tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7344519346996137492..comments2024-03-28T06:20:48.661-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: A house insires what-ifs: C. Michele Dorsey on NO VIRGIN ISLANDJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72185363271927341432015-08-29T06:28:31.950-04:002015-08-29T06:28:31.950-04:00Oh, St. John's - Glorious - I remember going t...Oh, St. John's - Glorious - I remember going to Caneel Bay Resort in the early 1980s. Kathy, you may be thinking of Tortola. It's a BVI. In my day the Bomba Charger made the trip from St. Thomas, I think it went twice a day. I don't remember if I needed a passport, but that was in the 1980s, I'm sure all of that has changed! Houses in books - oh yes! Some more vivid than the book. There was a trilogy romance set in the late 1600s, started in NY and ended up in the Caribbean - The book begins in the winter in a glorious mansion on the Hudson River. Have no idea about the book titles, but the house - vivid. And who can forget Manderley? Or Innocent House in P.D. Jame's Original Sin. Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31839060844246061702015-08-28T21:17:46.106-04:002015-08-28T21:17:46.106-04:00SharonTX, I actually have two copies of Peter May&...SharonTX, I actually have two copies of Peter May's Hebrides book. I had bought one, and I got chosen as a Peter May Super Fan, and I was sent another one. I loved the pictures in that book that went with the Lewis trilogy. Seeing what a black house looked like was so interesting. <br /><br />Michele, a coffee book would be fantastic!<br /><br />Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69659898363058173422015-08-28T20:10:19.783-04:002015-08-28T20:10:19.783-04:00Wow! I am really impressed by all of the memorable...Wow! I am really impressed by all of the memorable houses and places people have come up with here. I swear I can hear the sliding metal gate closing in the elevator in Cormoran Strike's office/flat in the new Robert Galbraith (wink-wink) series, Deb. And don't I remember a tiny but darling garage unit Gemma lived in those earlier books? <br /><br />Kathy Reel, you came up with quite the list! Kinsey Milhone's garage apartment (not just the current one but also the first one that burned down) stands out in my mind. I can see Kinsey dusting down the stairs with her socks. By the way, you don't need a passport to go to St. John, at least for now. <br /><br />Can't you all just see a fabulous coffee table book filled with pictures of all of these places that live on in are memories? We can have a drone take the photos!Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90434917599149827282015-08-28T18:18:01.981-04:002015-08-28T18:18:01.981-04:00Ah, the joys of having your Internet connection fi...Ah, the joys of having your Internet connection finally restored . . . .<br /><br />Now I need to add "No Virgin Island" to my to-be-read pile.<br />This is a fascinating discussion . . . aside from the houses previously mentioned, and [of course] 221B Baker Street, how about Miss Honey’s Cottage ["Matilda"], Misselthwaite Manor ["The Secret Garden"], and Villa Villekulla ["Pippi Longstocking"]?Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31762798647389280822015-08-28T17:22:49.115-04:002015-08-28T17:22:49.115-04:00Kathy Reel -
Have you seen Peter May's Hebrid...Kathy Reel -<br /><br />Have you seen Peter May's <i>Hebrides</i> (described as a photo companion book to the Lewis Trilogy)? <br /><br />There's a slide show of some of the photos here:<br />http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/book-celebrates-beauty-outer-hebrides-2334806<br /><br />Though it's not a mystery, I'll add the cottage and garden in Kate Morton's <i>The Forgotten Garden</i> to the list.<br /><br />SharonTXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24363960063309517072015-08-28T15:11:51.523-04:002015-08-28T15:11:51.523-04:00Also, too many to mention ... but I'll list a ...Also, too many to mention ... but I'll list a few anyway. <br />Tarn Cottage with its "cipher garden" where Daniel Kind lives in Martin Edwards' Lake District series. <br />Ruth Galloway's small Saltmarsh home and environs. <br />Just about any building or location in Peter May's <i>The Blackhouse</i>, but especially Sula Sgeir.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SharonTXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17809288384815868362015-08-28T14:55:53.136-04:002015-08-28T14:55:53.136-04:00Wow, Michele, that's a great video! And a dro...Wow, Michele, that's a great video! And a drone captured the pictures. So high tech! One of my daughter's and son-in-law's best friends lives on St. Thomas. He went there about 8 years ago and hasn't looked back. I was thinking that when my daughter and SIL visited their friend a few years ago, that they were told they would need their passports to go to an island, which I thought was St. John's. They took them, but I don't think they ended up needing them. Can you clear up my thinking on that, Michele?