Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Nov 17, 2017 14:21:10 GMT
I had read a couple of the books, then saw the TV series, then discovered the audio. Was slightly thrown by Neil Pearson , who is in everything, being in this too.
Goodnight Sweet Prince. A fictional take on the death of Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Eddy. A bit slow to get going and a real plethora of characters to get my pea brain around but warming up nicely.
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Dec 20, 2017 22:32:50 GMT
Relistening to the first Jackson Lamb spy book ‘ Slow Horses’ , this got me through the uncomfortable nights when I first had my ankle done and had to wear a cast, then a boot in bed. Mick Herron bases his hero on Andy Daziel and also refers to Le Carré’s Moscow Rules a couple of times. Very entertaining.
Jumping in Puddles by Claire Allen. In a small gossipy Irish town, Detta starts a group for four people who are alone, a single teenage mother, a widow, and a man and woman united by the fact that their husband/wife ran off with each other. I tend to alternate detective/Scandi Noir with something I wouldn't normally pick from the shelf if I had to pay for it. I am rarely disappointed and this is a delight.
It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.
I'm half way through The Guide To Middle Earth (not sure who it's by), an unofficial guide to the world and the people created by JRR Tolkien. I know most of it anyway, but it's helping me to get my head around some of the more obscure stuff that I don't know.
I've finished The Guide To Middle Earth, and my next book will probably be a collection of some of Terry Pratchett's earlier, unpublished short stories that I bought at a charity shop a couple of weeks ago.