willoyd Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Finished Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. My first Morrison, and an excellent read - really didn't want to put it down. Book group read, and my book for Michigan in my Tour of the States (21 now read). 5/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Currently reading : The Drinker by Hans Fallada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Re-reading Lissa Evans’ Crooked Heart. First read in February 2018, but it’s scary how much you forget the plot already! But it’s good to read again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Okay, fess up, who went to a book shop today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 31 minutes ago, Raven said: Okay, fess up, who went to a book shop today? Not today but I’m planning on popping into a few tomorrow. Did you? Buy anything ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brian. said: Not today but I’m planning on popping into a few tomorrow. Did you? Buy anything ? I was at work, sadly. ETA: I have been looking at other people's pictures of bookshops on social media, however... Edited April 12, 2021 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Raven said: Okay, fess up, who went to a book shop today? Unfortunately, the nearest bookshop is in a different council area to where we live and, here in Scotland, we are not allowed out of our area. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Working from home so saving it up for the weekend, Waterstone's here I come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I finished up Still Life by Val McDermid, another great book from the queen of crime. I’ve got a few hours of my current audiobook, Everest 1953 and I’ve just started Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Went in to Leeds today to visit The Leeds Library (the subscription one, not the public one which I can visit closer to home), just re-opened. So good to get back - it's such a friendly treasure trove, with a very different profile of books ot the two public libraries I belong to. Came away with just a couple of books (Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, and Hilary Rubinstein's Catastrophe at Spithead), but a list of others to go to once I've finally got to the end of the current pile (I took 7 books back, but still have half a dozen to go!). Dropped into Waterstones, my first visit there since December. I have to admit, I couldn't get enthused - I'm much more excited by my two local independents - but came away with two books: The Awakening by Kate Chopin, and Walden by Henry Thoreau, both nice looking hardbacks. Finished two books in the past couple of days: Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer, a slim, succinct but illuminating history of the Second Reich, and Travels in Scottish Islands - The Hebrides by Kirstie Macdonald Jareg, an interesting exploration of both Inner and Outer archipelagos. Some of it went over well-worn ground, but there were flashes of insight that made it a rewarding read, especially as we're booked to revisit Islay this summer - fingers crossed! Both 4 star reads. Must catch up with the reviews on my blog thread!! Currently about two-thirds the way through Barbara Kingsolver's Unsheltered, aiming to finish in the next day or so - enjoying it a lot. Edited April 20, 2021 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Montalbano' first case and other stories by Andrea Camilleri. Humorously clever detective tales from Sicily. Recommend it. Edited April 20, 2021 by itsmeagain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Popped into my local Waterstone's last Saturday. Whilst I was walking around it was rather sobering to realise the last time I had been in there was Christmas Eve, the day the shop was last open before Lockdown 2: The Tricky Second Act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Currently reading Nightshade by E S Thomson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 18 hours ago, itsmeagain said: Montalbano' first case and other stories by Andrea Camilleri. Humorously clever detective tales from Sicily. Recommend it. I like the sound of humorously clever detective tales - added to wish list . 17 hours ago, Raven said: Popped into my local Waterstone's last Saturday. Whilst I was walking around it was rather sobering to realise the last time I had been in there was Christmas Eve, I can’t remember the last time I went to Waterstones. Definitely over a year ago, before the first lockdown. It will feel weird going again. I actually dreamed that I went to a bookshop last night. It was great. I bought The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex and Himself by Jess Kidd. I was quite disappointed when I woke up and didn’t actually have new books but, on the plus side, I didn’t spend any real money either... I’m currently reading the second book in the Septimus Heap series, Flyte. It hasn’t been an easy week so far and I’ve barely read anything, so planning to set aside at least an hour (hopefully two!) this evening just for reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Hayley, there's also Young Montalbano and Montalbano available on BBC iplayer. 🎂😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Currently swooning over repeats of the 2nd series of Young Montalbano on BBC4..... think this is the best one of all the series. The books are fun too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Hayley said: I can’t remember the last time I went to Waterstones. Definitely over a year ago, before the first lockdown. It will feel weird going again. Pff... After five minutes in the shop you'll be cracking open the nearest tome and rubbing your face in fresh book pages again, just like the rest of us. 7 hours ago, Hayley said: It hasn’t been an easy week so far and I’ve barely read anything, so planning to set aside at least an hour (hopefully two!) this evening just for reading. Hope everything is okay and you managed to get some reading done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 To breathe in the smell of a bookshop -although for some strange reason one of our local branches of Waterstone's always seemed to smell of spilt milk for a while after it first opened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Madeleine said: To breathe in the smell of a bookshop -although for some strange reason one of our local branches of Waterstone's always seemed to smell of spilt milk for a while after it first opened! We have a cafe in a city centre near us. . For years it sporadically reeked of rotting drains. Edited April 22, 2021 by itsmeagain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 4:58 PM, itsmeagain said: Hayley, there's also Young Montalbano and Montalbano available on BBC iplayer. 🎂😊 I didn’t even know it was a TV series, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it! Is this one of those things everybody else has known about for years? 18 hours ago, Raven said: After five minutes in the shop you'll be cracking open the nearest tome and rubbing your face in fresh book pages again, just like the rest of us. That does sound pretty good to be fair! 18 hours ago, Raven said: Hope everything is okay and you managed to get some reading done! Two whole hours . It won’t take me long to finish Flyte now. 12 hours ago, Madeleine said: for some strange reason one of our local branches of Waterstone's always seemed to smell of spilt milk for a while after it first opened! How weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 The Voice Imitator, Thomas Bernhard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 31 minutes ago, Hayley said: That does sound pretty good to be fair! Give it a try, the next time you are in there* *Don't come crying to me if you get banned from the shop, though... 31 minutes ago, Hayley said: Two whole hours . It won’t take me long to finish Flyte now. Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 18 hours ago, itsmeagain said: We have a cafe in a city centre near us. . For years it sporadically reeked of rotting drains. Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Hayley said: I didn’t even know it was a TV series, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it! Is this one of those things everybody else has known about for years? On the brilliant channel that is BBC4, they are actually quite old now by TV standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 The Strings of Murder, Oscar De Muriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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