tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post8420203109516627611..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Literary Trends I'd Like To See More (or Less) Of.Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-32832545172349467432011-08-06T17:02:35.846-04:002011-08-06T17:02:35.846-04:00Right. I read that, Kathy. I thought the author...Right. I read that, Kathy. I thought the author's name sounded familiar. Read it but truth to tell, I don't remember anything about it. Story of my life. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34677602027045883132011-08-06T15:39:34.671-04:002011-08-06T15:39:34.671-04:00L.R. (Lauralie Rose) Wright won an award in the mi...L.R. (Lauralie Rose) Wright won an award in the mid-1980s for her first book in the series, The Suspect.<br /><br />Quite good. Partners and Crime has it.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-49874659001070335362011-08-05T13:25:42.909-04:002011-08-05T13:25:42.909-04:00Kathy: You are so fortunate to be able to step int...Kathy: You are so fortunate to be able to step into Partners & Crime whenever you want to. :)<br /><br />Wright's name if very familiar. I'm wondering if I've ever read anything by her. Possibly.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-3051094382498803672011-08-05T04:40:24.612-04:002011-08-05T04:40:24.612-04:00I bought L.R. Wright's books at Partners and C...I bought L.R. Wright's books at Partners and Crime. She was a Canadian author who wrote a series about a police inspector in W. British Columbia on the coast.<br /><br />Felony and Mayhem is republishing her books, 3 so far.<br /><br />And I bought the first two Ariana Franklin books there for a friend who loves them. I have to go there and buy her the third one. (She's not a library person, no time.)kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-91024327907190208982011-08-04T16:09:09.137-04:002011-08-04T16:09:09.137-04:00Thanks, Kathy. I thought so, but wasn't 100 pe...Thanks, Kathy. I thought so, but wasn't 100 percent sure. I'd love to visit Partners & Crime one of these days. Haven't been there in years. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-70734175330391095442011-08-04T15:29:15.573-04:002011-08-04T15:29:15.573-04:00Felony and Mayhem is a great publisher.
One of th...Felony and Mayhem is a great publisher.<br /><br />One of the women who runs Partners and Crime owns Felony and Mayhem.<br /><br />A nice feature at Partners and Crime is the entire bookshelf of books from Felony and Mayhem.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-43651954064090452072011-08-04T13:40:18.683-04:002011-08-04T13:40:18.683-04:00Lauren: Thanks so much for dropping by my place, a...Lauren: Thanks so much for dropping by my place, as well. :)<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed reading my Tuesday Top List. Those types of memes are always so much fun to work on. I'm a BIG list person.<br /><br />Yes, Felony and Mayhem should be the inspiration for other small publishers. I believe they're owned by the same talented people who run the PARTNERS & CRIME bookstore in NYC.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-86469142004757824532011-08-04T13:25:55.298-04:002011-08-04T13:25:55.298-04:00I found myself saying "Yes!" out loud to...I found myself saying "Yes!" out loud to #1 and #5. I adore Felony and Mayhem and I'm so mad our library is having to go on furlough several days this year.<br /><br />P.S. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I need to go through your archives--I have a suspicion that we might like many of the same things!Lauren Hairstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037717621464819611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-17974269919750100292011-08-04T10:22:58.289-04:002011-08-04T10:22:58.289-04:00Betsy: We're in agreement. I can't imagine...Betsy: We're in agreement. I can't imagine a historical novel such as WOLF HALL told in the present tense. Yegads. <br /><br />Not for me, thank you. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-1292792784249084062011-08-04T10:21:50.163-04:002011-08-04T10:21:50.163-04:00John: I agree with most of what you say. But I sti...John: I agree with most of what you say. But I still have my doubts about 'reformed' hit men. I read about this film, but it's just not something I'd be comfortable seeing. <br /><br />Jane Austen must be spinning in her grave. :)<br /><br />Though I don't mind the occasional quality pastiche, like MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK by Lynn Shepherd, most of the rest of them are not my cup of tea. :)<br /><br />Far as I'm concerned: libraries and art programs in schools should be at the top of every state's list to receive funding.