Nicola here, introducing this month’s Ask A Wench where we are talking about old and new treasures on the bookshelf, which is a riff on the “if you like this author, you’ll enjoy this one” idea. Amazon in particular makes a point of recommending authors on the basis of the books you order from them. Sometimes their recommendations are spot on and you discover another great author in the same genre. Other times, their idea of similar authors is a bit wayward. I cherish the occasion I ordered a copy of Jo Beverley’s St Raven and Amazon recommended I also buy “Crows and Jays of the World.”
My keeper shelf has some treasures that are so old they are falling to pieces: Daphne Du Maurier’s Frenchman’s Creek, Georgette 
Heyer’s Devil’s Cub and Robert Neill’s Mist over Pendle to name but a few. These books are special, as much for the memories we associate with them – when we first read them, what was happening in our lives at the time and so on. It’s difficult to find other, more recent, authors who match. Occasionally though a new treasure comes along to take it’s place beside the old books on the keeper shelf. Perhaps the author’s voice has echoes of an old favourite or their writing reminds us of a long-ago treasure. Below the Wenches give an insight into their thoughts on treasures old and new.
Susan:
Topping my old book treasures list is always Mary Stewart–her books, for me, are still fresh and beautiful,her voice unique and incomparable. I still learn from reading her books. Other older, special stories and voices filling my bookshelves include Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier, Victoria Holt, Rosemary Hawley Jarman, Elizabeth Peters, Ellis Peters, Dorothy Sayers and more … They dazzle among the older treasures, because each one opened up reading directions that inspired me to explore genres, subjects, writing craft. I'm still in awe of some old nonfiction treasures too, such as Antonia Fraser’s Mary, Queen of Scots, Vita Sackville-West’s Joan of Arc, and Thomas Costain’s history of the Plantagenets. I cherished and reread them all, and learned and absorbed a lot about reading as well as writing good fiction and nonfiction.
The magic of discovering and exploring those unforgettable, exciting books is hard to match now — I'm different as a reader and a writer, more mature, more experienced, bringing a different perspective with me when I open a book. I still return to the older books now and then for an infusion of that early energy.
My shelves are filling with new treasures too – Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce mystery series, Elizabeth Chadwick’s medievals, Lindsey Davis’s Marcus Didius Falco mystery series (still ongoing, with now another Flavia, Didius Falco's daughter, taking up the baton) … too many to list, really. In nonfiction, I particularly love Elizabeth Gilbert, Laura Hillenbrand, Fred Anderson’s histories, and a few others. But it was those early treasured reads that taught me so much about books and writing, and I find that because of them, now I gravitate to skilled and strong writing, storytelling and historical inquiry that bring that sense of fresh discovery.
Joanna says: I love me some lyrical fantasy writing: Peter S Beagle’s The Folk of the Air. The House on the 
Strand by Daphne du Maurier. Manly Wade Wellman’s Appalachian stories. I like the intersection of everyday life and the fantastic in these stories
I think they call this magical realism when it appears as serious literature. I don't know what they call this when it's genre. Under the heading of cool and recent stuff, I'd list Mercedes Lackey, especially her ‘Wheels of Fire’ books and her Urban Elves. An example would be Music to My Sorrow.
Andrea/Cara:
By now, readers should know how much the Wenches ALL love Mary Stewart! In my early teens, I devoured her books. The combination of plucky heroine, exotic adventure, and dashing romance captivated my imagination. I think what I loved most about her books, though I wouldn’t have articulated it at the time, was the strong, resourceful, independent heroines. Within the confines of her time, and the societal constraints on how “proper” women were supposed to behave, Stewart still managed to give her female characters intelligence, grit and the courage to break the rules. (It’s no wonder that all of us Wenches write strong women!)
So I suppose it’s no surprise that today, I really enjoy authors who write unconventional heroines. Add some mystery and an exotic setting and I’m “in alt!” One of my favorite contemporary voices is Deanna Raybourn. I’m a huge fan of her Victorian-set Lady Julia series and her new Veronica Speedwell. But the book of hers that really echoes the youthful love of Mary Stewart is A Spear of Summer Grass. set in 1920s Africa. The feisty heroine, Delilah Drummond, is forced to rusticate in Africa after one to many scandals in London. Faced with the wild, untamed nature of continent, a devilishly attractive hunter/explorer—and a murder that shatteres the expat community, she goes through a journey of discovery in every way. Raybourn’s voice is sly and sophisticated, and laced with tart humor. She’s become an auto read!
Mary Jo says: We Wenches have similar tastes! I echo Susan and Andrea in their endorsement of Mary Stewart, whose lyrical romantic suspense stands the test of time. (Though her characters smoked a lot!) And like Anne, I agree that Georgette Heyer and Eva Ibbotson are timeless and wonderful.
Certainly I have current favorite authors who I love as much as authors I loved from the past. But comparing styles is difficult, perhaps because it seems as if all of my favorites have distinctive voices that are part of what make them favorites. Eva Ibbotson has a light, witty sweetness that is unique and can be as funny as it is romantic. Georgette Heyer–well, there's a reason she's known as "St. Georgette" in Regency circles.
One comparison I can make is the voice of Amelia Peabody in Elizabeth Peters' immortal Crocodile on the Sandbank, which launched 
her long running series of Egyptian archeological mysteries. (But Crocodile is my favorite because it's the most romantic!)
I'm finding and loving a similar voice in Marie Brennan's Lady Trent fantasy series, which features a heroine who is a Victorian style natural historian who is passionate and fearless in her study of dragons. (And she has romance, too!)
As for other modern favorites? Well, there is only one Patricia Briggs with her marvelous Mercedes Thompson and related Alpha and Omega series. Would that there were more of her!
But I think I'll return to my prior point: my very favorite authors have distinctive voices, and each is one of a kind. And cherished for exactly that reason.
Anne:
My faves from when I first fell for romantic stories my youth include Georgette Heyer, Eva Ibbotson and Mary Stewart, and I have to say, no modern author matches the appeal of the best of those. Heyer's humor, characterization and deft lightness of touch is unmatched, and Ibbotson comes close.
Probably the modern author who comes closest to evoking memories of Mary Stewart is our own Susanna Kearsley, and I thought that long before I met her or she joined the wenches. She isn't imitating Stewart — her voice is very much her own, and her stories are quite different, but there's something about her voice and style of storytelling that made me think of Mary Stewart. When I first discovered her books and was urging friends to read then, I used to describe her as a kind of modern Mary Stewart, only with a historical bent as well.
Nicola again: I totally agree with those Wenches who say that we cherish our old favourites for the distinctive quality of the voice 
of those authors. I have also had the pleasure of discovering a few authors who are “new treasures” because their style combines some of the old qualities that I love with a fresh new voice. One of those is Elizabeth Hanbury whose traditional Regencies are witty, charming and an absolute delight. Another is Anne O'Brien whose wonderful historical novels remind me of all the Jean Plaidy and Margaret Campbell Barnes books I devoured as a teenager.
How do you feel about old treasures? Is it ever possible to find a modern authors to match your keepers? What old treasures do you have on your shelves and which current authors would you recommend who can measure up to the old favourites?
Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is an old treasure that has the poetic mythology that is so lovely.
I admire the lyrical writing of Ursula K. Le Guin in her Earthsea series. She has a similar quality in her beautiful flow of prose and dialogue. There is no gratuitous anything.
I don’t like modern writers who feel the need to add a rape scene or some other sick scene involving women. George Martin’s epic fantasy, “Fire and Ice” is quite violent on every level, mentally, physically and emotionally. I only read a bit of it and didn’t go back to it.
As much as I liked Patrick Rothfuss from the beginning with his first book “The name of the Wind” in its lyricism, the second book in the trilogy had a prolonged rape scene involving two women who were kidnapped by gypsies. I think he wanted to further develop and show the compassion of the protagonist, Kwothe, in the way he rescued the women, but this was already established in previous scenes in the first book without resorting to this easy way out through female victims.
I don’t know what his third, and final, book will be in Rothfuss’ series, but I hope for a less vicious narrative to get his story moving. I can see the influence of Le Guin in his work involving wizards in this series.
Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is an old treasure that has the poetic mythology that is so lovely.
I admire the lyrical writing of Ursula K. Le Guin in her Earthsea series. She has a similar quality in her beautiful flow of prose and dialogue. There is no gratuitous anything.
I don’t like modern writers who feel the need to add a rape scene or some other sick scene involving women. George Martin’s epic fantasy, “Fire and Ice” is quite violent on every level, mentally, physically and emotionally. I only read a bit of it and didn’t go back to it.
As much as I liked Patrick Rothfuss from the beginning with his first book “The name of the Wind” in its lyricism, the second book in the trilogy had a prolonged rape scene involving two women who were kidnapped by gypsies. I think he wanted to further develop and show the compassion of the protagonist, Kwothe, in the way he rescued the women, but this was already established in previous scenes in the first book without resorting to this easy way out through female victims.
I don’t know what his third, and final, book will be in Rothfuss’ series, but I hope for a less vicious narrative to get his story moving. I can see the influence of Le Guin in his work involving wizards in this series.
Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is an old treasure that has the poetic mythology that is so lovely.
I admire the lyrical writing of Ursula K. Le Guin in her Earthsea series. She has a similar quality in her beautiful flow of prose and dialogue. There is no gratuitous anything.
I don’t like modern writers who feel the need to add a rape scene or some other sick scene involving women. George Martin’s epic fantasy, “Fire and Ice” is quite violent on every level, mentally, physically and emotionally. I only read a bit of it and didn’t go back to it.
As much as I liked Patrick Rothfuss from the beginning with his first book “The name of the Wind” in its lyricism, the second book in the trilogy had a prolonged rape scene involving two women who were kidnapped by gypsies. I think he wanted to further develop and show the compassion of the protagonist, Kwothe, in the way he rescued the women, but this was already established in previous scenes in the first book without resorting to this easy way out through female victims.
I don’t know what his third, and final, book will be in Rothfuss’ series, but I hope for a less vicious narrative to get his story moving. I can see the influence of Le Guin in his work involving wizards in this series.
Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is an old treasure that has the poetic mythology that is so lovely.
I admire the lyrical writing of Ursula K. Le Guin in her Earthsea series. She has a similar quality in her beautiful flow of prose and dialogue. There is no gratuitous anything.
I don’t like modern writers who feel the need to add a rape scene or some other sick scene involving women. George Martin’s epic fantasy, “Fire and Ice” is quite violent on every level, mentally, physically and emotionally. I only read a bit of it and didn’t go back to it.
