Member: seasonsoflove

I saw you're reading Carter Dixon. I'm pretty sure he's also John Dickson Carr. I read a lot of his mysteries when I was a wee lad, and liked them a lot. I remember him as a master of the locked room mystery, and he had a cool detective named Gideon Fell.

posted by jnwelch at 5:27 pm (EST) on Nov 16, 2009

I love making new friends - thanks for the invite! I'll enjoy looking through your library too. I have a thread in the 50 Book Challenge group. You should stop by! Do you have one on the 75?

Thanks for the Agatha Christie recs. I like her short stories.

Well have a good night and happy reading! Joanne

posted by coppers at 10:35 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2009

Hi! I saw your note on the What Are You Reading Now? thread. I absolutely love the Three Pines/Inspector Gamache books. I actually listen to them on audio (and they are beautifully read, in fact, if I read ahead in the book, I listen to it again just to get the full flavor of the accents). I don't usually read a lot of mysteries but I seem to be getting into them lately. I'm enjoying the Agatha Christie stories. Which of her series do you prefer and if I don't start at the first book in the series, would that matter? I also picked up The ABC Murders and Dead Man's Folly, both Poirot, from the library.

Have you read any of Ann Cleeves' Shetland Island mysteries? Another mystery series I can't get enough of with a likable detective and a unique location. I really recommmend them!!

As it happens I have The Tenderness of Wolves waiting to be read. We seem to be tracking similar books!

posted by coppers at 11:56 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2009

So, what did you think of that unappealing character from the first book as she reappears in The Cruelest Month?

posted by jnwelch at 2:59 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2009

Glad you liked the Josephine Tey, Louise Penny, and Fire! Thirteen Reasons Why was quite good and made me think back to those high school days when I was as clueless as the narrator. Memorable book.

posted by jnwelch at 12:33 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2009

Have fun with the Scots!

posted by jnwelch at 12:37 pm (EST) on Oct 15, 2009

Hah! Good ones in the Silly Game. "A lot of my gentlemen patients take up knitting". Loved it!

posted by jnwelch at 12:25 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2009

Hope you feel better soon! I just got "Fire", the prequel/companion to "Graceling", so you'll get it next.

posted by jnwelch at 9:17 am (EST) on Oct 9, 2009

Hah! I'm so proud to have helped teach you the art of goofing off! What better place to do it than Librarything?

Looks like you finished [The Lost Symbol] - what did you think?

posted by jnwelch at 2:32 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2009

Hah! We love Agatha. I'll look for Endless Nights in the places formerly identified by seasonsoflove. I was glad to see The Hollow on one of the lists, as that's the one I'm reading now. That whole thread is giving me ideas for ones to read or re-read!

posted by jnwelch at 2:03 pm (EST) on Sep 15, 2009

I understand.You could always ask your local library to order a copy (if they don’t have one already). The book is available on Amazon.com for about $10, but since I’m hoping for a review, I didn’t feel it was appropriate to expect you to buy a copy :)

Thanks again,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:39 am (EST) on Sep 7, 2009

Noticed you liked Out by Natsuo Kirino, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here, as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also gritty, a bit violent, and a bit dark :) I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the novel before you commit.

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 9:32 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2009

I saw your problems posting. Try the help icon in the upper right of your profile screen. I remember it took me a while, but through that I tracked down their tech email addresses for help, and a nice guy straightened out a problem I (and it turns out others) was having on my Connections page.

posted by jnwelch at 3:46 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2009

Hmm, Strangers in Paradise, sounds like a good one! Maybe I'll come across it some day.

posted by jnwelch at 3:41 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2009

Will you loan me Dracula some time, if we ever happen to run into each other?

posted by jnwelch at 2:35 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2009

How did you like Dracula?

posted by jnwelch at 12:02 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2009