Comments on: 858 and counting … https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/#comment-5017 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:43 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=400#comment-5017 Kerry — I’d never heard of Caine or the WW series before I read the short story, but now that I know about it, it seems like everyone who’s read it really loves it. The first book is definitely going in my TBR pile! 😎

]]> By: Kerry Allen https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/#comment-5013 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:37:48 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=400#comment-5013 Big, huge endorsement here for Caine’s Weather Warden series. I have such a crush on David.

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/#comment-4968 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:47:58 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=400#comment-4968 Jody — Yep, I saw the Honeymoon anthology on Amazon. I’ll probably read it someday. 😎

]]> By: Jody W. https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/#comment-4966 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:12:21 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=400#comment-4966 There’s a Honeymoon antho too….I have it but haven’t read it yet.

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/#comment-4962 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:06:28 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=400#comment-4962 I don’t read a lot of anthologies, but I’m usually pleasantly surprised by how good they are. And they always give me new authors to seek out. 😉

I’ve got one more anthology in my TBR pile right now — Wild Thing. Features Marjorie Liu and some other folks.

I read the Big Stone Gap series. The dialect didn’t bother me so much in those. I thought the first book was really, really excellent. The other two? Not so much.

David Baldacci also wrote a book set in the region about a coal company trying to buy someone’s land — Wish You Well. That’s the name of it. A little schmaltzy at the end, but a decent read.

]]> By: Chasity https://www.jenniferestep.com/858-and-counting/#comment-4956 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:26:55 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=400#comment-4956 I’m not much on anthologies. For whatever reason, I just can’t get into them. Don’t get me wrong, I own tons of them, and I’ll read them. I always feel shortchanged and rushed when I read one. I like to dig into thick books, with lots of plot. When I read a short story, I don’t feel like I get the complete picture or the story never really reaches it’s potential.

The only exception I’ve found to this is the Hot Blooded anthology and Angela Knights “Seduction’s Gift”. That one pulled me right in.

Backwood dialect absolutely drives me crazy. I’ve tried on several occasions to ready Adriana Trigiani Big Stone Gap series and I get completely pissed after the first couple of chapters. It gets under my skin.

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