As much as I liked Patrick Rothfuss from the beginning with his first book “The name of the Wind” in its lyricism, the second book in the trilogy had a prolonged rape scene involving two women who were kidnapped by gypsies. I think he wanted to further develop and show the compassion of the protagonist, Kwothe, in the way he rescued the women, but this was already established in previous scenes in the first book without resorting to this easy way out through female victims.
I don’t know what his third, and final, book will be in Rothfuss’ series, but I hope for a less vicious narrative to get his story moving. I can see the influence of Le Guin in his work involving wizards in this series.
Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is an old treasure that has the poetic mythology that is so lovely.
I admire the lyrical writing of Ursula K. Le Guin in her Earthsea series. She has a similar quality in her beautiful flow of prose and dialogue. There is no gratuitous anything.
I don’t like modern writers who feel the need to add a rape scene or some other sick scene involving women. George Martin’s epic fantasy, “Fire and Ice” is quite violent on every level, mentally, physically and emotionally. I only read a bit of it and didn’t go back to it.
As much as I liked Patrick Rothfuss from the beginning with his first book “The name of the Wind” in its lyricism, the second book in the trilogy had a prolonged rape scene involving two women who were kidnapped by gypsies. I think he wanted to further develop and show the compassion of the protagonist, Kwothe, in the way he rescued the women, but this was already established in previous scenes in the first book without resorting to this easy way out through female victims.
I don’t know what his third, and final, book will be in Rothfuss’ series, but I hope for a less vicious narrative to get his story moving. I can see the influence of Le Guin in his work involving wizards in this series.
Hi Patricia and thank you very much for your comments. I totally agree on the lyricism of Tolkien and Ursula Le Guin. It is beautiful writing. Whilst Game of Thrones is a powerful series I too find the sex and violence very difficult to read (or watch.) No matter how the writers justify it, it feels gratuitous to me, a part of the move towards prolonged description and away from imagination. I haven’t read Rothfuss but probably wouldn’t pick up a book in any genre with a detailed rape scene. Just my personal taste but I don’t feel any scenes of any nature need to be laboured.
Hi Patricia and thank you very much for your comments. I totally agree on the lyricism of Tolkien and Ursula Le Guin. It is beautiful writing. Whilst Game of Thrones is a powerful series I too find the sex and violence very difficult to read (or watch.) No matter how the writers justify it, it feels gratuitous to me, a part of the move towards prolonged description and away from imagination. I haven’t read Rothfuss but probably wouldn’t pick up a book in any genre with a detailed rape scene. Just my personal taste but I don’t feel any scenes of any nature need to be laboured.
Hi Patricia and thank you very much for your comments. I totally agree on the lyricism of Tolkien and Ursula Le Guin. It is beautiful writing. Whilst Game of Thrones is a powerful series I too find the sex and violence very difficult to read (or watch.) No matter how the writers justify it, it feels gratuitous to me, a part of the move towards prolonged description and away from imagination. I haven’t read Rothfuss but probably wouldn’t pick up a book in any genre with a detailed rape scene. Just my personal taste but I don’t feel any scenes of any nature need to be laboured.
Hi Patricia and thank you very much for your comments. I totally agree on the lyricism of Tolkien and Ursula Le Guin. It is beautiful writing. Whilst Game of Thrones is a powerful series I too find the sex and violence very difficult to read (or watch.) No matter how the writers justify it, it feels gratuitous to me, a part of the move towards prolonged description and away from imagination. I haven’t read Rothfuss but probably wouldn’t pick up a book in any genre with a detailed rape scene. Just my personal taste but I don’t feel any scenes of any nature need to be laboured.
Hi Patricia and thank you very much for your comments. I totally agree on the lyricism of Tolkien and Ursula Le Guin. It is beautiful writing. Whilst Game of Thrones is a powerful series I too find the sex and violence very difficult to read (or watch.) No matter how the writers justify it, it feels gratuitous to me, a part of the move towards prolonged description and away from imagination. I haven’t read Rothfuss but probably wouldn’t pick up a book in any genre with a detailed rape scene. Just my personal taste but I don’t feel any scenes of any nature need to be laboured.
Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, and Eva Ibbotson all have places of honor on my keeper shelves. I’ve been rereading Elizabeth Cadell and D. E. Stevenson recently, authors I first read as a pre-teen borrowing from my mother’s bookshelves and who have become available in digital format. Elswyth Thayne is another old favorite. Her Williamsburg series is high on my list of most-read books. My sister and I reread the series every two or three years and know the Sprague and Day family trees as well as we know our own. I have many favorite mystery writers among current authors, with Margaret Maron and Julia Spencer-Fleming at the top, but I still treasure early favorites such as Sayers, Allingham, and Christie along with some lesser lights, including Leslie Ford, Mignon Eberhart, and Rae Foley.
Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, and Eva Ibbotson all have places of honor on my keeper shelves. I’ve been rereading Elizabeth Cadell and D. E. Stevenson recently, authors I first read as a pre-teen borrowing from my mother’s bookshelves and who have become available in digital format. Elswyth Thayne is another old favorite. Her Williamsburg series is high on my list of most-read books. My sister and I reread the series every two or three years and know the Sprague and Day family trees as well as we know our own. I have many favorite mystery writers among current authors, with Margaret Maron and Julia Spencer-Fleming at the top, but I still treasure early favorites such as Sayers, Allingham, and Christie along with some lesser lights, including Leslie Ford, Mignon Eberhart, and Rae Foley.
Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, and Eva Ibbotson all have places of honor on my keeper shelves. I’ve been rereading Elizabeth Cadell and D. E. Stevenson recently, authors I first read as a pre-teen borrowing from my mother’s bookshelves and who have become available in digital format. Elswyth Thayne is another old favorite. Her Williamsburg series is high on my list of most-read books. My sister and I reread the series every two or three years and know the Sprague and Day family trees as well as we know our own. I have many favorite mystery writers among current authors, with Margaret Maron and Julia Spencer-Fleming at the top, but I still treasure early favorites such as Sayers, Allingham, and Christie along with some lesser lights, including Leslie Ford, Mignon Eberhart, and Rae Foley.
Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, and Eva Ibbotson all have places of honor on my keeper shelves. I’ve been rereading Elizabeth Cadell and D. E. Stevenson recently, authors I first read as a pre-teen borrowing from my mother’s bookshelves and who have become available in digital format. Elswyth Thayne is another old favorite. Her Williamsburg series is high on my list of most-read books. My sister and I reread the series every two or three years and know the Sprague and Day family trees as well as we know our own. I have many favorite mystery writers among current authors, with Margaret Maron and Julia Spencer-Fleming at the top, but I still treasure early favorites such as Sayers, Allingham, and Christie along with some lesser lights, including Leslie Ford, Mignon Eberhart, and Rae Foley.
Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, and Eva Ibbotson all have places of honor on my keeper shelves. I’ve been rereading Elizabeth Cadell and D. E. Stevenson recently, authors I first read as a pre-teen borrowing from my mother’s bookshelves and who have become available in digital format. Elswyth Thayne is another old favorite. Her Williamsburg series is high on my list of most-read books. My sister and I reread the series every two or three years and know the Sprague and Day family trees as well as we know our own. I have many favorite mystery writers among current authors, with Margaret Maron and Julia Spencer-Fleming at the top, but I still treasure early favorites such as Sayers, Allingham, and Christie along with some lesser lights, including Leslie Ford, Mignon Eberhart, and Rae Foley.
I like George Martin personally — I have met him at many SF conventions. But most of what he has written doesn’t agree with what I like to read. (I think sometimes it happens that way! Probably in the romance world also).
I would second all those mentions of Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, Victoria Holt, Amelia Peabody. I would add Rosemary Sutcliff (she has been frequently mentioned here, also).
Two new-to-me authors whom I am enjoying with much joy, I met here: Lillian Marek (who is only new to me as an author( and Emily Larkin.
I can’t tell you why their voices are special — just that these people speak to me as if they were my friends.
I like George Martin personally — I have met him at many SF conventions. But most of what he has written doesn’t agree with what I like to read. (I think sometimes it happens that way! Probably in the romance world also).
I would second all those mentions of Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, Victoria Holt, Amelia Peabody. I would add Rosemary Sutcliff (she has been frequently mentioned here, also).
Two new-to-me authors whom I am enjoying with much joy, I met here: Lillian Marek (who is only new to me as an author( and Emily Larkin.
I can’t tell you why their voices are special — just that these people speak to me as if they were my friends.
I like George Martin personally — I have met him at many SF conventions. But most of what he has written doesn’t agree with what I like to read. (I think sometimes it happens that way! Probably in the romance world also).
I would second all those mentions of Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, Victoria Holt, Amelia Peabody. I would add Rosemary Sutcliff (she has been frequently mentioned here, also).
Two new-to-me authors whom I am enjoying with much joy, I met here: Lillian Marek (who is only new to me as an author( and Emily Larkin.
I can’t tell you why their voices are special — just that these people speak to me as if they were my friends.
I like George Martin personally — I have met him at many SF conventions. But most of what he has written doesn’t agree with what I like to read. (I think sometimes it happens that way! Probably in the romance world also).
I would second all those mentions of Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, Victoria Holt, Amelia Peabody. I would add Rosemary Sutcliff (she has been frequently mentioned here, also).
Two new-to-me authors whom I am enjoying with much joy, I met here: Lillian Marek (who is only new to me as an author( and Emily Larkin.
I can’t tell you why their voices are special — just that these people speak to me as if they were my friends.
I like George Martin personally — I have met him at many SF conventions. But most of what he has written doesn’t agree with what I like to read. (I think sometimes it happens that way! Probably in the romance world also).
I would second all those mentions of Mary Stewart, Georgette Heyer, Victoria Holt, Amelia Peabody. I would add Rosemary Sutcliff (she has been frequently mentioned here, also).
Two new-to-me authors whom I am enjoying with much joy, I met here: Lillian Marek (who is only new to me as an author( and Emily Larkin.
I can’t tell you why their voices are special — just that these people speak to me as if they were my friends.
