Comments on: Reading the End Bookcast, Ep.28: Gate-Opening Books, Tigerman, and a Pangram Game

By: Christy

Christy — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:13:42 +0000

Add me to the list of readers who were not on board with Tana French’s mysteries (to be specific, In the Woods was the only one I tried – and didn’t finish – reading). But last winter I went on a Golden Age mystery foray and really loved Agatha Christie (I hadn’t had that high school phase) and Margery Allingham’s books. For more modern mysteries, P.J. Tracy’s mystery/thriller Monkeewrench is good. I really loved Laurie King’s Beekeeper’s Apprentice despite not being familiar with the Sherlock canon.

I like the sound of the book you are reading for the next podcast and ordered it for my Kindle yesterday.

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:38:38 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny. She is waaay too cute! My 'puppy' is terrible to photograph too: when I pull out the camera she'll look away or start moving around or do anything but look into the lens. Even though the rest of the time she'll stay still! A lot of the time I have to bribe her with yummy treats held up behind the camera. lol

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:09:12 +0000

In reply to Eva. Hahaha, no! It's my sister's puppy. How cute is she? The puppy I consider "mine" (my parents' dog, who is not a puppy in size or in age) is terrible to photograph because she can't hold still. :p

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:51:51 +0000

Ok, I’ll listen to the podcast later while knitting, but first things first, is that your puppy?! *makes puppy chomping noises at screen* I need more information: I’ve been gone for too long!

By: A

Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:31:24 +0000

Wonderful podcast guys! Perfect entertainment for a Friday morning at work.

By: H.S. Stone

H.S. Stone — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:19:18 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny. Thanks! I can tell you were all excited to be together. :-) I didn't realize it was the first time that you were all podcasting from the same room.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:01:00 +0000

In reply to H.S. Stone. Yes! Sorry! I was so excited to be in the same room as Whiskey Jenny and Randon at the SAME TIME, I kept forgetting to keep my face near my mic. The book is Mary Doria Russell's excellent The Sparrow.

By: H.S. Stone

H.S. Stone — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:33:41 +0000

I didn’t catch the name of your Sci-Fi gateway book about Jesuits who discover alien life. It sounded intriguing and I wanted to check it out. Can you tell me what the name of the book and author are? Thanks.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:10:32 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny.

I can see that comics readers might take the death as a kind of betrayal. That’s why I said your first and second reaction to the ending–this might be a book that you’ll like better after another reading in a decade or two. I think its genius is that it transcends the genre and becomes something more, as I think you’ll agree that books by this author tend to do. It would be silly to call The Gone-Away World a war novel. It’s all kinds of wrong to call Angelmaker, (his second) a spy novel. And it’s reductive to think of this one as a comic book novel.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:04:35 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny. On the cuteness of the puppy, we agree.