tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post7641373693508205559..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: What are you reading...Frances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-73499887144813118762014-06-14T14:16:58.247+01:002014-06-14T14:16:58.247+01:00The latest Donna Leon. Love that other view of Ven...The latest Donna Leon. Love that other view of Venice and the character of Brunetti. It often seems to be crime writers who give us believable complex characters, a great sense if place and some social critique eg out Peter Temple. JeanJayviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358384803437366118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-50388150785854799742014-06-12T09:13:15.008+01:002014-06-12T09:13:15.008+01:00Thanks, Frances. I'll look out for it.Thanks, Frances. I'll look out for it.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-51451429222057325432014-06-12T08:32:47.974+01:002014-06-12T08:32:47.974+01:00If ' Cuckoo" was in book form, rather tha...If ' Cuckoo" was in book form, rather than on my Kindle ( iPad) I would send it to you…do give it a try if you happen across it. Not read " A Casual Vacancy" though several copies have passed through the Oxfam bookshop where I help out. That one got poor reviews.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-8712129941994375452014-06-11T18:36:48.347+01:002014-06-11T18:36:48.347+01:00Hi, Frances. I read his column in The Times. He wr...Hi, Frances. I read his column in The Times. He writes well, doesn't he. I'm ashamed to say I haven't tried JKR in either of her genres.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-50933344201382842182014-06-11T17:39:48.715+01:002014-06-11T17:39:48.715+01:00I am reading " The Cuckoo's Calling"...I am reading " The Cuckoo's Calling" by R. Galbraith aka J.k.Rowling…it is a book club read and I am really enjoying it. She describes a place so well, that I feel I am there, and the characters all seem very real. Earlier this year I read " The boy with the topknot", which is a biography of a sikh young man and his early life in Wolverhampton, and as he got older and more and more " westernised" his determination to marry someone he loved rather than have an arranged marriage…it was a very interesting insight into a culture I am not familiar with.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-44728003136242520292014-06-11T16:32:25.787+01:002014-06-11T16:32:25.787+01:00Oh dear. Am I so predictable? Actually, although...Oh dear. Am I so predictable? Actually, although I'd flirted with the idea, I decided not to.<br /><br />I agree with your substantive comment of course.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-6737797181791629902014-06-11T15:07:57.389+01:002014-06-11T15:07:57.389+01:00I love those books, Patsy. The trouble is, they ar...I love those books, Patsy. The trouble is, they are so similar that I can never remember which I have and haven't read before. But then, does it matter?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-57090811404683674792014-06-11T15:06:57.611+01:002014-06-11T15:06:57.611+01:00Just deserts on this occasion, GB.Just deserts on this occasion, GB.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-76013263744971916992014-06-11T15:05:43.299+01:002014-06-11T15:05:43.299+01:00GB, as a fellow pedant, I would suggest that to me...GB, as a fellow pedant, I would suggest that to mention what you are "reading at the moment" is an acceptable colloquialism; like, for instance (in modern parlance) who you are "seeing at the moment" (ie whom you are in a relationship with). You might not be actually seeing them as you speak, but the listener will know what you mean. Unless the listener is, well, an ultra-pedant?<br /><br />Interesting selection of books. Thank you!<br /><br />PS And please don't tell me I ended a sentence with a preposition. I know. Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-3713279633236753772014-06-11T14:57:17.917+01:002014-06-11T14:57:17.917+01:00Thanks, GB.Thanks, GB.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-42774689655407324542014-06-11T14:56:43.173+01:002014-06-11T14:56:43.173+01:00Thanks, Teresa.Thanks, Teresa.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-57801511897096450472014-06-11T08:47:33.905+01:002014-06-11T08:47:33.905+01:00I think you would enjoy his books, Frances. I like...I think you would enjoy his books, Frances. I like the Dr Siri ones best (The Coroner's Lunch is the first in the series) xTeresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-9287862625659710312014-06-11T08:11:49.996+01:002014-06-11T08:11:49.996+01:00No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McC...No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. I've read it before but not the others in the series so I thought I'd start from the beginning and read them all.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-1227001560871021912014-06-11T08:03:32.306+01:002014-06-11T08:03:32.306+01:00I do wish that I'd proof-read my comments prop...I do wish that I'd proof-read my comments properly before letting them enter the public domain.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-44865924991206923582014-06-11T08:02:02.801+01:002014-06-11T08:02:02.801+01:00You have accuse me before of being a pedant. You ...You have accuse me before of being a pedant. You are probably correct. When I was reading the words 'What are you reading at the moment' my immediate reaction was 'your blog post'. <br /><br />What am I reading at the moment?<br /><br />Advent Cataclysm by Sarah Quinn (a young Island writer).<br />The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith<br />NewZealand Holiday by Rosemary Rees (pub 1933 my copy 1936)<br />How to Look at a Painting by Justin PatonGraham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-77142078584900497512014-06-11T07:54:08.707+01:002014-06-11T07:54:08.707+01:00I couldn't get into The Book Thief either alth...I couldn't get into The Book Thief either although I tried several times: irritating style. The film was terrific though.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-46296979444027952932014-06-11T07:53:04.674+01:002014-06-11T07:53:04.674+01:00Now that really surprises me Frances. I enjoyed F...Now that really surprises me Frances. I enjoyed Fallen Women. I enjoyed the others too.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-47869825027678495672014-06-10T22:17:03.777+01:002014-06-10T22:17:03.777+01:00Paula, I loved I Capture the Castle.It's worth...Paula, I loved I Capture the Castle.It's worth persevering with it. <br /><br />How's the writing going?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-66316376049062765792014-06-10T22:16:10.436+01:002014-06-10T22:16:10.436+01:00Thanks, Tim. I'll check those out.Thanks, Tim. I'll check those out.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-11463185275780780232014-06-10T22:15:17.992+01:002014-06-10T22:15:17.992+01:00I couldn't get on with The Book Thief, Libby, ...I couldn't get on with The Book Thief, Libby, but lots of people seem to have loved it.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-54790496061411025392014-06-10T22:14:15.994+01:002014-06-10T22:14:15.994+01:00I'll look into those, Maggie.I'll look into those, Maggie.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-51689157915852899122014-06-10T22:13:45.887+01:002014-06-10T22:13:45.887+01:00I'm glad you l ike Fallen Women, Adrian. Not l...I'm glad you l ike Fallen Women, Adrian. Not least because it's the least successful of my books...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-19100907913226758562014-06-10T22:12:23.863+01:002014-06-10T22:12:23.863+01:00I haven't read any Colin Cotterill. Looks inte...I haven't read any Colin Cotterill. Looks interesting!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-92065967384961913822014-06-10T21:25:07.935+01:002014-06-10T21:25:07.935+01:00Just started read Dodie Smith I capture the castle...Just started read Dodie Smith I capture the castle... I'm enjoying reading it but the plot is very slow and I have no idea what sort of genre it is.. etc. romance etc. The best book I've read so far this year is one I picked up in a charity shop and what go me hook was the opening paragraph... First published in 1954 it's the Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston. It was magical. I love finding new old book and getting hooked with the opening line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-47281314304964808372014-06-10T18:43:54.620+01:002014-06-10T18:43:54.620+01:00Current read: The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Chi...Current read: The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers.<br />Best read: tricky one, there are three or four equal firsts, but if I'm only allowed one, I'll go for: Under Another Sky, Charlotte Higgins.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.com