tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post8859227266709633790..comments2024-03-28T01:36:51.952-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline WinspearBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-58572961184975557972013-05-30T23:21:50.910-06:002013-05-30T23:21:50.910-06:00Prashant: Thanks for the further comment. I found ...Prashant: Thanks for the further comment. I found it interesting to hear how your city's libraries are structured.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-14887069164003932312013-05-30T23:20:43.280-06:002013-05-30T23:20:43.280-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. Reading tastes var...TracyK: Thanks for the comment. Reading tastes vary. I am glad you have tried more than one book in the series before reaching an opinion. I thought the fourth in the series, Messenger of Truth, was excellent.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-89832271932084677392013-05-30T09:06:11.346-06:002013-05-30T09:06:11.346-06:00Bill, I have read three books in the series and I ...Bill, I have read three books in the series and I haven't enjoyed them as much as you have. I do have more in the series though, and your review has encouraged me to give it another chance. I enjoy historical mysteries for what I learn from them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-84666571688174854032013-05-27T23:01:33.713-06:002013-05-27T23:01:33.713-06:00Bill, it's wonderful that you automatically be...Bill, it's wonderful that you automatically become "a member of all provincial public libraries when you join the local library" in Saskatchewan. We've nothing of the kind in Mumbai, library membership being no longer a priority as Facebook registration is. However, we have some excellent libraries attached to old institutions, most of them established by the British such as the town hall library called Asiatic Society, which is more than 200 years old. In addition, we also have foreign-run libraries like American Library, British Council, and Max Mueller. Most private circulating libraries have closed down. They have been replaced by the secondhand bookstalls that both sell and lend books.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-85710650544335378052013-05-27T20:18:12.598-06:002013-05-27T20:18:12.598-06:00Prashant: Thanks for your kind words. I think Wins...Prashant: Thanks for your kind words. I think Winspear will be read long into the future. <br /><br />I would be interested in learning more about how Indian libraries are set up. In Saskatchewan you are a member of all provincial public libraries when you join the local library.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-15596495429227468222013-05-27T00:15:40.021-06:002013-05-27T00:15:40.021-06:00Bill, thank you for this review. I'm not famil...Bill, thank you for this review. I'm not familiar with Jacqueline Winspear or her work. I usually don't purchase new books by contemporary authors and I have been considering membership of a library where I might get to read them. I'm intrigued by how Maisie Dobbs goes about solving Michael's "murder" presumably in the trenches during WWI. Learning about military cartography in a fictional context must make it more interesting. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-86048136247225113052013-05-26T06:40:42.641-06:002013-05-26T06:40:42.641-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. Maisie is an inter...Margot: Thanks for the comment. Maisie is an interesting woman as well as a clever sleuth.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-19685193684467882992013-05-26T06:06:16.911-06:002013-05-26T06:06:16.911-06:00Bill - A fine review as ever. This is a good serie...Bill - A fine review as ever. This is a good series isn't it ? One of the things I like about it, and that you mention here, is how Winspear ties together Maisie's personal life with the cases she's working. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com