Great books and DVDs

[frankielee242]

HOORAY, A FELLOW DOROTHY L. SAYERS FAN!! She and G. K. Chesterton are
my favorite authors of all time, and then comes JKR. I wasn't around
for the book discussion you mentioned in your post (see below), but do
you remember the subject line? I'll gladly dig through the old posts
to find it.

Have you read Sayer's "Nine Taylors" yet? Interesting story dealing
with cyphers. Fun, fun, fun. "Gaudy Night" is possibly the most read
book on my shelves, though. I recently picked up "Thrones,
Dominations" which was finished posthumously from her rough drafts and
notes. The author and editors did a great job with the story, but if
you're familiar with Sayers, you can see the difference between her
and the other writer. Once you're done with all of her other stories,
it's a fun read. She also translated Dante, if you're into that sort
of thing.


Frankie

PS. Libraries and multimedia. My mother used to rent vinyl records
from the library when I was very small... Never pop music, always
bizarre Smithsonian recordings of appalachian hillbillies playing
banjo and singing local folk songs. As a result, I've learned to block
out the world by sticking my nose in a book.


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "ameliagoldfeesh" <ameliagoldfeesh at y...>
wrote:
> 
> 
> I have discovered Dorothy L. Sayers!   Well, actually thanks to this 
> list.  I remembered her getting mentioned several times in a 
> book discussion from few months ago.  Last time I was at the 
> library I picked up several of her books and now I see why she 
> kept coming up.   I loved "Gaudy Night."  If not for you guys I may 
> never have picked up any of her books.
> 
> Additionally I've found the library a good source for DVDs.  I just 
> mention this as I am someone who only connects the library with 
> books. ("What?  They have videotapes?!)  They have such a good 
> variety of oddball DVDs.  Unlike at my rental place in town they 
> actually have old and/or "classic" movies.
> 
> Now if I could only read and watch movies at the same time....
> 
> A Goldfeesh
>  (who wishes she could find "Many Rivers to Cross on tape or        
>    DVD-but alas)
>      "The higher up the berry tree the sweeter grows the berry,
>        the more you hug and kiss a gal the more she'll want to   
>        marry."  - the infectious theme song of Many Rivers