tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post2306724884719171885..comments2023-12-19T13:11:31.497-06:00Comments on TBR 313: Outrageous Fortune, by Patricia WentworthLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-66235972368933838262018-02-03T19:33:31.364-06:002018-02-03T19:33:31.364-06:00Dean Street Press has been publishing new editions...Dean Street Press has been publishing new editions of the stand-alone books, like this one, so they are now much easier to find!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-91549147252021772392018-02-03T19:32:48.836-06:002018-02-03T19:32:48.836-06:00I've been rather obsessively collecting her bo...I've been rather obsessively collecting her books for the past few years. Like many of Miss Silver's clients, I find her very comforting.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-9690352441657346362018-02-03T10:27:39.522-06:002018-02-03T10:27:39.522-06:00How have I never read this book?!? I'm going t...How have I never read this book?!? I'm going to rectify that very soon!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506026496063245730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-79302121360543141502018-02-03T09:11:34.321-06:002018-02-03T09:11:34.321-06:00I’d forgotten all about Wentworth and the Miss Sil...I’d forgotten all about Wentworth and the Miss Silver novels. I know I read some decades ago but haven’t given them a thought since. Thank you for reminding me. I must go back and discover her anew. Café Societyhttp://cafesociety956.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-61923501995743383702018-02-03T09:01:25.382-06:002018-02-03T09:01:25.382-06:00Patricia Wentworth wrote good strong women into mo...Patricia Wentworth wrote good strong women into most of the stories that I've read. They usually take a hand in solving the mystery - they won't just sit on the sidelines!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-41342347970888803122018-02-02T18:51:39.378-06:002018-02-02T18:51:39.378-06:00I like the sound of Caroline. :)I like the sound of Caroline. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-70515155171549311972018-02-01T20:11:22.118-06:002018-02-01T20:11:22.118-06:00I still have quite a few of the stand-alone books ...I still have quite a few of the stand-alone books to find - I'm happy that they are being reprinted. And I still haven't found the first two Miss Silvers.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-41360443111334039002018-02-01T04:13:34.841-06:002018-02-01T04:13:34.841-06:00I find her books such a comfort. She was so produc...I find her books such a comfort. She was so productive -- one feels that they might never run out! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-66027248892431607832018-01-31T06:30:21.315-06:002018-01-31T06:30:21.315-06:00I'm finding the same thing, Jane, and I think ...I'm finding the same thing, Jane, and I think the earlier ones can be more uneven than the later - like this one, which I still enjoyed very much.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-59618259664204690082018-01-30T16:51:44.327-06:002018-01-30T16:51:44.327-06:00I've just met Frank Abbott for the first time ...I've just met Frank Abbott for the first time in 'Miss Silver Intervenes' and I can only imagine that Miss Silver deployed some of her old teaching skills if he has been out solving mysteries without her! I'm finding Patricia Wentworth's standalones more variable than the Miss Silver books, and sometimes a little too silly, but I have yet to read one that I haven't enjoyed.Jane @ Beyond Eden Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568410017337283636noreply@blogger.com