tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post2495591691869214859..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Books read in SeptemberCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-21240877289853756472022-10-03T10:48:36.297+01:002022-10-03T10:48:36.297+01:00FictionFan: I'm definitely going to seek out t...FictionFan: I'm definitely going to seek out that first book as I've heard good things about it. Yes, and in some cases 'remembered' authors seem not actaully as good as the forgotten ones! It defies explanation. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-42156639251745894472022-10-03T10:46:44.689+01:002022-10-03T10:46:44.689+01:00Margaret: I think a lot of people were very affect...Margaret: I think a lot of people were very affected by the pony with The Queen's scarf draped across the saddle and the corgis. Chokes me up even now.<br /><br />Yes, exactly the same with me. And if I don't review the books quickly I'm then faced, a week or two later, with trying to remember what happened in several books while I'm deeply immersed in a couple of others. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-53648689378882709082022-10-02T23:21:07.799+01:002022-10-02T23:21:07.799+01:00I read my first Cyril Hare not long ago too and lo...I read my first Cyril Hare not long ago too and loved it - Tragedy at Law, which is the first in the Pettigrew series. The second is lingering on my TBR - must shove it up the priority list! Never ceases to baffle me why some authors become "forgotten" when they're as good as others who are still popular.FictionFanhttp://www.fictionfanblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-55193833718383951102022-10-02T13:51:34.919+01:002022-10-02T13:51:34.919+01:00We were away from home in the Lake District when t...We were away from home in the Lake District when the Queen's death was announced. We were all shocked and I watched her funeral from start to finish when we got home - so very sad. It all got to me but the Shetland pony and the Corgis just was too much - she loved them so much.<br /><br /><br />I too found The Pact a compulsive read! I am way, way behind writing reviews. I get to the end of a book and no matter how much I enjoyed it I just don't want to write about it. I want to get on with the next book. And my blog is now mainly lists of books! I'll have to do a summing up post to catch up.<br />Margaret @ BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-66830426279640317152022-10-02T11:14:18.312+01:002022-10-02T11:14:18.312+01:00Tracy: Availability of the Cyril Hare books seems ...Tracy: Availability of the Cyril Hare books seems to be a bit hit and miss but I'm so glad my tip-off enabled you to get a cheap Kindle copy of Death Walks the Woods. I'll go back now and read the series from the beginning, if I can get hold of the books or ebooks.<br /><br />Thanks. I'm keeping up with the Book Voyage challenge, not doing too badly with the Bingo one, but failing miserably with Back to the Classics. I think I'll do less next year. <br /><br />Snap. Like you I have a load of books needing to be read for various things this month, 5 or 6, and likely as not, not all of them will get read. So, like you, I will go with the flow and not worry about it. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-23392595739215761432022-10-02T11:08:24.872+01:002022-10-02T11:08:24.872+01:00Lark: Yes, and I've already started a good cre...Lark: Yes, and I've already started a good creepy read, A Time of Torment by my favourite author, John Connolly. I really think you would like The Mark of the Lion, such a fun, adventurous story and the African setting is very strong in atmosphere and history. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-69403338251837771832022-10-02T11:05:05.145+01:002022-10-02T11:05:05.145+01:00Cathy: You took me by surprise when you said that ...Cathy: You took me by surprise when you said that the Suzanne Arruda series had ended. So I checked Fantastic Fiction and yes, there hasn't been an instalment since 2015. What a shame! And she doesn't seem to be writing anything else. I wonder what has happened? <br /><br />Yes, gobsmacked is a good word to describe my reaction to the behaviour of the kids/adults in The Pact. What a shower they were. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-87837253007472096562022-10-02T11:01:04.386+01:002022-10-02T11:01:04.386+01:00Margot: Glad I'm not the only softy when it co...Margot: Glad I'm not the only softy when it comes to The Skye Boat Song. <br /><br />I love that there's such a huge variety of crime writing that it doesn't matter what mood you're in you can always fine something to suit it. After a Sharon Bolton, or something similar, I always need something quieter with a much more gentle pace. LOL Yes, Cyril Hare is well worth a try, a couple of people who've commented enjoy his books too. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-49333721850785841482022-10-02T10:57:47.738+01:002022-10-02T10:57:47.738+01:00Yvonne: I bet there wasn't much on the road wh...Yvonne: I bet there wasn't much on the road when you were travelling home! I think the whole funeral was very tastefully done, hard to believe that absolutely nothing went wrong.<br /><br />I like the idea of squirrelling about a nice collection of vintage crime books on your Kindle. And you never know when you might be glad of them. I was certainly glad of my huge Kindle library during the lockdowns.<br /><br />That Sharon Bolton is 'well' worth a read. A real pageturner.<br /><br />Thank you, happy October reading to you too. