[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by duffysmom

I believe one of our members here on TOTV is an author but I forgot his name..:

The Villages Daily Sun reporter Gary Corsair who has also written at least one book used to post on TOTV. Have not seen him on TOTV for a while though.

He came on asking for our experiences with Big Foot a few years back.

I got on my tinfoil hat and wrote him back. Just kiddin.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

The Villages Daily Sun reporter Gary Corsair who has also written at least one book used to post on TOTV. Have not seen him on TOTV for a while though.

He came on asking for our experiences with Big Foot a few years back.

I got on my tinfoil hat and wrote him back. Just kiddin.

Interesting as to who he might be......

I'm surprised that no one else is reading Evil in Paradise, considering all the hoopla surrounding Leisureville when it was first published..........

I'm only up to 20% on my Kindle, but not to hurt anyone's feelings.....it's just not that good. I purchased it based on someone elses recommendation.

Think I'll go back to Russka: The Novel of Russia by Edward Rutherfurd.
Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 2011
"Impressive."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL OF ENGLAND, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is a story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land.
"Rutherford's RUSSKA succeeds....[He] can take his place among an elite cadre of chroniclers such as Harold Lamb, Maurice Hindus and Henri Troyat."

[BritParrothead]

Read Sarum a long time ago, when living in London.
Now i live 38 miles from Old Sarum (Salisbury as it is now known)

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by BritParrothead

Read Sarum a long time ago, when living in London.
Now i live 38 miles from Old Sarum (Salisbury as it is now known)

Yes, Sarum was also excellent. Now, he is a great author.
Edward Rutherfurd.

Sorry, but just can't get into the book you loved re THE VILLAGES.

I'm up to the part where the drywall guy's girlfriend is chatting with someone. They mention the town of Oxford, which I do recall.....

It's almost like it was written for the teenaged population.....

Maybe it does get better as one gets into the book....but so far, I'm not as impressed as you were with it.

We have friends who were born and raised in Great Britain.....

[Taltarzac725]

Read some of Edward Rutherfurd's books. He is good. Read his Sarum, London and New York.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Read some of Edward Rutherfurd's books. He is good. Read his Sarum, London and New York.

Yes, he is. I really enjoyed "New York".....

I was getting a history refresher course without even realizing it....

Makes one appreciate all the people that came before us...........

If you recall the part in "New York" where the father takes his young son to see Niagra Falls............?

I thought of that part of the book when Nik Wallenda was walking across........this past June.......

It's a magnificent sight, no matter which era one happens to see it.........

I also learned a lot of the Dutch history......New Netherlands, etc.

[BritParrothead]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Yes, Sarum was also excellent. Now, he is a great author.
Edward Rutherfurd.

Sorry, but just can't get into the book you loved re THE VILLAGES.

I'm up to the part where the drywall guy's girlfriend is chatting with someone. They mention the town of Oxford, which I do recall.....

It's almost like it was written for the teenaged population.....

Maybe it does get better as one gets into the book....but so far, I'm not as impressed as you were with it.

We have friends who were born and raised in Great Britain.....

You know, I was reading it while standing in the pool taking the sun, so maybe my demeanour made me like it more

[BritParrothead]

Just started reading Chip Bells' Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season. So far so good. Sadly no reading in the pool, (we dont have one ) and it is pouring with rain, and has been since last Saturday!!!!
Oh how I miss the villages

[uujudy]

Originally Posted by BritParrothead

Read Sarum a long time ago, when living in London.
Now i live 38 miles from Old Sarum (Salisbury as it is now known)

I read Sarum, and then we visited England, and I was so excited to go to Salisbury. I remember being astounded that the carved faces were right up there on the wall in the circular room in the cathedral -- just like in the book! I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised, but you never know what's real and what's not in fiction. I enjoyed that book very much!

Also, Brit, if you have a Kindle you might want to check out eReaderIQ.com for books. They have many, many free books that are available worldwide.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Paulm47

Cody's is real, a great spot on the waterfront at Lake Sumter. They now have a large poster of this books cover on the wall near the entrance.

