[bksvol-discuss] Re: Daphne Du Maurier books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:59:54 -0800 (PST)
Try Flight of the Falcon when someone scans it. It's
different from Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel and, from
the synopses I read of Frenchman's Creek and Jamaica
Inn, different from those, too--and Scapegoat sounds
different, also. I haven't read any but Falcon, just
the synopses of the others.
G.Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Grand Cindy, and Booksharian Friends,
>
> I read My Cousin Rachael a few months ago, and I was
> hoppin frustrated.
> Promise me real people can't keep up a false front
> as slyly and as long as
> that dastardly, insipid, treacle-mouthed Rachael!
>
> I don't think you'll be a scared as you'll be
> infuriated that people don't
> see through Rachael's sweetsy act. She's a double
> shoveling gold digger. I
> went out of my mind watching people be ensnared by
> her, and to see the young
> heir so besotted that he resented the few warnings
> he got.
>
> Trust me, Cindy. You won't be scared, much, by this
> one, but read it. You'll
> install Rachael in your villainess Hall of Fame!
>
> Daphne's characters suffer severely, even mortally
> from the "Love is blind,"
> syndrome.
>
> I'll gladly validate one of her books. I've only
> read Rebecca and My Cousin
> Rachael, and I'd love to read another. I will say
> that if the plot doesn't
> vary much from those I've already read, the third
> may be my last. With
> Bookshare I have so many reading choices, that I'll
> probably opt for variety
> and leave my De Morier tally at three. I can't wait
> to read and decide.
>
> It is great when we find a niche in the collection
> where a good author has
> been overlooked. It will be a pleasure filling it.
>
> It was because I enjoyed My Cousin Rachael that I
> decided to read another
> Gothic, Nine Coaches Waiting, which I'd missed when
> the Mystery Group read
> it. Bookshare has it and it was an exciting read,
> more scary than My Cousin
> Rachael, Grand Cindy.
>
> For anyone who enjoys Gothics, or romances, I
> validated Mayrie Renae's scan
> of On Winding Hill Road, which is in the collection
> now. It's a contemporary
> gothic set in the scenic hills of Sunny California!
> There's a sort of
> contemporary governess, a troubled single father, a
> race car driver, no
> less, a haunted young girl, and everything!
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:31 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Daphne Du Maurier
> books
>
>
> >I admit that after reading the synopsis of My
> Cousin
> > Rachel I'm a bit afraid of reading it--but if I
> get
> > too tense I can always go the end. Frenchman's
> Creek
> > and Jamaica Inn don't sound quite so scary to me,
> and
> > I love Flight of the Falcon. It wasn't scary but
> > fascinating and a little weird.
> >
> > G.Cindy
> >
> > --- Donna Smith <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I remember reading Jamaica Inn when I was in the
> >> ninth grade and I was
> >> totally enthralled. It was actually a braille
> book
> >> - you know the kind with
> >> hard covers and multiple volumes? I remember
> that
> >> we all thought it was
> >> kind of mysterious and riskay, and so of course,
> we
> >> all wanted to read it.
> >> I think I looked at it as an adult and wondered
> what
> >> all the fuss was about.
> >> Still, it's a classic! I haven't thought about
> it
> >> for years.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The
> Bookshare Collection)is
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> >
>
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> >
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> threads
> >
> >
> >
> >
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