What are you reading??

ghce · Feb 21, 2026

Out of Hospital now after a heart operation and in recovery mode with lots of stress free bed rest, finished the book from my above post and luckily found I had the 2nd one in the series ( trilogy ) at home having picked it up a few months ago with a lot of other SF books.
So started it last night.

Charlemagne1333 · May 29, 2026

It’s beautiful… 😉

Doc Savage · May 29, 2026

Charlemagne1333
It’s beautiful… 😉

Ha! That's hilarious 😂

I needed tha today.

ghce · May 29, 2026

Picked up this book at a charity shop during the week.
Doing a wiki on the writer made me keen to imbibe on his form of literary style and now that I am 35 pages in it's one I approve of.
The author is known for writing in a time, style and manner of sensibilities that predate the times that they are written in and unashamedly so!
This is written in about 1920 21 and is set just post the great war in 1918 but you would swear the date was 1880, bravo!
I will endeavour to find more from this writer and his quirky style of humour and writing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornford_Yates
His life story is as entrancing and illuminating as his works.

hen · May 30, 2026

Charlemagne1333
It’s beautiful… 😉

He is such a deep and sensitiv guy.

Turpinrr · May 30, 2026

Charlemagne1333
It’s beautiful… 😉

Is Vietnam mentioned?

Charlemagne1333 · May 30, 2026

Turpinrr
Is Vietnam mentioned?

It rhymes with raft lodger*

*A beautiful, aquatic rodent-like mammal, that prefers to shy away from conflict 😉

Erik_H · May 30, 2026

Twenty thosand years in Sing Sing, a nonfiction book written by Lewis E. Lawes, the warden of Sing Sing prison from 1920 to 1941. The book was first published in 1932 and tells the story of life in the Sing Sing prison, some good, a lot bad, with quite a lot of humour included. I read this book first time around 1980 but it is very much readable today. The book was made into a film as well, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis in 1932.

lillatroll · Jun 5, 2026

I am currently reading Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. Morgan Freeman's voice running through my my mind with every word.

Turpinrr · Jun 5, 2026

lillatroll
I am currently reading Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. Morgan Freeman's voice running through my my mind with every word.

I'm halfway through Needful Things at the moment.
I have a fair old collection of Stephen King books in the attic, and they're all well thumbed

ghce · Jun 7, 2026

Found today, a first edition Dornford Yates novel, Berry and Co which features the much loved characters and stories of Bertram Pleydell ( Berry ) that made Dornford Yates famous, apparently reprinted many many times even in the 1980's, not bad for a book first published in 1920.
This edition has plenty of clues as to it's original owners both of whom appear quite famous and one with a connection to the original Dr Who !! It may have even been his book, certainly the timing is correct.
Also featuring some original artwork by one of the owners on the back inside page.

It's certainly on my reading list for this afternoon.

ghce · Jun 14, 2026

Just purchased this and received from the author, the Mugwump book which describes a 1960's journey and return journey between 2 universities, one in England and the other in Capetown in a 1930 Austin 16/6 with out support vehicles or crew, an amazing achievement.
Mugwump turns 100 years old in 2030 and a possible 3rd transcontinental expedition is possibly in the wind, another world first under its belt.
You won't find this book on the shelves in a bookshop or a library, this is a limited print run in 2026.