tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post8613935040110893533..comments2024-03-27T23:34:27.671+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Track of the Cat & On the Banks of Plum CreekCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-12401212714218565482011-12-03T10:40:55.766+00:002011-12-03T10:40:55.766+00:00Kay: I forgot to say... I now have Desert Heat on ...Kay: I forgot to say... I now have Desert Heat on my library pile too. So many good books on that pile now.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-21965659720536806262011-12-03T10:39:41.662+00:002011-12-03T10:39:41.662+00:00Susan: Oh, another Anna Pigeon fan! I can easily u...Susan: Oh, another Anna Pigeon fan! I can easily understand why so many people love these books. I was blown away by Track of the Cat. I now have A Superior Death on my library pile, in fact it's my next read. Can't wait to get to Blind Descent!! <br /><br />I just finished Midwinter of the Spirit and was thrilled to grab Merrily Watkins book 3 in the library yesterday. I'm all set for December now. Woohoo!<br /><br />*Loving* the Laura Ingalls Wilder books to bits. I think I own 2 more and will then send for the rest. Kay will agree with me (I think) that These is My Words by Nancy Turner is also a wonderful read, Susan. Not that I'm pimping this to you or anything... ;-)Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-4300616901702764342011-12-03T04:24:28.340+00:002011-12-03T04:24:28.340+00:00I am also delighted that you enjoyed both books! ...I am also delighted that you enjoyed both books! I love the Anna Pigeon series - I have Wolf Study on my shelf to be read. I agree with Kay, Blind Descent is a harrowing thriller in those caverns. *shiver* So is the fire one. I can never hear about forest fires any more without thinking about Anna's experience in one. <br /><br />Laura Ingalls Wilder books are good! I commented on your other post that I grew up reading them. I agree with you that I'm glad Laura didn't shirk in telling what life was like. It was hard, and it was good sometimes. So glad you are liking these!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-25474973418571901662011-11-24T13:55:47.736+00:002011-11-24T13:55:47.736+00:00LizF: I was thinking that if we make it back to th...LizF: I was thinking that if we make it back to the US within a couple of years I too will load up with Anna Pigeon books. (On our last two visits books were our major purchases.) That is if I haven't already bought and read them all! Our library has 3 or 4 I think and several more in audio form, which I don't tend to do. Slim pickings.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-75598525619271086382011-11-21T11:41:12.888+00:002011-11-21T11:41:12.888+00:00I'm really pleased that you like Anna Pigeon, ...I'm really pleased that you like Anna Pigeon, Cath. I have always thought that she was very underrated on this side of the pond (if not virtually unknown) and in fact apart from a couple of books which I found in the local library, all of my copies of her books were acquired at Logan Airport, Boston returning from my only American holiday (so far!)and shoe-horned somehow into the hand luggage of my other half and children! Good job they were the small, cheap paperbacks!<br />I will have to keep an eye out, via Amazon, for the new book.LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-37277088049622946202011-11-21T09:33:35.068+00:002011-11-21T09:33:35.068+00:00Kay: I think Anna Pigeon is going to be a firm fav...Kay: I think Anna Pigeon is going to be a firm favourite, judging by my reaction to the first book anyway. Blind Descent sounds like another 'edge of your seat' read. I see it's book 6... hopefully I can get on and read the ones inbetween asap. <br /><br />I'll check out the J.A. Jance books and add those to my list. Thanks again for such good recs.<br /><br />Yvonne: I think I would recommend Track of the Cat to anyone who likes a good crime book, set somewhere different and that is rather exciting. Yes, I saw that the latest book is a prequel, but I usually prefer to read books in the order they were published so will probably stick to that.<br /><br />Jeane: The dugout surprised me I have to say. The time they woke up and the creek was in flood and almost up to door was a bit shocking though! <br /><br />Kailana: I'm used to those covers as those were the 1970s ones that my kids read. To tell the truth I find the very modern ones a bit twee for my taste.<br /><br />Pat: WHAT? You Americans don't live in log cabins any more????? Well *darn*. ;-)))))<br /><br />I got the second Oscar Wilde mystery from the library and then someone else wanted it before I had time to read it so I had to take it back. Rats.<br /><br />Hoping to find The Thunderbolt Kid myself for my American books thing. Think it should easily qualify. You can let me know what it's like when you read it.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-38841340185508911362011-11-20T12:36:48.998+00:002011-11-20T12:36:48.998+00:00well you sure are going like fire on those books! ...well you sure are going like fire on those books! Really glad you are enjoying them so much! It's one way to "see america" I guess lol.... although we no longer live in log cabins I"m afraid lol<br /><br /> I am beginning my second Oscar Wilde murder mystery... and the third came in the mail (both hardbacks/ both used and in like new condition!) and I'm waiting on Bill Bryson's Thunderbolt Kid book.. geez you'd think I didn't have over 140 bks in my tbr pile to get to!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-45631322476124521102011-11-20T02:33:06.345+00:002011-11-20T02:33:06.345+00:00Wow, when I looked at this post it actually took m...Wow, when I looked at this post it actually took me a moment to process that was a Laura Ingalls Wilder book. I am not so sure I enjoy that cover... I really liked the book, though.Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-68816937307952594192011-11-19T18:48:53.217+00:002011-11-19T18:48:53.217+00:00When I was a kid this one was my favorite book in ...When I was a kid this one was my favorite book in the series because I thought the dugout house was so cool. I'd never heard of a dugout before.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-69185352340444531412011-11-19T17:52:18.825+00:002011-11-19T17:52:18.825+00:00Hi Cath,
Great review of 'Track Of The Cat&#...Hi Cath, <br /><br />Great review of 'Track Of The Cat', definitely a series I wouldn't mind getting into.<br /><br />Just something you may want to consider before you read too far into the series ....<br /><br />I was checking out Nevada Barr and discovered that the latest 'Anna Pigeon' book, due out in Jan 2012 and called 'The Rope', is in fact a prequel which takes you back to where it all started. So if you want to know Anna's background and get it all straight as a series, it might be worth getting hold of 'The Rope' first.<br /><br />http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/nevada-barr/rope.htm<br /><br />Have a good week.<br /><br />YvonneYvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-36187972932494371572011-11-19T13:41:13.327+00:002011-11-19T13:41:13.327+00:00Cath, I'm so pleased you're enjoying the A...Cath, I'm so pleased you're enjoying the Anna Pigeon books. I've been a fan of those for a very long time. I think the second book is in the Lake Superior region. Later books take her to the West to fight fires and then there's BLIND DESCENT, set in the New Mexico and involving Carlsbad Caverns. Quite the thriller, in my opinion.<br /><br />I'm also glad you're enjoying the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. I'm thinking it might be time for me to reread those. <br /><br />Oh, another series I thought of that you might like. Strong sense of place I think. J.A. Jance's Joanna Brady series, set in Arizona. The first one is DESERT HEAT. It's quite a long running series, but a good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com