tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post1632465344945172569..comments2023-11-02T02:40:48.410-07:00Comments on Crime Fiction Collective: Once more, with feelingL.J. Sellershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-41911395208650422692012-09-14T09:26:30.167-07:002012-09-14T09:26:30.167-07:00Fantastic post, Gayle! The books that stick with ...Fantastic post, Gayle! The books that stick with me tend to be the ones that I read when I was younger, like ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (yes, I do identify with Anne) and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (I was Scout when I was a kid!). <br /><br />PS, I love it when you review books!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12487464497446199247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-15454283299607957832012-09-13T15:15:24.109-07:002012-09-13T15:15:24.109-07:00Peg, I'm also amazed that, for all the mysteri...Peg, I'm also amazed that, for all the mysteries I read, it's a Western and a WWII drama that got under my skin. I admit, I read a lot of Westerns in my youth, being a horse-crazy girl, but I only read the Good Shepherd because I had read other C.S. Forester (The African Queen, Horatio Hornblower, etc). I'm not usually drawn to books about war.Gayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-54017303650938345102012-09-13T14:01:31.786-07:002012-09-13T14:01:31.786-07:00Awesome post, Gayle! You've got me thinking. F...Awesome post, Gayle! You've got me thinking. For me, it's characters. If I can latch onto a protagonist I really like and sink into their head and heart and body, and feel what they're hoping and fearing and thinking and see / hear / smell / taste / touch / experience what they're experiencing, it's a memorable story for me.Jodie Rennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180607353893233389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-78477795099060609152012-09-13T13:37:12.615-07:002012-09-13T13:37:12.615-07:00I've often found it strange that the books I p...I've often found it strange that the books I put at the top of my all-time favorites list are not crime fiction. But they resonate with me. Whether it's a punch in the gut kind of resonance that came along with A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe, or Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells, or the utter delicate and fierce finesse of Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden…these books transported me before I even knew I was moving. They're part character, part place, part story.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-45326075455622892882012-09-13T13:13:22.676-07:002012-09-13T13:13:22.676-07:00For me, it's all about good strong characters ...For me, it's all about good strong characters with layers and layers of depth. These are the ones that resonate and stay with me long after I've turned the last page--they're also the ones I strive so hard to create in my own novels. It's not easy to do but will make the difference between an amazing journey and a rather forgettable one.ANDREW E. KAUFMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835920472268730244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-18548284591794352802012-09-13T07:03:57.877-07:002012-09-13T07:03:57.877-07:00What a great post! You inspired me to beef up an e...What a great post! You inspired me to beef up an element of the story I'm working on. For me, though, the books I remember most are a couple of futuristic thrillers from long ago—The Tomorrow File and The Handmaids Tale—because they took me into a world that was completely different from my own. Which is what I tried to do (on a less grandiose scale) with the Gauntlet Assassin. L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.com