OFF TOPIC - post ice storm book review

Just started Star of the Morning last evening. Didn't read too much as I was in full fibro flare. DS and Family have arrived from Japan. Kaito is very curious and cute but a bit off scheduled with the traveling. Nonnie can get him to sleep, but only if his mommy is not in sight. DH bought him an activity pod from the Discovery Store. I thought it to distracting and noisy, but darn if Kiato didn't start twisting and manipulating the knobs and switches. What's wrong with pots and pans and plastic cookie cutters.

Bobbie V.

I think it's a miracle that Dick Francis is still coherent at his age. It seems to me that I've been reading his books forever and he's possibly 540 years old by now. lol

Lucille

Give him a snuggle for me!

I've heard rumors of a ghost writer.....

I think I remember reading that his wife had a lot of "influence" on his writing.

I think he actually has a place near here in Middleburg (serious hunt country) - or at least visits there a lot. I know that he did some in person book signings, etc within the past year. But, he really must be in his late 70s. Who knows - if we cared enough we could look for the info.

ellice

I've heard the same. This one reads more like earlier books than Shattered did. Plot is pure Francis magic.

Just for the heck of it I looked him up. He was born in 1920 which makes him 87.

Just tossing in - I just read "the Last Templar" by Raymond Khoury. It's good . Pretty much I read 80% of it straight thru, and then put it down for a day, finished it this morning. Interesting last couple of chapters - leaves you with room to decide - so to speak.

ellice

Not yet, it mightn't. My dad was born in 1920 and he's 86 until May. And if he were a writer, my father would still be a good one, so Francis might still be writing his own stuff.

Elizabeth

Rumors of his late wife actually penning the Francis books are quite old.

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I wonder who wrote William Shakespeare's works ??

I never thought of myself as a mathematician and it's obvious why !! lol

I do agree that he might be writing his own stuff, but I also remember reading years ago that his wife had more than a little input.

Who knows and who cares. Either way I always enjoyed reading the books.

Lucille

Bacon

Mmmm, Bacon.

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Sure it wasn't Eggs ?

That would be Yeggs?

That should be Sir Francis Egg

That should read Sir Francis Egg