tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post8536425820266299769..comments2023-11-01T02:35:48.057+00:00Comments on Geranium Cat's Bookshelf: September round-upGeraniumCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-20012492753337056732013-10-06T18:21:32.282+01:002013-10-06T18:21:32.282+01:00I really have to give Ann Cleeves a second chance....I really have to give Ann Cleeves a second chance. I have failed miserably with her Vera Stanhope books - I simply couldn't believe in her as a character - but perhaps I would fair better with the Shetland series. I think I have the first one on my e-reader account so when I've finished what I'm reading there I must give it a go.Alexhttp://thinkinginfragments.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-85458164611494895222013-10-03T12:59:04.539+01:002013-10-03T12:59:04.539+01:00For me the loss of routine is difficult, especiall...For me the loss of routine is difficult, especially as the work is intermittent. I should be able to plan ahead better than I do currently - prepare some posts in the quiet times that will do for the busy ones. But I do find that if they hang around too long they sort of go off the boil...GeraniumCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-51889522198970003302013-10-02T18:46:07.113+01:002013-10-02T18:46:07.113+01:00Good to see you back. It really is hard to juggle ...Good to see you back. It really is hard to juggle self-employment and regular blogging. It is a battle I am currently loosing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-18255662844688668822013-10-02T14:14:12.657+01:002013-10-02T14:14:12.657+01:00I thought The Boy Who Could See Demons was very go...I thought The Boy Who Could See Demons was very good, must see if the author has written anything else. I liked the Patrick Ness book a lot too, I don't think I said.GeraniumCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-43119880042687946792013-10-02T14:10:59.675+01:002013-10-02T14:10:59.675+01:00I've really missed blogging, Susan, and all th...I've really missed blogging, Susan, and all the friends I've made through it. And I'm always happy to add to other people's book lists :-)<br /><br />I haven't read the Shetland series, though we watched it on television (very good) but we adore Vera - really recommend it both for reading and watching. And of course I love the Northumberland setting in the TV series, it's wonderfully bleak at times. I shall get the Shetland ones from the library.<br /><br />News of the drawing and other ventures will no doubt start to creep in over the winter, though I've got copy-editing work at the moment so I don't have much time. But I'm still a bit nervous of talking about it too much!GeraniumCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-23396074382915408782013-10-01T14:34:47.056+01:002013-10-01T14:34:47.056+01:00I just finished Murder in Thrall by Cleeve's, ...I just finished Murder in Thrall by Cleeve's, the first in a new series. And I read The Boy Who Could See Demons this summer. I liked both of them very much!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-3603389540367947472013-10-01T04:00:21.904+01:002013-10-01T04:00:21.904+01:00yaay, you're back! lol I've been missing ...yaay, you're back! lol I've been missing you this summer/year, though it's understandable with everything going on for you this year. It's good to see a post from you - and one that has added to my list of books I want, I might add! lol must look into the Burran series!<br /><br />I quite like the Hamish McBeth series - at first I avoided them because I enjoyed the tv series so much. Then I missed the tv series so I decided to try the books. I am slowly going through them. They are fun, cozy, and delightful with the Scottish characters and the settings. I like Hamish very much too. he is much more serious and thoughtful than comes across in the series.<br /><br />I've been reading Cleeves' other series, the Shetland series, so while I wait for the newest one to come out here, I was looking at the Vera series - it does look interesting and she looks like quite a character. I think if you and Cath enjoy it so much, I will give her a go. I know we've had the tv series over here occasionally, but not sure where it is right now. <br /><br />Lovely catch up post, and good luck with the drawing (you have to tell us more!!) and self-employment. It is a little scary and exhilarating - I was self-employed for 4 years in the 1990s.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-42193788390143642032013-09-30T18:39:29.572+01:002013-09-30T18:39:29.572+01:00This was a good update, and I am sure I am not the...This was a good update, and I am sure I am not the only one who is looking forward to more of the kind :-)<br />It is so good being able to support your mobile library. I used to LOVE going to ours when I was a kid; at that time, I never thought I would end up becoming a librarian myself, working at the central library which fed that same mobile one I went to all those years ago.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-88799491600827783222013-09-30T16:40:47.439+01:002013-09-30T16:40:47.439+01:00Thanks, Cath - it's good to be back, but it do...Thanks, Cath - it's good to be back, but it does feel a bit like starting over.<br /><br />I thought of you while reading the Tessa Hainsworth book - be interested to know what you make of it.GeraniumCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-62486739706772056982013-09-30T11:51:46.900+01:002013-09-30T11:51:46.900+01:00Vera is one of my favourite crime series on TV. I ...Vera is one of my favourite crime series on TV. I think Brenda Blethyn is a genius, so wonderful to have a female heroine who is not a stick insect or glamorous in any way.<br /><br />I have Tessa Hainsworth's Up With the Larks but have not read it yet. I must. I can't be Cornish and not read every Cornish book available can I? LOL<br /><br />Ah yes, Wycliffe. What a misery the actor was but I still liked the series very much. Location spotting was my favourite bit of watching it. <br /><br />Nice post. And nice to see you posting again.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com