tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8652338853790965865..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Who Do You Love?Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42949502083992173012014-02-22T22:15:47.559-05:002014-02-22T22:15:47.559-05:00Hugh Beringar and Olivier de Bretagne, oh, my, yes...Hugh Beringar and Olivier de Bretagne, oh, my, yes. They didn't fare well in the Cadfael TV series, where Olivier appeared only once and three different actors played Hugh in the course of 15 episodes. I'm just rereading my very favorite Ngaio Marsh, <i>A Surfeit of Lampreys</i>, which is all about the phenomenon of falling in love with a whole family. Tana French did a great job with that kind of feeling in <i>The Likeness</i>, where the undercover cop falls for the group of friends she's investigating. So many kinds of love....Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41431035733058897612014-02-22T20:23:21.835-05:002014-02-22T20:23:21.835-05:00She does indeed sound like an interesting characte...She does indeed sound like an interesting character. Putting this book on my list. <br /><br />Bruce Carlton and King Charles II in FOREVER AMBER were my first literary crushes at age 14. But I think my biggest literary crush of all time is Henry in THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt. He's just so dark and brooding. He appealed very much to my 20-something self, though perhaps less so to my 40-something self.Holly Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910436592791818527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37890662561937222582014-02-22T19:26:06.494-05:002014-02-22T19:26:06.494-05:00Oh gosh. Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey and his brot...Oh gosh. Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey and his brother Hal, Russ van Alstyne, peter Wimsey, Ian Rutledge, Richard Jury, Melrose Plant, Nicholas Brisbane,Joe Sandilands, Darcy O'Mara, Max Tudor, Sebastian St Cyr, Longmire, Julian Kestral. India Black's government agent she loves to torment--can't think of his name. Dwight in Margaret Maron's books. That hot vampire scientist/professor in A Discovery of Witches. You know who I mean. I'm sure there are more.Pat Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-389102534769677572014-02-22T16:33:05.380-05:002014-02-22T16:33:05.380-05:00So many characters to love--it's what keeps me...So many characters to love--it's what keeps me following an author's series. Secondary characters: love Andy and Melody and Doug. Hadley and Kevin. Love Melrose Plant and Stan Keeler (and Stone the dog). Carstairs from Mrs. Pollifax. Jean-Guy and Annie Gamache. Hugh Beringar and Olivier de Bretagne. Too many to list! And main characters! Rachel sounds like my kind of person!<br /><br />I've started too many books where I find I flip quickly to the end--not just to see if I've guessed correctly about whodunit, but because I don't care enough about the characters to read the in-between.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35461827158125633312014-02-22T11:53:40.007-05:002014-02-22T11:53:40.007-05:00I'm on the road today… and happy to see you al...I'm on the road today… and happy to see you all chatting so nicely. Thanks Liz!<br /><br />I just ask Jonathan this question… He's thinking... he just said oh, I know! Charlie McNally. AwwwHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42234919413366732952014-02-22T11:49:22.281-05:002014-02-22T11:49:22.281-05:00I think Peter Wimsey was my first love. And the fi...I think Peter Wimsey was my first love. And the first thing I did the first time I went to London was to do to his fictional address on Picadilly...<br /><br />So obviously the thing for the British guys goes way back.<br /><br />I love Rhys's Darcy, and Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Frazer. Deb Harkness's Matthew de Clermont. So many more.<br /><br />And I have to confess that I love Duncan. Have from the very first moment he appeared in my head. There have been others along the way; Nathan in Dreaming of Bones, Lewis and Gordon Finch in Kissed a Sad Goodbye, Alex Dunn in And Justice There is None. But the most memorable is probably Andy Monahan, who walked on to the page in Where Memories Lie and promptly demanded his own book, which he got in The Sound of Broken Glass.<br /><br />I adore Doug--all the main characters, really, because why spend all day in your head with people you don't like?<br /><br />Liz--I love your Rachel, too, just from your description!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72056598616999065382014-02-22T11:27:18.005-05:002014-02-22T11:27:18.005-05:00How could I have forgotten Darcy O'Mara. I...How could I have forgotten Darcy O'Mara. I'm desperately in love with him. Sigh...Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61962450517353526812014-02-22T10:48:12.530-05:002014-02-22T10:48:12.530-05:00I have a leading man called Darcy O'Mara... ne...I have a leading man called Darcy O'Mara... need I say any more.<br /><br />But I was always a little in love with Morse too. I felt he needed a good woman to drag him away from the booze and opera.<br /><br />Joe Leaphorn always touched my heart And Deborah's Duncan Kincaid.Rhysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8826300083697578562014-02-22T10:21:35.515-05:002014-02-22T10:21:35.515-05:00Rachel sounds like a great character, Liz.
