--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00002 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 12:58pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Grimes -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Suzze Tiernan <=- FR> Pehaps after the pub tour, or maybe before?--I would suggest visiting FR> Shrewsbury. I understand that the town has worked out a map and FR> directions for visiting those places that are around that Peters FR> mentioned in her "Brother Cadfael" tales. Oh, that would be fun. I haven't read any of those yet, I just picked up a book that has a few of them in it. ... The closest I can come to a brainstorm is a drizzle. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00003 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 12:59pm \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Private Library -=> Quoting Debbie Shanker to Suzze Tiernan <=- > I'm reading "A Monstrous Regiment of > Women", the sequel to "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" which I LOVED. > This > one is much slower going, andf I have read almost 200 pages... DS> I adored Beekeeper...and was truly disappointed with MRW. It seemed DS> to lose the "magic" of Beekeeper. I'm wondering if the new one coming DS> up will be able to capture the fun of the first one. I finished it last night. Yes, I was disappointed too. Isn't the next one called "Dear Mary"? After everything that is revealed in the prologue of MRW I wonder what it will be about. I thought King's DS> "With Child", the third in her "Grave Talent" series was excellent and DS> hope that there is more to come with those characters. I have "Grave Talent" - haven't read it yet. ... WALT DISNEY didn't die, he's in suspended animation --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00004 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:00pm \/To: DEBBIE SHANKER (Read 3 times) Subj: Books -=> Quoting Debbie Shanker to Suzze Tiernan <=- > DS> That would be great. This book is so different from the hotel series. > Very. I hope he does write more of the Am books though. DS> What are Am books? Am, the main character in the Hotel series. > Did Steve tell you I got a job - in the Mystery bookstore???????? > Save my soul! DS> Talk about a job that is perfect for a person!! You are going to have DS> a blast! It's so much fun to talk to people about books that you each DS> love. I bet your To Read pile will continue to grow.... It already is, I picked up a James Lee Burke last night. Betty was laughing about the fact that I now get paid to attend my book discussion group. And guess how much an hour I'm getting paid? $10!! Not bad for a part time job. ... Who said childbirth stops labor? --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00005 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:03pm \/To: DELORES E ROWE (Read 3 times) Subj: Grimes -=> Quoting Delores E Rowe to Suzze Tiernan <=- DER> This must have originally been in one of the mail packets I lost when DER> I was setting up my new communications program! What a wonderful idea! DER> I know exactly where we'll start...The White Hart...in Witley, Surrey. DER> Beautiful little pub, established before the Pilgrim set off on their DER> great adventure. There's an old Church just up the hill a little way DER> that was built in Norman times. Let's see, what else would you like to DER> see? If we go in the spring, there is wonderful wooded area just down DER> the road where the blue bells are so thick that it looks like blue DER> grass, and aroma is heavenly. There is a little brook to paddle in, DER> or a nice quiet lake to fish for trout... I am there in my mind alraedy. DER> DER> About ten miles from there is Guildford...the highstreet is paved with DER> cobblestones laid by the Romans, there are the ruins of St. Catherines DER> Abbey, which Henry VIII burned during his great snit, the Cathedral, a DER> really nice little pub just down the hill from St Catherines, where DER> the Pilgrims actually stayed on their journey to the Mayflower... DER> I can't imagine things that OLD. The USA is so new! DER> How long do we have for this "fact finding" tour? DER> DER> Get your passports ready!! Let's leave it open-ended!! ... It's not a HOT FLASH, it's a POWER SURGE! --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00006 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:05pm \/To: ROBERT WHITE (Read 3 times) Subj: Monstrous Regiment of Women -=> Quoting Robert White to Suzze Tiernan <=- RW> By chance do you remember Suzanne Williamson who used to be a regular RW> here a year or so ago? We have developed a strong friendship through RW> email and she & her husband are coming for a visit over Labor Day. Far out! Yes, I remember her well. I used to send her Kevin Robinson's columns from the Free Press every month. Tell her I said "hi!". I went and visited Sharon Skelly from here on my way to the Coffee_Klatsch picnic in July. Great stuff! ... Don't read health books - you may die of a misprint. