"Losing Mum and Pup" by Christopher Buckley - about his famous parents, William and Patricia Buckley. There was poignancy and sadness to those who deal with the death of their parents--the book covers a period of about a year, with many flashbacks to younger family days. BUT, in spite of reading it and liking it and learning stuffs about William Buckley . . . there was the unkindness factor. There were things we do not need to know about the Buckley's. Why do kids of famous parents have to trot out family tales that are nobody's business but their own.
"Just Take My Heart" by Mary Higgins Clark. When will I learn to stop reading her. I found it a little boring at the beginning, and implausible, and the bad guy stuck out so much I thought I must be wrong and he was just there to throw readers off the track. Not so. The guy you disliked from the start was . . . well, was the bad guy. Also the thing with the heart was so unbelievable I can't believe editors let it get through. But then, this is Mary Higgins Clark and I doubt her story lines are ever tampered with.
Next Up: "The Other Side of the Moon, the Life of David Nivin" by Sheridan Morley, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (if I can rescue it from the shelving cart at the library.
And while at the library I will browse the rental shelf and grab one from there.
Joan in GB-W wrote: > "Losing Mum and Pup" by Christopher Buckley - about his famous parents, > William and Patricia Buckley. There was poignancy and sadness to those > who deal with the death of their parents--the book covers a period of > about a year, with many flashbacks to younger family days. BUT, in > spite of reading it and liking it and learning stuffs about William > Buckley . . . there was the unkindness factor. There were things we do > not need to know about the Buckley's. Why do kids of famous parents > have to trot out family tales that are nobody's business but their own.
> "Just Take My Heart" by Mary Higgins Clark. When will I learn to stop > reading her. I found it a little boring at the beginning, and > implausible, and the bad guy stuck out so much I thought I must be wrong > and he was just there to throw readers off the track. Not so. The guy > you disliked from the start was . . . well, was the bad guy. Also the > thing with the heart was so unbelievable I can't believe editors let it > get through. But then, this is Mary Higgins Clark and I doubt her story > lines are ever tampered with.
> Next Up: "The Other Side of the Moon, the Life of David Nivin" by > Sheridan Morley, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (if I > can rescue it from the shelving cart at the library.
> And while at the library I will browse the rental shelf and grab one > from there.
> Joan
Let me know what you think of "The Thirteenth Tale", Joan. I listened to it on tape while mowing, over a period of 3 weeks, and liked it a lot. I'll have to actually read it one day. Sue
> Joan in GB-W wrote: >> "Losing Mum and Pup" by Christopher Buckley - about his famous parents, >> William and Patricia Buckley. There was poignancy and sadness to those >> who deal with the death of their parents--the book covers a period of >> about a year, with many flashbacks to younger family days. BUT, in spite >> of reading it and liking it and learning stuffs about William Buckley . . >> . there was the unkindness factor. There were things we do not need to >> know about the Buckley's. Why do kids of famous parents have to trot out >> family tales that are nobody's business but their own.
>> "Just Take My Heart" by Mary Higgins Clark. When will I learn to stop >> reading her. I found it a little boring at the beginning, and >> implausible, and the bad guy stuck out so much I thought I must be wrong >> and he was just there to throw readers off the track. Not so. The guy >> you disliked from the start was . . . well, was the bad guy. Also the >> thing with the heart was so unbelievable I can't believe editors let it >> get through. But then, this is Mary Higgins Clark and I doubt her story >> lines are ever tampered with.
>> Next Up: "The Other Side of the Moon, the Life of David Nivin" by >> Sheridan Morley, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (if I can >> rescue it from the shelving cart at the library.
>> And while at the library I will browse the rental shelf and grab one from >> there.
>> Joan
> Let me know what you think of "The Thirteenth Tale", Joan. I listened to > it on tape while mowing, over a period of 3 weeks, and liked it a lot. > I'll have to actually read it one day. > Sue
I found about "The Thirteenth Tale" in a posting you posted on January 2. Fran had listed a handful of books she liked from 2008, and you replied with a list of ones you liked. Both lists are in a folder I have on this site called BOOKS TBR. Every so often I open it up and browse.
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While Joan in GB-W Pondered, Weak and Weary, Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, s/he wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------
>Why do kids of famous parents have to trot out family tales that >are nobody's business but their own.
In a private conversation, it's one thing. When they are selling books, their motives are suspect.