I sta...Rachel sounds like a great character, Liz. <br /><br />I started falling in love with mysteries when I read P. D. James's "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" and Cordelia Gray definitely has my heart. Moved on to Ngaio Marsh and, oh my, Roderick Alleyn. <br /><br />I wonder if readers today start with the Brits like so many of us did back when...Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29063121633122217772014-02-22T10:16:27.999-05:002014-02-22T10:16:27.999-05:00Liz, Hey!! So fun to find you here this morning, ...Liz, Hey!! So fun to find you here this morning, and your new book sounds fascinating!<br /><br />Characters I'm in love with. Linda Fairstein's Mike. Even though he's a good guy doing good things, there's that bad boy thing going on too. You'd think I'd have outgrown that by now, but nooooo, I guess not.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87879780423215479872014-02-22T10:11:38.353-05:002014-02-22T10:11:38.353-05:00Fascinating, it's such a different angle of Hi...Fascinating, it's such a different angle of Historical Fiction. I love the way you talk about your characters.Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246834295123351186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17444119787633971012014-02-22T10:03:36.612-05:002014-02-22T10:03:36.612-05:00Hi, Elizabeth. Rachel sounds wonderful. (Off now...Hi, Elizabeth. Rachel sounds wonderful. (Off now to add more books to the TBR file.)<br /><br />Secondary characters I love: All the family characters in Deb Harkness' books. The Bishops, the deClermonts, Hamish, Jack, Annie, Galowglass...so many. And just as passionately, detest some too.<br /><br />Gemma and Duncan's family members, their sergeants, Erika Rosenthal are all favorites.<br /><br />And of course I love all the main characters.<br /><br />Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63990934864852010252014-02-22T09:43:41.029-05:002014-02-22T09:43:41.029-05:00Thanks so much for having me back on Jungle Red, H...Thanks so much for having me back on Jungle Red, Hank. I've told many times how Diego came to me: knocking on the inside of my head in the middle of the night. I have no idea why Columbus, about whom I knew no more than any kid learns in school. And Jewish themes keep creeping up on me without any conscious intention on my part. <br /><br />Also on my short list of characters I adore are Lois McMasters Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan and his whole circle of family and friends as well as Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Fraser. Oh, and Judge Deborah Knott's family, especially when they're sitting on the back porch singing and playing music. I loved Dwight Bryant long before Judge Deborah was smart enough to marry him. Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41723612374832006482014-02-22T09:28:54.913-05:002014-02-22T09:28:54.913-05:00Even though I've not met her yet, I think I...Even though I've not met her yet, I think I'm in love with Rachel! What a great character. <br /><br />Thank you for persisting, Elizabeth.<br /><br />Secondary characters that come to mind: Professor Radcliffe Emerson, the Father of Curses; Kinsey Milhone's Hungarian restaurant owner friend (and her octogenarian neighbor, Henry); and I love the dynamics between Hadley Knox and Kevin Flynn in Julia's books. Those characters have developed so well over the course of this series. The same with the other cop characters in Deb's James/Kincaid series. Love the dynamics between them, and the tension. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78666919285440487272014-02-22T01:19:17.284-05:002014-02-22T01:19:17.284-05:00Oh, dear . . . a “characters that I love” list is ...Oh, dear . . . a “characters that I love” list is about as long as my teetering to-be-read pile is tall. I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Sherlock Holmes . . . Jack Reacher . . . Russ Van Alstyne . . . Roarke . . . .<br />Elizabeth, I’m looking forward to reading your book. <br />Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.com