tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post8957403006095287353..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Unforgotten Book Friday: MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD by Charlaine HarrisYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-24759157814028033622014-08-10T19:19:06.907-04:002014-08-10T19:19:06.907-04:00Oh well, that explains why I've never heard of...Oh well, that explains why I've never heard of Tobermory. Todd, I am esoterically challenged as you very well may know. However I had heard of Mehitabel and knew about the cockroach and the Krazy Kat connection. I do remember Krazy Kat being hit by a brick all the time. :)<br /><br />Let's just say that of ALL the cats I've read about, Charlaine Harris's cat is THE. BEST. CAT. CHARACTER. EVER. How's that?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-63580542398625582892014-08-10T19:15:48.979-04:002014-08-10T19:15:48.979-04:00John, it does say in my post that this is the firs...John, it does say in my post that this is the first of a trilogy. It is fun. Try this first book, I think you'll enjoy it. I tried to read one of the Sookie books but just couldn't get into it. <br /><br />'...that vampire porn show...' HA!! Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-2301322923293234642014-08-10T19:13:10.462-04:002014-08-10T19:13:10.462-04:00Well, if you tire of Sookie, try MIDNIGHT CROSSROA...Well, if you tire of Sookie, try MIDNIGHT CROSSROADS. It's the first in a new trilogy. I'm glad you got a chance to read some of the Lily Bards. A really good series abandoned too soon.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-65420784874371245772014-08-09T19:12:59.764-04:002014-08-09T19:12:59.764-04:00I wonder if she intends to turn this into a new se...I wonder if she intends to turn this into a new series? Sounds sort of fun. Harris likes to play around with kooky characters and makes fun of the supernatural a lot. I remember a zombie Elvis Presley that was about the only funny thing in the one Sookie Stackhouse book I read. But overall it was too juvenile for me, especially the "romance" part of it. It was like I was reading a book intended for teenage girls. Hated it. But hated TRUE BLOOD even more by the end of the second season when I gave up on it for good. I used to derisively refer to it as "that vampire porn show."J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-49182719751598761262014-08-09T15:49:01.008-04:002014-08-09T15:49:01.008-04:00I like Charlaine Harris' writing ... I enjoyed...I like Charlaine Harris' writing ... I enjoyed several of the Lily Bard series. So may try this some day. The cat sounds interesting. I plan to try the first Sookie Stackhouse book, even though the idea of a vampire mystery series turns me off.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-52442841787424313652014-08-09T01:28:54.085-04:002014-08-09T01:28:54.085-04:00Tobermory was Saki's articulate cat in the sho...Tobermory was Saki's articulate cat in the short story of that name; Mehitabel wasn't really a creature of comics so much as don marquis's female lead in his series of poems about archy the cockroach and mehitabel the cat, both on their karmic way through this life among the reincarnating many (and she's toujours gai). Though George Herriman did famously illustrate the poetry collections, in a manner not too far from that employed in <i>Krazy Kat</i> the strip. See also, "Fluffy" by Theodore Sturgeon; "The King of the Cats" by Stephen Vincent Benet. (I don't recall that the feline in Robert Bloch's "Catnip" is actually voluble.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-17950231696628937742014-08-08T21:02:06.996-04:002014-08-08T21:02:06.996-04:00It is a great deal of fun, Sergio. I was wondering...It is a great deal of fun, Sergio. I was wondering if I'd be able to return to Harris and lo and behold, she's won me back. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-253947173206790362014-08-08T21:00:40.357-04:002014-08-08T21:00:40.357-04:00I don't know Tobermory. As for Mehitabel, I do...I don't know Tobermory. As for Mehitabel, I do know her from online but she was before my time so I'm not as familar with the comics as I should be. Though what I've seen of Mehitabel is pretty funny. Didn't she talk in the first person in a series of books? Elucidate.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-3429041193730098532014-08-08T16:13:27.313-04:002014-08-08T16:13:27.313-04:00Must admit, TRUE BLOOD does nothing for me either,...Must admit, TRUE BLOOD does nothing for me either, but this much more like my idea of fun - thanks Yvette!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-91739443846935902212014-08-08T14:43:40.522-04:002014-08-08T14:43:40.522-04:00A better talking cat than Tobermory? Than Mehitabe...A better talking cat than Tobermory? Than Mehitabel? Tall order!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com