April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom

Maya Missani

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19 comments posted.

Re: Lady Amelia's Mess And A Half (11:47pm June 28, 2012):

I'm with you on 'Castaway'. Impossibly sad and such a good movie.

I'm intrigued by the title of your book - so unusual. For me, as a reader,
anything unusual is promising, so I"m interested to see what else would be
unusual besides the title!

Re: Sleight Of Paw (4:36pm December 18, 2011):

I actually love unusual author photos, so I would have been delighted if the final pick was the one with grasses blowing...

Myself, I like to take credit for the current deluge of demons paranormal tales due to my utter lack of capacity to have any other types of eyes in photos but the red, glowing type.

Re: Murder By Mocha (10:44pm September 20, 2011):

I love that story of ultimate literary revenge on the "new executive"! Way to go. It would be so cool if that person actually read that book, and recognized what impact she had so as not to do that anymore.

I'm not a coffee drinker but adore the whole coffeehouse atmosphere, and will have to take a look at this new to me series.

my weakness is baked goods, preferably with some kind of custard or whipped cream.....

Re: Sparks (5:22pm December 3, 2010):

I very much enjoyed the first book in this series, so creative in worldbuilding and unusual sidekick. I also didn't see the ending (specifically what happened to the male main character) coming, so I have a lot of anticipation for what surprises might pop up in book 2.

Re: Holiday Grind (10:54pm November 5, 2010):

I really look forward to the season when Italian panetonne is available. So lovely with a cup of tea (sorry, don't drink coffee, though I love the smell when hubby has some)) and a book in the afternoon

Re: Friday Mornings At Nine (11:06pm October 6, 2010):

I may be the only person who saw and loved this film, but I adored how the relationship between Ted Danson and Isabella Rosellini's characters developed in 'Cousins'. Also, 'Harold and Maude'.

Congrats on the new book, the cover is beautiful.

Re: Petals From The Sky (10:06pm September 20, 2010):

I have read very few novels with a Chinese or nun heroine, and absolutely none with a Buddhist nun heroine. This sounds like a fascinating and emotional premise

Re: Warrior (11:54pm September 11, 2010):

I was in a tiny village charity shop that sold donated books to benefit their small public library, and came upon one of the very first, long out of print books of an author friend of mine. I was delighted to find it and purchase it for the princely sum of fifty cents, to be able to present to my friend for an autograph now that she's making all kinds of best of year lists.

Re: Money, Honey (4:00pm July 7, 2010):

HAHAHA!
I hear you on the 'same story' irritation.

I had a variation of that while visiting Chicago with a (male) friend, who said 'What do you want to do now?' to which I replied 'Go to the Natural History Museum'. His response? 'Museum - that's just the same thing over and over again!'
To which I said 'Like football is the same thing over and over again?'
He didn't get it, he just exploded into a long explanation of how it was completely different each time. Heh.

Re: His At Night (11:15pm May 26, 2010):

The singing bustle is too funny. I've only lately discovered Laura Kinsale, and her 'Lessons in French' was equally as funny, so I really must read more from her.

I had no idea about the servant's balls. One historical that stayed with me due to amazingly well-worked-in detail was Betina Krahn's 'Marriage Test', a medieval with a heroine cook, that talked a lot about the role of spices at that time.

I'm looking forward to HAN after hearing it has some parallels to PA, which, so far was my favorite of your excellent titles.

Re: My Own Personal Soap Opera (10:12pm April 8, 2010):

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

yo mamma indeed! too hilarious and i wish i went to that university, or at least hung out with jp sartre.

I have my copy of MOPSO, and am enjoying it very much so far. Certainly encouraging me to seek out backlist.

Re: On The Steamy Side (10:20am March 23, 2010):

I've come across two unforgettable child characters recently who are hilarious to me as a reader and terrifying to me as a parent:

- Rae Spellman, private investigator in training, from Lisa Lutz's 'The Spellman Files' series

- Flavia de Luce, chemist in training, from Alan Bradley's 'The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie'

I adore well-done child characters but like animal characters they can easily go 'wrong'!

Re: Drive Time (9:56pm February 2, 2010):

I've never personally had a secret with that much riding on it. However in my working life I hear confidential stuff all the time, and there have been a few occasions when I wrestled with leaving things as they were or drawing someone else into my confidence due to worry about what might happen. There are no easy answers.

Re: Love in Translation (2:43pm December 10, 2009):

My cousin has been living in Japan for the past 20 years and can't imagine living 'at home' anymore. Sounds like this story might give glimpses of some things he may have felt when he first arrived.

Personally, the time spent oustide the country that had the greatest impact on me were the four months I spent as a volunteer, teaching in a village school in Kenya. Eyeopening on many levels.

Re: Soulless (10:07pm October 16, 2009):

Can it be? An authorphoto with *gasp* nose and lips visible? Not ensconsed behind a tome or teacup?

Should have happened sooner. That's a flattering shade of lipstick.

Re: The Trials Of The Honorable F. Darcy (10:02pm October 16, 2009):

Sounds like a very creative premise. I'm an advocate of using bits of dreams, no matter how unusual - I once dreamt of Vin Diesel on a ladder, and I don't even like his movies. It turned into a scene.

Re: Melonhead (11:36pm June 5, 2009):

Ooops. In my excitemnet I forgot to answer the question. The sequel is 'Melonhead and the Big Stink'. I'm claiming it as my 10-year-old moment!

Re: Melonhead (11:35pm June 5, 2009):

I have two boys - whom I'm desperately trying to interest in books. Do I want to enter today's contest? You bet I do!

Re: Dragonbound (10:25pm April 20, 2009):

I'm late to the discussion, and new to this author (hi, Jade!) but when has tardiness ever stopped me? Personally, I adore unusual settings and fantasy, so my vote is - Chineses dragons!