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-87649310919389886402011-08-04T10:16:00.293-04:002011-08-04T10:16:00.293-04:00Kathy: I agree with you about excess violence agai...Kathy: I agree with you about excess violence against women on covers. But then I don't like excess violence against anyone on a cover. <br /><br />The exceptions would be, I suppose, the vintage covers that used such vibrant graphics. For some reason those don't bother me.<br /><br />But I am careful when I post vintage not to post the more egregious. <br /><br />Glad you like those posts. I do too.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-88192666244973717952011-08-04T01:37:10.774-04:002011-08-04T01:37:10.774-04:00I bought "Wolf Hall" without knowing it ...I bought "Wolf Hall" without knowing it was written in the present tense. I could not get through the first page. I agree with you. The present tense is unnatural. Did Chandler use it? Dickens? Austen? Bellow? Of course not.betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777978398680764604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-9779401796715061172011-08-03T17:53:55.934-04:002011-08-03T17:53:55.934-04:00MORE: Reprints of vintage mysteries. I second the ...MORE: Reprints of vintage mysteries. I second the motion!<br /><br />Libraries and literacy programs need a lot more attention, I agree. Stop killing arts programs in schools in favor of sports. This drives me mad each time I read of it!<br /><br />LESS: Vampires, zombies and any book that casts Jane Austen as a sleuth, vampire or zombie killer. In fact I wish the world could be rid of all books about Jane Austen as a character in a novel and all "sequels" using her characters. That's my big literary pet peeve.<br /><br />About the reformed hit man idea. Did you ever see <i>In Bruges?</i> It may make you change your mind. I thought it a powerful movie about redemption and forgiveness.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34183092333618629422011-08-03T16:47:13.911-04:002011-08-03T16:47:13.911-04:00When I first started mysteries way back in the Mid...When I first started mysteries way back in the Middle Ages and read Perry Mason, Nero Wolfe, Sherlock Holmes, a few by Dorothy Sayers and Josephine Rey and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, I wouldn't read any book with a cover depicting violence against women.<br /><br />And those existed.<br /><br />I think that Mike Hammer, Mickey Spillane books had covers that were violence, and I can't remember about the Ellery Queen magazines. But I know that I wouldn't even pick up a book with that type of cover design.<br /><br />The vintage covers which have been posted here with the very melodramatic covers don't bother me. Some are so melodramatic, exaggerated, "camp" and downright funny that I don't mind.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-38120706633070759892011-08-03T15:30:42.718-04:002011-08-03T15:30:42.718-04:00You are very fortunate, Bill. Here in this country...You are very fortunate, Bill. Here in this country, library budgets are being sliced right and left. It's enough to boggle the mind, actually.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-59328515809195920472011-08-03T13:36:54.076-04:002011-08-03T13:36:54.076-04:00Yvette: I have been on our local public library bo...Yvette: I have been on our local public library board for over 30 years. It is part or a regional system which is then part of a provincial system. Our province has now completed a process where each library card holder in Saskatchewan can go into any public library in the province to borrow a book and return it to any library. While I wish we had more money for works I believe we have never had better public access to books in Saskatchewan.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-41240758165772536622011-08-03T12:02:22.662-04:002011-08-03T12:02:22.662-04:00Elizabeth: Thanks for dropping by. :)
Yes, I agr...Elizabeth: Thanks for dropping by. :) <br /><br />Yes, I agree, F&M do need to work faster. But I suppose with the economy in the shape it's in, they're doing the best they can.<br /><br />I'm not sure if Persephone books are available in this country. I would love it if they were.<br /><br />I'll check the link. Thanks.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-3683227263591338102011-08-03T11:14:08.691-04:002011-08-03T11:14:08.691-04:00What a thoughtful post! Miss Lemon, too, loves the...What a thoughtful post! Miss Lemon, too, loves the Felony & Mayhem re-issues, though there's such a deep and untouched backlist of authors and novels that they need to work faster. I'm reading a Nigel Strangeways mystery, which would be an excellent candidate for F & M. I'm wondering, re: Viragos, if you've ever been to <a href="http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Persephone Books</a>? An absolute treasure.Elizabeth Frengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489003861886452176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-5128048767343484152011-08-03T10:58:27.619-04:002011-08-03T10:58:27.619-04:00Robyn: Thanks. :)