Yes, thank you.....as I've gotten into this book, I see that a lot of the individual villages are named.......I recall driving through them......

Whomever did write this book, set in THE VILLAGES FLORIDA, did their background work.

"Cathy" has now arranged for a Harley motorcycle mechanic to kill her husband for $100,000 (spoiler alert)......so she can be with her tennis hunk. She's 67; he's in his early 50's I think......I didn't bookmark it on my Kindle..........(she met this down on his luck rough and tumble Harley mechanic at the bar).

I'm back to reading it now as it's becoming comical.............

Apparently she learned something from the Casey Anthony case (re not using your cell phone as they can trace the pings)........

She's told the "hit man" that she will meet him at that big "flea market" and pass to him cash up front plus directions on how she wants it done....the murder..........in a folded up "shopping bag"........hanging other instructions on a bulletin board at a local store.

Unbeknownst to her......THE NEIGHBORS have observed her black Lexus going in and out of the *empty house in the Village of Duval........she even gave directions in the book.............how to get there..........anyway, they are getting suspicious as is her husband..........

*empty house belong to snowbirds who have her look in on it every now and then.........

A newcomer to TV is an ex police investigator.........I'm sure he'll get involved........it seems everyone knows someone...........

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by BritParrothead

You know, I was reading it while standing in the pool taking the sun, so maybe my demeanour made me like it more

I did stick with it and am 76%, according to the Kindle....through the book "Evil in Paradise". It is becoming a page turner as the Harley mechanic dresses like a "Villager" in Bermuda shorts or whatever, to ride his bicycle in to where the mailboxes are....to kill the husband.........having been hired by the wife (and in need of money to save his business which could go into foreclosure)........

Again, it is not the great American novel.........but, I'm sticking with it.
I have a feeling he will not kill the husband.

The ex N.Y. detective is suspicious, yet somehow believes his story......
of why he was lurking in the bushes............

[Yorio]

Guess this book was a bit of a topic for a while inTV so, yes, I loaded on to my Kindle. For $6, I thought I could't lose. Yes, I am lumbering through but eventually I'll finish it. When I return to TV, I'll be looking around for real TV personalities who might resemble the novel. Know of any one? On the side, I recently got interest in a Russian mystery writer, Boris Akunin. Apparently he is very famous there. I've read The Winter Queen, The Turkish Gambit, Murder on the Leviathan and now reading The Death of Achilles.

[BritParrothead]

Originally Posted by uujudy

I read Sarum, and then we visited England, and I was so excited to go to Salisbury. I remember being astounded that the carved faces were right up there on the wall in the circular room in the cathedral -- just like in the book! I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised, but you never know what's real and what's not in fiction. I enjoyed that book very much!

Also, Brit, if you have a Kindle you might want to check out eReaderIQ.com for books. They have many, many free books that are available worldwide.

uujudy, thank you, but I decided against a Kindle etc. I like my books I have a spare bedroom here which is my library I have no idea how many I have, but I do like to read them a few years later on.

[Down Sized]

I think I will just stick with the New York best sellers list.

[Trish Crocker]

I just finished reading Evil in Paradise. While the book reminded me of a movie on Lifetime, I was curious about a couple of things. Did anyone pick up when the book talked about Cathy going 'upstairs' to her bedroom? Other than the townhouse style homes in TV I don't think any of them have an 'upstairs' and I was given the impression that she lived in a premier home. The other thing that bothered me was when the biker guy went to Disneyworld with his sister and her kids, he talked about how the kids were bugging him for cotton candy or snowcones...he finally gave the child some money and he bought a treat from someone dressed in a costume. Now I don't know about you, but I have been to Disney many, many times and never once did I hear about snowcones or cotton candy and I have never been served anything by anyone dressed as a character. This sounds like a carnival or fair. I don't think the writer has ever been to Disney. Other than these silly things, I thought the book was mind candy, and I did enjoy being able to identify the places that were mentioned. Right now I am looking for a really good mystery..any suggestions? I like stuff like Mary Higgens Clark.