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Bookgirl · 06-01-2011, 09:01 PM

(06-01-2011 08:16 PM)Jenni Wrote: You definitely need to read Ender's Game. I love that book. I actually got to teach it at my Fundy school the last year I was there, but that's only because the kids in my classes weren't necessarily Fundy and the admins never read my year plan.

Good strategy! Well, I should try to read it this summer. I've heard so many good things about it. My son isn't one to rave about books, but he raved about that one.

Tikatu · 06-04-2011, 12:09 AM

(06-01-2011 11:10 AM)Bookgirl Wrote: Dorothy L. Sayers wrote some heavy-duty theological stuff but also some fun mysteries in the '20s and '30s. "Busman's Honeymoon" is my favorite.

Woot! Another Lord Peter Wimsey fan! I have to admit that I really liked Gaudy Night better, and it's a proper lead up to Busman's Honeymoon, but I do love that last Harriet Vane novel! Have you ever read the two short story sequels, "The Haunted Policeman" and "Tallboys"?

I wish that they had done Busman's Honeymoon when they did the three Wimsey/Vane novels for TV. Those were so well-done and the actors were perfect in the parts. Busman's Honeymoon would have been icing on the cake.

Bookgirl · 06-04-2011, 07:30 AM

(06-04-2011 12:09 AM)Tikatu Wrote:
(06-01-2011 11:10 AM)Bookgirl Wrote: Dorothy L. Sayers wrote some heavy-duty theological stuff but also some fun mysteries in the '20s and '30s. "Busman's Honeymoon" is my favorite.

Woot! Another Lord Peter Wimsey fan! I have to admit that I really liked Gaudy Night better, and it's a proper lead up to Busman's Honeymoon, but I do love that last Harriet Vane novel! Have you ever read the two short story sequels, "The Haunted Policeman" and "Tallboys"?

I wish that they had done Busman's Honeymoon when they did the three Wimsey/Vane novels for TV. Those were so well-done and the actors were perfect in the parts. Busman's Honeymoon would have been icing on the cake.

Yes, I think I've read every Wimsey story, including the short stories. I really liked Gaudy Night too, but I absolutely loved all the literary allusions that Sayers sneaked into Busman's Honeymoon. That was so much fun.

I've never seen the TV movies, but maybe that's all for the best. I'm one of those people who almost always say "The book was better than the movie."