tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post7807255394200198227..comments2024-03-29T00:34:59.084-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat KhanCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-61563753189165062732024-02-27T01:10:24.047-07:002024-02-27T01:10:24.047-07:00I don't blame you.I don't blame you.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-34660518658732289382024-02-27T01:09:57.506-07:002024-02-27T01:09:57.506-07:00I will... if I ever get a chance to read it. I'...I will... if I ever get a chance to read it. I'm beyond fully booked!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-58624142485308338702024-02-26T10:45:08.824-07:002024-02-26T10:45:08.824-07:00I just read the next book in the series called Blo...I just read the next book in the series called Blood Betrayal. I told a friend that it's good, but that it has so many plot lines that go off in other areas and people that she needs a spreadsheet to follow them. I sent her your review of book one and she agreed with the TMS point.I found this true in Blood Betrayal. All roads led to more roads and more links. However, it is well-written, interesting and has a perspective we Western readers don't often read, that of a person whose family is from the Middle East and is Muslim and whose country was involved in a war with the U.S. Some facts may jolt the usual Western reader. It is worth reading though. But get the spreadsheet ready.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-20989438795031265752023-04-08T14:13:24.925-07:002023-04-08T14:13:24.925-07:00I'll read more and some books in the Canada b...I'll read more and some books in the Canada books, but if things go off the rails with sleazy Seif, I won't keep going,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-44327194562507686722023-04-08T13:56:29.142-07:002023-04-08T13:56:29.142-07:00You know me-- I'm quite happy to have no relat...You know me-- I'm quite happy to have no relationships at all in the mysteries I read, and I'm in no particular hurry to read about these particular characters again.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-56638977706085693822023-04-08T12:56:03.182-07:002023-04-08T12:56:03.182-07:00Had a long talk with a reader friend about this bo...Had a long talk with a reader friend about this book. We both criticized Seif's behavior and the author's decision about what to write about him and Iyana's reaction to him. We would rather she react to him as a woman to a male boss's rude behavior, She won't read other books in the series as she doesn't want ti see the relationship develop.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-66291761162425249382023-04-08T00:29:17.057-07:002023-04-08T00:29:17.057-07:00Yes, she is an excellent writer, and I've lear...Yes, she is an excellent writer, and I've learned a lot by reading her books.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-15301253211431926432023-04-07T10:05:07.916-07:002023-04-07T10:05:07.916-07:00Am almost finished with this book. I learned a lo...Am almost finished with this book. I learned a lot more about so many issues, religions, evil sheriffs, aerodynamics companies, meatpacking factory horrors, dangers of union drives, anti-Muslim bigotry, biker gangsm etc, Figured out motives for murders. not sure of culprits. Only criticism is that creeping romance' it distracted from the plot. But I was riveted. Author is brilliant. I will read more of her books.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-2370441395005230082022-11-05T12:26:01.231-07:002022-11-05T12:26:01.231-07:00It is a good book.It is a good book.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-86034803243311586122022-11-05T11:02:37.143-07:002022-11-05T11:02:37.143-07:00The Rap Sheet writer says that this may be one of ...The Rap Sheet writer says that this may be one of his top books read this year. I must get it asap.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-181066711892458602022-11-04T00:29:23.633-07:002022-11-04T00:29:23.633-07:00Yes.Yes.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-47113930989913143352022-11-03T16:24:25.751-07:002022-11-03T16:24:25.751-07:00Very good. She has a lot to say.Very good. She has a lot to say.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-54154195120195827562022-11-03T10:35:23.488-07:002022-11-03T10:35:23.488-07:00Yes, I intend to watch that this evening.Yes, I intend to watch that this evening.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-43583221395584942022-11-03T10:34:57.957-07:002022-11-03T10:34:57.957-07:00I'm really looking forward to seeing how this ...I'm really looking forward to seeing how this series progresses.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-68297219869226383082022-11-03T01:06:27.797-07:002022-11-03T01:06:27.797-07:00I saw part of the interview with this writer at th...I saw part of the interview with this writer at the PP and will go back to hear the rest. Very interesting, and I will definitely read this; it's on my reserve list at the library.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-78476694936032058982022-11-03T01:05:08.535-07:002022-11-03T01:05:08.535-07:00Murder on the Red River really got to me with all ...Murder on the Red River really got to me with all emotions going. When I got to the last few pages, I just held onto the book and sighed. Then I read the afterword about the kidnapping of Native children who were not allowed to talk to their own siblings and I thought how much worse could it have been. I'm sure worse. Marcie Rendon can really evoke the emotions of her character. Now I have to read the next books.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-16237103852295531712022-11-03T01:00:37.080-07:002022-11-03T01:00:37.080-07:00Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-34711686323398823082022-11-02T02:30:40.022-07:002022-11-02T02:30:40.022-07:00OK. I'm still on Murder on the Red River. It&...OK. I'm still on Murder on the Red River. It's sad.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-48487399927491524022022-11-02T00:31:44.013-07:002022-11-02T00:31:44.013-07:00:-):-)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-88789827626803568262022-11-02T00:31:27.868-07:002022-11-02T00:31:27.868-07:00I really like her other series set in Canada, Doro...I really like her other series set in Canada, Dorothy.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-73062534752512261742022-11-02T00:31:02.868-07:002022-11-02T00:31:02.868-07:00It is. And sometimes I'm in the mood for super...It is. And sometimes I'm in the mood for super complex plots... but I wasn't so much this time around.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-32825798505175571542022-11-02T00:30:17.545-07:002022-11-02T00:30:17.545-07:00It has many elements that you'd like, Kathy,It has many elements that you'd like, Kathy,Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-37433554839482325012022-11-02T00:29:55.355-07:002022-11-02T00:29:55.355-07:00Zoë Ferraris is another that comes immediately to ...Zoë Ferraris is another that comes immediately to my mind. Like Khan, Ferraris has lived what she wrote about.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-41414209667586284012022-11-01T17:21:20.479-07:002022-11-01T17:21:20.479-07:00I've enjoyed her other books, do this one was ...I've enjoyed her other books, do this one was already on my radar. I'm glad it has a positive review from you to back up my interest :)Kate L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17044129739440995201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-33963565426550463662022-11-01T16:10:55.946-07:002022-11-01T16:10:55.946-07:00Yet another writer whose acquaintance I need to ma...Yet another writer whose acquaintance I need to make.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.com