tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post6461636160853692622..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: The White RoadCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-81853721560287116462012-09-15T10:44:03.436+01:002012-09-15T10:44:03.436+01:00Yvonne: John Connolly is my author discovery of 20...Yvonne: John Connolly is my author discovery of 2012 I think. Although I had read a couple of his other books and liked them, I absolutely love his Charlie Parker series. I haven't read that first book and it hasn't mattered but I do think I'll go back and do that sometime soon. I'm in awe of his writing style (humorous, informative, chilling) and of the ideas he's just started to introduce. You won't be sorry if you pick up more. Yes, 11 books now and I just grabbed the next 3 from the library. Very happy. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-63194624209960513702012-09-14T18:11:30.148+01:002012-09-14T18:11:30.148+01:00Hi Cath,
This sounds like a great read and has no...Hi Cath,<br /><br />This sounds like a great read and has now given me an appetite to introduce some John Connolly books into my reading very soon.<br /><br />Just to put it into perspective ... I read the very first Charlie Parker book 'Every Dead Thing' not long after it was written back in 1998, but haven't read anything since. Seeing as book 11 in the series has just been published, it looks as though I have some catching up to do, although I see that your own recently completed book, 'The White Road',is only 4th in the series.<br /><br />A great review and thanks for putting me back in touch with John Connolly books.<br /><br />YvonneYvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-55871264611342189212012-09-12T13:46:17.115+01:002012-09-12T13:46:17.115+01:00Pat: That's such a shame. Considering how much...Pat: That's such a shame. Considering how much you loved Drood, you'd have thought that other book by him would've been good too. <br /><br />Halfway through my 2nd read for RIP, a murder mystery, and yep, I'm enjoying it hugely.<br /><br />Susan: I know you would *love* the Charlie Parker books. They're so *you*. Truthfully I've not read book 1 myself. Couldn't find it so I started with book 2 and it's fine, they tell you the events of book 1 as you go along. I probably should tell you who I think of as Charlie Parker but that would be way too embarrassing... but we both like the actor. ;-)<br /><br />Peggy Ann: How fascinating that you lived in Charleston for a while. I've only been as far south as N. Carolina but hope to get further south one day.<br /><br />Carl: Yes, there are eleven now. My husband introduced me to the series. Kept going on and on about them until I eventually gave in and got book 2 from the library. I'm *so* glad I did. <br /><br />LizF: Oh another fan. Excellent. We whipped up to South Molton yesterday (about 20 miles) to grab the next three books for me. It's a very pretty drive but I would've driven 20 miles through an industrial wasteland to get those books. LOL.<br /><br />Nicola: I think these would be right out of your comfort zone, which is a real shame as the writing's terrific. <br /><br />Murder and Mistletoe is book 11 of Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple series. These I think you would like actually. They're light reads that are huge fun. I'm halfway through M & M and loving it.<br />Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-34186387817258140052012-09-11T14:58:05.470+01:002012-09-11T14:58:05.470+01:00Don't usually read this genre but I think I sh...Don't usually read this genre but I think I should move out of my comfort zone. Mistletoe and Murder from your earlier list sounds intriguing!Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-22091115288648296212012-09-10T15:35:57.714+01:002012-09-10T15:35:57.714+01:00Just picked up the most recent of the Charlie Park...Just picked up the most recent of the Charlie Parker books from the library so I am a happy bunny.<br />You are right that John Connolly isn't for everyone, but they are definitely my cup of tea and I tend to read them very fast!LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-90588141175129310882012-09-10T04:06:49.331+01:002012-09-10T04:06:49.331+01:00Congrats on your first RIP VII read! I had no ide...Congrats on your first RIP VII read! I had no idea there were so many books in this series. For me the author seemed to burst onto the scene with his novel The Book of Lost Things when in reality he had been publishing things before that. I have yet to read him but continue to hear good things. Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-62818559936688932372012-09-10T03:32:00.938+01:002012-09-10T03:32:00.938+01:00I have not read any of these books. They sound rea...I have not read any of these books. They sound really good, Cath. I did live in Charleston South Carolina several different times. Both my boys were born there. Good luck with the challenge!Peggy Annhttp://peggyannspost.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-51027807870659781982012-09-09T19:43:08.214+01:002012-09-09T19:43:08.214+01:00I know I keep saying this, but I have to get to bo...I know I keep saying this, but I have to get to book one in this series! I had to skip over parts of your review so I wouldn't know too much about this series - it's amazing what learning what a book 4 or 5 in a series can do when reading book 1! lol I'm delighted that you really like the series, and I have hopes of reading the first one shortly. Did it put you nicely in the mood for autumn and RIP?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-16340443290330920222012-09-09T15:12:59.891+01:002012-09-09T15:12:59.891+01:00dI hope you have better luck than I am having! she...dI hope you have better luck than I am having! sheesh. I have already set one book aside after 129 pages and now I am doing it again after 119 pages into Dan Simmons The Terror. The few people I know that read the Terror loved it..but 119 pgs and I do anything but pick up the book to read more and when I do it find it boring boring boring. I am not into "ships and crews" or am I into Ice, Ice Ice.. and althought "something out there that kills" is mentioned now and again I don't find myself wanting to know what it is!! So... ends another try.. now I am trying MIdnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and so far It's interesting me to want to read.. so I hope this one continues in that way!<br />Really glad you enjoyed your first read! I hope your second read is as enjoyable!!!!!!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com