tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post7683525222379109620..comments2024-03-27T23:34:27.671+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Catching up with reviews and currently readingCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-90375839072266935722021-11-28T22:44:46.683+00:002021-11-28T22:44:46.683+00:00Anca: Yes, I definitely think the London Fog book ...Anca: Yes, I definitely think the London Fog book is one to get as a library book, hope you have some success finding it.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-49305083166955432022021-11-26T17:13:19.851+00:002021-11-26T17:13:19.851+00:00I am intrigued by Into the London Fog, especially ...I am intrigued by Into the London Fog, especially as it has non-fiction essays too. I will search for it any the libraries. xxAncahttps://www.coffeeandbooks.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-28143515323087481432021-11-24T22:56:02.580+00:002021-11-24T22:56:02.580+00:00Sam: Yes, that's a good cover on The Lantern M...Sam: Yes, that's a good cover on The Lantern Men. Very bleak and lonely like parts of the Norfolk countryside are. Yes, there is huge character progression right from the start in the Ruth Galloway series so book 12, which this is, would not be the best place to start.<br /><br />I've decided to at least try to read Deep South over a year. We'll see how it goes. I've put it away until the 21st. of December, the start of winter, but I may in fact leave it alone until the new year. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-63117515586461659342021-11-21T05:16:05.329+00:002021-11-21T05:16:05.329+00:00I love the cover of The Lantern Men...alone, it is...I love the cover of The Lantern Men...alone, it is enough to make me curious about the book. I'm sure it won't surprise you, though, that I'm unfamiliar with the series - and jumping in at book number 16, especially if the main character has gone through some recent changes, seems a little risky. I'll have to look at the earlier books in the series, I think.<br /><br />Deep South is still one of my favorite "travel" books...and one of my favorite Paul Theroux books, too. Savoring it the way you describe may be the perfect way to read it.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-28427620070570075812021-11-20T22:49:47.047+00:002021-11-20T22:49:47.047+00:00Pat: I think it's to do with my short attentio...Pat: I think it's to do with my short attention span... I need lots of different types of books to keep my interest. LOLCathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-76860355861528905512021-11-20T14:35:48.793+00:002021-11-20T14:35:48.793+00:00You have the widest variety of reading of anyone I...You have the widest variety of reading of anyone I know!! That's my "sis"!!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-40405634938639850862021-11-20T10:33:02.237+00:002021-11-20T10:33:02.237+00:00Tracy: I've managed the slow reading thing a c...Tracy: I've managed the slow reading thing a couple of times but by and large I'm not that great at it either. I either lose interest altogether or forget to grab it when I should and end up reading about spring in August. We'll see how this goes...<br /><br />The RG books can be a bit frustrating at times. Excellent plot and characterisation but oh my goodness, can't Ruth and Harry see what's so obvious to the rest of us?<br /><br />Yes, I've come around to essays over the past few years too. But a few a year is enough, I couldn't live on a diet of them. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-86835780508973408122021-11-20T10:28:12.299+00:002021-11-20T10:28:12.299+00:00Lark: That happens sometimes. And sometimes it doe...Lark: That happens sometimes. And sometimes it doesn't matter and you can slip back in no problem, other times it does and I end up rereading a couple of books to get back into the swing of the series. I think with the Ruth Galloway books you could probably get back into them without rereading.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-53005106635338443592021-11-20T05:50:49.498+00:002021-11-20T05:50:49.498+00:00I am glad you are liking Deep South. I will have t...I am glad you are liking Deep South. I will have to find a copy someday. I like the idea of reading the book slowly like that but I have never been successful at that.<br /><br />Also glad that you continue to like the Elly Griffiths series. I am very far behind you but I will continue moving on in the series.<br /><br />I got very into essays last year, bought a few books of essays, then moved onto something else. I do hope I get back to them someday.