tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post7363225042165373282..comments2024-02-28T10:45:39.037+00:00Comments on Threading thoughts : Recent and current reading ... and anticipationsOlga Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-60273880338705179292016-12-09T14:12:39.058+00:002016-12-09T14:12:39.058+00:00I shouldn't think so - it will be a while befo...I shouldn't think so - it will be a while before I get round to it, if I keep on with this series. I also wondered about reading one of her non Culver Valley titles rather than persisting in the rut.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-35917098935733794482016-12-09T11:24:12.022+00:002016-12-09T11:24:12.022+00:00I hope I did not spoil The Narrow Bed for you, Olg...I hope I did not spoil The Narrow Bed for you, Olga. I will explore the other three writers you have mentioned.Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-46576339285828039472016-12-09T09:44:06.660+00:002016-12-09T09:44:06.660+00:00I have only completed reading the first six of Sop...I have only completed reading the first six of Sophie Hannah's Culver Valley books, so have not yet reached The Narrow Bed. I do enjoy her characters and their interactions, but am finding her plots increasingly unbelievable/contrived.<br />Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh are both from early to mid 20th century, and the Jill Paton Walsh books I've been reading are further imagined stories of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. I so enjoy the difference in language and vocabulary, the sayings, the social interactions, etc. A lightweight equivalent to reading a 19th century novel I suppose.<br /><br />We did go to the RA to see the Abstract Expressionists last weekend, and I realised how little I really knew about them all. However, I have so much else to catch up with before I embark on that exploration. We did enjoy the exhibition.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-54907214504446048182016-12-08T17:18:41.896+00:002016-12-08T17:18:41.896+00:00A good mix of titles, Olga.
I enjoyed Exposure - ...A good mix of titles, Olga.<br /><br />I enjoyed Exposure - Helen Dunmore never disappoints. The other four of your top fiction titles are waiting to be read and I'm looking forward to reading them now that they are recommended.<br /><br />I like Sophie Hannah's crime thrillers, and I enjoyed The Narrow Bed (I'm assuming that's the one you read), until I got to the motive for the murders which I thought was stupid and totally unrealistic. It spoilt it for me.<br /><br />I don't know the rest of the mystery authors you mention. Maybe I should explore.<br /><br />Finally, I am hoping to get to see the Abstract Expressionism exhibition, and I think I will wait before I look at the book.Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.com