tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post292210756643118003..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: A Bookish Catch-upCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-5819648092063705852019-11-06T10:48:32.465+11:002019-11-06T10:48:32.465+11:00An interesting selection. thanks!An interesting selection. thanks!Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985978221627051493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-2622015518042121202019-10-25T13:59:18.421+11:002019-10-25T13:59:18.421+11:00They're so nostalgic, aren't they!? I was ...They're so nostalgic, aren't they!? I was thinking of you when I was in the London bookshop & wondered how many books you & your son brought back with you. :)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-86757516811531809192019-10-25T13:01:12.265+11:002019-10-25T13:01:12.265+11:00Love the Batsford book covers! More reviews danger...Love the Batsford book covers! More reviews dangerous to the book budget!:)<br /><br />MargaretAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-73721220092367159352019-10-25T12:52:25.769+11:002019-10-25T12:52:25.769+11:00Thanks, Mudpuddle. I think I'm spoilt forever ...Thanks, Mudpuddle. I think I'm spoilt forever after visiting all those fantastic bookstores in the U.K. Every now & again I'm pleasantly surprised (or should I say absolutely thrilled!) when I find a good old vintage novel at the 2nd hand places here.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-19121167614711561272019-10-24T04:47:34.885+11:002019-10-24T04:47:34.885+11:00spectacular post!! Helen MacInnes is hard to beat...spectacular post!! Helen MacInnes is hard to beat; and how perspicacious of you to pick up on the changing statistics re Grant! I've read some of the above, but the others sound intriguing... i wish we had more of the British mysteries available in this country...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-69735772291928555802019-10-22T21:24:41.766+11:002019-10-22T21:24:41.766+11:00Hi Cleo, i think you meant A Shilling for Candles’...Hi Cleo, i think you meant A Shilling for Candles’?? One of our local libraries has that one &. Miss Pym Disposes, which isn’t an Inspector Grant book but id still like to read it. 🙂Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-89058941929519475732019-10-21T11:21:25.936+11:002019-10-21T11:21:25.936+11:00Ooo, fun! These look like great reads for travell...Ooo, fun! These look like great reads for travelling!<br /><br />My mom loves Helen MacInnes and I always INTEND to read her but never get around to it! 🙄<br /><br />I'll be interested on your take on The Singing Sands when you get to it. <br /><br />I love the look of those British Crime Classics! I have to read one soon!Cleo @ Classical Carouselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905841555134370538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-22489075531447645662019-10-20T17:12:08.675+11:002019-10-20T17:12:08.675+11:00Hi Ruthiella, I never thought to try to find that ...Hi Ruthiella, I never thought to try to find that series at the library. I tend not to go there too often these days after the last fine I had.:)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-62825280951986586832019-10-20T17:10:27.544+11:002019-10-20T17:10:27.544+11:00Hi Lark, Louis L'Amour is an author I've h...Hi Lark, Louis L'Amour is an author I've heard recommended (mostly for his Sackett books) but I haven't read anything by him yet. I have The Walking Drum which a book club I was in decided to read about 2 years ago but I still haven't started it.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-33969170643895699672019-10-20T16:32:24.245+11:002019-10-20T16:32:24.245+11:00I don’t travel very often but I find it distracti...I don’t travel very often but I find it distracting to read. I usually end up people watching instead of reading. So when I do bring a book it has to be pretty plot driven to help me ignore all the noise around me. <br />I’ve never tried Helen Macinnes but I’d like to give her a try. Also Eric Ambler is a spy writer I’ve been meaning to try…so many books, so little time!<br />I’m not a fan of Christie’s espionage thrillers either. I am, however, really interested now in trying one of the books she wrote under the pseudonym Mary Wetsmacott because I think they are more along the lines of Mary Stewart or Daphne Du Maurier’s romantic suspense novels. <br /><br />I really liked The Man in the Queue as well. I loved all the details required to solve the crime, like laundry marks and the like. I wonder if Tey just didn’t realize she gave a conflicting description of Grant. Christie also occasionally makes slips in continuity like that, making a character the wrong age or something. I read The Daughter of Time first so the image of a larger man is how I imagine Grant as well. If Tey describes him differently elsewhere I just ignore it!<br /><br />Both John Bude books sound good to me. I’ve seen those British Crime classics all over the blogosphere but never seen one “in the flesh” so to speak. I just checks and my libraray has two OTHER titles from him: The Cornish coast murder and The Cheltenham Square Murder, however. I will put them on my list to check out!Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-27712204532347751502019-10-20T03:38:35.604+11:002019-10-20T03:38:35.604+11:00I find Agatha Christie's novels are always goo...I find Agatha Christie's novels are always good company when traveling. And I've been reading...and enjoying...a lot of the British Library Crime Classics this year, too. I also like a good supernatural suspense or urban fantasy book when I'm on the go because they pull my attention in so quickly. (And if you ever decide to try a western again...I've always preferred Louis L'Amour to Zane Grey.) Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-51223099801470419022019-10-19T21:21:09.705+11:002019-10-19T21:21:09.705+11:00Moby Dick...that might have helped me sleep on the...Moby Dick...that might have helped me sleep on the plane :)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-25398793309881152852019-10-19T19:13:02.905+11:002019-10-19T19:13:02.905+11:00You read some interesting and worthy books when tr...You read some interesting and worthy books when traveling. I do so not match my reading to my circumstances, but I should. I should emulate you and read lighter stuff when traveling. Instead I remember reading Moby Dick while away. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com