tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post7491560409880048691..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Books read in MarchCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-68403323914143716432020-04-02T23:21:28.908+01:002020-04-02T23:21:28.908+01:00Hi Cath,
I gravitate toward any book, fiction or n...Hi Cath,<br />I gravitate toward any book, fiction or nonfiction, that accentuates the atmospheric setting of a place or locale. So, for that reason, Fell Murder has been added officially to my LIST! Thanks. Judithhttps://readerinthewilderness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-39098983701349725762020-04-02T10:27:32.813+01:002020-04-02T10:27:32.813+01:00Susan: Well done on the x-stitch. I did heaps of t...Susan: Well done on the x-stitch. I did heaps of that back in the 1990s and still have my stash. I'm back knitting so perhaps I'll get back to x-stitch one day.<br /><br />Val: PLF is a real temptation I know, there are several more of his books that I would like to get. Nice to see I'm not alone in my attraction to 'blue' in all its guises. <br /><br />Lark: The BLCC books are absolutely wonderful, I think they've been a huge success with crime book lovers.<br /><br />Sam: Thank you. Yes, I've been about a bit this first quarter of 2020. LOL<br /><br />Thanks for the link to your review of The Outsider, I read your review on Goodreads so am assuming it's the same. I wasn't too bothered about the separate segments but I found the author to be a touch self-congratulatory. I did a bit of eye-rolling at times. <br /><br />Thank you... I think all of us are guilty of taking normalcy for granted, who knew it would turn into a military manoeuvre just to go get some shopping!<br /><br />Yvonne: Yes, Peter is in the medium high-risk group too. Not enough to qualify for vulnerable slots for home delivery and he's not quite 70 so we can't join the elderly queue at the supermarkets either. But it's fine, we're very lucky and have a daughter nearby who's helping out. <br /><br />Well done on the crocheted blanket! My scarf is like Topsy, 'growing and growing'. (I've just found out that growing 'like Topsy' is a quote from Uncle Tom's Cabin, well well!) <br /><br />Sorry about tempting you with more books! LOL<br /><br />Yes, I think April is very much going to be a stay at home month for much of the population. It still staggers me that it has been largely achievable to get 65 million people to do this. <br /><br />You stay safe too. xx<br /><br />Tracy: ECR Lorac was such a good writer, very strong on sense of place. <br /><br />Yes thanks, I'm fine, like you a bit up and down. The number of deaths in the UK yesterday was very sobering - over 500 - and I know it's bad in the US too. A lot of deep breaths are necessary at the moment and I'm so glad my primrose header cheers you up when you see it: small pleasures etc. <br /><br />Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-80837303125385108742020-04-02T05:21:11.041+01:002020-04-02T05:21:11.041+01:00I have read nothing by ECR Lorac but we have at le...I have read nothing by ECR Lorac but we have at least one in house, so will be reading that sometime. The Forsyth book sounds good and I look forward to hearing what you think of the Odessa File.<br /><br />I have up days and down days and get distracted easily. Otherwise things are fine, hope that is true for you too. I absolutely love your header photo and it brightens my day when I see it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-42782645441356462312020-04-01T23:06:44.858+01:002020-04-01T23:06:44.858+01:00Hi Cath,
Another great reading month and a good e...Hi Cath,<br /><br />Another great reading month and a good eclectic range of genres.<br /><br />I had thought that with the enforced lockdown (Dave is only actually in the mid-range vulnerability group, however his employers insisted that he must stay at home and by default, it was made clear that that meant me too!)I would get stuck into my reading and other hobbies and use up some of the excess of books, jigsaws and wool, I have secreted in just about every available cupboard space! Instead of which, I find myself endlessly wasting time, trying to convince myself that I am keeping busy, and actually doing very little.<br /><br />I have finished off one small crocheted blanket and started a new jigsaw and I should be able to finish my current book by the end of play tomorrow - Big Deal!<br /><br />I had also decided to stop endlessly adding books to my list, which I stand very little or no chance of ever reading. Then you come along with this great selection and I have picked out numbers 19, 20, 22 and 23 for special attention. I can't resist those vintage classics!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing and here's to a more productive April, now I have come to terms that I won't be going anywhere very much in April - not that I want to after seeing today's grim statistics.<br /><br />Stay Safe :)<br /><br />Yvonne<br />xx<br /> Yvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-15850944482033226702020-04-01T22:23:02.286+01:002020-04-01T22:23:02.286+01:00Not a bad reading month at all, Cath, especially c...Not a bad reading month at all, Cath, especially considering all the distractions we all have in our daily lives these days. You've covered a whole lot of ground this first quarter of the year.<br /><br />I read that Forsyth book back in 2016 and had a mixed reaction to it. I learned a lot of things about the man that surprised me, but those 60 separate segments were a little "jarring" sometimes and I had a hard time figuring out the timeframe of a few of them. If you're interested, here's a link to my review from January 2016: https://bookchase.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-outsider-my-life-in-intrigue.html<br /><br />So now it's on to April. Here's wishing you a great reading month, and the world a giant step toward the normalcy I so foolishly used to take for granted. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-54541876015906277662020-04-01T17:40:44.376+01:002020-04-01T17:40:44.376+01:00I love those British Library Crime Classics. They&...I love those British Library Crime Classics. They're such fun mysteries. Happy April! :DLark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-77931897255561577812020-04-01T17:22:18.082+01:002020-04-01T17:22:18.082+01:00The perils of your blog ...my book lists grows...a...The perils of your blog ...my book lists grows...and grows.... <br />Thanks for introducing me to PLF he was new to me and I see you are placing more temptation in my way ...<br />The book shop in your last post looks lovely and the colour of your choices somehow very satisfying ...I too love the pile of blue ...very appealing! xxxxValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-66317329999881572332020-04-01T17:14:01.091+01:002020-04-01T17:14:01.091+01:00Sounds like you had a great reading month! One of ...Sounds like you had a great reading month! One of the good things about this crazy quarantine is that we all have more time for reading and projects. I've got a cross-stitch pattern that I've been working on for months that I'm finally finishing up :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-11573367179514107432020-04-01T16:48:30.526+01:002020-04-01T16:48:30.526+01:00Pat: We're doing our best to stay in and away ...Pat: We're doing our best to stay in and away from danger, Peter being in the medium risk category, but lots worse off than him and us. You take care of yourself. *hugs you tightly*<br /><br />Prince Charles is now back out and about, he's filmed a message to the country which I must try and find somewhere. Hopefully The Queen is safely quarentined. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-88768132800157820122020-04-01T13:10:54.257+01:002020-04-01T13:10:54.257+01:00I will never know how you do it! Although we are ...I will never know how you do it! Although we are "sisters" none of that reading speed came to ME!! lol.. Love you... hoping you and P stay well through all of this. I got worried when Price Charles got it, but glad it was a mild case..hoping no one else in the family gets it!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com