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[lagilman]

Treated myself last night (since I was otherwise dain bread) to one of the books I bought at Lunacon -- Laurie King's The Game, the next in her Mary Russell series. Halfway through, and wishing that my former book-discussion partner still had the time and inclination, because I'm really feeling the need to talk about this one with someone of the writerly and readerly persuasion. Anyone else there read it already? girasole, I know you have...

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[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

I'm planning to read it next, so if you wait a few days, I will do my best to satisfy your discussion needs. :-)

[ltlj.livejournal.com]

I'm reading it but I'm only on the second chapter. I loved the dedication to librarians, though.


Martha

[lagilman]

Excellent. You make me feel less bereft. *grin* Just let me know when you're all done...

[girasole.livejournal.com]

I wrote the Booklist review. We Starred it, and it is a review I am inordinately proud of (It's on amazon, if you click all editorial reviews).

I am ready to talk whenever you folks are!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

maureen_the_mad says I can borrow it after her.

My only question, as has cropped up many Mary Russell books - it's not unbearably Mary Sue, is it? I so loved Beekeeper's Apprentice but the whole "I married Holmes and I'm best buddies with Lord Peter and... " thing stated to give me a rash. When they're focusing on the mystery as opposed to the relationship (The Moor, for example) I still like 'em.

But lordy, I wish they'd never married.

[lagilman]

fg -- no, it's not Mary Sue at all (at least IMHO). They're both rather extraordinary people, mentally [that's part of why you can believe that he would fall for her] but neither of them is what you'd call good at interpersonal relationships. In many ways, their relaionship is actually more satisfying than Harriet and Peter's, for example.

As an aside, I keep feeling the urge for a sidebar commentary from both Watson and Mrs. H., on dealing with those two. Especially Watson -- I loved the way Laurie* dealt with the initial meetings between Mary and Watson, and how the jealousy on both parts was more or less worked through without Holmes ever having to acknowledge it.


*yes, I've met her. Yes, I was fangirl. She forgave me.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

*yes, I've met her. Yes, I was fangirl. She forgave me.

I snuck out of work once for a reading/signing she gave at a now-defunct bookstore. I bit my tongue fiercely regarding the marriage and asked her if Mary was ever going to get to finish her degree. Think I got Beekeeper signed, since it remains my favorite.

I keep feeling the urge for a sidebar commentary from both Watson and Mrs. H., on dealing with those two.

When the mystery bookstore went belly-up I picked up the first few books of the Mrs. Hudson series, so if you're interested I'll let you know what they're like when I get to 'em. (Holmes pastiches have an entire shelf in my TBR stack. There's O Jerusalem! which is pre-marraige and A Letter of Mary which is going to be doubly interesting now that I've read Da Vinci's Code (...must...resist...urge...to...buy...Woman with the Alabaster Jar...) Not to mention the first couple of the Inspector Lestrade books, and I've got The Great Game, the Kurland one told from Moriarty's POV. And the Holmes/Phantom of the Opera crossover.)

I suddenly have an urge to watch Without A Clue when I get home tonight.

[ltlj.livejournal.com]

Finished the book, and enjoyed it a lot. I liked it better than Justice Hall, but I think my favorite may still be The Moor. There's something classically Holmesian about sloshing through the hills and mud and lousy weather...

[kefiraahava.livejournal.com]

Wait till I can sneak out to Borders on my lunch hour this week...and then wait a few days longer for me to actually read it...and then I can be helpful. Love the series.

(Hmmm. What kind of hell will work be tomorrow, and will I be able to sneak out for lunch? Hmmm...I hear Borders calling me already. Not good.(grin))

Ready, Set, Finish!@

[lagilman]

All right, the book discussion will begin on Sunday. I'll start a new mesaage for it, so we don't have to keep going back here, bene?