> I found about "The Thirteenth Tale" in a posting you posted on January 2. > Fran had listed a handful of books she liked from 2008, and you replied > with a list of ones you liked. Both lists are in a folder I have on this > site called BOOKS TBR. Every so often I open it up and browse. > Joan
It's lovely to hear that I'm actually a GOOD influence on someone! My Mum and Dad would be proud! Fran
>> I found about "The Thirteenth Tale" in a posting you posted on January >> 2. Fran had listed a handful of books she liked from 2008, and you >> replied with a list of ones you liked. Both lists are in a folder I have >> on this site called BOOKS TBR. Every so often I open it up and browse. >> Joan
> It's lovely to hear that I'm actually a GOOD influence on someone! My Mum > and Dad would be proud! > Fran
As well they should be. I will be reading some of the books on your list as well.
Walter Mosley _The Long Fall_ a first Leonid McGill mystery which was okay for a beginning series as I don't know if he is growing tired of the Easy Rawlins character. This one is a bit off in going back in time every once in a while to a case he took and the outcome. Perhaps it's a way of letting the reader know the new character of Leonid. Now, Leonid is trying to turn a new leaf in life and finding it a bit difficult in refusing a case from a mobster who wants him to find someone, which he is good at but delays in telling the mobster where to find him as he knows what will happen to him. With his plush office it is a constant reminder to a Lt. in the NYPD who keeps tabs on him and his where abouts. With three sons and one only his own he is still staying at home and trying to steer them in the right direction. One takes a special place in his life, though not his own.
Yeah, I'd recommend it as it is fraught with misgivings and trying to change ain't easy. -- Bud
> "Lauradog" <laura...@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:7bek53F2320d8U1@mid.individual.net... >> Joan in GB-W wrote: >>> "Losing Mum and Pup" by Christopher Buckley - about his famous >>> parents, William and Patricia Buckley. There was poignancy and >>> sadness to those who deal with the death of their parents--the book >>> covers a period of about a year, with many flashbacks to younger >>> family days. BUT, in spite of reading it and liking it and learning >>> stuffs about William Buckley . . . there was the unkindness factor. >>> There were things we do not need to know about the Buckley's. Why do >>> kids of famous parents have to trot out family tales that are >>> nobody's business but their own.
>>> "Just Take My Heart" by Mary Higgins Clark. When will I learn to >>> stop reading her. I found it a little boring at the beginning, and >>> implausible, and the bad guy stuck out so much I thought I must be >>> wrong and he was just there to throw readers off the track. Not so. >>> The guy you disliked from the start was . . . well, was the bad guy. >>> Also the thing with the heart was so unbelievable I can't believe >>> editors let it get through. But then, this is Mary Higgins Clark and >>> I doubt her story lines are ever tampered with.
>>> Next Up: "The Other Side of the Moon, the Life of David Nivin" by >>> Sheridan Morley, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (if I >>> can rescue it from the shelving cart at the library.
>>> And while at the library I will browse the rental shelf and grab one >>> from there.
>>> Joan
>> Let me know what you think of "The Thirteenth Tale", Joan. I listened >> to it on tape while mowing, over a period of 3 weeks, and liked it a >> lot. I'll have to actually read it one day. >> Sue
> I found about "The Thirteenth Tale" in a posting you posted on January > 2. Fran had listed a handful of books she liked from 2008, and you > replied with a list of ones you liked. Both lists are in a folder I > have on this site called BOOKS TBR. Every so often I open it up and > browse.
> Joan
I've got a folder for RAM posts too, full of recommendations. I think it was Marie who's post led me to "The Thirteenth Tale". My last book finished was Dorothy Simpson's "Six Feet Under", I love her Inspector Thanet series, good solid police procedurals. Now I'm about half-way through Yrsa Sigurdardottir's "Last Rituals" and finding it much to my liking, good characterizations, unusual murder, Icelandic setting. This was a RAM recommendation too, I think from Annie. Sue D.
> "Just Take My Heart" by Mary Higgins Clark. When will I learn to stop > reading her. I found it a little boring at the beginning, and > implausible, and the bad guy stuck out so much I thought I must be wrong > and he was just there to throw readers off the track. Not so. The guy > you disliked from the start was . . . well, was the bad guy. Also the > thing with the heart was so unbelievable I can't believe editors let it > get through. But then, this is Mary Higgins Clark and I doubt her story > lines are ever tampered with.
Tried one of hers by accident--Two little girls in Blue. Quit listening to the cds during the 3rd one and couldn't be bothered to put in the last disk to see what happened.
> Next Up: "The Other Side of the Moon, the Life of David Nivin" by > Sheridan Morley,
If you ever get the chance, Nivin's autobio _Bring on the Empty Horses_ is not a waste of time. He should have spent more time with pen and paper. Lovely way with words.
