tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post9049644430658548537..comments2023-11-30T00:53:33.374-08:00Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: Patricia Cornwell Goes Through A Lot Of Moneyent lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658046190988387228noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-19457303815472856682013-01-15T18:40:32.513-08:002013-01-15T18:40:32.513-08:00Pinky--I bet it was the same book I read, ha ha.Pinky--I bet it was the same book I read, ha ha.Snapdragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236907489910967770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-12870060315551033582013-01-15T18:27:10.607-08:002013-01-15T18:27:10.607-08:00I used to really enjoy her books. Read them all. ...I used to really enjoy her books. Read them all. 10 or more years ago I read one that was so bad, that I promptly ripped it in half (crosswise) upon finishing it -- to save anyone else from even trying to read it. Haven't read one since.Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545511095889277109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-31941152131341899652013-01-14T20:17:33.587-08:002013-01-14T20:17:33.587-08:00Well, I've always said that wives and mistress...Well, I've always said that wives and mistresses cost money (especially the pretty ones). Being a baller costs too (ask Jay-Z and Diddy). You need money to stay in the game. She needs to figure this out fast or start shedding dead weight.FlirtyChick74https://www.blogger.com/profile/13133007436514809095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-83948603753929776762013-01-14T20:12:20.865-08:002013-01-14T20:12:20.865-08:00It did on one of those broadcast crime shows. It w...It did on one of those broadcast crime shows. It was a twisty situation. Smh @ all of them. FlirtyChick74https://www.blogger.com/profile/13133007436514809095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-5008135918889093492013-01-14T18:53:10.676-08:002013-01-14T18:53:10.676-08:00I thought I was alone in my thinking about charact...I thought I was alone in my thinking about character development & the quality of the books. Benton coming back from the dead, Marino attempting to rape her, Lucy turning into the biggest b*tch...I don't know where she went astray but she did. The money spent has to involve some kind of gambling or something big, ree dic u lous!!!1Jazzimomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557352706447523471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-31171813151742457232013-01-14T18:02:38.359-08:002013-01-14T18:02:38.359-08:00She was raised next to Billy and Ruth Graham, cons...She was raised next to Billy and Ruth Graham, considered them family, she has very close relationship with the Bush family, vacationing often with them in Kennebunkport, dedicated a book to Laura Bush, etc. Why someone thought it was odd that she's gay and might vote Republican is confusing. I know a huge number of gay u from my days working I politics, etc. She obviously isn't handling her money well, but the folks she is suing have all been in court for the same thing, well before PC came around.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268050856675970492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-82753217646733370182013-01-14T17:54:54.028-08:002013-01-14T17:54:54.028-08:00MalibuBarbie, yes. Several articles out there abou...MalibuBarbie, yes. Several articles out there about Sawyer and Cornwell<br />Agent**Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540236442474211199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-68746999929946678252013-01-14T17:43:43.771-08:002013-01-14T17:43:43.771-08:00Bwahhahaha!Bwahhahaha!csproathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480758104286022692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-39387445277349906042013-01-14T17:01:39.395-08:002013-01-14T17:01:39.395-08:00@MalibuBarbie I <3 both your comments.@MalibuBarbie I <3 both your comments.ethornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955019719632125883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-73791338894610864022013-01-14T16:44:16.797-08:002013-01-14T16:44:16.797-08:00@JW -- very interesting. I think you're on to ...@JW -- very interesting. I think you're on to something.Snapdragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236907489910967770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-4216314492915994602013-01-14T16:42:24.558-08:002013-01-14T16:42:24.558-08:00Her husband was an English professor and she divor...Her husband was an English professor and she divorced him in 1989. I suspect that he either ghostwrote or extensively edited her books because they used to be quite good and now I can't read them. I hate the niece, I hate Marino and I hate Scarpetta. Isle of Dogs was probably the worst novel I have ever attempted to read. My friend who was also a Cornwell fan thought that her copy had possibly been misassembled at the publisher because it was so nonsensical.JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865843984431572520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-29048776991545563362013-01-14T16:14:03.742-08:002013-01-14T16:14:03.742-08:00Learn from Annie Leibowitz's mistakes; if you ...Learn from Annie Leibowitz's mistakes; if you spend as though you are printing it, it isn't going to last, no matter how much you are making. I've never read anything she's written but I know she was hugely popular. Haven't really heard anything about her in a long time.<br /><br />The stories about her sense of self-importance are both hilarious and really pathetic. Get over yourself Patricia.Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243346634615130509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-57877231865984033782013-01-14T15:31:02.170-08:002013-01-14T15:31:02.170-08:00Shecshould be making bank from selling creations f...Shecshould be making bank from selling creations for tv and movies but suspect she is incredibly difficult work with and Hollywood decided they didn't want another Clive Cussler situation. Plus most of her stories, while decent reads, have no more complexity then average CSI episode. Especially once remove over kill character traits and tendency to have other possessing critical info from the beginning but everyone's excessive distrust and inability to communicate drags out the share until the end. Also Lucy is the most annoying character ever created.tflambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659347484349509635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-52211261176159890772013-01-14T15:03:09.122-08:002013-01-14T15:03:09.122-08:00She has had many personal and financial issues in ...She has had many personal and financial issues in her life since hitting it big. If I recall she was also involved in a very messy relationship that blew up and probably cost a bit to clean up.<br /><br />Her books sell some to loyal readers but it's been a long time since she had a blockbuster like her early books.<br /><br />It will take a lot of very successful books to make the kind of money she spends. Making films of her successful early books would probably be the way to make that kind of money but I kind of wonder if some of the technology she writes about has changed quite a bit since she wrote them. She was meticulous in her research about Scarpetta's work and I would think a lot of the science would have really developed in the past few years--so there would be some updating to do.