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-40055351820926700632022-10-02T10:53:11.131+01:002022-10-02T10:53:11.131+01:00Diane: My husband and myself have wondered for a f...Diane: My husband and myself have wondered for a few years about what would happen when The Queen died. Both of us thought there would be a huge outpouring of grief and that the funeral would be an amazing spectacle, and so it turned out to be. I still can't really get my head around the fact that she's no longer with us. <br /><br />Thanks, I hope October is a better month for you all round. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-5298154411660314992022-10-02T10:49:45.301+01:002022-10-02T10:49:45.301+01:00Sue: Yes, it's daft the way some books in thes...Sue: Yes, it's daft the way some books in these older crime series are so easy to get hold of and others aren't. This one is 'well' worth reprinting in my opinion as it's very good.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-81831455975629865292022-10-02T00:47:13.139+01:002022-10-02T00:47:13.139+01:00I am glad you liked Death Walked the Woods by Hare...I am glad you liked Death Walked the Woods by Hare. I have liked many books in the Francis Pettigrew series, but not read all of them yet. I think it is the very first one I haven't read and it is supposed to be a very good mystery. The book before Death Walked the Woods is where he meets his wife, and I love that one. And I am very glad you noted that the book is available in Kindle at a good price, because now I have purchased a copy and can read it again. My other copy is too hard to read. <br /><br />You are doing well with the Book Voyage challenge, I don't think I am doing well with any of my challenges, although I have read a good number of Canadian books lately.<br /><br /><br />I am overloaded with books I have been planning to read in October, but I will just have to pick what I want to from them and not worry about it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-44981838125163387292022-10-01T22:59:09.324+01:002022-10-01T22:59:09.324+01:00October is a fun reading month! I'm hoping for...October is a fun reading month! I'm hoping for some good ghost stories, spooky and suspenseful reads myself. The Mark of the Lion sounds like it's a good book; I do love that African setting. :D Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-73025390510605758412022-10-01T20:54:46.521+01:002022-10-01T20:54:46.521+01:00I was so happy to see Suzanne Arruda's book li...I was so happy to see Suzanne Arruda's book listed. I enjoyed the entire series and was sad to see it end.<br /><br />I've been busier than a one-armed paperhanger with the hives, which has prevented me from finishing <i>The Pact</i>, but I'm so gobsmacked over how the characters are behaving, that I've sworn to lock myself away from all distractions to find out how it all ends!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-16832736301585193162022-10-01T18:15:22.340+01:002022-10-01T18:15:22.340+01:00The Skye Boat Song always gets to me, too, Cath. A...<i>The Skye Boat Song</i> always gets to me, too, Cath. And, yes, September was something else, that's for sure. You read some fine books! I do like Sharon Bolton's work, and Lawrence Block is such a talent, in my opinion. You've reminded me, too, that I need to read some Cyril Hare!Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-76306892499712594552022-10-01T16:14:55.973+01:002022-10-01T16:14:55.973+01:00We had booked to spend the Sunday night before The...We had booked to spend the Sunday night before The Queen's funeral away, so we were travelling home whilst the main bulk of the service was taking place on the Monday morning. However, we did get back in time to see the journey to Windsor and the service there, which was lovely and well worth watching. The floral tributes which lined the route to the chapel, were so beautifully arranged and in such lovely straight lines too!<br /><br />I have been downloading as many of the vintage crime books as I can get my hands on and have them all squirrelled away for that elusive 'rainy day' reading, when I might not have another book available to me!! - Seriously, I really do want to strike a few of them off my list and I do enjoy the more descriptive and unhurried style of writing and the way that makes me feel when reading and I certainly include the Dorothy L. Sayers 'Lord Peter Wimsey' series in that mix.<br /><br />The Sharon Bolton book is already on my list, so I'm looking forward to that one too!<br /><br />Enjoy some great reading in October! :)Yvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-54576236755936031462022-10-01T15:52:47.911+01:002022-10-01T15:52:47.911+01:00I was quite taken by the Queen's funeral. I wo...I was quite taken by the Queen's funeral. I would have liked to watch more and should have gone to another room or recorded it as the husband was uninterested overall. I haven't read any of your September reads but, a few have me wanting to know more. Hope October is a good month for you and me.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-6649372571017753662022-10-01T11:51:57.500+01:002022-10-01T11:51:57.500+01:00That Cyril Hare was a puzzle, had to do a search t...That Cyril Hare was a puzzle, had to do a search to find out about it as I've read 5 of his books and some were reprinted fairly recently but not this one which is apparently also called That Yew Trees Shade. It's a shame this wasn't reprinted too as it's a silly price for the old original.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com