Friday 14 January 2022

The January Library Book Photo

Thank you to everyone for so many comments yesterday. There were some good memories.General consensus was that some of the energy/money saving ideas were a good idea and have been used for years by anyone with commonsense, some people are able to take offense at anything and home energy prices are going up everywhere which is going to cause real hardship for many people.
 Personally, after years of  frugal living in cold houses without central heating, where the only heat was after the fire was lit, years of reading the meter everyday so that we could work out where to cut down and scrimping and saving to achieve our goals, I'm very glad to be able to afford a warm house. Coming out of my cold bedroom(I never heat my bedroom) into the warm hallway and living room every morning is a pleasure that I'd rather not be without anymore.

Now to the real subject of today's post........................

 I collected the books that I'd reserved online from the library van yesterday.

Mostly crime, 3 by authors that were new to me last month (Marion Todd and Jim Eldridge......see last months photo below). The Devils Dice is a completely new-to-me author - noted from a pen-friends letter. The Pimlico Murder and Three Dog Problem are new books by crime authors I've read before. At the top is another collection of pieces by Alison Uttley which has come out of County Reserve and Ask a Policeman on the right was originally published in 1933 and is a collaboration between several famous crime authors of the time.
The Long Field by Pamela Petro is about her love and longing for Wales from where she lives in the U.S and right at the bottom Christmas at River Cottage is mainly recipes with other things thrown in by Lucy Brazier with notes and recipes by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 

 Last months books, below, have been read or returned un-read, although I've  kept  'Veg In One Bed' and 'Forecast', the book about the weather changes, for another month.

The two new-to-me crime authors were both a success, which is why there are others by them in my new pile. I didn't read Sitopia - too dull and Little Stories of Your Life is about writing about your life, which I do on the blog anyway. I'm trying to read Forecast which is good but I keep getting sidetracked by things more interesting.

As usual the books I've finished are all listed on the separate Books Read pages - some in 2022 and some at the end of 2021.

Back Tomorrow
Sue


14 comments:

  1. I really must check out Jim Eldridge crime novels - for years I've loved listening to his King Street Junior Series on Radio 4/4 Extra. I'm not surprised you've kept the Veg book a little longer, there is so much in it.

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    1. I'm not sure where I came across his name - not from radio or his childrens books - but there are 7 in his museum crime series and 3 in the hotel series so several to look forward to.

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  2. That looks like an awesome reading pile. I agree, a warm house is amazing, especially after knowing what a cold house is like.

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    1. It's so good to have them all brought to me all at once on the library van - love a good month of books

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  3. Another interesting collection of books by a lot of authors I've never heard of. Enjoy your quiet reading time.

    Going back to yesterday - for my first nine years I grew up in a house with ice on the inside of bedroom windows, coats on the bed for extra warmth etc and it never did me any harm.

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    1. I've been half snooker watching and half reading all week.

      Yes, my bedroom as a child for years had no heating and no such thing as double glazing but we survived

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  4. I work in a used bookstore, and I am embarrassed to say I have not read a book since before the holidays. I read just about everything but prefer historical fiction. There are just not enough hours in the day sometimes.
    cathy

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    1. I race through books when they are good and read as well as watching TV

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  5. That is a nice pile for you to read through this month.
    I just finished V2 by Robert Harris which is different than my normal reading of mysteries. Set in WWII I would call it historical fiction as some is real but much is imagined by the author. I couldn't put it down and stayed up late last night to finish it!

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    1. V2 was brilliant - I've read a few of his books. Munich has just been turned into a film which sound good

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  6. Another good pile of books to look forward to. I was almost tempted to buy the River Cottage book, but then decided against it as I have got rid of most of our collection now. You'll have to let me know what you think of it, not that I can buy it this year of course :-(

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  7. I will be looking into Jim Eldridge .. I can see two of his books in our library. They appear to be popular so I will need to put a hold on them.

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  8. Ahh, I see more books to add to my list. Thank you.

    God bless.

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  9. I'm going to check out the Marion Todd books. They look to be available on Kindle, but I shall check with the library first. Our library is closed again due to rising Covid cases though there is a curbside pick-up available. Sigh. By the way, I really enjoy seeing your books you get from the library. Once I have read some in my own library I shall have to try our local library instead of buying more!

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