<br /><br />I have read all her early books and have met her at book signings and the booksellers convention a couple of times--she's quite intense and very intelligent.car54https://www.blogger.com/profile/08917655110224786571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-2954162409460138822013-01-14T14:53:32.247-08:002013-01-14T14:53:32.247-08:00I was just searching my kindle yesterday for her b...I was just searching my kindle yesterday for her books. I am with everyone else in that my Mom and I would get her books as soon as they came out and I haven't read one in years because they got so bad. I was thinking of downloading one yesterday, but can't remember the last one I read. @ Kelly that is exactly what I thought about the last book I read that it just drug on and on with descriptions. <br /><br />I also think she was diagnosed bi-polar a while back and she said that it is why she had a few years without new books.<br /><br />I was always surprised that movies were never made. Jodie Foster is who I always thought should play her too (or Meg Ryan based on this picture)MAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752871528586623897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-14641625010798598232013-01-14T14:36:33.718-08:002013-01-14T14:36:33.718-08:00@MISCH, that is very telling about her personality...@MISCH, that is very telling about her personality that she would blow through $80mil+ on her own lifestyle and give BROWNIES as gifts for other people. I mean, I like brownies, but they aren't the kind of thing you gift people when you've amassed a $100 million fortune! <br /><br />As for her jacket-I've noticed that some of the wealthiest people wear the worst clothes. Look at all the movie stars who make $$$ per film and consistently show up at premieres looking terrible.Krissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042481268482203747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-21674886182526862782013-01-14T14:28:24.301-08:002013-01-14T14:28:24.301-08:00@Unknown - you're getting your lesbian authors...@Unknown - you're getting your lesbian authors mixed up. You're thinking of Rita Mae Brown, who's written a series of mysteries from her cats POV.<br /><br />BTW, does anyone else remember hearing about Diane Sawyer having an affair with Cornwell years ago? MalibuBarbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538131085234173088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-25145435262027534532013-01-14T13:07:28.053-08:002013-01-14T13:07:28.053-08:00I tried reading her stuff years ago (pre-Scarpett...I tried reading her stuff years ago (pre-Scarpetta) and just couldn't get through it. The voicing of the cat's thoughts and opinions of her master pushed me over the edge. It was so amateurish that I felt embarrassed for her, and wondered how she ever got published.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058041852714125904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-9264654766705892232013-01-14T12:53:11.305-08:002013-01-14T12:53:11.305-08:00They seem so similar that sometimes I get Jodie Fo...They seem so similar that sometimes I get Jodie Foster and PC confused. JF should totally play Scarpetta.chachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12949149185743011834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-61407730800802790232013-01-14T12:01:47.128-08:002013-01-14T12:01:47.128-08:00sorry rosemary, but she is def NOT a republican! t...sorry rosemary, but she is def NOT a republican! that's hilarious! in fact, one of patricia's first lesbo loves was the virginia atty. general mary sue terry. that woman is part of the va. democrat machine. it was the worst secret in richmond in the late 80s that mary sue terry and cornwell were lovers/gfs. patricia was always at mary sue's side for all the dem fundraisers. i know b/c i was a page in the va general assembly as a kid with family in the newspaper biz in richmond. kim calledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760919894893055601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-7686819976911831192013-01-14T11:42:15.736-08:002013-01-14T11:42:15.736-08:00Poor baby, only 13 million? How will she ever surv...Poor baby, only 13 million? How will she ever survive? She might have to do horrid things like cook for herself and drive her own car. <br />Flying private blows through money as does owning multiple houses. A couple of mill for the house plus upkeep at another 100k a year. Anotheramyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652217904227666139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-45184901290429962013-01-14T11:34:55.690-08:002013-01-14T11:34:55.690-08:00What decade was this photo taken in? The clothes,...What decade was this photo taken in? The clothes, the feathered mullet ... I'm dying. I guarantee she has a duck tail in the back LMAO.chopchophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701122427025181799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-2470006699597833872013-01-14T11:30:02.005-08:002013-01-14T11:30:02.005-08:00She could be Meg Ryan's doppelganger! In a man...She could be Meg Ryan's doppelganger! In a manish sort of way. Come on, nobody NEEDS to spend that type of money, unless maybe they're trying to keep a gold digger around. Get over yourself, go by a mcdonalds hamburger, go sit at the park or the beach, and realise that you don't have to be wiping your ass with 100's to be happy ladies! The best things in life are free. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-6246090688318536132013-01-14T11:24:26.564-08:002013-01-14T11:24:26.564-08:00I used to read her books as soon as they came out ...I used to read her books as soon as they came out and enjoyed them. In the last couple of years I have found it hard to get through them, she spends so much time describing scenes, etc I just flip through it. I started to feel like she is just pumping them out to get money and not really putting the thought behind it like her earlier books (similar, in my opinion, to how Grisham and Danielle Steele went)kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05795679873943459688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309174.post-8400777356919189042013-01-14T10:44:54.725-08:002013-01-14T10:44:54.725-08:00@JD Klein -- hoooooly cow. Delusions of grandeur, ...@JD Klein -- hoooooly cow. Delusions of grandeur, indeed! <br /><br />@Mari -- Longtime Ripperologist too! You may be interested to know that this exists: <a href="https://twitter.com/WChapelRealTime" rel="nofollow">@WChapelRealTime</a>: <i>Follow the Whitechapel police investigations of 1888 from the perspective of the detectives, officers and Whitechapel residents. Created by @TheHistoryPress, East London ยท http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/</i> <br /><br />Pretty sure they are the same folks who did real-time Titanic last year--this one, I think, is set to start tweeting later this year. :)Snapdragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236907489910967770noreply@blogger.com