tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post5349247866023974892..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: Miss Fenny (1957) - Charity BlackstockJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-898126461132868202014-05-20T20:37:37.865-05:002014-05-20T20:37:37.865-05:00I like her original title too, Peggy Ann. That'...I like her original title too, Peggy Ann. That's why I posted using that title. Remember over here it's called <i>The Woman in the Woods</i> and I think it'll be easy to find. There are loads of Blackstock's books in the CPL system. You might find it in your local library out there in PA.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-13865389790309686342014-05-20T20:10:17.159-05:002014-05-20T20:10:17.159-05:00Excellent! I have to read this now! I think I like...Excellent! I have to read this now! I think I like the title Miss Fenny the best.Peggy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426356514707257708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-25839614326361629722014-05-20T02:25:39.848-05:002014-05-20T02:25:39.848-05:00Terrific John - and I love the Pan cover - let'...Terrific John - and I love the Pan cover - let's see if me can find it! Thanks matey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-28986406882869774572014-05-19T17:03:08.926-05:002014-05-19T17:03:08.926-05:00Not an author I know, but you've got me intere...Not an author I know, but you've got me interested in her work now.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-21254398373811577202014-05-19T16:04:36.530-05:002014-05-19T16:04:36.530-05:00Sounds eerily good, John. Don't think I've...Sounds eerily good, John. Don't think I've ever read any books by Charity Blackstock, but I'll keep an eye out for this one. So far, my list of Vintage reading is beginning to overtake my other reading. What to do. What to do. Ha.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-3766554860575346532014-05-17T18:38:05.152-05:002014-05-17T18:38:05.152-05:00I've read a Wilson Tucker crime novel, but not...I've read a Wilson Tucker crime novel, but not the one you reviewed. <i>Red Herring.</i> Pretty good, too. I've seen his others in paperback editions every now and then. Oddly, I never knew that he was primarily science fiction writer.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-1217076774415823372014-05-17T14:29:50.234-05:002014-05-17T14:29:50.234-05:00Yet another fine review, John, and another author ...Yet another fine review, John, and another author new to me. Good job, not a Fifties crime novel most would pick (but then neither was mine).Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-36659001767037989852014-05-17T09:17:15.115-05:002014-05-17T09:17:15.115-05:00I have eclectic tastes for one, Ron. Some people w...I have eclectic tastes for one, Ron. Some people would never discover Blackstock because most of her books have been reissued in paperback editions that are marketed to look like Gothic romances. And I'm willing to read a book for what the writer is trying to do rather than expecting every crime novel shelved in the mystery section to be a puzzling whodunnit. This begins as one, but Blackstock pulls the rug out from under the reader and goes in a completely different direction very early on. I have read reviews of <i>The Woman in the Woods</i> elsewhere (one very nasty one at the GAD Wiki) that mention this shift from detective novel to suspense thriller that then go on to disparage the book. I can understand dismissing a book for being badly written, but not for shifting the tone and direction of the plot. Those reviews reveal a disappointment in expectations. It's a matter of taste, of course. But no book nor writer deserves to be panned for not living up to the reader's limited tastes and preferences, especially when a book like <i>Miss Fenny</i> is written so intelligently and insightfully with powerful and original scenes.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-7765081121278505612014-05-17T01:54:56.648-05:002014-05-17T01:54:56.648-05:00This seems really impressive. This seems really impressive. neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-54146317042628676782014-05-16T22:36:17.527-05:002014-05-16T22:36:17.527-05:00Having read widely in the mystery field for fifty ...Having read widely in the mystery field for fifty years I am both impressed and depressed at the number of books and authors whom I have never tried but whom you make sound so very interesting.Ron Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575735524072816238noreply@blogger.com