Kids today, I tell ya

[marykaykare]

I just tried to read A LONG QUICHE GOODBYE by Avery Aames. In the first chapter she dropped 3 brand names and had the viewpoint character use the adjectives rustic, tawny, and quaint in completely non-ironical fashion. The second chapter began with her drinking cinnamon-laced coffee on the wrap around verandah of her vintage house

Comments

[deepforestowl]

It does make one wonder how that kind of crapped gets published.

[marykaykare]

It really does doesn't it. I've been reading lots of mysteries lately (they're my comfort reading & I'm dealing with some killer SAD with new! added! anxiety!) and all the new stuff seems like that.

Just yesterday I threatened to start a small press to find & publish the modern Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham. Only I'm scared there would be no audience but me.

[athenais]

Oh how dreadful! That reminds me of the coffee-themed mystery series I tried to like and rejected for being too TOO precious.

[marykaykare]

Yeah I read a couple go those. Gag me with a fork! Of course, the only tea-themed ones I've found were even MORE precious
MKK

[marykaykare]

Oh, I almost always check who the publisher is and am VERY wary of publishers I don't recognize or obviously self-published stuff. This particular loser was published by Penguin!

(mostly buying from iBook or Barnes & Noble rather than Kindle)
MKK

[carl_allery]

Not sure why people have this problem with WWII and age. I do wonder if it's a WWII = grandparents thing and then younger writers just assuming the ages of their own grandparents. But it's probably just carelessness. :(

[marykaykare]

Yeah. I don't know why I notice stuff like this, but I do and it always drives me crazy. I mean, how long would it take to do a little adding up? Always assuming, of course, they actually *know* the date in question...
MKK