The Folly Irregulars discussion

Whispers of London. I've finally gotten used to Reynold's accent (or rather, Kobna's version of it), and the rest of them are absolutely delightful.

I am assuming you actually mean "Whispers Underground"? :D

"Whispers Underground" is my most read as well. I adore Jaget Kumar. This also means that "The Furthest Station" is rapidly climbing the re-read charts as well.

I also love re-reading "Foxglove Summer". Invisible carniverous unicorns for the win!

I adore Abigail and Jaget. Haven’t read FurthestStation yet, but I started my yearly reread of the series last month, and am going to read it and the comics this time around.

And, so far, I’ve reread book 1 the most times. In fact, I skimmed most of book 1 again yesterday in an effort to find the instance when (view spoiler)[Leslie said Punch’s signature line, which I still haven’t found. (hide spoiler)] Help Margaret! Which chapter do I need to read in detail?

It's Broken Homes and Foxglove Summer for me, which means the rest of the series is getting fuzzy around the edges, which means it's time for a massive reread, short stories and novellas and all. Maybe even the graphic novels too, although these wouldn't be rereads. Now just gotta find the time to squeeze them all in...

Margaret wrote: "I am assuming you actually mean "Whispers Underground"? :D"

lol! Late night :)

I just realized I will have to re-read it all, because I simply read it too fast to make any conclusions now about anything. :D

Caro wrote: "I just realized I will have to re-read it all, because I simply read it too fast to make any conclusions now about anything. :D"

lol! And with Lata having her problems remembering which of the early books Molly's history came up has me thinking about rereading as well-- I listened/read those two the least.

Lata wrote: "And, so far, I’ve reread book 1 the most times. In fact, I skimmed most of book 1 again yesterday in an effort to find the instance when [spoilers removed] Help Margaret! Which chapter do I need to..."

I'll run over it again tonight, Lata. I meant to do it over the weekend.

Margaret wrote: "Lata wrote: "And, so far, I’ve reread book 1 the most times. In fact, I skimmed most of book 1 again yesterday in an effort to find the instance when [spoilers removed] Help Margaret! Which chapter..."

Thanks very much, Margaret. I guess I want to find it and highlight it (my copies of the eBooks are chock full of highlights) just so I can see how many ways Aaronovitch rewards his readers for rereading.

I got caught up re-reading The Hanging Tree.

Whispers Underground... how do I love thee? Many, many ways.

It's the first book that will introduce many of the re-occurring characters: Abigail, Kumar, Varvara, and another of my favorite voices, Zach, Guleed starts to get a bigger part, and we meet DC Carey. Guest appearances include Madame Chang's interpreter, Seawold is back from leave (fukinn' weird shit) and Stephanopoulos gets her first case. We meet Oberon. Just a great assortment.

Then there's the funnies... the River at the art gallery who has a dog that is 'captain of all my other dogs.' Peter --wrongfully--correcting himself to say, "XX and I."

I LOVED Kobna's interpretation of Zach and Guleed and Abigail and Jaget in this book, which is probably why I've listened to this one multiple times. Ummm, I think I really love this book, and will be reading it over again very soon.

Ha! I think I'm going to head to the Whispers thread and wax rhapsodic.

My Easter relaxation project involves reading all the books again, including the graphic novels. :)

Nice idea for relaxation :)

I started on Rivers of London last night. :)

Nightingale knocked me for six again. When Peter suggests taking Toby and ghost hunting/tracking his master's killer's movements, Nightingale comments something like: while stone retains vestigia very well the supernatural elements of the area could interfere.

I'm going, wait a minute, why didn't I notice this before? And what is supernatural about Covent Garden???

Whoa! I remember stone and concrete holding vestigial, but what’s that about supernatural elements of Covent Garden??? How did I miss that? And yes! What are they?
That Ben is so sneaky about inserting little details.

Well, either that or just plants things that sound good in case they pan out later :) I do not think he is a Sanderson-type world builder, plot-grapher in the least :D

Carol. wrote: "Well, either that or just plants things that sound good in case they pan out later :) I do not think he is a Sanderson-type world builder, plot-grapher in the least :D"

Maybe not. But he does plot quite a bit. Remember Skygarden bneing mentioned in passing in "Whispers Underground" and then it becomes a main plot element of "Broken Homes".

I really love Foxglove Summer - and it can almost read as a standalone. Seeing Peter and Beverley out of their beloved city and moving at the slower pace of rural England is very appealing. It gives scope to more of the magical elements of BA's stories, which are my favourite element.

BA left a post on his blog about the setting for the book including a link to a satellite image of the area of escape through the forest at midnight - I spent a long time scouring that map and rereading the scene, following their path as I read. It's details like that that make it the book I return to most often.

I do love the fact that Ben has such detailed maps about his books, and that he's willing to share them. I think I saved the ones that I found in Google maps :) I'm guessing by his Twitter feed that that will continue--he's been sharing pics and places that are probably from the Toby story in Germany.

Yeah. He did a trip to check he'd got the details correct. In one case he hadn't so had to do a rewrite.