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Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:55:20 +0000

I personally hate online databases when reading books, yes they are useful for after or before, but when you’re reading you really want it right in your hands. I love love love the idea of a family tree, also like a little summerary of each character like the do at the back of the George R R Martin song of fire and ice books would be nice.

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Anne

Anne — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:48:43 +0000

Lauren, this is such as great idea! Thanks for the opportunity!

Jessica has a good point about the fashion and undergarments. I have often wondered why Mary wore a corset but Letty didn’t. Hmm.

I would love to have maps and floorplans in a complanion book. Sketchs of landmarks would also be nice, for exmple the bridge where Hen and Miles spilled the cabages.

Deleted chapters, backstories, and shorties on what characters thought of the adventurs of their friends would be jems. I have often wondered what the other girls thought about Mary’s capers.

Newpaper stories on the exploits of the Pink Carnation and friends would be fun. Maybe a collection of clipped articles from the Intelegencer and the gossip rags?

I’m also looking forward to Miss Gwen’s novel. hahaha. Thanks!

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:47:22 +0000

You bet I have

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:13:14 +0000

Maggie, congratulations!!! That’s incredible news. I hope you’ve been celebrating like crazy!

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:34:47 +0000

I think a timeline and family tree at the front of each book (like Julia Quinn’s in the Bridgerton Series) would be really helpful. That way before you start each new novel the reader would get a refresher course. Oh and this is completely off topic but I just got signed to a really awesome agent for my book All That’s Best of Bright and Dark. I’m super excited, and I’m telling anyone that will listen.

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Lois

Lois — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:24:04 +0000

Hmm, well, I vote for anything of the above. . . but maybe something in the books, but more and more detailed with anything online. In the end, when I totally enjoy a book or books that are part of a series, regardless if you really need to read them in order or not, I always bring out the previous ones and reread before opening the newest. That way, I pretty much never forget. LOLOL

Lois

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Alexandria

Alexandria — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:30:32 +0000

I think that maybe a downloadable booklet on the website would be neat, you could get an artist to sketch out what the main characters look like! It could have a family tree, and maybe some deleted scenes that did not make the print (like an epilogue) and maybe a short story or something! Thanks, Alexandria

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Paige

Paige — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:02:48 +0000

What a fabulous idea! I love what everyone has suggested so far, especially Jessica’s comment about maps. What a great addition. That would make a companion even better!
I think an online resource would be very useful, but being the bibliophile that I am, I would also have to have an actual book to put on the shelf with all my others! That would be a must!

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Amy Mc

Amy Mc — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:12:51 +0000

Several years ago, Masterpiece Theater aired a mini-series called “The Forsyte Saga.” On their website, PBS has an interactive family tree, complete with pictures of the actors/principal characters, and descriptions of each. It may be WAY more difficult to execute than I realize, but I think it could be helpful to those who have a harder time reading the small print used for most family trees. (The link to the PBS website is here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/forsyte/credits.html

Then just click on “Forsyte Family Tree.”

I think a timeline showing how Pink events overlapped “current” events would be helpful too.

I love the idea of a companion piece. Thank you for being willing to consider it!

Comment on A Pink Carnation Companion by Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:30:35 +0000

I love the idea of a family tree at the front, but I am balancing that with my memory of other authors’ works where their characters grew so numerous that the pages of the book were insufficient to contain the tree and still save the reader from serious eyestrain.

Maybe a family . . . twig at the front of the book, rather than a full tree? Twig plus timeline? Something that centers on the contents of that book in particular, but which is supplemented with a direction to find the complete tree online? That way the information found at the front of previous editions won’t be outdated at the advent of the next book (and the addition of new characters) but at the same time we also won’t necessarily NEED to have the website on hand if we just want to brush up on what the book itself will contain.

Just found your site this evening, by the way. A friend recommended your books to me about a month ago and I have been gobbling them up as greedily as time permits. I am nearly finished Vaughn and Mary’s story and I found I needed a convenient outlet for all my giddy delight!