Books read 2012

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*The Reluctant Widow, Georgette Heyer (read aloud w/Steve)
Friday’s Child, Georgette Heyer (read aloud with Steve)
Dragon Ship manuscript, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e)
Kim, Rudyard Kipling (e)
Regency Buck, Georgette Heyer (read aloud w/Steve)
Pollyanna, Eleanor H. Porter (e)
Chimera, Rob Thurman (e)

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*The Reluctant Widow was the very first Heyer I ever read and includes the character on which Pat Rin yos’Phelium is based. In which “is based” obviously does not mean “was snabbled up and copied, word-for-word and action-by-action” but does mean that I thought a very great deal about what sort of man would behave in the way this character is shown as behaving, what sort of training he must have had, with a side dish of how doing the right thing is so very often thankless, and even personally painful.

Edited to add:  Steve reminds me that the character above also got me to thinking about the dangerous person who doesn’t present as dangerous — something that we play with quite a lot in the Liaden Universe® — and indeed isn’t dangerous. . .until and unless necessity exists.

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

BAM

[margaret thomson (from livejournal.com)]

I think that the quality of the SF/F section at BAM depends to a large degree on the manager(s) of the store. The BAM here in Harrisburg, PA, took over the former Borders location. When I went in to check out the newly-opened store late last November, I discovered that one of the new managers had been the manager of the former Waldenbbooks in the Colonial Park Mall. She had done a wonderful job of learning to know her customers, and their preferences, and had always striven to give excellent customer service. The SF/F selection at the new BAM store, which is the same size as the SF/F selection at the former Borders, I believe reflects her experience in serving her customers at Waldenbooks. She still remembers her old customers from Waldenbooks by name (!) and every time she sees me in the store she asks me if there is anything she can do for me.

Try finding out who the store manager is, become acquainted with him/her, and once the relationship is established try making some suggestions to improve their "service". Service is everything, and if you phrase your suggestions in that manner, you may be able to make some headway in improving their SF/F selection.