Your commentary - in relation to Robert Leeson's book bring to my mind Thatcher's Britain in which community tensions that you reference were ever present !
I've had a lazy day. It's spring here, and the start of spring means hay fever for me. The main impact is in my eyes - itchy and sometimes sore, generating gunk to protect themselves but which impedes my vision (mostly detail in what I'm seeing, but that includes making reading a bit of a chore as I need to focus on the individual letters). So mostly being lazy - although I did get one of the local magpies out singing on my balcony because I hadn't put any food out. He'd flown off when I took the food out, but came back and landed next to me while I put the food down. I've been putting food out for the birds since 2019 when the big bushfires we had meant that the insects they normally eat were in low supply.
Oh I enjoyed your daily episodes!!! I used to read Mary Higgins Clark in high school (in the 80s)...I probably read four or so of them...they were very engaging, as I remember. Just about to finish The Music Shop (Rachel Joyce), which you recommended kinda casually over the summer - really loving it 🤓📚
Hi Paul. I think the insomnia is going around I haven't slept for five nights now. It's beginning to be a problem. I remember the Genie book from school. I remember reading it but don't remember anything about it, so your recap was nice. Carry on reading what you are enjoying, it's always nice to have a streak of good books!
Always loved Nigel Kneale and am currently reading Tomato Cain, which is the collection you mentioned. Unsurprisingly it has an intro by Mark Gatiss!😄 It does contain The Pond although I haven’t reached it yet. I’ve never really enjoyed short story collections - more of a fat novel guy but I’m actively trying to read more.
I've got insomnia due to my housemates. A Beagle and a coonhound/terrier mix. Both who think 12 am - 2am is bonding time with daddy. I constantly switch gears with my reading if not feeling it. My cat only lets me pick her up. When its time to feed her or clean up het litter. She thinks she is her namesake (Eartha Kitty).
Insomnia seems to be the fashion this week. I couldn't sleep last night and today is a very sleepy day. I have been reading Stephen King's 'Cycle of the Werewolf' this week. It was an OK story - nothing groundbreaking, even in the 80s, but well told. The illustrations by Bernie Wrightson were a really nice touch. Not sure it was worth the £12.45 I paid though.
I went to clean my own Library Room (dubbed The Zero Room) which is a shambles...But my cat, Willy, (yes I know what it means...)poked his head out of a cloth shopping bag. 4:13
I’m so glad you’ve reminded me of Robert Leeson and the Third Class Genie. I was gifted that book as a child and I remember being fascinated by the map. I love a book with a map at the front. I wish I still had it. I have recently bought a heap of Grange Hill books off eBay. The only Grange Hill book I ever owned back in the 80’s was Tucker & Co by Phil Redmond, but now I own a copy of Forty Days of Tucker by Robert Leeson based on the series Tuckers Luck that I remember so well. What I’ve read so far stands up really well.
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Your commentary - in relation to Robert Leeson's book bring to my mind Thatcher's Britain in which community tensions that you reference were ever present !
I've had a lazy day. It's spring here, and the start of spring means hay fever for me. The main impact is in my eyes - itchy and sometimes sore, generating gunk to protect themselves but which impedes my vision (mostly detail in what I'm seeing, but that includes making reading a bit of a chore as I need to focus on the individual letters). So mostly being lazy - although I did get one of the local magpies out singing on my balcony because I hadn't put any food out. He'd flown off when I took the food out, but came back and landed next to me while I put the food down. I've been putting food out for the birds since 2019 when the big bushfires we had meant that the insects they normally eat were in low supply.
Oh I enjoyed your daily episodes!!! I used to read Mary Higgins Clark in high school (in the 80s)...I probably read four or so of them...they were very engaging, as I remember. Just about to finish The Music Shop (Rachel Joyce), which you recommended kinda casually over the summer - really loving it 🤓📚
I used to love reading the Grange Hill books but have never read any other Robert Lesson - thanks for your recommendation.
Hi Paul. I think the insomnia is going around I haven't slept for five nights now. It's beginning to be a problem. I remember the Genie book from school. I remember reading it but don't remember anything about it, so your recap was nice. Carry on reading what you are enjoying, it's always nice to have a streak of good books!
Hooray for Paul Magrs
"Mind the gap", we miss you when you are not here.
Always loved Nigel Kneale and am currently reading Tomato Cain, which is the collection you mentioned. Unsurprisingly it has an intro by Mark Gatiss!😄 It does contain The Pond although I haven’t reached it yet. I’ve never really enjoyed short story collections - more of a fat novel guy but I’m actively trying to read more.
I've always read only what I want reading is very personal
Poor tired socks not sure what he wanted to do with himself
I've got insomnia due to my housemates. A Beagle and a coonhound/terrier mix. Both who think 12 am - 2am is bonding time with daddy. I constantly switch gears with my reading if not feeling it.
My cat only lets me pick her up. When its time to feed her or clean up het litter. She thinks she is her namesake (Eartha Kitty).
Insomnia seems to be the fashion this week. I couldn't sleep last night and today is a very sleepy day. I have been reading Stephen King's 'Cycle of the Werewolf' this week. It was an OK story - nothing groundbreaking, even in the 80s, but well told. The illustrations by Bernie Wrightson were a really nice touch. Not sure it was worth the £12.45 I paid though.
I went to clean my own Library Room (dubbed The Zero Room) which is a shambles...But my cat, Willy, (yes I know what it means...)poked his head out of a cloth shopping bag. 4:13
I’m so glad you’ve reminded me of Robert Leeson and the Third Class Genie. I was gifted that book as a child and I remember being fascinated by the map. I love a book with a map at the front. I wish I still had it. I have recently bought a heap of Grange Hill books off eBay. The only Grange Hill book I ever owned back in the 80’s was Tucker & Co by Phil Redmond, but now I own a copy of Forty Days of Tucker by Robert Leeson based on the series Tuckers Luck that I remember so well. What I’ve read so far stands up really well.
You wanna hear accurate-to-period racial slurs, check out any of the BAD NEWS BEARS films from the Seventies. 9:18
Would you change Dickens’s language?
Why is this ever a sensible option?