> Joan
T'was lovely in Kewaunee, too, Joan. We stayed in the area for the weekend; the others went fishing (I'm not a seaman, so I babysat) on Trent's redneck yacht. Maybe next year we can talk you and Jack into joining us for the Shrimp Dump at Fishmonger's by the marina. YUM! An no fireworks--apparently they do their fireworks in two weeks during the tournament. kat >^.^< in Rhinelander sunburned and glad to be home
Joan in GB-W wrote: > "Losing Mum and Pup" by Christopher Buckley - about his famous parents, > William and Patricia Buckley. There was poignancy and sadness to those > who deal with the death of their parents--the book covers a period of > about a year, with many flashbacks to younger family days. BUT, in > spite of reading it and liking it and learning stuffs about William > Buckley . . . there was the unkindness factor. There were things we do > not need to know about the Buckley's. Why do kids of famous parents > have to trot out family tales that are nobody's business but their own.
> "Just Take My Heart" by Mary Higgins Clark. When will I learn to stop > reading her. I found it a little boring at the beginning, and > implausible, and the bad guy stuck out so much I thought I must be wrong > and he was just there to throw readers off the track. Not so. The guy > you disliked from the start was . . . well, was the bad guy. Also the > thing with the heart was so unbelievable I can't believe editors let it > get through. But then, this is Mary Higgins Clark and I doubt her story > lines are ever tampered with.
> Next Up: "The Other Side of the Moon, the Life of David Nivin" by > Sheridan Morley, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (if I > can rescue it from the shelving cart at the library.
> And while at the library I will browse the rental shelf and grab one > from there.
> Joan
Just finished the other day: *The Rose Rent* by Ellis Peters (which kind of ties in to the Miss Marple/Brother Cadfael thread above). Good stuff all round, as usual. I don't think I've read a Cadfael that I didn't like.
Now reading: *The Night Manager* by John LeCarre. Masterful stuff--honestly, I think LeCarre's the only one of the old Cold-War spy thriller writers to make it into the new world of spycraft. He's certainly still the master.
Yes-- the other one was first and had something about balloons in the title; I looked on Amazon yesterday to make sure of my title here, but I'm shutting down for a reboot in a minute and all my internet stuff is turned off. I think someone reviewing Horses mentioned that the Balloon one was more family, Horses was more professional. Should dig it out but it's buried in the basement, I think. kat >^.^<
> Kat wrote in part - > If you ever get the chance, Nivin's autobio _Bring > on the Empty Horses_ is >> not a waste of time. He should have spent more time with pen and paper. >> Lovely way with words.
> Yes, indeedy - he really could write. I still recall reading his > autobiographical books (I think there were two) with a great deal of > pleasure.
> -- > A R Pickett aka Woodstock
> "It's bad luck to be superstitious" > Paul Phillips, Colorado Sky Sox catcher
kat >^.^< wrote: > Yes-- the other one was first and had something about balloons in the title; > I looked on Amazon yesterday to make sure of my title here, but I'm shutting > down for a reboot in a minute and all my internet stuff is turned off. > I think someone reviewing Horses mentioned that the Balloon one was more > family, Horses was more professional. > Should dig it out but it's buried in the basement, I think. > kat >^.^<
> "A R Pickett" <WOODeSTO...@PReODIeGY.eNET> wrote in message > news:7bh0u6F1unm5qU1@mid.individual.net... >> Kat wrote in part - > If you ever get the chance, Nivin's autobio _Bring >> on the Empty Horses_ is >>> not a waste of time. He should have spent more time with pen and paper. >>> Lovely way with words. >> Yes, indeedy - he really could write. I still recall reading his >> autobiographical books (I think there were two) with a great deal of >> pleasure.
>> -- >> A R Pickett aka Woodstock
>> "It's bad luck to be superstitious" >> Paul Phillips, Colorado Sky Sox catcher
Lauradog wrote: > kat >^.^< wrote: >> Yes-- the other one was first and had something about balloons in the >> title; I looked on Amazon yesterday to make sure of my title here, but >> I'm shutting down for a reboot in a minute and all my internet stuff >> is turned off. >> I think someone reviewing Horses mentioned that the Balloon one was >> more family, Horses was more professional. >> Should dig it out but it's buried in the basement, I think. >> kat >^.^<
>> "A R Pickett" <WOODeSTO...@PReODIeGY.eNET> wrote in message >> news:7bh0u6F1unm5qU1@mid.individual.net... >>> Kat wrote in part - > If you ever get the chance, Nivin's autobio >>> _Bring on the Empty Horses_ is >>>> not a waste of time. He should have spent more time with pen and >>>> paper. Lovely way with words. >>> Yes, indeedy - he really could write. I still recall reading his >>> autobiographical books (I think there were two) with a great deal of >>> pleasure.
