OOh yes! Mrs. Izard is certainly more frightening than the others, even if you
want to argue that she wasn't as powerful.

I agree that Strickland is cool, but his books don't give me that same creepy
feeling either...like when Johnny hears the high sing-songy voice singing
something like "a tisket, a tasket, a will in a wicker basket" in "The
Mummy...", SO CREEPY!

-Konstantina


--- In bellairsia@yahoogroups.com, Deborah Lattimore <deborah_Lattimore@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi, Bellairsia Fans! I am so very glad to have found you! 
>  
> Here are my answers to the five questions:
>
> 1. What was the first John Bellairs/Brad Strickland book you read?
>    THE CURSE OF THE BLUE FIGURINE
>  
> 2. What was the experience like?
>     I FELT AS IF I'D COME HOME.  IT WAS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST REWARDING
>     READS I'VE EVER HAD AND IT STILL IS.  I FEEL AS IF I KNOW JOHNNY DIXON
>     AND HIS FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE TOWN. 
> 3. How many Bellairs/Strickland titles have you read?
>      I'VE READ EVERYTHING I CAN GET MY HANDS ON SO THAT WOULD
>       BE ALL OF THE BARNAVELTS, DIXONS AND MONDAYS, BUT I HAVEN'T
>      (YET!) READ JOHN BELLAIRS' ADULT STORIES AND I WILL AS SOON AS I
> CAN GET MY HANDS ON THEM.
> 4. What do you like best about the Bellairs/Strickland novels?
>           THEY ARE SAVING MY LIFE!  WHEN JOHN BELLAIRS WAS NO MORE
>        ON THIS EARTH, I WAS VERY SAD, MISERABLE, FELT SORRY FOR MYSELF,
>      AND I JUST KEPT ON REREADING THE BOOKS I OWNED. BUT WHEN
>      I SAW THE FIRST BRAD STRICKLAND-JOHN BELLAIRS BOOK IN A STORE
>       UP IN SEATTLE, WHEN I WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP, I WAS THRILLED.
>         SO, I LIKE THE CONTINUANCE.  SOME OF THE NEWER BOOKS AREN'T
>        QUITE AS SCARY, I THINK, OR THEY MOVE AT A DIFFERENT PACE, I
> THINK, BUT I AM FOR 'EM.
> And finally, one for fun:
>
> 5. Who would win this fight: Isaac Izard vs. Warren Windrow
>  
>           HECK, MRS. IZARD!
>
> I look forward to reading posts and enjoying the chance to chat with other
Bellairs
> fans.  How lucky I feel to have found you guys!
> Deborah N. L.
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