"Fluff" lit alert: Have you read Rita Mae Brown's mysteries?

[bertha katzenengel]

Either the Mrs. Murphy series or the Sister Jane series?

I have to admit I like her other novels better, Six of One, Bingo and Venus Envy being my faves, but I am entertained by the mysteries.

[raccoon]

1. I'm in the process of reading them, have only CLAWS AND EFFECT to go.

Of the mysteries about Harry Harristeen and her four-footed friends, that is.

I really enjoy them but sometimes her characters get on their soapboxes. Still, the opinions expressed are generally progressive.

[bertha katzenengel]

2. I think Rita Mae Brown LOVES her soapboxes.

I recommend the Sister Jane mysteries. Maybe more than you ever wanted to know about foxhunting, but they are entertaining. (Edit: Rita Mae Brown is a master of foxhounds.)

The first in that series is Outfoxed. (The book was my first birthday gift from Mrs. V. :))

[libnnc]

3. I do like her earlier work better

but I need to get into some fiction

Reality sucks right now.

[MountainLaurel]

4. Long-time fan of the Mrs. Murphy series

Although I do think it's getting a bit stale, and I keep wondering how long she's going to continue it: Mrs. Murphy is getting up there in years.

[Orrex]

5. She was my favorite character in Ghost

Whoopi Goldberg was da bomb.

[tigereye]

6. I loved her old stuff - haven't read the newer ones...

so they are pretty good?

She has a Mrs. Murphy series? That's hilarious! :rofl:

[bertha katzenengel]

8. they're very light, like I said, "fluff"

but they're fun. The animals have all the funny lines. :)

I do enjoy her non-serial novels more.

[pitohui]

7. i read one years ago and was v. disappointed

there just wasn't enough meat there to satisfy me, and i was sad because when she first started writing then it seemed that she was capable of so much more

[bertha katzenengel]

9. I understand that.

:hi:

[Sheets of Easter]

10. Everyone knows that Sneaky Pie is the brains behind her books.

;)

My wife reads them, so I have secondhand knowledge of her books.