tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post1718701714589796903..comments2023-10-20T07:36:10.746-06:00Comments on A Striped Armchair: Double the Mystery, Double the Fun (The Door, Death in Holy Orders)Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-68026385727500033362007-08-12T20:24:00.000-06:002007-08-12T20:24:00.000-06:00Poodlerat, what book used foreshadowing well? Now...<B>Poodlerat</B>, what book used foreshadowing well? Now I want to run out and read it! I hope that the James lives up to your expectations; I've never read Children of Men. Is it what that movie was based on?Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-83422871539744400232007-08-12T12:14:00.000-06:002007-08-12T12:14:00.000-06:00The Rinehard book sounds annoying---I loathe fores...The Rinehard book sounds annoying---I loathe foreshadowing 99% of the time. Actually the only time I liked it, the event turned out not to be what the foreshadowing had led the reader to expect, while the menace it imparted mirrored the menace the narrator felt at being tossed, with very little preparation, into an unknown culture.<BR/><BR/>I've never read any P.D. James, but <EM>The Children of Men</EM> is on the syllabus for one of my English courses this year. Your praise of her characters has made me excited to read it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-70758721758727119882007-08-07T21:01:00.000-06:002007-08-07T21:01:00.000-06:00Iliana, if you want the Rinehard book, I'll bookmo...<B>Iliana</B>, if you want the Rinehard book, I'll bookmooch it to you. I don't think it's in publication any more. Of course, I'm sure you have a lot of books already on your tbr-just thought I'd offer!<BR/><BR/><B>Heather</B>, the the title is what attracted me! And the cover is cool looking as well.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-7159907177584612852007-08-07T09:29:00.000-06:002007-08-07T09:29:00.000-06:00"Death in Holy Orders" sounds quite interesting. I..."Death in Holy Orders" sounds quite interesting. It's also one of the rare books in the genre whose name doesn't seem hopelessly generic and ultimately kind of meaningless. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-12791719036573473622007-08-07T07:58:00.000-06:002007-08-07T07:58:00.000-06:00I've only read one P.D. James, her first Dagliesh ...I've only read one P.D. James, her first Dagliesh (sp?) book and quite liked it. I keep meaning to read more by her but just haven't gotten around to them yet. I'm interested in the Mary Roberts Rinehard book you mentioned as I'm curious about the books written in the golden age of mysteries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com