[bksvol-discuss] Re: Our first Christmas book and MaryKelly
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:40 -0800
Hi, Lissi, I remember getting the book but I don't think I finished it.
Regards, Kim.
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Dear Kim,
Interesting use of Bosky. I'll add this usage to its definitions.
If you read The Christmas Egg, I'd love knowing how you liked it.
Always with love,
Lissi
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> Hi, Lissi, I found the names of Mary Kelly's novels at
> fantasticfiction.com.
> Do check out this great web site. You'll run across a whole lot of authors
> in those fictional genres which so many folks fancy, mainstream (called
> contemporary), science fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction,
> mysteries, romance novels, thrillers, and westerns. By the way, I've seen
> the word bosky used in Regency romances referring to the sobriety of a
> person. The impression I got was that a bosky person was in the process of
> getting drunk. Regards, Kim.
>
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> 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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