Comments on: Spending Time With Old Friends… http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/ Mystery Author Thu, 17 May 2012 22:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janet http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2820 Janet Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:06 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2820 Yes indeed, love series. I feel like I have a vested interest in how their "lives" progress.... :) Yes indeed, love series. I feel like I have a vested interest in how their “lives” progress…. :)

]]> By: Lynn http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2819 Lynn Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:18:47 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2819 Oh, and a plug to Idaho... I've read the Sun Valley Series that Ridley Pearson wrote just because of the setting... Is setting a character? LOL Oh, and a plug to Idaho… I’ve read the Sun Valley Series that Ridley Pearson wrote just because of the setting… Is setting a character? LOL

]]> By: Lynn http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2818 Lynn Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:12:41 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2818 Dru, I just finished the first of Lorna Barnett's Booktown Mysterys. I'd read more. I'm kind of exploring different cozy writers getting a feel for the genre. I really love Maggie Sefton's Knitting mysterys with Kelly and the gang. Colorado's a lot closer to home than St. Louis is... I like the JD Robb series but I don't worry about where I am in the books. I really love the Eve Duncan series that Iris Johonson does? Fantasy, I loved Robert Jordon's Wheel of Time (but I got lost book seven or so...) and also Knights of the Templer series - no idea who wrote them. But I got deep into that world... Lynn Dru, I just finished the first of Lorna Barnett’s Booktown Mysterys. I’d read more. I’m kind of exploring different cozy writers getting a feel for the genre. I really love Maggie Sefton’s Knitting mysterys with Kelly and the gang. Colorado’s a lot closer to home than St. Louis is…

I like the JD Robb series but I don’t worry about where I am in the books. I really love the Eve Duncan series that Iris Johonson does?

Fantasy, I loved Robert Jordon’s Wheel of Time (but I got lost book seven or so…) and also Knights of the Templer series – no idea who wrote them. But I got deep into that world…

Lynn

]]> By: Chris C http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2814 Chris C Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:56:55 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2814 Joe - I hadn't seen that blog by Neil until now. Pretty funny. Damn fanboys! Thanks to everyone for ideas on what to read next. Joe – I hadn’t seen that blog by Neil until now. Pretty funny. Damn fanboys!

Thanks to everyone for ideas on what to read next.

]]> By: Kate Hathway http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2813 Kate Hathway Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:27:24 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2813 Joe, I highly recommend the Joe Pickett books (to everyone, but especially guys), but it is really best to read from the beginning. His characters grow and change and things that happen in earlier books have an impact on what happens in further stories. Personally, I really only like series where the characters change through time (and all of them should change, not just one or two, which is why I stopped reading Patricia Cornwell - cannot stand the male cop), which is part of the reason I like the Stabenow books too. The protagonist goes through a lot, so do her friends and family, and the weather changes. Speaking of cold, her books are set in Alaska and in the first book, A Cold Day for Murder, there are icy descriptions of not just the weather, but the action. But then I wouldn't be so eagerly awaiting #17 if she didn't have great characters, sense of place, and excellent plots. Joe, I highly recommend the Joe Pickett books (to everyone, but especially guys), but it is really best to read from the beginning. His characters grow and change and things that happen in earlier books have an impact on what happens in further stories. Personally, I really only like series where the characters change through time (and all of them should change, not just one or two, which is why I stopped reading Patricia Cornwell – cannot stand the male cop), which is part of the reason I like the Stabenow books too. The protagonist goes through a lot, so do her friends and family, and the weather changes. Speaking of cold, her books are set in Alaska and in the first book, A Cold Day for Murder, there are icy descriptions of not just the weather, but the action. But then I wouldn’t be so eagerly awaiting #17 if she didn’t have great characters, sense of place, and excellent plots.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2812 Elizabeth Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:05:13 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2812 Kellie, Yay! Another Little House fan! And Stephanie Plum, too. There's one of her books where they're coming back from Las Vegas and Lula takes the car back. She's MIA for a few chapters. I literally skimmed through those chapters just so I could get to her faster! LOL! Kellie,

Yay! Another Little House fan! And Stephanie Plum, too. There’s one of her books where they’re coming back from Las Vegas and Lula takes the car back. She’s MIA for a few chapters. I literally skimmed through those chapters just so I could get to her faster! LOL!

]]> By: Kellie http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2811 Kellie Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:58:07 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2811 I'm on the same page as Elizabeth--started w/ the Little House books and read all of those (so did my son!). I'm a fan of any book w/ a series--Suzanne Brockman and the Navy Seals (whew, hot!); Carla Neggars. I like the comfort of the same characters weaving in and out of other story lines. Also, the Stephanie Plum series--G'ma Mazur and Lula--I want to go hang out with them! I’m on the same page as Elizabeth–started w/ the Little House books and read all of those (so did my son!). I’m a fan of any book w/ a series–Suzanne Brockman and the Navy Seals (whew, hot!); Carla Neggars. I like the comfort of the same characters weaving in and out of other story lines.

Also, the Stephanie Plum series–G’ma Mazur and Lula–I want to go hang out with them!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2809 Elizabeth Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:32:32 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2809 I remember as a kid, reading the Little House books. I knew those characters so well. And while they were real people...they read like fiction stories. And then a few summers ago, when I had the chance to go to her Mansfield, MO house and I saw Pa's fiddle? His *actual* fiddle??? Well, let's just say I got a wee bit excited (if my oldest was reading this she'd be rolling her eyes at my choice of "wee bit"). :) I love the characters in Janet Evanovich's book, too. So much so that when my favorite--Lula--goes off screen for a while, I get antsy. You know a writer has done a good job when you can picture these characters as real people. I remember as a kid, reading the Little House books. I knew those characters so well. And while they were real people…they read like fiction stories. And then a few summers ago, when I had the chance to go to her Mansfield, MO house and I saw Pa’s fiddle? His *actual* fiddle??? Well, let’s just say I got a wee bit excited (if my oldest was reading this she’d be rolling her eyes at my choice of “wee bit”).

:)

I love the characters in Janet Evanovich’s book, too. So much so that when my favorite–Lula–goes off screen for a while, I get antsy. You know a writer has done a good job when you can picture these characters as real people.

]]> By: Nikki http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2808 Nikki Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:55 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2808 Yep, I love series. I keep all the books, and if a new book comes out and I haven't read the series in awhile I go back to book 1 and listen to them on audiobooks to reunite with the characters before reading the new book! Yep, I love series. I keep all the books, and if a new book comes out and I haven’t read the series in awhile I go back to book 1 and listen to them on audiobooks to reunite with the characters before reading the new book!

]]> By: Nancy Bradford http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/03/04/spending-time-with-old-friends/#comment-2807 Nancy Bradford Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:02:54 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=676#comment-2807 It seems that all of the books I read are series. And I do love getting to know the characters in them. I'm not able to always buy the books in sequence so I am forever going back and rereading. Yes I do keep them all. It seems that all of the books I read are series. And I do love getting to know the characters in them. I’m not able to always buy the books in sequence so I am forever going back and rereading. Yes I do keep them all.

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