I think you must have been searching my bookshelves, for I find almost every author mentioned above on them. And many more, of course. For authentic voices, allow me to suggest Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mysteries and Gillian Bradshaw’s novels set in ancient Greece and Rome. Off now to check out the few names I didn’t recognise. Thank you all for your suggestions
I think you must have been searching my bookshelves, for I find almost every author mentioned above on them. And many more, of course. For authentic voices, allow me to suggest Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mysteries and Gillian Bradshaw’s novels set in ancient Greece and Rome. Off now to check out the few names I didn’t recognise. Thank you all for your suggestions
I think you must have been searching my bookshelves, for I find almost every author mentioned above on them. And many more, of course. For authentic voices, allow me to suggest Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mysteries and Gillian Bradshaw’s novels set in ancient Greece and Rome. Off now to check out the few names I didn’t recognise. Thank you all for your suggestions
I think you must have been searching my bookshelves, for I find almost every author mentioned above on them. And many more, of course. For authentic voices, allow me to suggest Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mysteries and Gillian Bradshaw’s novels set in ancient Greece and Rome. Off now to check out the few names I didn’t recognise. Thank you all for your suggestions
I think you must have been searching my bookshelves, for I find almost every author mentioned above on them. And many more, of course. For authentic voices, allow me to suggest Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mysteries and Gillian Bradshaw’s novels set in ancient Greece and Rome. Off now to check out the few names I didn’t recognise. Thank you all for your suggestions
This is a great place for like-minded readers, Catherine! Thank you very much for your recommendations.
This is a great place for like-minded readers, Catherine! Thank you very much for your recommendations.
This is a great place for like-minded readers, Catherine! Thank you very much for your recommendations.
This is a great place for like-minded readers, Catherine! Thank you very much for your recommendations.
This is a great place for like-minded readers, Catherine! Thank you very much for your recommendations.
I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s books too, Sue, and would love to find a modern day equivalent. I do enjoy a lot of YA books, actually. They so often seem to capture the excitement and have the imaginative appeal I remember enjoying as a younger reader. I also love Emily Larkin. Haven’t read Lillian Marek’s books and will look out for those.
I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s books too, Sue, and would love to find a modern day equivalent. I do enjoy a lot of YA books, actually. They so often seem to capture the excitement and have the imaginative appeal I remember enjoying as a younger reader. I also love Emily Larkin. Haven’t read Lillian Marek’s books and will look out for those.
I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s books too, Sue, and would love to find a modern day equivalent. I do enjoy a lot of YA books, actually. They so often seem to capture the excitement and have the imaginative appeal I remember enjoying as a younger reader. I also love Emily Larkin. Haven’t read Lillian Marek’s books and will look out for those.
I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s books too, Sue, and would love to find a modern day equivalent. I do enjoy a lot of YA books, actually. They so often seem to capture the excitement and have the imaginative appeal I remember enjoying as a younger reader. I also love Emily Larkin. Haven’t read Lillian Marek’s books and will look out for those.
I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s books too, Sue, and would love to find a modern day equivalent. I do enjoy a lot of YA books, actually. They so often seem to capture the excitement and have the imaginative appeal I remember enjoying as a younger reader. I also love Emily Larkin. Haven’t read Lillian Marek’s books and will look out for those.
I too loved those crime and mystery writers, Janga, and was quite apprehensive when I saw that Sophie Hannah was writing some Agatha Christie style books but I found the first one, The monogram Murders, quite good and close to her style. Also Antony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders was an old-style crime story with some excellent twists!
I too loved those crime and mystery writers, Janga, and was quite apprehensive when I saw that Sophie Hannah was writing some Agatha Christie style books but I found the first one, The monogram Murders, quite good and close to her style. Also Antony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders was an old-style crime story with some excellent twists!
I too loved those crime and mystery writers, Janga, and was quite apprehensive when I saw that Sophie Hannah was writing some Agatha Christie style books but I found the first one, The monogram Murders, quite good and close to her style. Also Antony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders was an old-style crime story with some excellent twists!
I too loved those crime and mystery writers, Janga, and was quite apprehensive when I saw that Sophie Hannah was writing some Agatha Christie style books but I found the first one, The monogram Murders, quite good and close to her style. Also Antony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders was an old-style crime story with some excellent twists!
I too loved those crime and mystery writers, Janga, and was quite apprehensive when I saw that Sophie Hannah was writing some Agatha Christie style books but I found the first one, The monogram Murders, quite good and close to her style. Also Antony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders was an old-style crime story with some excellent twists!
I was late coming to a lot of the authors mentioned here. I’ve always been a reader but where I lived when I was growing up I had very little access to books and didn’t have the money to buy them. So I read a lot of Dickens and David Copperfield was one of my favorites. Some modern day books I love are those by Susanna Kearsley. I have all her books but my stand out favorite is Sophia’s Secret. Brilliant!! Since I signed up for this newsletter I’ve found some fantastic new authors and have read many. Keep up the good work.
I was late coming to a lot of the authors mentioned here. I’ve always been a reader but where I lived when I was growing up I had very little access to books and didn’t have the money to buy them. So I read a lot of Dickens and David Copperfield was one of my favorites. Some modern day books I love are those by Susanna Kearsley. I have all her books but my stand out favorite is Sophia’s Secret. Brilliant!! Since I signed up for this newsletter I’ve found some fantastic new authors and have read many. Keep up the good work.
I was late coming to a lot of the authors mentioned here. I’ve always been a reader but where I lived when I was growing up I had very little access to books and didn’t have the money to buy them. So I read a lot of Dickens and David Copperfield was one of my favorites. Some modern day books I love are those by Susanna Kearsley. I have all her books but my stand out favorite is Sophia’s Secret. Brilliant!! Since I signed up for this newsletter I’ve found some fantastic new authors and have read many. Keep up the good work.
I was late coming to a lot of the authors mentioned here. I’ve always been a reader but where I lived when I was growing up I had very little access to books and didn’t have the money to buy them. So I read a lot of Dickens and David Copperfield was one of my favorites. Some modern day books I love are those by Susanna Kearsley. I have all her books but my stand out favorite is Sophia’s Secret. Brilliant!! Since I signed up for this newsletter I’ve found some fantastic new authors and have read many. Keep up the good work.
I was late coming to a lot of the authors mentioned here. I’ve always been a reader but where I lived when I was growing up I had very little access to books and didn’t have the money to buy them. So I read a lot of Dickens and David Copperfield was one of my favorites. Some modern day books I love are those by Susanna Kearsley. I have all her books but my stand out favorite is Sophia’s Secret. Brilliant!! Since I signed up for this newsletter I’ve found some fantastic new authors and have read many. Keep up the good work.
Nicola I just bought Mist Over Pendle. I think I remember you mentioning it before and I had it on my Amazon wish list so time to purchase I thought. Looking forward to it now.
Nicola I just bought Mist Over Pendle. I think I remember you mentioning it before and I had it on my Amazon wish list so time to purchase I thought. Looking forward to it now.
Nicola I just bought Mist Over Pendle. I think I remember you mentioning it before and I had it on my Amazon wish list so time to purchase I thought. Looking forward to it now.
Nicola I just bought Mist Over Pendle. I think I remember you mentioning it before and I had it on my Amazon wish list so time to purchase I thought. Looking forward to it now.
Nicola I just bought Mist Over Pendle. I think I remember you mentioning it before and I had it on my Amazon wish list so time to purchase I thought. Looking forward to it now.
While I read and enjoyed books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart as a teen, none of their books have survived numerous moves. One set of books that has are the Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi. They are set in 1950s Italy and feature the priest Don Camillo, who has conversations with Christ on the cross, and his nemesis the Communist mayor, Peppone. These are three generation books in my family — my mother recommended them to teenage me, and I subsequently recommended them to my own teenage daughter. I have some other longtime favorites on my shelves including a number of Star Trek novels.
I’ll join Mary Jo in singing the praises of Patricia Briggs. Have you perchance read Anne Bishop’s the Others series which starts with Written in Red? You might enjoy it.
While I read and enjoyed books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart as a teen, none of their books have survived numerous moves. One set of books that has are the Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi. They are set in 1950s Italy and feature the priest Don Camillo, who has conversations with Christ on the cross, and his nemesis the Communist mayor, Peppone. These are three generation books in my family — my mother recommended them to teenage me, and I subsequently recommended them to my own teenage daughter. I have some other longtime favorites on my shelves including a number of Star Trek novels.
I’ll join Mary Jo in singing the praises of Patricia Briggs. Have you perchance read Anne Bishop’s the Others series which starts with Written in Red? You might enjoy it.
While I read and enjoyed books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart as a teen, none of their books have survived numerous moves. One set of books that has are the Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi. They are set in 1950s Italy and feature the priest Don Camillo, who has conversations with Christ on the cross, and his nemesis the Communist mayor, Peppone. These are three generation books in my family — my mother recommended them to teenage me, and I subsequently recommended them to my own teenage daughter. I have some other longtime favorites on my shelves including a number of Star Trek novels.
I’ll join Mary Jo in singing the praises of Patricia Briggs. Have you perchance read Anne Bishop’s the Others series which starts with Written in Red? You might enjoy it.
While I read and enjoyed books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart as a teen, none of their books have survived numerous moves. One set of books that has are the Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi. They are set in 1950s Italy and feature the priest Don Camillo, who has conversations with Christ on the cross, and his nemesis the Communist mayor, Peppone. These are three generation books in my family — my mother recommended them to teenage me, and I subsequently recommended them to my own teenage daughter. I have some other longtime favorites on my shelves including a number of Star Trek novels.
I’ll join Mary Jo in singing the praises of Patricia Briggs. Have you perchance read Anne Bishop’s the Others series which starts with Written in Red? You might enjoy it.
While I read and enjoyed books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart as a teen, none of their books have survived numerous moves. One set of books that has are the Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi. They are set in 1950s Italy and feature the priest Don Camillo, who has conversations with Christ on the cross, and his nemesis the Communist mayor, Peppone. These are three generation books in my family — my mother recommended them to teenage me, and I subsequently recommended them to my own teenage daughter. I have some other longtime favorites on my shelves including a number of Star Trek novels.
I’ll join Mary Jo in singing the praises of Patricia Briggs. Have you perchance read Anne Bishop’s the Others series which starts with Written in Red? You might enjoy it.
Am chuckling here, thinking that we’ve almost turned an AAW post into a WWR (What we’re reading) one — only it’s what we used to read. If the word wenches ever had a reader event, I’m sure we’d never run out of things to talk about — it would be a frenzy of book discussion. *g*
Am chuckling here, thinking that we’ve almost turned an AAW post into a WWR (What we’re reading) one — only it’s what we used to read. If the word wenches ever had a reader event, I’m sure we’d never run out of things to talk about — it would be a frenzy of book discussion. *g*
Am chuckling here, thinking that we’ve almost turned an AAW post into a WWR (What we’re reading) one — only it’s what we used to read. If the word wenches ever had a reader event, I’m sure we’d never run out of things to talk about — it would be a frenzy of book discussion. *g*
Am chuckling here, thinking that we’ve almost turned an AAW post into a WWR (What we’re reading) one — only it’s what we used to read. If the word wenches ever had a reader event, I’m sure we’d never run out of things to talk about — it would be a frenzy of book discussion. *g*
Am chuckling here, thinking that we’ve almost turned an AAW post into a WWR (What we’re reading) one — only it’s what we used to read. If the word wenches ever had a reader event, I’m sure we’d never run out of things to talk about — it would be a frenzy of book discussion. *g*
After numerous moves, most recently to Alaska, I’ve had to pare down my keeper shelves to items that I absolutely will not part with. I’m very surprised no one yet mentioned Patricia Veryan–some of those titles are extremely difficult to find–and they are ones I devoured in my teens. Anne McCaffrey is a definite must. And, under no circumstances ever, will I give up Mary Jo’s Silk Series–I’ve had to buy replacements for my originals.