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00007 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:20pm \/To: ROBERT WHITE (Read 3 times) Subj: Buchanan -=> Quoting Robert White to Debbie Shanker <=- RW> Back on topic a wee bit: I'm reading an Edna Buchanan book 'Suitable RW> for Framing'. It is set in Miami, one of my least favorite spots on RW> earth; and Buchanan does nothing to endear it to me or I would think RW> anyone else. The book is a good read, with great characters and a good RW> quick pace to it. I think Buchanan is about to become a favorite RW> author. I REALLY liked that book! I picked up another of hers but haven't got around to it yet. ... Support fowlplay - save America's wetlands --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCV00008 Date: 08/24/96 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 01:22pm \/To: SHELLEY GINGRICH (Read 3 times) Subj: Good Author -=> Quoting Shelley Gingrich to Rebekah Dickerson <=- SG> SG> Here's my list of great mystery authors. Lillian Jackson Braun, SG> Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, Diane Mott Davidson, J.A. Jance, Tony SG> Hillerman, Susan wittig Albert, Jonathan Kellerman, Michael Palmer - Good list Shelley! I read most of those. I just got a job at the local mystery bookstore and I got an advanced reading copy of Davidson's "The Main Corpse" due out next month. We are having a contest at our store to win a roasting pan filled with her books, and other items with her name on them, we got it from the publisher. ... If you can remember the 60's you probably weren't there. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCW00000 Date: 08/26/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 07:28am \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Backlog HF> even if I haven't. PF> If you're backlog of to-be-read books is anything like the PF> one PF> I'm building, your plans of re-reading books might be a PF> fantasy. Hush. I'm going to live forever! ;) HF> The only place I've ever seen it was at the Mystery Bookshop in Bethesda HF> and I hear from people who've gone looking for it recently that they HF> couldn't find a copy. {Right, Suzze?} PF> Who published your newest edition, and when? The Copperfield Press, 306 West 11th St, NY, NY 10014. I think someone else already tried writing to that address with no luck, though. PF> She was reading only for self-education... self-help books, PF> inspiration, etc. Actually, I'm taking too much HF> Mercy! There's more fiction in most of those than the average mystery. PF> Hehehehe! I can't WAIT to use that one on her! Grin. I bet it won't go over very well. ;) PF> once they've been, tend to return. Everyone marvels over how PF> little they paid, particularly at the first visit. I'm sure they'll catch on. I found some nice bargains at my FOTL shop last week. PF> I'm still working on the same book I started last week. Rex PF> Stout's Before Midnight. It's very enjoyable reading, as are PF> all his books, but I can't seem to find any time the last PF> week or so. Wish I could retire at 40. :) I heartily recommend it. ;) I plan to read a few more Stouts soon. Meanwhile I'm still in chilly Moscow during the cold war. ;) Went camping over the weekend and ended up doing very little reading. ... So much yarn, so little time. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCX00000 Date: 08/26/96 From: DEBBIE SHANKER Time: 06:56pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Private Library > DS> I adored Beekeeper...and was truly disappointed with MRW. It seemed > DS> to lose the "magic" of Beekeeper. I'm wondering if the new one coming > DS> up will be able to capture the fun of the first one. > I finished it last night. Yes, I was disappointed too. Isn't > the > next one called "Dear Mary"? After everything that is revealed > in the prologue of MRW I wonder what it will be about. One of her forthcoming ones fills in the time that Mary and Holmes spent in the middle east. Not sure if this is that one or not. > I thought King's > DS> "With Child", the third in her "Grave Talent" series was excellent nd > DS> hope that there is more to come with those characters. > I have "Grave Talent" - haven't read it yet. I found it slow to start but picked up nicely. "With child" was my favorite of that particular series. Just finished "Masquerade" by Gayle Lynds. It's advertised as a female/Ludlum thriller. It begins very much as the Bourne Identity did, with the hero(ine) coming to with a case of amnesia, and with a lot of abilties that a spy would have. It had a tremendous amount of twists and turns and good and bad guys switching their roles. I almost needed a score card at times, but I really enjoyed it and read it in a few sittings (another one that had me up after midnight). We got it in at the library back in Feb. but I hadn't heard a thing about it. The 2 comments in the back were both good (I have those comment sheets for you and will send it out ASAP). Have just started "Innocent Graves" by Peter Robinson. Saw it listed on DotL. It's very British and kind of slow going so far. Will probably read it when taking Jody back to school. <<< Debbie >>> --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: chocolate, Chocolate, CHOCOLATE: Roch, NY (1:2613/321.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DCX00001 Date: 08/26/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 09:50pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Private Library ST> That's a neat idea. Maybe they should do that here. The only problem ST> I have at the book sales, is that the owner of the big local used ST> bookstore is there grabbing books by the handful the second the ST> doors open. That was happening a lot here, too. That's probably one reason they took the shop in the mall. Over in my sister's county, they just have a sale rack by the checkout desk at each library. ST> I'm reading "Billingsgate Shoals" by Rick Boyer. (I think I have the ST> name right). It was our reading group's book this month, I didn't ST> get it done in time for the meeting. It has a LOT of details on ST> boats and I'm finding it slow. I think I'm going to read the store's ST> advanced reading copy of Diane Mott Davidson's new book next. Sounds like it got bogged down in the boating details. I do find that boaters can go on forever about the subject. ;) ... Everyone is gifted; some just open their packages sooner. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137)