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-36811664104372390322021-11-19T21:14:33.401+00:002021-11-19T21:14:33.401+00:00I'm so far behind in Griffiths' Ruth Gallo...I'm so far behind in Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series. I can't even remember now which ones I've read. I hate when that happens. And I really don't want to start over from the beginning, you know? Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-6199183379240523812021-11-19T16:37:32.930+00:002021-11-19T16:37:32.930+00:00Margaret: Yes, the essay by Virginia Woolf was cal...Margaret: Yes, the essay by Virginia Woolf was called Street Haunting. Such a lovely atmosphere of London streets on a cold winter's afternoon just as it's getting dark. And the bookshop was wonderful. <br /><br />Thank you, thank you, thank you. I've been racking my brain trying to remember the name of the author who wrote all those Greek books in the 60s and 70s. Mary Renault! I knew they were excellent and that I wanted to read them but do you think I could remember her name? Anyway, I can't wait to hear what you think of the the first Alexander the Great book. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-40479766362526863762021-11-19T16:31:42.275+00:002021-11-19T16:31:42.275+00:00Val: I can already recommend the Paul Theroux, but...Val: I can already recommend the Paul Theroux, but there's only so much time in the day and you have a busy life.<br /><br />I've only got to one Lawrence Durrell myself. I have his Provence one lined up for the European challenge for next year though, so hopefully that will change. I also have your Walloon Days lined up for the challenge and Lisa's second book about her time in Galicia. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-52493770042056051042021-11-19T16:28:51.255+00:002021-11-19T16:28:51.255+00:00Yvonne: I won't say I was disappointed with th...Yvonne: I won't say I was disappointed with the London Fog book but it really wasn't what I was expecting. Sometimes this can be a good thing but here it left me feeling rather ambivilent. I apparently have 1,327 books on my 'Want to read' shelf on Goodreads. That's ridiculous so I need to go through that and be sensible about what I am actually going to get to. You made me laugh with your 'classics' comment.<br /><br />And also with your 'How many Elly Griffiths books do you think I've read?' Believe me, you're no worse than me.<br /><br />As far as I know Paul Theroux's travel books have never been featured on TV. In fact, very few classic travel writers ever seem to be. Writing-wise TV channels only seem to have heard of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and P.D. James. <br /><br />Thank you. I will. Thanks for stopping by.<br />Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-77972710747379923812021-11-19T16:05:34.144+00:002021-11-19T16:05:34.144+00:00This has reminded me I have couple of books of Woo...This has reminded me I have couple of books of Woolf's essays,and I still haven't read them all! I think I've read one about a secondhand bookshop, called Street Haunting? I am behind with Elly Griffiths' books, so I really want to get back to them.<br /><br />I've just started to read Mary Renault's Alexander the Great trilogy, so I'm refreshing my knowledge of Greek Myths too. That Waterfield book looks very useful!Margaret @ BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-73071963646732833702021-11-19T14:03:26.652+00:002021-11-19T14:03:26.652+00:00Ooh, I'd love to read the Paul Theroux one, bu...Ooh, I'd love to read the Paul Theroux one, but I MUST get through some of my existing pile first. I still haven't got to Lawrence Durrell yet. Sigh. Time...I need more time!Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-67680579755347214472021-11-19T13:15:04.055+00:002021-11-19T13:15:04.055+00:00I had thought that 'Into The London Fog' m...I had thought that 'Into The London Fog' might be worth taking a look at, however your honesty about the book has had me removing that one from my 'wish list', as I don't want to keep books on there which I know I shall never read! That takes my Goodreads 'Want To Read' total down to a mere 1,102!!! I have spent a few short periods rationalising other aspects of my Goodreads account, so I really do need to tackle that 'Want To Read' list next, as some of the first books to be added will probably be described as 'classics' by now :) :)<br /><br />I have all the Elly Griffiths books on my Kindle, so 'The Lantern Men' will most certainly have to join them. Guess how many of those I have gotten around to reading - I'll bet you can't!! :)<br /><br />I quite enjoy watching Louis Theroux's travels on the TV, but this is not the kind of book I could sit and read, not visual enough for me I don't think. I must see if Paul's writing was similarly adapted for television.<br /><br />Thanks for another lovely post and I hope you manage to have a peaceful weekend :)Yvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.com