After numerous moves, most recently to Alaska, I’ve had to pare down my keeper shelves to items that I absolutely will not part with. I’m very surprised no one yet mentioned Patricia Veryan–some of those titles are extremely difficult to find–and they are ones I devoured in my teens. Anne McCaffrey is a definite must. And, under no circumstances ever, will I give up Mary Jo’s Silk Series–I’ve had to buy replacements for my originals.
After numerous moves, most recently to Alaska, I’ve had to pare down my keeper shelves to items that I absolutely will not part with. I’m very surprised no one yet mentioned Patricia Veryan–some of those titles are extremely difficult to find–and they are ones I devoured in my teens. Anne McCaffrey is a definite must. And, under no circumstances ever, will I give up Mary Jo’s Silk Series–I’ve had to buy replacements for my originals.
After numerous moves, most recently to Alaska, I’ve had to pare down my keeper shelves to items that I absolutely will not part with. I’m very surprised no one yet mentioned Patricia Veryan–some of those titles are extremely difficult to find–and they are ones I devoured in my teens. Anne McCaffrey is a definite must. And, under no circumstances ever, will I give up Mary Jo’s Silk Series–I’ve had to buy replacements for my originals.
After numerous moves, most recently to Alaska, I’ve had to pare down my keeper shelves to items that I absolutely will not part with. I’m very surprised no one yet mentioned Patricia Veryan–some of those titles are extremely difficult to find–and they are ones I devoured in my teens. Anne McCaffrey is a definite must. And, under no circumstances ever, will I give up Mary Jo’s Silk Series–I’ve had to buy replacements for my originals.
I have ‘Crocodile’ on my keeper shelf, and also plenty of golden age sci fi and sci fantasy stories, and I *do* find it harder to add to that shelf of beloved books these days. I don’t know why. With age comes more rigorous standards of measurement, maybe? Or, ‘I read that when I was … (fill in your blank) so it has additional personal historical context? Could be I’m overthinking this.
I’ve only ever read one book so often that it fell to pieces–C.J. Cherryh’s The Paladin. And I still wouldn’t know what genre to shelve it under. Historical fantasy romance? Sword and sorcery? Character study? Possibly why I keep coming back to it–so much mystery space for me to fill with ever-changing interpretation.
I have ‘Crocodile’ on my keeper shelf, and also plenty of golden age sci fi and sci fantasy stories, and I *do* find it harder to add to that shelf of beloved books these days. I don’t know why. With age comes more rigorous standards of measurement, maybe? Or, ‘I read that when I was … (fill in your blank) so it has additional personal historical context? Could be I’m overthinking this.
I’ve only ever read one book so often that it fell to pieces–C.J. Cherryh’s The Paladin. And I still wouldn’t know what genre to shelve it under. Historical fantasy romance? Sword and sorcery? Character study? Possibly why I keep coming back to it–so much mystery space for me to fill with ever-changing interpretation.
I have ‘Crocodile’ on my keeper shelf, and also plenty of golden age sci fi and sci fantasy stories, and I *do* find it harder to add to that shelf of beloved books these days. I don’t know why. With age comes more rigorous standards of measurement, maybe? Or, ‘I read that when I was … (fill in your blank) so it has additional personal historical context? Could be I’m overthinking this.
I’ve only ever read one book so often that it fell to pieces–C.J. Cherryh’s The Paladin. And I still wouldn’t know what genre to shelve it under. Historical fantasy romance? Sword and sorcery? Character study? Possibly why I keep coming back to it–so much mystery space for me to fill with ever-changing interpretation.
I have ‘Crocodile’ on my keeper shelf, and also plenty of golden age sci fi and sci fantasy stories, and I *do* find it harder to add to that shelf of beloved books these days. I don’t know why. With age comes more rigorous standards of measurement, maybe? Or, ‘I read that when I was … (fill in your blank) so it has additional personal historical context? Could be I’m overthinking this.
I’ve only ever read one book so often that it fell to pieces–C.J. Cherryh’s The Paladin. And I still wouldn’t know what genre to shelve it under. Historical fantasy romance? Sword and sorcery? Character study? Possibly why I keep coming back to it–so much mystery space for me to fill with ever-changing interpretation.
I have ‘Crocodile’ on my keeper shelf, and also plenty of golden age sci fi and sci fantasy stories, and I *do* find it harder to add to that shelf of beloved books these days. I don’t know why. With age comes more rigorous standards of measurement, maybe? Or, ‘I read that when I was … (fill in your blank) so it has additional personal historical context? Could be I’m overthinking this.
I’ve only ever read one book so often that it fell to pieces–C.J. Cherryh’s The Paladin. And I still wouldn’t know what genre to shelve it under. Historical fantasy romance? Sword and sorcery? Character study? Possibly why I keep coming back to it–so much mystery space for me to fill with ever-changing interpretation.
I just re-added the Earthsea Trilogy PLUS Tehanu to my library in ebook form. And of COURSE LoTR.
Among the very best of my old favorites, too.
Faith
I just re-added the Earthsea Trilogy PLUS Tehanu to my library in ebook form. And of COURSE LoTR.
Among the very best of my old favorites, too.
Faith
I just re-added the Earthsea Trilogy PLUS Tehanu to my library in ebook form. And of COURSE LoTR.
Among the very best of my old favorites, too.
Faith
I just re-added the Earthsea Trilogy PLUS Tehanu to my library in ebook form. And of COURSE LoTR.
Among the very best of my old favorites, too.
Faith
I just re-added the Earthsea Trilogy PLUS Tehanu to my library in ebook form. And of COURSE LoTR.
Among the very best of my old favorites, too.
Faith
I hope one of you Wonderful Wenches, of some of you fellow readers can help me.
Every time Wenches mention Mary Stewart (several times a year, I bet) I go diligently through every single Mary Stewart product page on Amazon and click on the spot where I can request an ebook version. Nothing has happened, and I’ve been reading Wench columns and doing my “due diligence,” or at least being unduly diligent, for several years.
Is there anyone among you who has a connection in the publishing industry who might be able to help get Mary Stewart’s fabulous stories into ebook form? I haven’t been able to read anything but her Arthurian books in so long, I’m starting to forget (yes, I’m the Wench fan who can’t go anywhere near paper *sniff*).
I mean, every one of Georgette Heyer’s is in print (I think even her mysteries), and apparently they’re successful, so why not Mary Stewart? Looks to me like an investment that would pay off very nicely, especially with you Wenches to help.
Anyone? Any ideas? Well, I’m off to click on Mary Stewart pages again, and hope one of you has a brilliant idea…or even an actual person I can contact.
Cheers, Faith
I hope one of you Wonderful Wenches, of some of you fellow readers can help me.
Every time Wenches mention Mary Stewart (several times a year, I bet) I go diligently through every single Mary Stewart product page on Amazon and click on the spot where I can request an ebook version. Nothing has happened, and I’ve been reading Wench columns and doing my “due diligence,” or at least being unduly diligent, for several years.
Is there anyone among you who has a connection in the publishing industry who might be able to help get Mary Stewart’s fabulous stories into ebook form? I haven’t been able to read anything but her Arthurian books in so long, I’m starting to forget (yes, I’m the Wench fan who can’t go anywhere near paper *sniff*).
I mean, every one of Georgette Heyer’s is in print (I think even her mysteries), and apparently they’re successful, so why not Mary Stewart? Looks to me like an investment that would pay off very nicely, especially with you Wenches to help.
Anyone? Any ideas? Well, I’m off to click on Mary Stewart pages again, and hope one of you has a brilliant idea…or even an actual person I can contact.
Cheers, Faith
I hope one of you Wonderful Wenches, of some of you fellow readers can help me.
Every time Wenches mention Mary Stewart (several times a year, I bet) I go diligently through every single Mary Stewart product page on Amazon and click on the spot where I can request an ebook version. Nothing has happened, and I’ve been reading Wench columns and doing my “due diligence,” or at least being unduly diligent, for several years.
Is there anyone among you who has a connection in the publishing industry who might be able to help get Mary Stewart’s fabulous stories into ebook form? I haven’t been able to read anything but her Arthurian books in so long, I’m starting to forget (yes, I’m the Wench fan who can’t go anywhere near paper *sniff*).
I mean, every one of Georgette Heyer’s is in print (I think even her mysteries), and apparently they’re successful, so why not Mary Stewart? Looks to me like an investment that would pay off very nicely, especially with you Wenches to help.
Anyone? Any ideas? Well, I’m off to click on Mary Stewart pages again, and hope one of you has a brilliant idea…or even an actual person I can contact.
Cheers, Faith
I hope one of you Wonderful Wenches, of some of you fellow readers can help me.
Every time Wenches mention Mary Stewart (several times a year, I bet) I go diligently through every single Mary Stewart product page on Amazon and click on the spot where I can request an ebook version. Nothing has happened, and I’ve been reading Wench columns and doing my “due diligence,” or at least being unduly diligent, for several years.
Is there anyone among you who has a connection in the publishing industry who might be able to help get Mary Stewart’s fabulous stories into ebook form? I haven’t been able to read anything but her Arthurian books in so long, I’m starting to forget (yes, I’m the Wench fan who can’t go anywhere near paper *sniff*).
I mean, every one of Georgette Heyer’s is in print (I think even her mysteries), and apparently they’re successful, so why not Mary Stewart? Looks to me like an investment that would pay off very nicely, especially with you Wenches to help.
Anyone? Any ideas? Well, I’m off to click on Mary Stewart pages again, and hope one of you has a brilliant idea…or even an actual person I can contact.
Cheers, Faith
I hope one of you Wonderful Wenches, of some of you fellow readers can help me.
Every time Wenches mention Mary Stewart (several times a year, I bet) I go diligently through every single Mary Stewart product page on Amazon and click on the spot where I can request an ebook version. Nothing has happened, and I’ve been reading Wench columns and doing my “due diligence,” or at least being unduly diligent, for several years.
