tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post7016229474326232207..comments2024-03-28T14:38:25.395-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Six Degrees of Separation - From The Beauty Myth to The Wine of AngelsTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-72368435983381880272018-03-07T21:23:47.796-08:002018-03-07T21:23:47.796-08:00The chain posts are fun, and they are all differen...The chain posts are fun, and they are all different. Interesting to see the directions people go in. <br /><br />I was going to reply that getting the Rickman books about Merrily is difficult here, but I looked and I can get the 2nd one now, so I will be doing that. And reading more in the series. I did see the actress that has played Merrily and she wasn't how I pictured Merrily either... But if I get a chance I will try the show anyway.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-5607157926202034362018-03-06T14:16:26.718-08:002018-03-06T14:16:26.718-08:00Really enjoy the chain posts, and if you all start...Really enjoy the chain posts, and if you all start with the same book it must be fascinating to see where they all end up - presumably at very different places.<br />And great to end up with Phil Rickman- I see that when you wrote about this book in 2014 I firmly said in the comments that this was one of my favourite series, and it still is.<br />The TV adaptation wasn't bad, but I don't think they quite knew how to deal with it (and although the actress who played Merrily, Anna Maxwell Martin, is marvellous, she wasn't my idea of Merrily) or how to market it, so I don't think there will be another series. A shame. I was watching it, and asking others if they would, but the TV company had made it sound so peculiar and weird that I think people were put off. I think they should have stressed what a great character Merrily is... there's lots to work on. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-61107142225754898392018-03-05T18:55:46.921-08:002018-03-05T18:55:46.921-08:00Well, I have only lived in the southern US and in ...Well, I have only lived in the southern US and in California, Katrina, but I did feel that where I grew up, women just had to look pretty or try, anyway. I am not saying California women are immune to that, especially the younger ones, but everything is more relaxed here. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-48368303420066203282018-03-05T18:52:44.121-08:002018-03-05T18:52:44.121-08:00Jill McGown is one of my favorite writers, Debbie....Jill McGown is one of my favorite writers, Debbie. I have read all the books in the series, although the last couple are not as good as the earlier books. And I sometimes don't care for relationships in series but this one worked for me. I want to reread all of her books.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-16811149698447370692018-03-05T18:50:51.332-08:002018-03-05T18:50:51.332-08:00I am sure that The Beauty Myth would be an interes...I am sure that The Beauty Myth would be an interesting book to read, Margot, maybe even more so if I read it when it came out. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-78882491291446909392018-03-05T18:49:08.324-08:002018-03-05T18:49:08.324-08:00Thanks, Kay. I plan to read more books by Waldman....Thanks, Kay. I plan to read more books by Waldman. I have a couple of her mysteries, and would be willing to try the others if I find a copy at a reasonable price.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-78274650470240695382018-03-05T18:47:56.522-08:002018-03-05T18:47:56.522-08:00Sandra, I did not know that there was an adaptatio...Sandra, I did not know that there was an adaptation. That would be interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-59893771564525637852018-03-05T12:55:07.227-08:002018-03-05T12:55:07.227-08:00I think I read Murder at the Vicarage years ago. I...I think I read Murder at the Vicarage years ago. I'm just astonished by your comments on beauty in women being important where you grew up. Where I grew up in Scotland females would be well and truly sat on if it looked like they were developing pride in their appearance - beyond being clean! No vanity allowed.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-44518728919471134862018-03-05T10:58:18.180-08:002018-03-05T10:58:18.180-08:00I love the mysteries you included. I don't thi...I love the mysteries you included. I don't think I'd known that McGown's book was an homage to Christie's. I have read the first in the Lloyd & Hill series but have just never gotten to it. Shame on me!Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-20203255974647193502018-03-05T08:24:39.763-08:002018-03-05T08:24:39.763-08:00Oh, I like this chain, Tracy, very much. It's ...Oh, I like this chain, Tracy, very much. It's very clever. Sad to say, I think you're probably right that the issues in <i>The Beauty Myth</i> are still with us and still unresolved....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-60201099291669908382018-03-05T04:23:37.193-08:002018-03-05T04:23:37.193-08:00You did a really good job on this chain! Loved it...You did a really good job on this chain! Loved it. I've read the Christie book, of course. However, have not read any of the others. I have read other books by Ayelet Waldman and also have The Wine of Angels on my Kindle, where it has been for a really long time. I need to read that one. Enjoyed this!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-55682597895571631932018-03-05T02:15:45.868-08:002018-03-05T02:15:45.868-08:00What a fascinating chain! I've watched the tv...What a fascinating chain! I've watched the tv adaptation of Rickman's book and was intrigued. Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098918343916800452noreply@blogger.com