yes, Jill, It's the same Anne Perry. And it looks as if this might be the > start of a new series, since according to Amazon there should be, in > parentheses next to the title this: (Otto Penzler Books) > > Below is a brief Product Description from the publisher on Amazon. > > "Compellingly, with the narrative elegance that has placed her Victorian > mystery novels on best-selling fiction lists worldwide, Edgar > Award-winning novelist Anne Perry turns her unerring historical eye to > Paris 1792. Revolution is yielding to Terror, and the city is hungry—for > justice, for vengeance, for bread. So, too, is Celie Deleure, a servant in > the household of the celebrated Madame de Stael, when her infant son > suffers an inexplicable death." > > Cindy > > > --- On Tue, 7/29/08, Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Just Submitted >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:40 PM >> Mary Anne, I have just finished validating this book. Were >> there any >> preliminary pages that you didn't include having >> anything to say about the >> author? I would be very surprised if this was the same Anne >> Perry of the >> Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series etc. but would be very >> interested to know >> for sure. If it isn't the same author, I would like to >> alert Bookshare so it >> won't be put under that author's name. If you want >> to reply privately my >> E-mail is jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx An excellent scan by the >> way. Thank you. 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