The good, the not so good and the other one.................that's my take on 4 books read in the last couple of weeks from the most recent mobile library collection.
The good were two crime fiction books by two authors I'd read before and enjoyed. Both of these authors originally wrote some of their crime series over 10 years ago but I've only just discovered them.
The library have all the Christina Koning series which have all been recently republished either in stock or on order, as I suggested they purchase the two in the series they didn't have.
There are very few of Jim Kelly's older books in the library. He's written three different series going back to early 2000's. They've got all of his most recent Cambridge Nighthawk series (2018 - 2025) which I've read but the one below is from The Detective Inspector Shaw and DS Valentine series (2008- 2016) set on the Norfolk coast and they only have a couple of these. I don't know if they had them all at any time in the past.
The not so good was this collection of short modern crime stories all written recently specially for this book by various authors. Some were so weird I couldn't follow the story at all. Most of the authors I'd never heard of and won't be looking for more of their work for sure!
The other one was this non-fiction book by
Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner who has been called in to advise and support survivors in many disaster situations. She has stories of how some help in these situations is really no help at all and more about how long recovery can take. Not sure I learned from it although there is one idea that often comes up on 'prepper' websites and that is to have a 'grab bag' ready just in case it's necessary to leave home very quickly.
Just last week people living near Whitby in Yorkshire were advised to have a bag ready in case they were told to leave due to the huge moorland fires that were sometimes out of control around them.
Hopefully recent rain there has helped.
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In the past we haven't paid much attention to prepper things but following COVID and the weather extremes becoming more frequent I'm more mindful. A stocked pantry , first aid supplies, essentials etc are now in place, haven't done a grab bag yet but might be sensible. Expect the unexpected.
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