Is there anyone among you who has a connection in the publishing industry who might be able to help get Mary Stewart’s fabulous stories into ebook form? I haven’t been able to read anything but her Arthurian books in so long, I’m starting to forget (yes, I’m the Wench fan who can’t go anywhere near paper *sniff*).
I mean, every one of Georgette Heyer’s is in print (I think even her mysteries), and apparently they’re successful, so why not Mary Stewart? Looks to me like an investment that would pay off very nicely, especially with you Wenches to help.
Anyone? Any ideas? Well, I’m off to click on Mary Stewart pages again, and hope one of you has a brilliant idea…or even an actual person I can contact.
Cheers, Faith
*Blush* Thank you, Sue.
My old favorites include Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda, Stevenson’s Kidnapped (when I was 12 I fell in love with Alan Breck Stewart and I’ve never recovered), and just about anything by Sir Walter Scott.
I do love books with swords.
*Blush* Thank you, Sue.
My old favorites include Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda, Stevenson’s Kidnapped (when I was 12 I fell in love with Alan Breck Stewart and I’ve never recovered), and just about anything by Sir Walter Scott.
I do love books with swords.
*Blush* Thank you, Sue.
My old favorites include Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda, Stevenson’s Kidnapped (when I was 12 I fell in love with Alan Breck Stewart and I’ve never recovered), and just about anything by Sir Walter Scott.
I do love books with swords.
*Blush* Thank you, Sue.
My old favorites include Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda, Stevenson’s Kidnapped (when I was 12 I fell in love with Alan Breck Stewart and I’ve never recovered), and just about anything by Sir Walter Scott.
I do love books with swords.
*Blush* Thank you, Sue.
My old favorites include Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda, Stevenson’s Kidnapped (when I was 12 I fell in love with Alan Breck Stewart and I’ve never recovered), and just about anything by Sir Walter Scott.
I do love books with swords.
I am totally with you about the MJP’s Silk Series, and the early Anne McCaffrey dragon series!
I am totally with you about the MJP’s Silk Series, and the early Anne McCaffrey dragon series!
I am totally with you about the MJP’s Silk Series, and the early Anne McCaffrey dragon series!
I am totally with you about the MJP’s Silk Series, and the early Anne McCaffrey dragon series!
I am totally with you about the MJP’s Silk Series, and the early Anne McCaffrey dragon series!
I’m with you as to what “category” The Paladin belongs to. It’s definitely one of her fantasies, but … Perhaps we should just have a category “Good”?!
I’m with you as to what “category” The Paladin belongs to. It’s definitely one of her fantasies, but … Perhaps we should just have a category “Good”?!
I’m with you as to what “category” The Paladin belongs to. It’s definitely one of her fantasies, but … Perhaps we should just have a category “Good”?!
I’m with you as to what “category” The Paladin belongs to. It’s definitely one of her fantasies, but … Perhaps we should just have a category “Good”?!
I’m with you as to what “category” The Paladin belongs to. It’s definitely one of her fantasies, but … Perhaps we should just have a category “Good”?!
Oh, me too, Lillian! Kidnapped is a wonderful book and still one of my all time favourites.
Oh, me too, Lillian! Kidnapped is a wonderful book and still one of my all time favourites.
Oh, me too, Lillian! Kidnapped is a wonderful book and still one of my all time favourites.
Oh, me too, Lillian! Kidnapped is a wonderful book and still one of my all time favourites.
Oh, me too, Lillian! Kidnapped is a wonderful book and still one of my all time favourites.
So pleased you have found some new authors as a result of being part of the Word Wench community, Teresa! We’re certainly not short of great recommendations here.
So pleased you have found some new authors as a result of being part of the Word Wench community, Teresa! We’re certainly not short of great recommendations here.
So pleased you have found some new authors as a result of being part of the Word Wench community, Teresa! We’re certainly not short of great recommendations here.
So pleased you have found some new authors as a result of being part of the Word Wench community, Teresa! We’re certainly not short of great recommendations here.
So pleased you have found some new authors as a result of being part of the Word Wench community, Teresa! We’re certainly not short of great recommendations here.
I’m so pleased they have reissued Mist Over Pendle. A number of older books are coming out again, which is great! Do let me know what you think, Teresa.
I’m so pleased they have reissued Mist Over Pendle. A number of older books are coming out again, which is great! Do let me know what you think, Teresa.
I’m so pleased they have reissued Mist Over Pendle. A number of older books are coming out again, which is great! Do let me know what you think, Teresa.
I’m so pleased they have reissued Mist Over Pendle. A number of older books are coming out again, which is great! Do let me know what you think, Teresa.
I’m so pleased they have reissued Mist Over Pendle. A number of older books are coming out again, which is great! Do let me know what you think, Teresa.
Wow that is quite a history those books have in your family, Kareni! I think it’s wonderful when we have “inheritance” books. A topic for another blog, perhaps!
Wow that is quite a history those books have in your family, Kareni! I think it’s wonderful when we have “inheritance” books. A topic for another blog, perhaps!
Wow that is quite a history those books have in your family, Kareni! I think it’s wonderful when we have “inheritance” books. A topic for another blog, perhaps!
Wow that is quite a history those books have in your family, Kareni! I think it’s wonderful when we have “inheritance” books. A topic for another blog, perhaps!
Wow that is quite a history those books have in your family, Kareni! I think it’s wonderful when we have “inheritance” books. A topic for another blog, perhaps!
So true, Anne, when a few readers are gathered together…
So true, Anne, when a few readers are gathered together…
So true, Anne, when a few readers are gathered together…
So true, Anne, when a few readers are gathered together…
So true, Anne, when a few readers are gathered together…
Ha! That sounds exactly right, Sue! What a wonderful mixture of genres!
Ha! That sounds exactly right, Sue! What a wonderful mixture of genres!
Ha! That sounds exactly right, Sue! What a wonderful mixture of genres!
Ha! That sounds exactly right, Sue! What a wonderful mixture of genres!
Ha! That sounds exactly right, Sue! What a wonderful mixture of genres!
Perhaps we do become more selective as we also become more experienced readers, Kelly. It’s an interesting question. I know Wench Susan said something similar about having more stringent standards, and the added personal context also puts something else into the mix. I’m exactly the same – not as many new books on my keeper shelves.
Perhaps we do become more selective as we also become more experienced readers, Kelly. It’s an interesting question. I know Wench Susan said something similar about having more stringent standards, and the added personal context also puts something else into the mix. I’m exactly the same – not as many new books on my keeper shelves.
Perhaps we do become more selective as we also become more experienced readers, Kelly. It’s an interesting question. I know Wench Susan said something similar about having more stringent standards, and the added personal context also puts something else into the mix. I’m exactly the same – not as many new books on my keeper shelves.
Perhaps we do become more selective as we also become more experienced readers, Kelly. It’s an interesting question. I know Wench Susan said something similar about having more stringent standards, and the added personal context also puts something else into the mix. I’m exactly the same – not as many new books on my keeper shelves.
Perhaps we do become more selective as we also become more experienced readers, Kelly. It’s an interesting question. I know Wench Susan said something similar about having more stringent standards, and the added personal context also puts something else into the mix. I’m exactly the same – not as many new books on my keeper shelves.
Faith, are you in the US? I’m not sure what the case is there but here in the UK all Mary Stewart’s books have been reissued in Kindle e-book format. I hope they’re available in the US too. You’re absolutely right that they would be very popular re-issues. I see even The Wind Off the Small Islands, which was out of print for ages, has been turned into an e-book. Mary Stewart heaven!
Faith, are you in the US? I’m not sure what the case is there but here in the UK all Mary Stewart’s books have been reissued in Kindle e-book format. I hope they’re available in the US too. You’re absolutely right that they would be very popular re-issues. I see even The Wind Off the Small Islands, which was out of print for ages, has been turned into an e-book. Mary Stewart heaven!
Faith, are you in the US? I’m not sure what the case is there but here in the UK all Mary Stewart’s books have been reissued in Kindle e-book format. I hope they’re available in the US too. You’re absolutely right that they would be very popular re-issues. I see even The Wind Off the Small Islands, which was out of print for ages, has been turned into an e-book. Mary Stewart heaven!
Faith, are you in the US? I’m not sure what the case is there but here in the UK all Mary Stewart’s books have been reissued in Kindle e-book format. I hope they’re available in the US too. You’re absolutely right that they would be very popular re-issues. I see even The Wind Off the Small Islands, which was out of print for ages, has been turned into an e-book. Mary Stewart heaven!
Faith, are you in the US? I’m not sure what the case is there but here in the UK all Mary Stewart’s books have been reissued in Kindle e-book format. I hope they’re available in the US too. You’re absolutely right that they would be very popular re-issues. I see even The Wind Off the Small Islands, which was out of print for ages, has been turned into an e-book. Mary Stewart heaven!
Nicola, other than her Arthurian tales, Mary Stewart’s books are not available for Kindle in the U.S. Strangely, a few of them were available very briefly, but they quickly disappeared from the Amazon U. S. site. I don’t understand it because I’m sure there are many U.S. readers who are eager to purchase them.
Nicola, other than her Arthurian tales, Mary Stewart’s books are not available for Kindle in the U.S. Strangely, a few of them were available very briefly, but they quickly disappeared from the Amazon U. S. site. I don’t understand it because I’m sure there are many U.S. readers who are eager to purchase them.
Nicola, other than her Arthurian tales, Mary Stewart’s books are not available for Kindle in the U.S. Strangely, a few of them were available very briefly, but they quickly disappeared from the Amazon U. S. site. I don’t understand it because I’m sure there are many U.S. readers who are eager to purchase them.
Nicola, other than her Arthurian tales, Mary Stewart’s books are not available for Kindle in the U.S. Strangely, a few of them were available very briefly, but they quickly disappeared from the Amazon U. S. site. I don’t understand it because I’m sure there are many U.S. readers who are eager to purchase them.
Nicola, other than her Arthurian tales, Mary Stewart’s books are not available for Kindle in the U.S. Strangely, a few of them were available very briefly, but they quickly disappeared from the Amazon U. S. site. I don’t understand it because I’m sure there are many U.S. readers who are eager to purchase them.
I was introduced to historical romance by Judith McNaught. I was drawn in by the drama and I loved her stories.
Later I discovered Georgette Heyer. There have been many others authors who have become absolute magnets for me.
As time passed, my tastes changed and some writers are no longer automatic reads for me. But, I have book shelves filled with specific books which are special to me.
