[bksvol-discuss] Re: Miss Zukas--and OT re other books

I did try to validate one of Cookson's books once but
there was too much dialect for me. I think I read the
synopsis of another one, too. Am I wrong that she
writes about the working or lower classes? I prefer to
read about the nobility, and in the 19th and 18th
centuries. I just looked up Gabalon and though her
series starts in Scotland, which I would like, it
continues to the U.S., which I'm not so found about
reading, though I have enjoyed the romances I've
validated set in the post-Civil War period--and some
more modern.

I'll check out Goudge. I'll make a note of The Dean's
Watch, and start with that, or is it part of a series?


Cindy

--- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Yes, Dereske has chosen to make her librarian a kind
> of a stereotype, 
> but the books don't work without it.  It's the fun
> of watching the 
> stereotypical librarian set against the
> stereotypical artist 
> extraordinaire that makes these books fun!  Oh, they
> aren't classics, 
> and they'll probably never be remembered ten years
> from now, but 
> they're comfortable cozes  and good for reading on a
> plane or train or 
> beside a crackling fire during a blizzard.
> 
> RE Victorian romances, you discovered Cookson yet? 
> If not try Feathers 
> In The Fire or Katie Mulholland. Hmmm, not sure
> that's the right 
> spelling, but Cookson is a wowser of a writer if you
> want good 
> characters and great scenery and all.  Cookson is a
> regional writer who 
> writes about New Castle and Tyne side life in the
> 1800s.  They're long 
> books, but well worth the read.
> 
> If Cookson isn't your cup of tea, might I suggest
> Elizabeth Goudge?  
> She's another British writer who writes in that same
> time period and 
> has wonderful characters.  The Dean's Watch is one
> of my favorite books 
> of all time!
> 
> Ann P.
> 
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