Reading - Knitting Bones

Yeah, I read it a month or so ago. It was OK; you are right, it wasn't as gripping as previous books. Maybe we are getting blase about them, possibly it is because we miss the anticipation with Mary posting on the group.

I find that with several authors, I just can't wait for the new one to come out, and then it seems to be a bit of a disappointment!

GIll

I didn't finish the last book of "Monica's" that I started and am (K)not sure if it's the one you referenced. I didn't mind that it had a lot to do with that other needle craft, knitting, but I felt that the story was plodding plus something was off in the character portrayals. It was almost as though a bad ghostwriter had purchased the franchise but didn't know what to do with it.

I felt the characters weren't as strong either. And I didn't like the knitting aspect - I fel it moved away from "true" needlearts (the thread goes THROUGH the needle, not around it unless you are making a french knot) into the fad of the moment. Scrapbooking next?

Linda

I think you both are on to something. The characters felt like caricatures of themselves, especially Goddy and Jill. Not quite themselves, but still recognizable. We missed all of Jill's pregnancy? And the first year of Emma?

And, I don't mind the knitting - it is easier than stitching sometimes. And Betsy does need to keep the store running...

Well, the needlearts trade association does indeed cover knitting, crocheting along with cross-stitch, counted thread and needlepoint. Plus, IIRC, wasn't Betsy originally a knitter - not a stitcher?

I don't know, Linda - are you putting too fine a point on it? R,d,& h

Ellice (not that I disagree with the general assessment)

These books aren`t available here at all ... Pity, i read the first 3 and liked them. I enjoy books that include any Textilic stuff. And i like thrillers. Just found a thriller translated from Islandic [ a novelity for me] , Myrin By Arnaldur Indrioason. I preffer to read books in the original, but if not A good translation will do. mirjam

I thought she was a knitter too; I'm not sure if she ever became a proficient stitcher but did host classes at her shop.

I miss Monica leaking plot details and asking for advice here.

Me too.

But honestly, the more I think about this book - it's like reading one the "co-written" Anne MacCaffery's. The characters are recognizable, but not true to form....

Yeah, there were some dynamics that seemed to be missing.

I thought the same thing! She could have had Jill needing a C- section with an ensuing discussion on the fabric in hospital gowns and how to dress them up and types of stitches used for the surgery!

Maybe she'll go back and write a "prequel" to Knitting Bones. :)

MM, are you out there?

Joan

I just finished Dragon Harper co-written by Anne and her son. I didn't finish what I think was their first collaborative effort but this one wasn't bad. I'm not sure where this series fits chronologically with the other stories. It's probably somewhere in the middle before the threat of thread was eliminated.

I wondered if it was between the "early years on Pern" and the time of F'lar etal.

Cheryl