One of my most beloved authors is Elizabeth Peters. When I found Amelia Peabody and Emerson and Ramses and all the characters who accompanied them on their adventures, I felt as though I were home. There is humor and adventure and mystery and there is a great deal of love and romance.
I hate to admit it, but when I was young, I was reading non-fiction. There were a great many books about WWII, American History and European History. As you can see, I led a deprived reading life. I read Mary Stewart and enjoyed her books very much. There were other authors who wrote fiction but, generally it was non-fiction.
So, now I am still discovering authors and books and finding that the world of fiction held wonderful places and people. And I am thankful.
I was introduced to historical romance by Judith McNaught. I was drawn in by the drama and I loved her stories.
Later I discovered Georgette Heyer. There have been many others authors who have become absolute magnets for me.
As time passed, my tastes changed and some writers are no longer automatic reads for me. But, I have book shelves filled with specific books which are special to me.
One of my most beloved authors is Elizabeth Peters. When I found Amelia Peabody and Emerson and Ramses and all the characters who accompanied them on their adventures, I felt as though I were home. There is humor and adventure and mystery and there is a great deal of love and romance.
I hate to admit it, but when I was young, I was reading non-fiction. There were a great many books about WWII, American History and European History. As you can see, I led a deprived reading life. I read Mary Stewart and enjoyed her books very much. There were other authors who wrote fiction but, generally it was non-fiction.
So, now I am still discovering authors and books and finding that the world of fiction held wonderful places and people. And I am thankful.
I was introduced to historical romance by Judith McNaught. I was drawn in by the drama and I loved her stories.
Later I discovered Georgette Heyer. There have been many others authors who have become absolute magnets for me.
As time passed, my tastes changed and some writers are no longer automatic reads for me. But, I have book shelves filled with specific books which are special to me.
One of my most beloved authors is Elizabeth Peters. When I found Amelia Peabody and Emerson and Ramses and all the characters who accompanied them on their adventures, I felt as though I were home. There is humor and adventure and mystery and there is a great deal of love and romance.
I hate to admit it, but when I was young, I was reading non-fiction. There were a great many books about WWII, American History and European History. As you can see, I led a deprived reading life. I read Mary Stewart and enjoyed her books very much. There were other authors who wrote fiction but, generally it was non-fiction.
So, now I am still discovering authors and books and finding that the world of fiction held wonderful places and people. And I am thankful.
I was introduced to historical romance by Judith McNaught. I was drawn in by the drama and I loved her stories.
Later I discovered Georgette Heyer. There have been many others authors who have become absolute magnets for me.
As time passed, my tastes changed and some writers are no longer automatic reads for me. But, I have book shelves filled with specific books which are special to me.
One of my most beloved authors is Elizabeth Peters. When I found Amelia Peabody and Emerson and Ramses and all the characters who accompanied them on their adventures, I felt as though I were home. There is humor and adventure and mystery and there is a great deal of love and romance.
I hate to admit it, but when I was young, I was reading non-fiction. There were a great many books about WWII, American History and European History. As you can see, I led a deprived reading life. I read Mary Stewart and enjoyed her books very much. There were other authors who wrote fiction but, generally it was non-fiction.
So, now I am still discovering authors and books and finding that the world of fiction held wonderful places and people. And I am thankful.
I was introduced to historical romance by Judith McNaught. I was drawn in by the drama and I loved her stories.
Later I discovered Georgette Heyer. There have been many others authors who have become absolute magnets for me.
As time passed, my tastes changed and some writers are no longer automatic reads for me. But, I have book shelves filled with specific books which are special to me.
One of my most beloved authors is Elizabeth Peters. When I found Amelia Peabody and Emerson and Ramses and all the characters who accompanied them on their adventures, I felt as though I were home. There is humor and adventure and mystery and there is a great deal of love and romance.
I hate to admit it, but when I was young, I was reading non-fiction. There were a great many books about WWII, American History and European History. As you can see, I led a deprived reading life. I read Mary Stewart and enjoyed her books very much. There were other authors who wrote fiction but, generally it was non-fiction.
So, now I am still discovering authors and books and finding that the world of fiction held wonderful places and people. And I am thankful.
Gosh that is strange! Especially as they were there for a short while and then disappeared. I wonder what was the story there. But it is a great pity for those readers who would like to get hold of them.
Gosh that is strange! Especially as they were there for a short while and then disappeared. I wonder what was the story there. But it is a great pity for those readers who would like to get hold of them.
Gosh that is strange! Especially as they were there for a short while and then disappeared. I wonder what was the story there. But it is a great pity for those readers who would like to get hold of them.
Gosh that is strange! Especially as they were there for a short while and then disappeared. I wonder what was the story there. But it is a great pity for those readers who would like to get hold of them.
Gosh that is strange! Especially as they were there for a short while and then disappeared. I wonder what was the story there. But it is a great pity for those readers who would like to get hold of them.
How lovely, Annette. And reading really is a lifetime’s occupation, isn’t it, so it is wonderful that we can discover authors both older and new.
How lovely, Annette. And reading really is a lifetime’s occupation, isn’t it, so it is wonderful that we can discover authors both older and new.
How lovely, Annette. And reading really is a lifetime’s occupation, isn’t it, so it is wonderful that we can discover authors both older and new.
How lovely, Annette. And reading really is a lifetime’s occupation, isn’t it, so it is wonderful that we can discover authors both older and new.
How lovely, Annette. And reading really is a lifetime’s occupation, isn’t it, so it is wonderful that we can discover authors both older and new.
That IS strange, especially in light of the fact that all the production work has been done on the ebooks for UK distribution. How incredibly frustrating! At least, thanks to you, I know I’m not crazy. Appreciate the validation, Janga.
That IS strange, especially in light of the fact that all the production work has been done on the ebooks for UK distribution. How incredibly frustrating! At least, thanks to you, I know I’m not crazy. Appreciate the validation, Janga.
That IS strange, especially in light of the fact that all the production work has been done on the ebooks for UK distribution. How incredibly frustrating! At least, thanks to you, I know I’m not crazy. Appreciate the validation, Janga.
That IS strange, especially in light of the fact that all the production work has been done on the ebooks for UK distribution. How incredibly frustrating! At least, thanks to you, I know I’m not crazy. Appreciate the validation, Janga.
That IS strange, especially in light of the fact that all the production work has been done on the ebooks for UK distribution. How incredibly frustrating! At least, thanks to you, I know I’m not crazy. Appreciate the validation, Janga.
Well, dang it, Nicola…I just wish there was someone to pester about this. Janga and I and maybe a few others could team up and do a few emails and calls…its been done before, successfully, if we could only find out what’s blocking their sale in the US…
But commiseration helps. Thanks for the discussion!
Cheers, Faith
Well, dang it, Nicola…I just wish there was someone to pester about this. Janga and I and maybe a few others could team up and do a few emails and calls…its been done before, successfully, if we could only find out what’s blocking their sale in the US…
But commiseration helps. Thanks for the discussion!
Cheers, Faith
Well, dang it, Nicola…I just wish there was someone to pester about this. Janga and I and maybe a few others could team up and do a few emails and calls…its been done before, successfully, if we could only find out what’s blocking their sale in the US…
But commiseration helps. Thanks for the discussion!
Cheers, Faith
Well, dang it, Nicola…I just wish there was someone to pester about this. Janga and I and maybe a few others could team up and do a few emails and calls…its been done before, successfully, if we could only find out what’s blocking their sale in the US…
But commiseration helps. Thanks for the discussion!
Cheers, Faith
Well, dang it, Nicola…I just wish there was someone to pester about this. Janga and I and maybe a few others could team up and do a few emails and calls…its been done before, successfully, if we could only find out what’s blocking their sale in the US…
But commiseration helps. Thanks for the discussion!
Cheers, Faith
My old favorites include Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth, two writers from the Golden Age of mystery. Now Wentworth’s Miss Silver mysteries are easy to find in e-versions, but a couple of decades ago they were out of print, and I used to haunt yard sales and used books stores in hopes of finding one I hadn’t read yet. I also love D.E. Stevenson, and in the fantasy category, “The Mists of Avalon”(Marion Zimmer Bradley and “The Once and Future King”(T.H. White). I’ve read many reworkings of the Camelot story, I find it eternally fascinating.
I’ve only recently discovered some of the older romance writers like Eve Ibbotson and Paula Marshall, and I’m having a lot of fun catching up.
My old favorites include Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth, two writers from the Golden Age of mystery. Now Wentworth’s Miss Silver mysteries are easy to find in e-versions, but a couple of decades ago they were out of print, and I used to haunt yard sales and used books stores in hopes of finding one I hadn’t read yet. I also love D.E. Stevenson, and in the fantasy category, “The Mists of Avalon”(Marion Zimmer Bradley and “The Once and Future King”(T.H. White). I’ve read many reworkings of the Camelot story, I find it eternally fascinating.
I’ve only recently discovered some of the older romance writers like Eve Ibbotson and Paula Marshall, and I’m having a lot of fun catching up.
My old favorites include Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth, two writers from the Golden Age of mystery. Now Wentworth’s Miss Silver mysteries are easy to find in e-versions, but a couple of decades ago they were out of print, and I used to haunt yard sales and used books stores in hopes of finding one I hadn’t read yet. I also love D.E. Stevenson, and in the fantasy category, “The Mists of Avalon”(Marion Zimmer Bradley and “The Once and Future King”(T.H. White). I’ve read many reworkings of the Camelot story, I find it eternally fascinating.
I’ve only recently discovered some of the older romance writers like Eve Ibbotson and Paula Marshall, and I’m having a lot of fun catching up.
My old favorites include Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth, two writers from the Golden Age of mystery. Now Wentworth’s Miss Silver mysteries are easy to find in e-versions, but a couple of decades ago they were out of print, and I used to haunt yard sales and used books stores in hopes of finding one I hadn’t read yet. I also love D.E. Stevenson, and in the fantasy category, “The Mists of Avalon”(Marion Zimmer Bradley and “The Once and Future King”(T.H. White). I’ve read many reworkings of the Camelot story, I find it eternally fascinating.
I’ve only recently discovered some of the older romance writers like Eve Ibbotson and Paula Marshall, and I’m having a lot of fun catching up.
My old favorites include Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth, two writers from the Golden Age of mystery. Now Wentworth’s Miss Silver mysteries are easy to find in e-versions, but a couple of decades ago they were out of print, and I used to haunt yard sales and used books stores in hopes of finding one I hadn’t read yet. I also love D.E. Stevenson, and in the fantasy category, “The Mists of Avalon”(Marion Zimmer Bradley and “The Once and Future King”(T.H. White). I’ve read many reworkings of the Camelot story, I find it eternally fascinating.
