[bksvol-discuss] Re: Our first Christmas book and MaryKelly
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:04:28 -0800 (PST)
Thanks, Lissi. I'll have to remember thaat author's name. It sounds as if I'd
enjoy his books. "Persiflage" as a word was familiar to me but I'd forgotten
its meaning; maybe I only understood it in contest and never looked it up. I'd
never heard of Bosky or prolixity. I'm glad to add them to my vocabulary--if I
can remember. smile
Cindy
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--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Our first Christmas book and MaryKelly
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 7:43 PM
> Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends,
>
> Tomorrow I'll be checking in "The Christmas Egg," by Mary
> Kelly. It's the third and last in the Bret Nightingale
> series and the first Christmas book Evan and I will be
> adding to the collection this year. I'd include the short
> synopsis but I haven't written it yet. I write them best in
> the morning. The story is about the death of an
> elderly Russian princess forced to flee Russia with a
> chest of valuable jewels and precious art objects.
> Nightingale is an intelligent detective helped by an eager
> to please cop. I loved the car pursuit in the fast falling
> snow and the wonderful character revelations, as well as the
> mystery, of course.
>
> I enjoyed this suspenseful, very British mystery. I liked
> the author's descriptions, what I call lovely language. The
> following two sentences are examples.
>
> He picked up his flashlight and switched it on. They went
> down the iron stairs, across the grass hardened into the
> likeness of an unmade road by the severe cold. The wind
> skewered their arms to their sides.
>
> * * *
>
> He noticed suddenly how dark the sky had grown. It was a
> dirty yellowish-gray, like an old ill-laundered pillowcase
> swollen to bursting with feathers. He flicked on his
> sidelights. Soon there would be snow.
>
>
> You've got me. I love snow and winter!
>
> I slowed my pace long enough to look up 4 of the words that
> were new to me which were:
>
> Inapposite
>
> In the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
>
> It was foolish, extravagant, inapposite, the title of the
> opera in which, very shortly, he would be playing the part
> of a professional buffoon. "Lyubov k trem Apelsinam!" he
> said
>
> of an inappropriate or misapplied nature
> inappropriate, not suitable for the situation
> inappositeness - inaptness: inappropriateness; "greater
> inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"
>
>
>
>
> Bosky
>
> In the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
>
> He saw bosky country on either hand and, far in front, dim
> red pinpricks.
>
> covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy
> undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park
> leading to a modest yet ...
> Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees; (Australian,
> slang, possibly archaic) a dark skinned or black person (not
> indigenous), usually used pejoratively or abusively
>
>
>
>
> *
>
>
>
> Prolixity boring verbosity
> Prolixity (from Latin prolixus, extended, also called
> verbosity and garrulousness) in language refers to speech or
> writing which uses an excess of words. Adjectival forms
> include prolix, verbose, and garrulous
>
> long-windedness, an excess of words
> excessive in length, tedious wordiness
> In the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
>
> He had to give the old fellow time, to allow for the
> prolixity of his farewells.
>
>
>
> *
>
>
>
> Persiflage light teasing, This is a list of idioms that
> were recognizable to literate people in the late 19th
> century, and have become unfamiliar since, Good-natured
> banter; raillery; Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a
> topic
> from the Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly
>
>
>
> * * *
>
>
>
> This is a holiday mystery for grownups, as will be several
> other Christmas books we'll be working on.
>
>
>
> Kim, if you are aware of any other books by Mary Kelly
> being scanned or proofed, it would help me if you let me
> know, on or off list, as I'd enjoy working on more of her
> books if I can arrange for them to be scanned.
>
> I've ordered The Spoilt Kill, the first of two about Hedley
> Nichelson.
>
> I've only found 10 novels she's written, 5 of which are not
> parts of a series.
>
> I'm so glad the mystery genre runs so far and wide and
> plentiful
> !
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
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