[bksvol-discuss] Re: Daphne Du Maurier books
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:34:23 -0500
Dear Grand Cindy, and Booksharian Friends,
I read My Cousin Rachael a few months ago, and I was hoppin frustrated.
Promise me real people can't keep up a false front as slyly and as long as
that dastardly, insipid, treacle-mouthed Rachael!
I don't think you'll be a scared as you'll be infuriated that people don't
see through Rachael's sweetsy act. She's a double shoveling gold digger. I
went out of my mind watching people be ensnared by her, and to see the young
heir so besotted that he resented the few warnings he got.
Trust me, Cindy. You won't be scared, much, by this one, but read it. You'll
install Rachael in your villainess Hall of Fame!
Daphne's characters suffer severely, even mortally from the "Love is blind,"
syndrome.
I'll gladly validate one of her books. I've only read Rebecca and My Cousin
Rachael, and I'd love to read another. I will say that if the plot doesn't
vary much from those I've already read, the third may be my last. With
Bookshare I have so many reading choices, that I'll probably opt for variety
and leave my De Morier tally at three. I can't wait to read and decide.
It is great when we find a niche in the collection where a good author has
been overlooked. It will be a pleasure filling it.
It was because I enjoyed My Cousin Rachael that I decided to read another
Gothic, Nine Coaches Waiting, which I'd missed when the Mystery Group read
it. Bookshare has it and it was an exciting read, more scary than My Cousin
Rachael, Grand Cindy.
For anyone who enjoys Gothics, or romances, I validated Mayrie Renae's scan
of On Winding Hill Road, which is in the collection now. It's a contemporary
gothic set in the scenic hills of Sunny California! There's a sort of
contemporary governess, a troubled single father, a race car driver, no
less, a haunted young girl, and everything!
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Daphne Du Maurier books
I admit that after reading the synopsis of My Cousin
Rachel I'm a bit afraid of reading it--but if I get
too tense I can always go the end. Frenchman's Creek
and Jamaica Inn don't sound quite so scary to me, and
I love Flight of the Falcon. It wasn't scary but
fascinating and a little weird.
G.Cindy
--- Donna Smith <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I remember reading Jamaica Inn when I was in the
ninth grade and I was
totally enthralled. It was actually a braille book
- you know the kind with
hard covers and multiple volumes? I remember that
we all thought it was
kind of mysterious and riskay, and so of course, we
all wanted to read it.
I think I looked at it as an adult and wondered what
all the fuss was about.
Still, it's a classic! I haven't thought about it
for years.
Donna
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
www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads
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