Patricia Cornwell is the first women writer I took seriously ( yes! shame!) but she manages to combine the focus and accuracy of a top male author with a woman's insight into her character's mind. Its a rare gift and I have enjoyed( apart from a lot of cringing while the bodies are being sawed apart) the seven or so I've read so far. Her character Kay Scarpetta is just so engaging.
i m japanese and i learn English reading her books. i always want to see her face. off cource, there's a photo of her in back of paperback. but, then i seeing now her face, i think she is beautiful even her age. she is alound 50 y, but keeping beauty. and i wanna say from reading her books , she is very smart, it's amazing as though she knows everything in the world.
Her books started out terrific but I thought they went downhill in the middle of the series, and the "Hornet's Nest" was peculiarly bad as well. I'd be willing to give her a chance again if someone out there can tell me she pulled it back together. If anyone understands what I'm talking about?
I can't picture either one, but either might be good. I used to think Scarpetta should be done by Anne Bancroft, Lucy by Marissa Tormei. But she would have been too old even 20 years ago and is no longer with us. Who do people want for Marino?, All the guys I can think of to play the cops are getting too old.
E-readers are great, says Cornwell. But how is the next generations of Cornwells and Grishams going to make a living if people could just pass the 'files' of novels to their friends? Would we see new novelists become $millionaires in 5 years' time? It's ok for Cornwell to say positive things about e-books because she has made her $ millions and has a large fan base.
She did say she prefers "paper" books and believes there will always be a place for them. Like she said, e-books are good for travel, but can't take the place of paper books...the smell, feeling the texture of and the turning of pages, and also the ability to easily flip back pages to review or refresh your mind about some earlier detail. Everything about a "real" book is special to me, largely because of my parents' love of books and the countless trips to numerous libraries in the past 65+ years!
Her novels are very visual. You can literally see what she's writing like a video projector playing in your mind.
Patricia Cornwell is the first women writer I took seriously ( yes! shame!) but she manages to combine the focus and accuracy of a top male author with a woman's insight into her character's mind. Its a rare gift and I have enjoyed( apart from a lot of cringing while the bodies are being sawed apart) the seven or so I've read so far. Her character Kay Scarpetta is just so engaging.
She's awesome, she really does contact her fans. I've had multiple tweets from Patricia myself :)
i m japanese and i learn English reading her books. i always want to see her face. off cource, there's a photo of her in back of paperback. but, then i seeing now her face, i think she is beautiful even her age. she is alound 50 y, but keeping beauty. and i wanna say from reading her books , she is very smart, it's amazing as though she knows everything in the world.
good to hear Scarpetta is going on with solving crimes, thank you Patricia
LA AMO
Her books started out terrific but I thought they went downhill in the middle of the series, and the "Hornet's Nest" was peculiarly bad as well. I'd be willing to give her a chance again if someone out there can tell me she pulled it back together. If anyone understands what I'm talking about?
The fans of her Kay Sacrpetta books are angry Angelie Jolie will be playing the character in the movie version.Not Jodie Foster whom many want.
I can't picture either one, but either might be good. I used to think Scarpetta should be done by Anne Bancroft, Lucy by Marissa Tormei. But she would have been too old even 20 years ago and is no longer with us. Who do people want for Marino?, All the guys I can think of to play the cops are getting too old.
@HumanityTheVirus Haha, thanks :)
@HumanityTheVirus Keep the insults coming :) They really only amuse me.
E-readers are great, says Cornwell. But how is the next generations of Cornwells and Grishams going to make a living if people could just pass the 'files' of novels to their friends? Would we see new novelists become $millionaires in 5 years' time? It's ok for Cornwell to say positive things about e-books because she has made her $ millions and has a large fan base.
She did say she prefers "paper" books and believes there will always be a place for them. Like she said, e-books are good for travel, but can't take the place of paper books...the smell, feeling the texture of and the turning of pages, and also the ability to easily flip back pages to review or refresh your mind about some earlier detail. Everything about a "real" book is special to me, largely because of my parents' love of books and the countless trips to numerous libraries in the past 65+ years!
Appt. she's heard of Botox.