Comments on: The Current and The Perfect Nanny

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 03 May 2019 18:56:16 +0000

In reply to JaneGS. Hey Jane thanks! Yeah it's rare here to see owls so well during the day, quite a treat this year. It's neat that you've had them in years past near your place too. I can understand not being able to stomach The Perfect Nanny, I just about stopped after Chapter 1 but somehow held on. You'd probably like Tim Johnston's two novels; they're pretty decent. Enjoy.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Thu, 02 May 2019 13:16:43 +0000

First, way cool to have an owl family in the neighborhood. We live a few miles from where a pair have raised a family for several successive years and they are a joy to watch. Not this year though. Enjoy your time with them—I love that you check in frequently to see how they’re doing.

The Current sounds really good—I like that kind of thriller (not seat of your pants the whole time but the bang and then the slow burn). I’ll have to check out the CO set one as well.

The Perfect Nanny is too dark for me—the psychological parts do sound interesting, but I couldn’t stomach the attack on the children. It would upset my psyche too much.

Great post!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 01 May 2019 19:39:17 +0000

In reply to Carmen. Thanks Carmen, the owls have amazed all in our town. Yeah I guess I liked the layers in the Perfect Nanny which made it a bit more nuanced than the usual slasher thriller type book. Still it is quite dark material and not for everyone. The other mystery kept me going.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:44:24 +0000

Cool pics of the owl family! I read a review of The Perfect Nanny a while back through a blogger I follow; she did not like it that much. From your review, it seems there are more layers to the story than the crime angle, which it’s always interesting. The first mystery sounds good as well.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:38:04 +0000

In reply to Diane. Thanks Diane: the owls really have amazed us. They're majestic and we've been stopping by to check on them each day. I'll be curious to see what you think of The Perfect Nanny. It's not for everyone but is interestingly written.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:35:18 +0000

In reply to Bryan G. Robinson. Hi Bryan: tied up? Yeah I'd never seen owls much other than night time but I guess during spring time there's a lot of them nesting etc. Hope you enjoy The Current if you get to it. thanks for stopping by.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:27:15 +0000

What an awesome owl picture – beautiful. I have the Perfect Nanny on my Kindle but haven
READ IT YET.

By: Bryan G. Robinson

Bryan G. Robinson — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:40:46 +0000

I know a person who is in New York State about 100 miles away from us here in Pennsylvania and she’s been posting Instagram photos and videos of an owl family in trees near her house. During an Earth Day event last week, they had owls there too, which I found odd because i thought they were nocturnal creatures, plus I don’t think they really enjoyed being tied up all day. I’ve seen The Current out there and I think our library has it. I might have to seek it out. Uh oh. 😉

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:55:57 +0000

In reply to Ti Reed. Hi Ti, 89 seems pretty warm. I know owls usually are only around during night flyovers but I've never seen them much in daylight like this. Seems pretty rare. You'd probably like both of these crime stories, the Nanny book is a bit quicker read, moves fast. The Current starts quickly then slows and builds with time.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:52:13 +0000

In reply to Judy Krueger. Hi Judy: that's exciting about your peahen. Is she in your yard? You must post a picture of her or perhaps you have already and my memory is bad. A new pic then. I'm very pleased about the owls, they are so interesting looking. I think you'd probably like both of these books, when you get to them.