| Confession time....the first book I ever wanted to write was a romantic suspense with some hot sex in it. Not necessarily cozy, but it was a mystery. I'd starting reading a lot of Harlequin Intrigues and Silouette Intimate Moments. I loved the suspense in those and watching the hero and heroine fall in love. I haven't read a lot of cozy's, but I just finished one called Snipped In The Bud by Kate Collins and loved it. It's a series about a flower shop owning mystery solver, and I just had to go back and order the first one in the series to see how it all came about. I am so waiting for my box from Amazon to come in next week. Another cozy I love is by Kyra Davis called Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte. It was really good too. It was her first novel and she got rave reviews for it. I also ordered the follow up to that book called Passion, Betrayal and Killer Highlights. Aren't those titles cool? Makes you want to pick them up. I ordered several that I'm anxiously waiting for in the mail. Will be standing by my door next week waiting for the mailman to deliver my box. Murder Uncorked by Michele Scott, Better Off Wed by Laura Durham, Slay It With Flowers by Kate Collins (this is the one I mentioned above), and Permed To Death by Nancy Cohen. All the books I ordered are "series" books. And this seems to work best for cozy's. The authors seem to have a loyal following. So, what do you think? When you finish reading a good book, do you ever find yourself wanting to read more about those characters lives? Have you ever written a series? Are you going to? Until next time....:-) Lyric |
When you finish reading a good book, do you ever find yourself wanting to read more about those characters lives?
Oh, yeah - and how! Most recently with The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard. I had a hard time getting into it at first, but by the end I wwas reluctant to put it down. I wanted to know what happened after the last page, that the characters would all be okay.
In another example, last fall I picked up Lisa Scottoline's Killer Smile at the grocery store. I knew it was a keeper when I nearly read the entire first chapter while my groceries started to thaw in the cart. After devouring it in record time I immediately went in search of her entire backlist, which was extensive and included three books leading up to the one I had just read and most of which featured the same characters.
I also managed to get half a dozen people hooked on her as well by gifting them with a copy of her first book, Everywhere That Mary Went. Though they're thrillers, not cozies, you really get to know the women of Rosato & Assoc. as if they were your closest friends. Her last two books have been about different characters, and while they were excellent reads, you can't help wishing she'd return to Rosato & Assoc. some day so you can catch up with them again.
It was also announced a few months back that her Rosato & Assoc. series will be made into TV movies, and I can't wait to see what they do with them.
Sheesh, sorry this was so long!