<br /><br />So many great houses and places that are memorable in a story and take on a life of their own. I agree with Hank on Poe's House of Usher and with Kristopher about Three Pines. The Black House dwellings in Peter Mays' Scottish Island books have stayed with me. Of course, Lucy's houseboat for Haley Snow. I feel as if I know that boat intimately and love the co-existence of Haley and Miss Gloria there. Two favorite houses for me are Duncan's and Gemma's house that they lease (it so envelopes the family and exudes love) and Clare's rectory that she and Russ live in (a place where they've come together through a love that couldn't be denied). There's Kinsey Milhone's above the garage apartment, which was restored by her landlord after a fire. Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce lives in the crumbling old Buckshaw estate in Bishops Lace, England, and it is where she has a whole chemistry lab to herself. In The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman, the museum of "freaks" that serves as a place of work and where the museum's owner's daughter, Coralie Sardie, lives is one strange, unforgettable place, too.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15968554552920485092015-08-28T13:52:15.387-04:002015-08-28T13:52:15.387-04:00I think I've read too many mysteries with hous...I think I've read too many mysteries with houses as a character to be able to home in on just one. I would love to tour Midsomer County and enjoy all the weird villages, fairs, and murderous inhabitants. Not to mention all the feuds.Pat Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61732941300226500152015-08-28T13:01:11.781-04:002015-08-28T13:01:11.781-04:00Michele, fabulous video! And congrats on your firs...Michele, fabulous video! And congrats on your first novel!<br /><br />I love houses in books. Mary Sutton beat me to Pemberly, and Hallie beat me to 4 Privet Drive. I think these places do exist, somewhere in an alternate universe... How about Cormoran Strike's flat/office in the Robert Galbraith books?<br /><br />And Lucy, no, Hayley cannot move off the houseboat!!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41533384067960890102015-08-28T12:21:39.803-04:002015-08-28T12:21:39.803-04:00Hank, how did I miss the suggestion about a Jungle...Hank, how did I miss the suggestion about a Jungle Red Writers retreat in St. John?<br />Yes! We'll have Jason Hubert come over and give us a drone show.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27859450736791678902015-08-28T10:07:21.916-04:002015-08-28T10:07:21.916-04:00Thanks, Brenda!
Mary, I never heard that about St...Thanks, Brenda!<br /><br />Mary, I never heard that about St. John before and I've been going there for 30 years. I must have slipped through somehow. And Pemberly, of course!<br /><br />Three Pines is a place many readers seem to love. It would be a nice place to visit, as long as you didn't get murdered, Kristopher.<br /><br />Hallie, the drone was a hoot, but I do see reason to be cautious.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1658305361839563502015-08-28T10:00:11.964-04:002015-08-28T10:00:11.964-04:00Buzz buzz. Buzz buzz. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89552299287084974722015-08-28T09:51:44.210-04:002015-08-28T09:51:44.210-04:00So many of the buildings in Three Pines resonate w...So many of the buildings in Three Pines resonate with me. Most especially the Bistro, but also the house up on the hill.<br /><br />I have heard a significant amount of buzz about No Virgin Island, so I think I am going to need to check this book out. I need to clone myself so that I can read more and expand the blog further. Kristopherhttp://www.bolobooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70306952357392048412015-08-28T09:21:33.579-04:002015-08-28T09:21:33.579-04:00YES! The dining room in Great Expectations... Miss...YES! The dining room in Great Expectations... Miss Havisham in her cobwebbed glory. <br /><br />Anyone remember the houses on Cherry Tree Lane (Mary Poppins)? And of course the one on 4 Privet Drive.<br /><br />Am I the only one who does not want to see drones get popular?<br />Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2871789153633190522015-08-28T09:02:25.010-04:002015-08-28T09:02:25.010-04:00Pemberly. That's all I can say about that.
