[bksvol-discuss] Re: Our first Christmas book and MaryKelly
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- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:54:12 -0600
Oh, Lissi, that really sounds good!! Can't wait to read it!!!
Sue S.
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From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:43 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Our first Christmas book and MaryKelly
Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends,
Tomorrow I'll be checking in "The Christmas Egg," by Mary Kelly. It's the
third and last in the Bret Nightingale series and the first Christmas book
Evan and I will be adding to the collection this year. I'd include the short
synopsis but I haven't written it yet. I write them best in the morning. The
story is about the death of an elderly Russian princess forced to flee
Russia with a chest of valuable jewels and precious art objects. Nightingale
is an intelligent detective helped by an eager to please cop. I loved the
car pursuit in the fast falling snow and the wonderful character
revelations, as well as the mystery, of course.
I enjoyed this suspenseful, very British mystery. I liked the author's
descriptions, what I call lovely language. The following two sentences are
examples.
He picked up his flashlight and switched it on. They went down the iron
stairs, across the grass hardened into the likeness of an unmade road by the
severe cold. The wind skewered their arms to their sides.
* * *
He noticed suddenly how dark the sky had grown. It was a dirty
yellowish-gray, like an old ill-laundered pillowcase swollen to bursting
with feathers. He flicked on his sidelights. Soon there would be snow.
You've got me. I love snow and winter!
I slowed my pace long enough to look up 4 of the words that were new to me
which were:
Inapposite
In the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
It was foolish, extravagant, inapposite, the title of the opera in which,
very shortly, he would be playing the part of a professional buffoon.
"Lyubov k trem Apelsinam!" he said
of an inappropriate or misapplied nature
inappropriate, not suitable for the situation
inappositeness - inaptness: inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of
expression would be hard to imagine"
Bosky
In the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
He saw bosky country on either hand and, far in front, dim red pinpricks.
covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy undergrowth";
"`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park leading to a modest yet ...
Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees; (Australian, slang, possibly
archaic) a dark skinned or black person (not indigenous), usually used
pejoratively or abusively
*
Prolixity boring verbosity
Prolixity (from Latin prolixus, extended, also called verbosity and
garrulousness) in language refers to speech or writing which uses an excess
of words. Adjectival forms include prolix, verbose, and garrulous
long-windedness, an excess of words
excessive in length, tedious wordiness
In the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
He had to give the old fellow time, to allow for the prolixity of his
farewells.
*
Persiflage light teasing, This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to
literate people in the late 19th century, and have become unfamiliar since,
Good-natured banter; raillery; Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic
from the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
* * *
This is a holiday mystery for grownups, as will be several other Christmas
books we'll be working on.
Kim, if you are aware of any other books by Mary Kelly being scanned or
proofed, it would help me if you let me know, on or off list, as I'd enjoy
working on more of her books if I can arrange for them to be scanned.
I've ordered The Spoilt Kill, the first of two about Hedley Nichelson.
I've only found 10 novels she's written, 5 of which are not parts of a
series.
I'm so glad the mystery genre runs so far and wide and plentiful
!
Always with love,
Lissi
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