>>> -- >>> A R Pickett aka Woodstock
>>> "It's bad luck to be superstitious" >>> Paul Phillips, Colorado Sky Sox catcher
Lauradog wrote: > Lauradog wrote: >> kat >^.^< wrote: >>> Yes-- the other one was first and had something about balloons in the >>> title; I looked on Amazon yesterday to make sure of my title here, >>> but I'm shutting down for a reboot in a minute and all my internet >>> stuff is turned off. >>> I think someone reviewing Horses mentioned that the Balloon one was >>> more family, Horses was more professional. >>> Should dig it out but it's buried in the basement, I think. >>> kat >^.^<
>>> "A R Pickett" <WOODeSTO...@PReODIeGY.eNET> wrote in message >>> news:7bh0u6F1unm5qU1@mid.individual.net... >>>> Kat wrote in part - > If you ever get the chance, Nivin's autobio >>>> _Bring on the Empty Horses_ is >>>>> not a waste of time. He should have spent more time with pen and >>>>> paper. Lovely way with words. >>>> Yes, indeedy - he really could write. I still recall reading his >>>> autobiographical books (I think there were two) with a great deal of >>>> pleasure.
>>>> -- >>>> A R Pickett aka Woodstock
>>>> "It's bad luck to be superstitious" >>>> Paul Phillips, Colorado Sky Sox catcher
>>>> It's called "Bring on the Empty Balloons", and it's great! >>>> Sue D. >>> Oh and there's another called "The Moon's a Baloon", I think. >>> Sue D., going to Amazon >> Well duh - I meant "Bring on the Empty Horses" in the first post. >> Sue D., going away now
> Close enough. And yes, the other one is The Moon's a Balloon. > Thanks for doing my homework, Sue! > kat >^.^<
First I went to the shelves and couldn't find them, so I tried Amazon. But then it bugged me that I couldn't find them because I knew we'd had them. Finally there they were, misplaced among the Larry Nivens. And to bring it back to topic, that's one mystery solved - the case of the missing books. Sue D.
In article <7bft7hF2320d...@mid.individual.net>, Lauradog says...
>I've got a folder for RAM posts too, full of recommendations. I think >it was Marie who's post led me to "The Thirteenth Tale". My last book >finished was Dorothy Simpson's "Six Feet Under", I love her Inspector >Thanet series, good solid police procedurals. Now I'm about half-way >through Yrsa Sigurdardottir's "Last Rituals" and finding it much to my >liking, good characterizations, unusual murder, Icelandic setting. This >was a RAM recommendation too, I think from Annie. >Sue D.
I know I read "The Thirteenth Tale", but can't remember what it's about. "Last Rituals" good - finished up her second "My Soul to Take" not long after. I'm usually not one for books in translation, but these are very well done.
I'm in a re-reading mode at the moment, with a bunch of old Barbara Michaels books. Last one finished was "Smoke and Mirrors" taking place in 1988 - a senate race that has many parallels to today's political scene. The more things change....
Last new book was "Lie Down with the Devil" by Linda Barnes - a Carlotta Carlisle mystery. Another author I've been reading for years and years and years. While Sam is "away", Carlotta is drawn into a case of a cheating - or is he - fiance. This did not turn out the way I expected, which was quite pleasing to me.
Now reading "Trojan Gold" by Elizabeth Peters - another re-read. Once one, I will read the Vicky Bliss h/c that I've had since -what? January?
-- Pam K
saying eff off to cancer since 2007 my2p...@yahoo.com
<<Why do kids of famous parents have to trot out family tales that are nobody's business but their own.>>
<<In a private conversation, it's one thing. When they are selling books, their motives are suspect. John P>>
I don't think the motives are "suspect." I think they're very clear. To avenge the real and perceived injuries or injustices when finally, their parents can't punish them.
> <<Why do kids of famous parents have to trot out family tales that are > nobody's business but their own.>>
> <<In a private conversation, it's one thing. When they are selling > books, their motives are suspect. > John P>>
> I don't think the motives are "suspect." I think they're very clear. To > avenge the real and perceived injuries or injustices when finally, > their parents can't punish them.
> In some instances it's called "therapy." > Ellen
Boy do I agree with that one. I'd publish one of my own but no one in my family was famous so who would want to read it? Just writing it down when I fell the urge will have to do. Barb
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