I’ve only recently discovered some of the older romance writers like Eve Ibbotson and Paula Marshall, and I’m having a lot of fun catching up.
Faith, I’m most heartily with you regarding not being able to read in paper format any more. At least I think that’s what your comment meant. I did acquire a couple of the books Stephanie, in a comment here mentioned by Patrica Veryan, and the print was so tiny, and even harder to read because the paper had darkened so much I just could not read them. Oh boy the eye strain. I’ve kept them, but the idea of reading them is too daunting.
And yes, I would also love to be able to get Mary Stewart’s book for Kindle.
Faith, I’m most heartily with you regarding not being able to read in paper format any more. At least I think that’s what your comment meant. I did acquire a couple of the books Stephanie, in a comment here mentioned by Patrica Veryan, and the print was so tiny, and even harder to read because the paper had darkened so much I just could not read them. Oh boy the eye strain. I’ve kept them, but the idea of reading them is too daunting.
And yes, I would also love to be able to get Mary Stewart’s book for Kindle.
Faith, I’m most heartily with you regarding not being able to read in paper format any more. At least I think that’s what your comment meant. I did acquire a couple of the books Stephanie, in a comment here mentioned by Patrica Veryan, and the print was so tiny, and even harder to read because the paper had darkened so much I just could not read them. Oh boy the eye strain. I’ve kept them, but the idea of reading them is too daunting.
And yes, I would also love to be able to get Mary Stewart’s book for Kindle.
Faith, I’m most heartily with you regarding not being able to read in paper format any more. At least I think that’s what your comment meant. I did acquire a couple of the books Stephanie, in a comment here mentioned by Patrica Veryan, and the print was so tiny, and even harder to read because the paper had darkened so much I just could not read them. Oh boy the eye strain. I’ve kept them, but the idea of reading them is too daunting.
And yes, I would also love to be able to get Mary Stewart’s book for Kindle.
Faith, I’m most heartily with you regarding not being able to read in paper format any more. At least I think that’s what your comment meant. I did acquire a couple of the books Stephanie, in a comment here mentioned by Patrica Veryan, and the print was so tiny, and even harder to read because the paper had darkened so much I just could not read them. Oh boy the eye strain. I’ve kept them, but the idea of reading them is too daunting.
And yes, I would also love to be able to get Mary Stewart’s book for Kindle.
Thank you once again, Wenches, for a great post. The books mentioned and their reasons for being on your old and new keeper shelves, and the similar group sessions have made my wish lists completely overwhelmed, and out of hand. 🙂 But what a way to go!
Thank you once again, Wenches, for a great post. The books mentioned and their reasons for being on your old and new keeper shelves, and the similar group sessions have made my wish lists completely overwhelmed, and out of hand. 🙂 But what a way to go!
Thank you once again, Wenches, for a great post. The books mentioned and their reasons for being on your old and new keeper shelves, and the similar group sessions have made my wish lists completely overwhelmed, and out of hand. 🙂 But what a way to go!
Thank you once again, Wenches, for a great post. The books mentioned and their reasons for being on your old and new keeper shelves, and the similar group sessions have made my wish lists completely overwhelmed, and out of hand. 🙂 But what a way to go!
Thank you once again, Wenches, for a great post. The books mentioned and their reasons for being on your old and new keeper shelves, and the similar group sessions have made my wish lists completely overwhelmed, and out of hand. 🙂 But what a way to go!
I’ve only read Rothfuss #1, but understood the fuss. Lyrical, beautiful, coming of age epic fantasy.
My beef was with the name of the hero and the stumble every time I tried to pronounce it.
I’ve not read story #2, but have a lot of goodwill for #1.
I’ve only read Rothfuss #1, but understood the fuss. Lyrical, beautiful, coming of age epic fantasy.
My beef was with the name of the hero and the stumble every time I tried to pronounce it.
I’ve not read story #2, but have a lot of goodwill for #1.
I’ve only read Rothfuss #1, but understood the fuss. Lyrical, beautiful, coming of age epic fantasy.
My beef was with the name of the hero and the stumble every time I tried to pronounce it.
I’ve not read story #2, but have a lot of goodwill for #1.
I’ve only read Rothfuss #1, but understood the fuss. Lyrical, beautiful, coming of age epic fantasy.
My beef was with the name of the hero and the stumble every time I tried to pronounce it.
I’ve not read story #2, but have a lot of goodwill for #1.
I’ve only read Rothfuss #1, but understood the fuss. Lyrical, beautiful, coming of age epic fantasy.
My beef was with the name of the hero and the stumble every time I tried to pronounce it.
I’ve not read story #2, but have a lot of goodwill for #1.
I concur!
I concur!
I concur!
I concur!
I concur!
Thanks, Michelle and, yes, I’m deathly allergic to paper. For those of us who live for the next great book, it’s tough, isn’t it?
Maybe next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart I’ll suggest a Mary Stewart Click-for-Kindle day. If enough of us spend 15-20 minutes clicking on every Mary Stewart book on Amazon, maybe it’ll get someone’s attention…
Cheers, Faith
Thanks, Michelle and, yes, I’m deathly allergic to paper. For those of us who live for the next great book, it’s tough, isn’t it?
Maybe next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart I’ll suggest a Mary Stewart Click-for-Kindle day. If enough of us spend 15-20 minutes clicking on every Mary Stewart book on Amazon, maybe it’ll get someone’s attention…
Cheers, Faith
Thanks, Michelle and, yes, I’m deathly allergic to paper. For those of us who live for the next great book, it’s tough, isn’t it?
Maybe next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart I’ll suggest a Mary Stewart Click-for-Kindle day. If enough of us spend 15-20 minutes clicking on every Mary Stewart book on Amazon, maybe it’ll get someone’s attention…
Cheers, Faith
Thanks, Michelle and, yes, I’m deathly allergic to paper. For those of us who live for the next great book, it’s tough, isn’t it?
Maybe next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart I’ll suggest a Mary Stewart Click-for-Kindle day. If enough of us spend 15-20 minutes clicking on every Mary Stewart book on Amazon, maybe it’ll get someone’s attention…
Cheers, Faith
Thanks, Michelle and, yes, I’m deathly allergic to paper. For those of us who live for the next great book, it’s tough, isn’t it?
Maybe next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart I’ll suggest a Mary Stewart Click-for-Kindle day. If enough of us spend 15-20 minutes clicking on every Mary Stewart book on Amazon, maybe it’ll get someone’s attention…
Cheers, Faith
LOL! That’s exactly what happens to my wish list, every time Wenches talk books.
Cheers, Faith
LOL! That’s exactly what happens to my wish list, every time Wenches talk books.
Cheers, Faith
LOL! That’s exactly what happens to my wish list, every time Wenches talk books.
Cheers, Faith
LOL! That’s exactly what happens to my wish list, every time Wenches talk books.
Cheers, Faith
LOL! That’s exactly what happens to my wish list, every time Wenches talk books.
Cheers, Faith
Hi Faith! I think the US Wenches definitely need to get on to this. And maybe I need to start a Mary Stewart exporting service!
Hi Faith! I think the US Wenches definitely need to get on to this. And maybe I need to start a Mary Stewart exporting service!
Hi Faith! I think the US Wenches definitely need to get on to this. And maybe I need to start a Mary Stewart exporting service!
Hi Faith! I think the US Wenches definitely need to get on to this. And maybe I need to start a Mary Stewart exporting service!
Hi Faith! I think the US Wenches definitely need to get on to this. And maybe I need to start a Mary Stewart exporting service!
That sounds like a great idea!
That sounds like a great idea!
That sounds like a great idea!
That sounds like a great idea!
That sounds like a great idea!
Oh yes, the Arthurian stories are endlessly fascinating. I wonder if it’s time for another incarnation?
Oh yes, the Arthurian stories are endlessly fascinating. I wonder if it’s time for another incarnation?
Oh yes, the Arthurian stories are endlessly fascinating. I wonder if it’s time for another incarnation?
Oh yes, the Arthurian stories are endlessly fascinating. I wonder if it’s time for another incarnation?
Oh yes, the Arthurian stories are endlessly fascinating. I wonder if it’s time for another incarnation?
We’re always glad to be of service, Michelle!!
We’re always glad to be of service, Michelle!!
We’re always glad to be of service, Michelle!!
We’re always glad to be of service, Michelle!!
We’re always glad to be of service, Michelle!!
Faith,
Perhaps you could do a trade with someone from the UK — they could send you Mary Stewart Kindle books, and you could send them some books in which they are interested.
Faith,
Perhaps you could do a trade with someone from the UK — they could send you Mary Stewart Kindle books, and you could send them some books in which they are interested.
Faith,
Perhaps you could do a trade with someone from the UK — they could send you Mary Stewart Kindle books, and you could send them some books in which they are interested.
Faith,
Perhaps you could do a trade with someone from the UK — they could send you Mary Stewart Kindle books, and you could send them some books in which they are interested.
Faith,
Perhaps you could do a trade with someone from the UK — they could send you Mary Stewart Kindle books, and you could send them some books in which they are interested.
Now THAT, Nicola, is a brilliant idea. A Mary Stewart exporting service…plus maybe having US Wenches look into it. I’m getting excited!!
Now THAT, Nicola, is a brilliant idea. A Mary Stewart exporting service…plus maybe having US Wenches look into it. I’m getting excited!!
Now THAT, Nicola, is a brilliant idea. A Mary Stewart exporting service…plus maybe having US Wenches look into it. I’m getting excited!!
Now THAT, Nicola, is a brilliant idea. A Mary Stewart exporting service…plus maybe having US Wenches look into it. I’m getting excited!!
Now THAT, Nicola, is a brilliant idea. A Mary Stewart exporting service…plus maybe having US Wenches look into it. I’m getting excited!!
Well, if we haven’t made any more progress by the next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart, and you Wenches won’t mind, I will suggest a Mary Stewart US Readers Click-In at that point.
This has been such a fun discussion. Thanks!!!
Well, if we haven’t made any more progress by the next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart, and you Wenches won’t mind, I will suggest a Mary Stewart US Readers Click-In at that point.
This has been such a fun discussion. Thanks!!!
Well, if we haven’t made any more progress by the next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart, and you Wenches won’t mind, I will suggest a Mary Stewart US Readers Click-In at that point.
This has been such a fun discussion. Thanks!!!
Well, if we haven’t made any more progress by the next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart, and you Wenches won’t mind, I will suggest a Mary Stewart US Readers Click-In at that point.
