Attention: jlsjlsjls: Needlecraft Mysteries

[anotheranon]

Monica Ferris' "Needlecraft Mysteries" series - I've not read any but it looks like a series of novels with punny names set in a Minnesota yarn shop, Crewel World.

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[hockeycat.livejournal.com]

I got one as a Christmas Present. I enjoyed it, and it was a quick read. They all have a cross-stitch pattern in them, too, usually based on a scene in the book.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Nice :) If it comes with a cross-stitch pattern, it might be a nice gift for someone on my list...

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've catalogued books from quite a few different craft-based mystery novel series, so have probably handled titles from this one ... after a few hundred mass market fictions at a go, they tend to blur together a bit. ;p There may be good ones out there, but so far none have screamed "read me" to me (I think for me, being a longtime lover of psychologically complex Brit mysteries, they're a bit like McDonalds food ... y'know, they way they have to offer free toys to get anybody to buy/eat the stuff)

Speaking of cataloguing fiction ... any clue why the sudden explosion of zillions of "Pride and Prejudice" sequels/spinoffs over the last couple of years? I swear, I've catalogued a hundred of the things, all by different authors going different directions, and my co-workers and I are getting heartily sick of the sight o' them.

Re: Pride and Prejudice

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

No idea. I think "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" kicked off the trend, and then came "Pride/Prejudice" which is essentially the original novel slashed/femslashed.

What I want to know is why zombies are cropping up everywhere. D. is even downloading a Red Dead Redemption extension that has zombies.

Re: Pride and Prejudice

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

The P&P thing started before "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" ... it's just one of the better ones. Most of 'em are slushy, bad fanfic-type romances that, I suspect, are only seeing print because it's become a huge bandwagon trend that all the publishers are jumping on.

Ditto for the sudden explosion of zombie fiction, although those at least attempt to be a little more imaginative ... I catalogued one called (and about) "Zombie Vikings" earlier this week ***twitches***. Another growing trend is shapeshifter and immortal warrior romances. No dent in the output of the traditional bodiceripper romance stuff though (the words guaranteed to make the intelligent cataloguers in my department flinch are rogue", scoundrel, and any variation of Highland/Highlander ... those and the damned Rainbow Fairies)