tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post7359392751577667078..comments2024-03-28T14:38:25.395-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Stories by Parnell HallTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-56789145177466777362023-02-08T15:13:06.286-08:002023-02-08T15:13:06.286-08:00Margot, I have a lot of authors like that.
After...Margot, I have a lot of authors like that. <br /><br />After checking out these short stories, I want to try Hall's other two series and get back to Stanley Hastings too. I hope to find the time for that..TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-73858672092270591082023-02-08T13:13:52.606-08:002023-02-08T13:13:52.606-08:00I'm so glad you reminded me of Parnell Hall, T...I'm so glad you reminded me of Parnell Hall, Tracy. I've always intended to get back to his work, but I just...haven't. I need to do that.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-90325865765866819182023-02-08T13:07:46.552-08:002023-02-08T13:07:46.552-08:00Thanks, Todd. Parnell Hall also wrote a few books ...Thanks, Todd. Parnell Hall also wrote a few books with Stuart Wilson between 2016 and 2020 but since I never cared for Stuart Wilson's writing I have not looked into those. Who knows, maybe the combination of the two authors would be interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-25488795499400503632023-02-08T12:51:00.912-08:002023-02-08T12:51:00.912-08:00Glad to be made aware of his work...beyond the all...Glad to be made aware of his work...beyond the all but ineluctable C.H.U.D., which I've seen a few minutes of, but didn't know who scripted it.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-88817675131453979472023-02-08T11:23:39.831-08:002023-02-08T11:23:39.831-08:00Patti, I hope you find something by Hall that appe...Patti, I hope you find something by Hall that appeals. So far, except for these short stories, I have only read two of the Stanley Hastings books.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-54813135925295263572023-02-08T11:18:26.165-08:002023-02-08T11:18:26.165-08:00Jerry, I am delighted to discover another fan of P...Jerry, I am delighted to discover another fan of Parnell Hall. You have encouraged me to get to the Steve Winslow series soon also. Glen has read the first book and has two more in his stacks of TBR books.<br /><br />I did not know he had written the screenplay for C.H.U.D. He was a very interesting person. <br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-71242693761448938102023-02-08T10:40:44.735-08:002023-02-08T10:40:44.735-08:00Cath, I will be checking out the first Puzzle Lady...Cath, I will be checking out the first Puzzle Lady series soon. One reviewer who has read multiple books in the series mentions that Cora starts out drinking to excess, which did not appeal to me, but says that changes in later books. <br /><br />On Goodreads, I saw that you were reading The Full English Breakfast and it looked like it would be fun. I have definitely leaned more toward humor in my reading in the last couple of years.<br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-72384702151412314342023-02-08T07:08:50.247-08:002023-02-08T07:08:50.247-08:00Well, you have certainly gotten me interested in P...Well, you have certainly gotten me interested in Parnell Hall. Will look for him too at the library. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-19476289680404164032023-02-08T06:29:06.147-08:002023-02-08T06:29:06.147-08:00Traci, I have loved Parnell Hall's writing eve...Traci, I have loved Parnell Hall's writing ever since I read the hapless Stanley Hastings' travails of having to purchase sanitary napkins for his wife, especially because I, like many other Y-chromosone-possessed individuals, have had to go through the same confusing experience at one time or another. Then I discovered his Steve Winslow books and realized that here was a person who loved Parry Mason as much as I did. The icing on the cake was when I discoivered that Hall was the man nwho wrote the classic and super-cheesy film C.H.U.D. (an acronym for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers). Later I would enjoy the great songs he would write and sing at various mystey conventions and such. I was saddened when he died and I urge everyone to read his work. There have been few writers like him.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-79880962615172421812023-02-08T02:33:26.681-08:002023-02-08T02:33:26.681-08:00Well, this is a completely new author to me but yo...Well, this is a completely new author to me but your description of that first 'Puzzle Lady' story made me laugh in itself so I'll look up that series. I'm just reading a book about two women cycling round the UK investigating The Full English Breakfast and their adventures are so funny it's making me giggle. Anything that brings cheer these days is a bonus.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com