This has been such a fun discussion. Thanks!!!
Well, if we haven’t made any more progress by the next time Wenches mention Mary Stewart, and you Wenches won’t mind, I will suggest a Mary Stewart US Readers Click-In at that point.
This has been such a fun discussion. Thanks!!!
I would love to do that, although the authors wouldn’t get their royalties. Maybe there’s a way to do both? Pay the royalties and exchange?
In any case, now I know Amazon UK has the books available, I’m going to pester Amazon US about it, probably next week. If I make any progress, I’ll post about it either next Wench What We’re Reading, or the next mention of Mary Stewart.
Thanks, Kareni!
Cheers, Faith
I would love to do that, although the authors wouldn’t get their royalties. Maybe there’s a way to do both? Pay the royalties and exchange?
In any case, now I know Amazon UK has the books available, I’m going to pester Amazon US about it, probably next week. If I make any progress, I’ll post about it either next Wench What We’re Reading, or the next mention of Mary Stewart.
Thanks, Kareni!
Cheers, Faith
I would love to do that, although the authors wouldn’t get their royalties. Maybe there’s a way to do both? Pay the royalties and exchange?
In any case, now I know Amazon UK has the books available, I’m going to pester Amazon US about it, probably next week. If I make any progress, I’ll post about it either next Wench What We’re Reading, or the next mention of Mary Stewart.
Thanks, Kareni!
Cheers, Faith
I would love to do that, although the authors wouldn’t get their royalties. Maybe there’s a way to do both? Pay the royalties and exchange?
In any case, now I know Amazon UK has the books available, I’m going to pester Amazon US about it, probably next week. If I make any progress, I’ll post about it either next Wench What We’re Reading, or the next mention of Mary Stewart.
Thanks, Kareni!
Cheers, Faith
I would love to do that, although the authors wouldn’t get their royalties. Maybe there’s a way to do both? Pay the royalties and exchange?
In any case, now I know Amazon UK has the books available, I’m going to pester Amazon US about it, probably next week. If I make any progress, I’ll post about it either next Wench What We’re Reading, or the next mention of Mary Stewart.
Thanks, Kareni!
Cheers, Faith
Fascinating discussion. Interesting side topic about finding fewer books to keep the older you get.
I had kind of been thinking about that earlier in the week.
Used to, I kept EVERYTHING, then I got more books and had to start weeding them out. I did reread them to decide whether to keep them or not but it was interesting how many books did NOT make the cut. They were good but they didn’t speak to me any more.
Now I read a book and consciously think do I want to keep this one or not before I send it off to Sister’s Swap (my 4 sister’s and I have a book exchange we do once a month.) If I want to keep it I put a K in it, if not a D because sometimes the books don’t make it back to me for a couple of years. There are too many books waiting to BE read for me to reread a book I’ve already decided I don’t want to keep.
What I’ve also found interesting is that some authors where I’ve collected ALL their books, I’ve decided, hmm, there are many I don’t really care for. So I’ve gone through and weeded out those so I only have half their books. (Not Mary Jo though…ALL her books are on the shelf).
As for my favorites – yep…so many have already been named. Mary Stewart – I went and looked for all her books (again), read them and put more on the keeper shelf. Elisabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. DE Stevenson. Lisa Kleypas. Jayne Ann Krentz and all her various personas. Anne McCaffrey’s early books. Elsie Lee of course. Etc, etc, etc.
It has also been interesting (for me) to decide after I’ve read an author for awhile that yes, I would like to collect all the books and I have to backtrack to find them. Janet Chapman, Robin D. Owens, various series that Linda Lael Miller wrote.
Fascinating discussion. Interesting side topic about finding fewer books to keep the older you get.
I had kind of been thinking about that earlier in the week.
Used to, I kept EVERYTHING, then I got more books and had to start weeding them out. I did reread them to decide whether to keep them or not but it was interesting how many books did NOT make the cut. They were good but they didn’t speak to me any more.
Now I read a book and consciously think do I want to keep this one or not before I send it off to Sister’s Swap (my 4 sister’s and I have a book exchange we do once a month.) If I want to keep it I put a K in it, if not a D because sometimes the books don’t make it back to me for a couple of years. There are too many books waiting to BE read for me to reread a book I’ve already decided I don’t want to keep.
What I’ve also found interesting is that some authors where I’ve collected ALL their books, I’ve decided, hmm, there are many I don’t really care for. So I’ve gone through and weeded out those so I only have half their books. (Not Mary Jo though…ALL her books are on the shelf).
As for my favorites – yep…so many have already been named. Mary Stewart – I went and looked for all her books (again), read them and put more on the keeper shelf. Elisabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. DE Stevenson. Lisa Kleypas. Jayne Ann Krentz and all her various personas. Anne McCaffrey’s early books. Elsie Lee of course. Etc, etc, etc.
It has also been interesting (for me) to decide after I’ve read an author for awhile that yes, I would like to collect all the books and I have to backtrack to find them. Janet Chapman, Robin D. Owens, various series that Linda Lael Miller wrote.
Fascinating discussion. Interesting side topic about finding fewer books to keep the older you get.
I had kind of been thinking about that earlier in the week.
Used to, I kept EVERYTHING, then I got more books and had to start weeding them out. I did reread them to decide whether to keep them or not but it was interesting how many books did NOT make the cut. They were good but they didn’t speak to me any more.
Now I read a book and consciously think do I want to keep this one or not before I send it off to Sister’s Swap (my 4 sister’s and I have a book exchange we do once a month.) If I want to keep it I put a K in it, if not a D because sometimes the books don’t make it back to me for a couple of years. There are too many books waiting to BE read for me to reread a book I’ve already decided I don’t want to keep.
What I’ve also found interesting is that some authors where I’ve collected ALL their books, I’ve decided, hmm, there are many I don’t really care for. So I’ve gone through and weeded out those so I only have half their books. (Not Mary Jo though…ALL her books are on the shelf).
As for my favorites – yep…so many have already been named. Mary Stewart – I went and looked for all her books (again), read them and put more on the keeper shelf. Elisabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. DE Stevenson. Lisa Kleypas. Jayne Ann Krentz and all her various personas. Anne McCaffrey’s early books. Elsie Lee of course. Etc, etc, etc.
It has also been interesting (for me) to decide after I’ve read an author for awhile that yes, I would like to collect all the books and I have to backtrack to find them. Janet Chapman, Robin D. Owens, various series that Linda Lael Miller wrote.
Fascinating discussion. Interesting side topic about finding fewer books to keep the older you get.
I had kind of been thinking about that earlier in the week.
Used to, I kept EVERYTHING, then I got more books and had to start weeding them out. I did reread them to decide whether to keep them or not but it was interesting how many books did NOT make the cut. They were good but they didn’t speak to me any more.
Now I read a book and consciously think do I want to keep this one or not before I send it off to Sister’s Swap (my 4 sister’s and I have a book exchange we do once a month.) If I want to keep it I put a K in it, if not a D because sometimes the books don’t make it back to me for a couple of years. There are too many books waiting to BE read for me to reread a book I’ve already decided I don’t want to keep.
What I’ve also found interesting is that some authors where I’ve collected ALL their books, I’ve decided, hmm, there are many I don’t really care for. So I’ve gone through and weeded out those so I only have half their books. (Not Mary Jo though…ALL her books are on the shelf).
As for my favorites – yep…so many have already been named. Mary Stewart – I went and looked for all her books (again), read them and put more on the keeper shelf. Elisabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. DE Stevenson. Lisa Kleypas. Jayne Ann Krentz and all her various personas. Anne McCaffrey’s early books. Elsie Lee of course. Etc, etc, etc.
It has also been interesting (for me) to decide after I’ve read an author for awhile that yes, I would like to collect all the books and I have to backtrack to find them. Janet Chapman, Robin D. Owens, various series that Linda Lael Miller wrote.
Fascinating discussion. Interesting side topic about finding fewer books to keep the older you get.
I had kind of been thinking about that earlier in the week.
Used to, I kept EVERYTHING, then I got more books and had to start weeding them out. I did reread them to decide whether to keep them or not but it was interesting how many books did NOT make the cut. They were good but they didn’t speak to me any more.
Now I read a book and consciously think do I want to keep this one or not before I send it off to Sister’s Swap (my 4 sister’s and I have a book exchange we do once a month.) If I want to keep it I put a K in it, if not a D because sometimes the books don’t make it back to me for a couple of years. There are too many books waiting to BE read for me to reread a book I’ve already decided I don’t want to keep.
What I’ve also found interesting is that some authors where I’ve collected ALL their books, I’ve decided, hmm, there are many I don’t really care for. So I’ve gone through and weeded out those so I only have half their books. (Not Mary Jo though…ALL her books are on the shelf).
As for my favorites – yep…so many have already been named. Mary Stewart – I went and looked for all her books (again), read them and put more on the keeper shelf. Elisabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. DE Stevenson. Lisa Kleypas. Jayne Ann Krentz and all her various personas. Anne McCaffrey’s early books. Elsie Lee of course. Etc, etc, etc.
It has also been interesting (for me) to decide after I’ve read an author for awhile that yes, I would like to collect all the books and I have to backtrack to find them. Janet Chapman, Robin D. Owens, various series that Linda Lael Miller wrote.
Sister’s swap! What a fantastic idea, Vicki! And a very interesting point that some books that speak to you at a certain stage may not continue to do so.
Sister’s swap! What a fantastic idea, Vicki! And a very interesting point that some books that speak to you at a certain stage may not continue to do so.
Sister’s swap! What a fantastic idea, Vicki! And a very interesting point that some books that speak to you at a certain stage may not continue to do so.
Sister’s swap! What a fantastic idea, Vicki! And a very interesting point that some books that speak to you at a certain stage may not continue to do so.
Sister’s swap! What a fantastic idea, Vicki! And a very interesting point that some books that speak to you at a certain stage may not continue to do so.
Hi Faith. Please do let us know your progress and we’ll do all we can from this side to try and encourage the spread of Mary Stewart e-books to the US!
Hi Faith. Please do let us know your progress and we’ll do all we can from this side to try and encourage the spread of Mary Stewart e-books to the US!
Hi Faith. Please do let us know your progress and we’ll do all we can from this side to try and encourage the spread of Mary Stewart e-books to the US!
Hi Faith. Please do let us know your progress and we’ll do all we can from this side to try and encourage the spread of Mary Stewart e-books to the US!
Hi Faith. Please do let us know your progress and we’ll do all we can from this side to try and encourage the spread of Mary Stewart e-books to the US!