tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post5052386286705748051..comments2024-03-28T05:53:48.696-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter: Sharyn McCrumbTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-21196540478410232342020-05-20T09:11:22.403-07:002020-05-20T09:11:22.403-07:00I have had the same experience, Col. I look at my ...I have had the same experience, Col. I look at my shelves and I see books that are worthy to read, but not calling to me. More and more I try to wait to buy books until I plan to read them. Doesn't always work though. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-82076577834143909582020-05-19T22:38:13.154-07:002020-05-19T22:38:13.154-07:00A bit undecided on this one really. I quite like t...A bit undecided on this one really. I quite like the sound of it, but I'm not hurting for books. If I bought it would I read it? I have "similar" books on the shelves unread. Similar in respect of setting and rural community and some sort of tragedy or conflict at it's heart. I think that's a question I need to ask myself before I add anything else to my collection. (I must have woken up this morning feeling guilty!) col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-68761158908863947602020-05-17T10:48:04.255-07:002020-05-17T10:48:04.255-07:00Moira, having read this book and liking the author...Moira, having read this book and liking the author's writing style, I am curious if I will like the Elizabeth MacPherson series, and luckily I have some of that series (probably because some of them have skulls on the cover). TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-63932743391722788812020-05-17T02:25:45.693-07:002020-05-17T02:25:45.693-07:00I read several of her books a while back, and cert...I read several of her books a while back, and certainly bought them at first for those wonderful titles! I do remember this one, particularly the pollution subplot.Clothes in Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00058207970686573597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-29054232136471355342020-05-14T21:06:39.328-07:002020-05-14T21:06:39.328-07:00Marty, I do have a few of the books in the Elizabe...Marty, I do have a few of the books in the Elizabeth MacPherson series, and I plan to read the first one (and more if I like it). I don't know why I have put that off for so long. I have also read the two Jay Omega books (Bimbos of the Death Sun and Zombies of the Gene Pool), which I also enjoyed.<br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-48059273146820076222020-05-14T15:47:53.972-07:002020-05-14T15:47:53.972-07:00McCrumb also wrote a series of more conventional m...McCrumb also wrote a series of more conventional mysteries featuring a forensic anthropologist. Not TOO conventional though. The heroine was not infallible and the books had a sort of wryly humorous attitude toward her. I remember at least one set in Appalachia but others were in Britain. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570040930983242270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-12749956313604189642020-05-14T10:51:16.635-07:002020-05-14T10:51:16.635-07:00Margot, I like unusual mysteries, and it helps a l...Margot, I like unusual mysteries, and it helps a lot when the writing is good and the plot moves along. I look forward to trying another one of these to see how it is.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-70326905368470027582020-05-14T09:23:55.029-07:002020-05-14T09:23:55.029-07:00I heard this was a good one, Tracy, but I haven...I heard this was a good one, Tracy, but I haven't read it (yet). The setting seems to be really right for this sort of story, and it sounds as though the characters are interesting and sometimes unusual. That can work well in a story when it's done right. I'm glad you thought it was in this case.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-34526411272321678752020-05-14T08:05:14.994-07:002020-05-14T08:05:14.994-07:00Sue, I am glad to hear more about Sharyn McCrumb&#...Sue, I am glad to hear more about Sharyn McCrumb's writing. I have more of her books on my shelves and plan to read them. And I will watch out for that short story collection. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-4222746037441047682020-05-13T21:46:23.676-07:002020-05-13T21:46:23.676-07:00You have sent me straight to the bookshelves to pu...You have sent me straight to the bookshelves to pull out The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter for a reread. I admire Sharyn McCrumb's writing, especially the novels set in the Appalachian mountains; I also have a copy of her first ever collection of short fiction, Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Looking at the blurb for Foggy Mountain Breakdown, the author says: "My books are like Appalachian quilts...I take brightly coloured scraps of legends, ballads, fragments of rural life and local tragedy and I piece them together into a complex whole that tells not only a story, but also a deeper truth..."<br /><br />Thank you for the review.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829592100827048506noreply@blogger.com