O.K. Maybe I stayed away from them because I was told they were darker and more gory? That doesn't usually bother me, though. I actually picked one up at the used-book story so maybe I will give the series a try. Thanks, Dan. Cindy ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html --- On Thu, 7/31/08, Dan Beaver <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Dan Beaver <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Dish Taken Cold > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 5:22 AM > Cindy, > > 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 Cold > > > > Yes, 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. Jill > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "Mary Anne Lynskey" > >> >> <yeksnyl1953am@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> >> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:39 PM > >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just Submitted > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > The following has just been > submitted for > >> validation, > >> >> about 80 pages. > >> >> > > >> >> > A Dish Taken Cold > >> >> > Anne Perry > >> >> > > >> >> > Paris 1792. Revolution is yielding > to Terror, > >> >> > and the city is hungry-for justice, > for > >> vengeance, for > >> >> bread. 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