Kimberly's comments (member since Mar 20, 2008)

Kimberly's comments from the Q&A with Susan Wittig Albert group.

Oh wow!!! I'm very excited to hear about the spin off featuring Sheila. Can't wait!!!!!

I look at it the same way Marla does...light entertainment. I don't think that I have ever heard the term "cozy" to describe a genre. I know that my friends and I say "fun, light mystery" as a classification instead. To us, that means a book contains a wonderful, intriguing mystery with fun and entertaining characters. They usually have a set theme like owning a herb shop or a tea shop, running a dancing school or partaking in a cooking class. The characters often make us giggle and we can relate to them as normal everyday people that we might meet any day of the week in our hometown. The point that classifies it as light would be that the author doesn't get into gory details when describing the crimes like say James Patterson would.

Oh how neat. Go bobcats!!! See I was picturing the right Quad and buildings all along. We lived in San Marcos for 4 years before moving here to Round Rock.

I'm having so much fun reading everyone's thoughts. Thanks for starting the group!!!!

I also loved Thyme of Death because it not only got me hooked on reading fun, light mysteries, but it got me interested in growing herbs. I first read the book in college and you should have seen the entryway to our apartment. We had containers everywhere and surprisingly they did really well. After we moved into our first home, my husband made me an herb garden on the side of our house. I love being able to walk outside and grab some fresh herbs to cook with. It has really become a passion of ours!!!

I truly enjoy all of your books because I picture the places that China goes to. There are several descriptions that remind me of areas I have visited between Austin and San Antonio. For McQuaid, I see the college that he works at, as SWT where I graduated from. Pecan Springs is a typical little Texas town. I believe there was one book that mentioned a little bookstore with a side staircase and it reminds me a quaint little bookshop on the square in Georgetown. I just think that it's neat to have all of these mental images as I read, even though everything is imaginary!

Oh, that's a tough one!!! Every book has included a great mystery and with each story you develop the characters even more. With that being said, I definitely couldn't do without any of them, so I don't have a least favorite.

The first book to come to mind as a favorite is Rueful Death. I absolutely adore Pecan Springs, but it was nice to see China get away to a different setting for awhile. The story was great and I also loved all the tips about garlic since I'm a huge garlic lover!!