tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post113728616954346032..comments2024-02-04T10:42:07.020-05:00Comments on Light reading: Noir is the great genre of reading and drinkingJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1137440242654120472006-01-16T14:37:00.000-05:002006-01-16T14:37:00.000-05:00Thanks, Jenny, for your nice comments here and on ...Thanks, Jenny, for your nice comments here and on my blog. I tried to send you an email to thank you but, being newish to this blog game, had not appreciated that you can't do that kind of thing. Is there an approved way to find out your email address? <BR/>In any event, I started Jar City on the way home from work tonight and so far you are dead right, I think it is great.<BR/>Thank you again for your comments.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1137348712253636092006-01-15T13:11:00.000-05:002006-01-15T13:11:00.000-05:00I completely agree with you! Those Alex Cross boo...I completely agree with you! Those Alex Cross books went from really quite good to almost unreadable; and Slaughter and Rankin are both good examples of books that started out already really very good but got markedly better (Slaughter in particular). And HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban is in my opinion the best of Rowling's books...Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1137345499280702192006-01-15T12:18:00.000-05:002006-01-15T12:18:00.000-05:00Interesting post. I wonder if the Dorothy L mail l...Interesting post. I wonder if the Dorothy L mail list has something to do with it, as Seranella's books are highly regarded on that, and so are Pari Noiskin Taichert's. I have just finished "The Clovis Incident" and thought it was muddled, wooden, contained too many forgettable minor characters, and full of inconsistencies. <BR/>The issue of series is also one I find interesting. You mention Cornwell who I agree retains some of her voice although her later books are so pale compared to the first couple of Scarpettas that I've stopped reading them. James Patterson (Alex Cross) is the worst case of series degeneration I've come across. Yet other writers (Paretsky and Grafton you mention, but others eg Karin Slaughter, Ian Rankin) maintain or improve on quality. Not forgetting the wonderful JK Rowling of course!Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com