Bu...Pemberly. That's all I can say about that.<br /><br />Buffalo Bill's house from <i>Silence of the Lambs</i> is for sale up here outside Pittsburgh. And it's only fifteen minutes from where I set my mystery series!<br /><br />When I was in the Caribbean in 1995, St. John was off-limits if you didn't have an invitation from a resident. I did see it in the distance when I visited St. Thomas, though. All green and sparkly.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76262468843306134742015-08-28T08:42:45.711-04:002015-08-28T08:42:45.711-04:00Congratulations, Michele! The drone story is a hoo...Congratulations, Michele! The drone story is a hoot! Stunning setting and from what I am reading, a stunning book. It is waiting for me as we speak . . .Brenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53473340151277637242015-08-28T08:33:21.447-04:002015-08-28T08:33:21.447-04:00Kathy, I agree - you didn't need the blood!
H...Kathy, I agree - you didn't need the blood!<br /><br />Hank, all of the exterior shots were done by a drone. It flew over, around and through the house! Watching it was quite an experience, but when I saw the images it captured, I was really stunned.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75688207557781578732015-08-28T08:20:39.133-04:002015-08-28T08:20:39.133-04:00So ALL the exteriors are drone shots? Or which one...So ALL the exteriors are drone shots? Or which ones? Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61327372532258891982015-08-28T08:20:31.124-04:002015-08-28T08:20:31.124-04:00Hill House, as in The Haunting of. The black and w...Hill House, as in The Haunting of. The black and white film with Julie Harris and Claire Bloom got it just right. Scariest horror film ever and not a speck of blood in sight.Kathy Lynn Emersonhttp://www.kathylynnemerson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86077375190339522922015-08-28T08:18:59.254-04:002015-08-28T08:18:59.254-04:00A DRONE? That's so fabulous. ANd your book is ...A DRONE? That's so fabulous. ANd your book is terrific, I adore the trailer…<br /><br />One of the best house descriptions ever is Poe's Fall of the House of Usher. He talks about the house like it was a person, so of course, is describing the owner as well. Amazing.<br /><br />And did you see the movie version of the house where Jaime Gumb lived in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, the one where he kept the girls in the basement, is now for sale in someplace like St. Louis? Could you live there?? Yeesh.<br /><br />Jungle Red retreat to St John? whaddya say?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72396184727956305312015-08-28T08:06:21.822-04:002015-08-28T08:06:21.822-04:00Thank you, Margaret. And, yes, Devices and Desires...Thank you, Margaret. And, yes, Devices and Desires is a perfect example of how place can become almost a character in itself. The house and windmill, but also the walk on the beach in the dark to swim. P.D.James certainly could create a sense of place.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11730492325531663122015-08-28T07:57:12.646-04:002015-08-28T07:57:12.646-04:00the windmill and attached house in PD James' D...the windmill and attached house in PD James' Devices and Desires.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading your book.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30118489064476410522015-08-28T07:45:27.440-04:002015-08-28T07:45:27.440-04:00How about the dining room in Great Expectations? I...How about the dining room in Great Expectations? I remember that far better than the plot. Hallie, I still get the chills thinking about that house in Never Tell a Lie.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48162956956917068952015-08-28T07:36:09.170-04:002015-08-28T07:36:09.170-04:00Agree on Mary Stewart. Also Daphne du Maurier. And...Agree on Mary Stewart. Also Daphne du Maurier. And also thinking of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre where the house gets destroyed. And while we're at it, the house in Gone with the Wind. And if we move to movie house, nothing beats Psycho. Except maybe Amtityville Horror. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36618017715699239702015-08-28T07:23:11.465-04:002015-08-28T07:23:11.465-04:00Lucy, no Hayley can never move off that houseboat....Lucy, no Hayley can never move off that houseboat. Edith and I would be crushed. So many of us fantasize living on a houseboat, we do it through your series.<br /><br />Edith, a drone series may sound a little far-fetched, but if you watch one in action, your imagination does begin to run away with you. Imagine the information a drone could capture!<br /><br />And no one does atmospheric "place" better than Mary Stewart.Michele Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121333580268107053noreply@blogger.com