tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7394404695976174701..comments2024-03-28T09:50:50.042-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: All I Ever Wanted Was a Turret by Miranda JamesJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88317766036489460342017-09-30T01:29:13.500-04:002017-09-30T01:29:13.500-04:00I’ve always longed for a turret, preferably one ju...I’ve always longed for a turret, preferably one jutting out from the library, with a window seat where I could sit reading. A cat or two would be curled up beside me and I would occasionally pause in my perusal to sip a cup of cocoa, nibble at a cookie, and gaze at the storm tumbling on the other side of the panes. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717631971879730004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4849433381600829142017-09-30T01:20:20.944-04:002017-09-30T01:20:20.944-04:00Ann, that sounds like my dream house, too. Ann, that sounds like my dream house, too. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717631971879730004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62870683116044004522017-09-28T14:41:44.719-04:002017-09-28T14:41:44.719-04:00I knew a boy (friend of my sis) whose grandparents...I knew a boy (friend of my sis) whose grandparents had a house with a laundry chute. It was big enough that they could get in and slide to the basement...until the day he got stuck. His grandmother was a little deaf so she didn't hear them. He had to wait for someone to get his grandfather. I guess the fire department got involved. And it got boarded up. Ann Metterthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02290723620871351744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59880173328445982412017-09-28T14:25:18.662-04:002017-09-28T14:25:18.662-04:00I always wanted a turret too. But I also wanted a ...I always wanted a turret too. But I also wanted a library, a widow's walk, a cupola, a huge front porch, bay windows, double front doors, and a pond. What kind of mixed up looking house would that be? 😱😉Ann Metterthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02290723620871351744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26381036484906989622017-09-28T00:55:37.555-04:002017-09-28T00:55:37.555-04:00Dean, my cousin in France lives in a house with a ...Dean, my cousin in France lives in a house with a turret! Apparently there are no screens on French windows, so she has an endless parade of winged wildlife checking out the turret. There is an owl that roosts on the balcony outside their bedroom. She would like to have some crows join the menagerie! I'll stick with the American birds I'm familiar with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773854969278202148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53745315627564013532017-09-27T17:55:24.376-04:002017-09-27T17:55:24.376-04:00My house is just old not cute. Since I just lugge...My house is just old not cute. Since I just lugged my wash from upstairs to the cellar, I really wish I had a laundry chute like my grandma had. As long as I'm healthy I view stairs as exercise. I really enjoy your books.Sally from PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649707016754971847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33978789489272628872017-09-27T17:38:33.212-04:002017-09-27T17:38:33.212-04:00Hi Dean and everyone! Sorry I missed the Blogger e...Hi Dean and everyone! Sorry I missed the Blogger existential meltdown--I spent the day driving around the Cotswolds--or at least a small part of the Cotswolds, over and over. (Google is not my friend...)<br /><br />Dean, so excited about the new book! So funny that so many of us share the old house passion. My fantasy growing up was pure C.S. Lewis--a wardrobe that led into a different world. But then in college I lived in neighborhood full of Victorian gingerbread houses, and I was totally smitten. At least until we actually started looking to buy one and I found that they had really weird floorplans and cramped little rooms. I'll settle for my drafty Craftsman and read about the Victorians in Dean's books!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44786544409652369952017-09-27T15:39:37.866-04:002017-09-27T15:39:37.866-04:00Ingrid, if I was going to have a secret passage, I...Ingrid, if I was going to have a secret passage, I'd want it to lead to the Batcave!Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86438700301347623712017-09-27T14:48:15.028-04:002017-09-27T14:48:15.028-04:00As an escape hatch, fleeing from the killer, of co...As an escape hatch, fleeing from the killer, of course! :-)Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20477029932434842682017-09-27T14:47:47.213-04:002017-09-27T14:47:47.213-04:00Celia, I love that you were intrigued enough to se...Celia, I love that you were intrigued enough to search for that hidden room!Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25062182407330153182017-09-27T14:46:58.881-04:002017-09-27T14:46:58.881-04:00Kathy, it's so much fun to discover that other...Kathy, it's so much fun to discover that other readers followed the same path. I do hope you'll enjoy my books. And how exciting that your aunt and uncle had a house that might have had a secret passage! Such a shame you never got to find out if it was really there.Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30109849015125765592017-09-27T14:45:31.448-04:002017-09-27T14:45:31.448-04:00I would love to bring him back, too, but with the ...I would love to bring him back, too, but with the day job and writing two books a year already, there just aren't enough hours in the day... but I haven't given up completely...Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38928091972294691632017-09-27T14:44:51.764-04:002017-09-27T14:44:51.764-04:00Mary, so glad to hear that you're enjoying my ...Mary, so glad to hear that you're enjoying my books. Thank you! I too love Mary Stewart. My Brother Michael is probably my favorite, and I love The Moonspinners too (plus I have the movie!). Loved The Scarlet Pimpernel, too.Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56020978191290270822017-09-27T14:43:38.624-04:002017-09-27T14:43:38.624-04:00Coralee, thanks for the kind words! A tree house g...Coralee, thanks for the kind words! A tree house guest room sounds fun. :-) Especially with those added features! Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24529824061795886242017-09-27T14:32:00.370-04:002017-09-27T14:32:00.370-04:00Oh yes, Kristopher, the moors have always been a b...Oh yes, Kristopher, the moors have always been a big draw for me. I need a novel with a moor now.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64116890372446447622017-09-27T14:28:18.109-04:002017-09-27T14:28:18.109-04:00I haven't read Susanna Kearsley in ages. I ne...I haven't read Susanna Kearsley in ages. I need to pick up one of her books again.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24857960501075459422017-09-27T14:27:10.016-04:002017-09-27T14:27:10.016-04:00Dean, I feel like I've found my twin. I follo...Dean, I feel like I've found my twin. I followed the same fascination path as you with old houses and secret rooms, then English history, and then the English countryside mysteries. Nancy Drew was the hook for me, too. The only difference between us is that I never really coveted a turret room, although I certainly wouldn't have turned one down. Of course, I must now start putting you books on my TBR list, Dean, as I can only imagine how much I will enjoy those.<br /><br />My experience with big old houses and secret rooms was when I was growing up. My aunt and her husband lived in a big old house, antebellum style in the country. The house was said to have a secret passage where slaves hid on their way to freedom, a part of the Underground Railroad (the house is in Kentucky). I loved to visit them and try to imagine where the hidden passage was. My first choice was behind the huge fireplace. The adults didn't talk about it, so I was left only to my imagination. What questions I had later when I was older, but the aunt and uncle were dead then and long gone from that house. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22890904246231383632017-09-27T13:54:38.692-04:002017-09-27T13:54:38.692-04:00Um... if I send you a turret --- will you bring ba...Um... if I send you a turret --- will you bring back Simon Kirby-Jones???? I LOVED that series!!!!!Stash Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149946405178745362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65423219253315088482017-09-27T13:53:42.551-04:002017-09-27T13:53:42.551-04:00Does a laundry chute count?Does a laundry chute count?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27095936719776574152017-09-27T13:48:33.351-04:002017-09-27T13:48:33.351-04:00I'll second that! Susanna's books are wond...I'll second that! Susanna's books are wonderful. Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26040059059755185322017-09-27T13:47:12.749-04:002017-09-27T13:47:12.749-04:00The secret room dream is my favorite. Wonder wha...The secret room dream is my favorite. Wonder what that means? Unfulfilled desire most likelyAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49530933855693542372017-09-27T13:39:22.568-04:002017-09-27T13:39:22.568-04:00I read all those romantic suspense novels but my f...I read all those romantic suspense novels but my favorite was Mary Stewart with her books Nine Coaches Waiting, The Moonspinners (made into a movie with Hayley Mills in her first grown-up role), My Brother Michael. I checked those out of the library as a teen and am now in the process of acquiring them all. Used book stores are my friend! I have just started reading Miranda's books and am hooked. And while not romantic suspense a book with a great castle and secret rooms I read at 14 and got me hooked on secret rooms was The Scarlet Pimpernel. Secret rooms everywhere.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705147820398781069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40557299199944600492017-09-27T13:25:19.052-04:002017-09-27T13:25:19.052-04:00THE WINTER SEA - one of my all time fave books! Lo...THE WINTER SEA - one of my all time fave books! Love her! But you've reminded me that I have not read all of her books. Will rectify that immediately. Thanks again for visiting today. Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48148079738968155292017-09-27T13:14:56.655-04:002017-09-27T13:14:56.655-04:00I've always been intrigued with the idea of a ...I've always been intrigued with the idea of a secret "cozy" room. When I was growing up, I used to dream that my sister's closet had a room behind it, that was sort of like the room in the book Goodnight Moon. It seemed so real to me, and I spent lots of time in that closet tapping the walls and looking for a hidden door. My sisters (4 of them!) thought I was nuts, but then we read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and I was somewhat vindicated ~ Thanks for visiting Jungle Reds, Dean ~Celia Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138257308552361041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47316708562209800382017-09-27T13:01:45.985-04:002017-09-27T13:01:45.985-04:00Dean/Miranda welcome! I love your books, when I go...Dean/Miranda welcome! I love your books, when I googled cats + librarians + mysteries, there you were along with Jenn and Lucy. Happily looking forward to reading more of the adventures of the southern ladies. <br /><br />I would love to have a tree house guest room. It would be complete with electronic capacity and teleportation so I wouldn't have to climb the rope ladder; I dream in sci-fi. While I am dreaming, the tree house would have a replicator and a sonic shower and commode. <br /><br />In the real world, a fire pit would be nice -- not very practical in FLorida -- but nice. Coralee Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691335135691119400noreply@blogger.com