Reading as a cheap hobby

PipneyJane

Brie said:

Any one read any of Joan Aiken's???

‘One of the most beloved writers of all time’: the genius of Joan Aiken at 100

I’ve never heard of her, @Brie . Will have a browse.

I’ve finished a book!  On Friday, one of the ladies at my MacMoves exercise class recommended the DCI Ryan series of books by L J Ross.  Immediately after I got home, I downloaded the first in the series, Holy Island and started to read  It’s set on Lindisfarne.  

It’s a good book and I can thoroughly recommend it.  There are a couple of annoyances:  Scene Of Crime Officers (SOCO’s) constantly being referred to as “CSI’s” being a major one.  However, it’s well written, full of suspense, and, no, I didn’t guess the identity of the murderer.

- Pip

Brambling

I love the Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway books and was sad when she finished the series. I've been given four of her Brighton mysteries but haven't started them yet.  Has anyone read her new book called The Frozen People? I'll look out for it in CSs but seeing as it is new I'm assuming I'll have to wait awhile.

LR Ross' Holy Island and a couple of others are on the to read pile.  

Floss

PipneyJane said:

It’s a good book and I can thoroughly recommend it.  There are a couple of annoyances:  Scene Of Crime Officers (SOCO’s) constantly being referred to as “CSI’s” being a major one.  However, it’s well written, full of suspense, and, no, I didn’t guess the identity of the murderer.

To be fair, my local Police force have CSI vans.

cbsexec

I’ve ordered a copy of frozen people from the library.  Hope I get it soon   

Brie

cbsexec said:

I’ve ordered a copy of frozen people from the library.  Hope I get it soon   

You had me worried about ordering frozen people.  A bit like ordering frozen pizza......

Brambling

cbsexec said:

I’ve ordered a copy of frozen people from the library.  Hope I get it soon   

Can you let us know what you think about it, i imagine there's a wait list

mehefin

Just been down a rabbit hole whilst clearing out some stuff. A whole series of Thelwell books! Just what I needed to lighten some of the gloom. Got some good reading suggestions going through this thread - have to see what the library has now.

Ditzy_Mitzy

Brie said:

Any one read any of Joan Aiken's???

‘One of the most beloved writers of all time’: the genius of Joan Aiken at 100

Yes, I read some of her children's books when I was young.  Sadly, that was a very long time ago, so I don't remember much beyond the fact that I enjoyed them.  

A quick scout about suggests that I read The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and various Dido Twite novels.  Have got a dim memory of something about an evil industrialist, a mill and an underground railway, too, but can't think of the title.  

Good stuff, although reading as a child is often better than doing so as an adult.  Children often aren't burdened with the knowledge of the pragmatic and the mundane that fetters the adult imagination.  I still read, of course, but lost the ability to decouple the imaginative engine from the parochial brake many years ago.  It's not quite the same as the freewheeling days, somehow.  

Savvy_Sue

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

Good stuff, although reading as a child is often better than doing so as an adult.  Children often aren't burdened with the knowledge of the pragmatic and the mundane that fetters the adult imagination.  I still read, of course, but lost the ability to decouple the imaginative engine from the parochial brake many years ago.  It's not quite the same as the freewheeling days, somehow.  

Maybe sometimes. But I remember my tutor at University - College rather than academic, so looking after my welfare rather than my education - lent me some children's books which I re-read with great enjoyment, and they helped me get through a huge bout of depression ... 

Floss

mehefin said:

Just been down a rabbit hole whilst clearing out some stuff. A whole series of Thelwell books! Just what I needed to lighten some of the gloom. Got some good reading suggestions going through this thread - have to see what the library has now.

Oh how lovely Mehefin, I loved the Thelwell books!