Yeah, those covers have had th...Robyn: Thanks. :) <br /><br />Yeah, those covers have had their day. It's over. <br /><br />What a strange fad that zombie thing was/is. I'm still shaking my head.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-25625976729984205592011-08-03T09:49:57.949-04:002011-08-03T09:49:57.949-04:00Great list. Especially the women on the covers. ...Great list. Especially the women on the covers. Enough. I'm done with zombies, too. I tried to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but it was just kind of a not very interesting story. I've never thought about the present tense, but you're right that it does feel kind of weird sometimes.Robyn Rylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510195754917893035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-35817843283467614452011-08-03T09:32:15.974-04:002011-08-03T09:32:15.974-04:00Kathy: I agree - all Rex Stout, all the time. That...Kathy: I agree - all Rex Stout, all the time. That'll cure what ails us. Ha!<br /><br />I too wonder sometimes who some of these covers are geared for? It's a scary thought.<br /><br />The funny thing is I don't seem to mind the violence on vintage covers. Maybe because it was done with style back then. Style covers a multitude of sins. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-4019065906367623022011-08-03T09:28:00.118-04:002011-08-03T09:28:00.118-04:00Pat: That's probably the first thing all know-...Pat: That's probably the first thing all know-nothing governments think of cutting. Libraries and the arts. The things that make keep us civilized. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-86715056935857975672011-08-03T09:27:05.020-04:002011-08-03T09:27:05.020-04:00Mark: I love great cover design. (What's not t...Mark: I love great cover design. (What's not to love?)Occasionally I'll even read a book because its design is so good. Or at least I'll read the first few pages. :)<br /><br />Formula seems to be the key word though. So MANY covers with the same 'look' to them that it's hard to tell one book from another. <br /><br />I remember when THE ALIENIST was first published with that wonderful evocative and very moody b/w cover - a photo of a caped man walking away from the camera in what looked like an early twentieth century setting - suddenly all historical mysteries had the same look for years.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-57441892765726902782011-08-03T02:33:10.689-04:002011-08-03T02:33:10.689-04:00I agree with everything here. I will respond more...I agree with everything here. I will respond more fully when I have a chance to write an intelligible answer.<br /><br />I don't like "Happy Hit Man" books, nor books written from a psychopath's point of view. Do not care. Don't want to know them or understand them.<br /><br />I don't like gratuitous violence. This is a reason I like Rex Stout's books, barely any violence, certainly not on the pages. He could write, so he didn't have to resort to that. I often think writing about all this violence, blood, gore, even car chases, natural catastrophes, and more is all a substitute for good writing.<br /><br />I especially abhor violence against women (and children and animals), and covers that depict this. Who are they geared to? The answer scares me. (I've read that publishers ask book designers to do covers depicting all manner of violence against women.) Ugh! Why? Who buys books with those covers?<br /><br />One thing I am for is more humor in books, the more the better.<br /><br />And here I am laughing again at this post. Such good points to ponder. I will think more about them.<br /><br />I have to finish the Inspector Anders book, so I can read Too Many Cooks. I started it and Nero Wolfe is terrified and on a train, with two overcoats packed, already driving Archie batty.<br /><br />If only we could win over the world to reading Rex Stout, temperaments would improve as would people's senses of humor.<br /><br />And we could all speak using words like "rodomontade."<br /><br />And Sjowall/Wahloo wrote gems without much on-page violence. So does Donna Leon and many others. It is definitely possible.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-24272126083595333862011-08-02T22:33:19.792-04:002011-08-02T22:33:19.792-04:00The library has always been my second home so I am...The library has always been my second home so I am all for more funding for libraries!Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.com