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Under the Tree Good
In my family we have the expression “under-the-tree good.” It refers to a hot South Dakota afternoon when my brother Frank mixed up some orange Kool-Aid for us, his three younger siblings. He put ice cubes in it. We sat in a shady spot in the tree line behind the house and drank the beverage from brightly colored aluminum cups. The four of us agreed this was the best Kool-Aid ever. Thus originated the standard of under-the-tree good.
How much difference really could there be in one batch of Kool-Aid vs. another? In truth, a confluence of elements—heat, shade, kindness, ice-cubes—conspired to create the sensation of under-the-tree good.
Externals can also shape our experience with a book. I recently read Cara Black’s Murder in the Latin Quarter while staying in the Latin Quarter. The book became a blue print for a scavenger hunt.
To read more, please see the original post at:
blog.normahuss.com/2014/06/
How much difference really could there be in one batch of Kool-Aid vs. another? In truth, a confluence of elements—heat, shade, kindness, ice-cubes—conspired to create the sensation of under-the-tree good.
Externals can also shape our experience with a book. I recently read Cara Black’s Murder in the Latin Quarter while staying in the Latin Quarter. The book became a blue print for a scavenger hunt.
To read more, please see the original post at:
blog.normahuss.com/2014/06/
My Books Are Not Cozies
I’m not a fan of cozy mysteries.
For those unfamiliar with the term, a cozy is a mystery with an amateur sleuth, no foul language, the sex and violence off the page. As my friend and cozy-mystery writer Mary Feliz puts it, “There’s a murder, but no one gets hurt.” In my world, it means the good bits have been left on the editing-room floor.
This may seem an odd attitude when some people have slapped the cozy label on my Carol Sabala Mystery series. However, as author Cara Black once noted, “Carol Sabala has a mouth on her.” One of my readers once suggested maybe we need a category called “Cussy Cozies.” But even then, the Carol Sabala series would be stretching the label due to . . . .
Read more: https://vinniehansen.com/2019/12/my-b...
For those unfamiliar with the term, a cozy is a mystery with an amateur sleuth, no foul language, the sex and violence off the page. As my friend and cozy-mystery writer Mary Feliz puts it, “There’s a murder, but no one gets hurt.” In my world, it means the good bits have been left on the editing-room floor.
This may seem an odd attitude when some people have slapped the cozy label on my Carol Sabala Mystery series. However, as author Cara Black once noted, “Carol Sabala has a mouth on her.” One of my readers once suggested maybe we need a category called “Cussy Cozies.” But even then, the Carol Sabala series would be stretching the label due to . . . .
Read more: https://vinniehansen.com/2019/12/my-b...
When Read
I previously wrote a blog about how where we read a book impacts our perception of it. For example, reading Cara Black’s Murder on the Left Bank while staying on the Left Bank definitely heightened my pleasure. While the book remains the same, our surroundings can make it more—or less—enjoyable to read.
A recent experience made me contemplate how when we read a book might also affect our enjoyment. I’m not talking about reading in the morning vs. in the evening. I’m talking about when in our lives we encounter the book—whether we are young or old, whether the times are calm or . . . .
Read more at https://vinniehansen.com/2021/05/when...
A recent experience made me contemplate how when we read a book might also affect our enjoyment. I’m not talking about reading in the morning vs. in the evening. I’m talking about when in our lives we encounter the book—whether we are young or old, whether the times are calm or . . . .
Read more at https://vinniehansen.com/2021/05/when...
