tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post3918498868829795367..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Kissed a Sad Goodbye by Deborah CrombieNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-68570194188456142772011-04-11T10:26:18.340-04:002011-04-11T10:26:18.340-04:00Anglers Rest, I've since read another, and am ...Anglers Rest, I've since read another, and am in the middle of one. I'm learning a tremendous amount about England, as well as enjoying the mysteries and characters. She is really an excellent writer.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-270995850363432482011-04-09T11:17:57.294-04:002011-04-09T11:17:57.294-04:00Thanks for writing about this series. I am going t...Thanks for writing about this series. I am going to add them to the never ending list of books I want to read. This looks a great series and I have been enthused by your posting.Julie Goucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368170005503879489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51188771315663310042011-04-07T09:08:57.567-04:002011-04-07T09:08:57.567-04:00Thank you, Commonweeder. I'm just now reading ...Thank you, Commonweeder. I'm just now reading the next one, A Finer End, and it is excellent.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27534933584808348812011-04-07T08:12:23.667-04:002011-04-07T08:12:23.667-04:00I enjoy your 'reviews' of mysteries so muc...I enjoy your 'reviews' of mysteries so much! This morning you remind me that I let deborah crombie fall off my radar, but the library is open again on Saturday.Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29840335408338583782011-04-06T12:23:56.224-04:002011-04-06T12:23:56.224-04:00Marge, I'm very pleased you started reading th...Marge, I'm very pleased you started reading these books and are liking them! I agree with what you said. DotB took her series to a whole new level. I really loved that book. As I did this one. Now I'm reading A Finer End, set in Glastonbury and I'm learning so, so much about the area's history and present. I had been to her website but not the maps. Thanks so much for letting me know. It is great to be able to make them large and really see all the locations, and I would rather see a map on my computer than go back and forth on the Kindle. The maps add so much to the stories.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-66846936493918136902011-04-05T20:25:30.188-04:002011-04-05T20:25:30.188-04:00On another quick note, I went to the author's ...On another quick note, I went to the author's website, http://www.deborahcrombie.com/ and I was able to go to link for maps. Now I can still listen to the book, and I can look at the map!Margehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727820174305433766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23686981065714082632011-04-05T14:53:51.372-04:002011-04-05T14:53:51.372-04:00Nan, I first discovered this series when you wrote...Nan, I first discovered this series when you wrote about it previously, and I'm so enjoying it. It has been fascinating to watch the character development in the novels. More importantly, the author's writing has changed with the series. The first book in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series, "A Share in Death," is a comfortable mystery, and I enjoyed those following that one. However...in my mind, the author wrote with much greater depth and levels of story starting with the fifth book. In "Dreaming of the Bones," there are certainly multiple story lines, and it is very interesting to have Rupert Brooke poetry and references to Virginia Woolf woven into the story. Book six is equally as well-rounded with the references to WWII, the development of a part of London, and tidbits about tea - not to mention Duncan's and Gemma's lives. <br />I wouldn't have known about this series without your writing about it. Many thanks for your recommendation!Margehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727820174305433766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-12931908419479446572011-04-05T14:17:14.632-04:002011-04-05T14:17:14.632-04:00Canadian Chickadee, this pleases me so much! I hav...Canadian Chickadee, this pleases me so much! I have just begun A Finer End, and am finding it fascinating. What a good writer she is. <br /><br />Sherri, you might want to start with the first one since the characters grow and change with each book. If you click on the author tab under the blog header picture, you can see all the ones I've written about. <br /><br />Yvette, you are so right!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56199745439224189782011-04-04T17:13:32.443-04:002011-04-04T17:13:32.443-04:00Thanks to you, Nan. I've read the first three ...Thanks to you, Nan. I've read the first three books in this series and enjoyed them. At some point I will catch up as I go along. So many series, so little time.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-52243452970648389962011-04-04T16:57:41.833-04:002011-04-04T16:57:41.833-04:00Nan, that books sounds like it is right up my alle...Nan, that books sounds like it is right up my alley! I will have to look out for a copy of this. Thanks for the review!Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955995520615536271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2437021585454696592011-04-04T15:33:11.625-04:002011-04-04T15:33:11.625-04:00I love your reviews! I've been rereading the ...I love your reviews! I've been rereading the Deborah Crombie series right along with you. It's fascinating to watch the relationships between the series characters grow and change as the series goes on. Thanks for a fascinating post.<br />Hope you're having a wonderful spring!<br />Canadian ChickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-77396275711983636582011-04-04T11:28:55.235-04:002011-04-04T11:28:55.235-04:00That's just how I feel, Jenclair!That's just how I feel, Jenclair!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51303375014096691272011-04-04T10:55:05.713-04:002011-04-04T10:55:05.713-04:00Mary and Sallie, if you want to read more book rep...Mary and Sallie, if you want to read more book reports on Deborah Crombie's work, click on the 'authors' tab under the blog header pic. I think she is really, really wonderful. Thank you both for your kind words!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-76736255568580255852011-04-04T10:51:16.398-04:002011-04-04T10:51:16.398-04:00One of my favorite series! I love the maps, the c...One of my favorite series! I love the maps, the characters, and the stories!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-62493826852922434132011-04-03T22:37:49.928-04:002011-04-03T22:37:49.928-04:00Wow-- as good as PD James? I don't think I...Wow-- as good as PD James? I don't think I've ever read a Deborah Crombie or even remember reading anything abouther. <br /><br />But your comparison is a good enough recommendation for me. More for my TBR List.Sallie (FullTime-Life)http://www.travelingrainvilles.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-63244986023744279872011-04-03T20:55:08.159-04:002011-04-03T20:55:08.159-04:00This may begin a new addiction for me! I love P.D....This may begin a new addiction for me! I love P.D.James' writing for it's beautiful detail and intelligence. So, perhaps it's time to read Deborah Crombie- I admit a new name to me.<br />I enjoy your blog very much.Mary ,East Coventrynoreply@blogger.com