Goodreads Ireland discussion

With the bad weather due in Ireland this week, what are your recommendations to read, preferably with the fire lit and a hot mug of tea

I'm thinking of starting The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, 2nd part of the Winternight trilogy

Anything by James Herriot of All Creatures Great and Small fame.

Dickens is also a great bad-weather kind of author.

How about the Matthew Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom? Good big Tudor mystery books to keep you going - starting with Dissolution and going through 7 books to Lamentation.
My idea of heaven!

Bookworm with Kids wrote: "How about the Matthew Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom? Good big Tudor mystery books to keep you going - starting with Dissolution and going through 7 books to [book:Lam..."

Couldn't agree more. The Shardlake series is superb.

Patrick wrote: "Anything by James Herriot of All Creatures Great and Small fame.

Dickens is also a great bad-weather kind of author."

@Patrick - I've been reading Bleak House on and off since November (not 200 pages in yet) - maybe a good chance to make some progress

Bookworm with Kids wrote: "How about the Matthew Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom? Good big Tudor mystery books to keep you going - starting with Dissolution and going through 7 books to Lamentation."

@Bookworm with Kids - Dissolution is on my TBR list - not sure I'll get to it this time, but next storm maybe

How about some local short stories?
Easy reading... diverse, Ireland and abroad...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

I love the Shardlake series and was so sorry to read Sansom has pancreatic cancer so we may not get any new ones. Wait. That sounds selfish. I am sorry he's sick too.

P.S. Ireland may be having cold weather but last night it dropped to 32F/,55C and will only get to 55F/12C today. Who's feeling sorry for me? Thomas?

Our temp is 42F and this is lovely spring weather. The sun is shining and I took my car to the carwash, stopped at the dentist and bank and chatted with everybody about gorgeous weather. It did freeze last night and puddles in our backyard froze. Only 55? I am jealous!!
Liz says that you are breaking her heart!! When we returned from our cruise last week, all the snow was gone and I did not have to shovel the driveway.

I heard about the cold weather coming for you guys in that area. They said the weather was coming from Siberia and there would be blizzards. Take care.

How about a book to take your minds off the cold weather and thinking about some warmer weather. For example a book byCraig Silvey called Jasper Jones. Set in inland Australia during a hot summer. About racial tensions in a small Australian town with mysterious death.

Currently here it is 14.5 degrees C (58.1 degrees F) with a top temp here today of 35 degrees C (95 degrees F)

Bleak House is my favorite Dickens. If your edition marks the original monthly installments (the Penguin edition does), I recommend reading it that way - one installment per day. It makes a nice rhythm and puts the cliffhangers in the appropriate places.

Susan, I was really sorry to hear about C.J. Sansom's illness as well and yes, a little voice inside me did lament that there would be no more Shardlake books!

Declan wrote: "If things get bad, I'll put my feet up with some Douglas Adams or Roddy Doyle. They'll be nice and cosy.

I might revisit some epic sci-fi. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds or Consider Phlebas..."

great choices there Declan, although I've somehow avoided Roddy Doyle .

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not even a touch of frost here this morning, looks like Thursday and Friday will be when the worst reaches the west

currently reading an apt one "in the midst of winter" by isabel allende :)

I am going to read some Muriel Spark as it's the centenary of her birth. I've never read her but there's an exhibit in Edinburgh where I'll be in under 2 weeks.

stay safe and warm all

fire is lit here
and Christmas FM is on for the day too
:)
http://radio.christmasfm.com/

Unexpected snow day here - finished some paperwork and going to sit in front of the fire reading 'Montpelier Parade'.

And will Suzy be by your side?

Snowed in and spent last two night in front of the fireplace with Dark Matter

Must say I have stocked up well fro the bad weather. My local library just had all my orders ready the day before the weather turned bad.

Ali wrote: "Snowed in and spent last two night in front of the fireplace with Dark Matter

Must say I have stocked up well fro the bad weather. My local library just had all my orders ready the..."

good timing Ali
nice choice with Dark Matter - was definitely worth slow reading for me

Naturally, Susan - she's enjoying that I have a second snow day - as am I, particularly as there's no snow where I live...

Andy wrote: "With the bad weather due in Ireland this week, what are your recommendations to read, preferably with the fire lit and a hot mug of tea

I'm thinking of starting [book:The Girl in the Tower|3405091..."

i'm reading that also - are you far into it? what do you think?

Given that it's now snowing where I am, once I'm finished my current read, I'm half tempted to start into 'Wuthering Heights'- definitely evocative of this kind of weather...

I have read that some people in Ireland are calling it "Storm Emma." Is this true? We got 8 inches of snow yesterday. Daytime temperature around 30f. Snow was heavy, wet variety and sent many people to hospital with back problems/heart attacks.
Niagara Falls declared a driving ban.

Andy wrote: "Ali wrote: "Snowed in and spent last two night in front of the fireplace with Dark Matter

Must say I have stocked up well fro the bad weather. My local library just had all my orde..."

Yes, perfect! Full bookshelf and time to read - Xmas came to me :)))
I enjoyed The Dark Matter, definitely will be reading more of that author. It was perfect for that kind of weather. Kept me entertained.

We had snow too, Thomas. It snowed and stayed on the ground for about 10 minutes. There was madness in the streets. No one knew what to do and the snow wasn't even really sticking. We would all die in your neck of the woods.

I think Wuthering Heights is the perfect stormy weather novel.

Susan wrote: "We had snow too, Thomas. It snowed and stayed on the ground for about 10 minutes. There was madness in the streets. No one knew what to do and the snow wasn't even really sticking. We would all die..."
In the Blizzard of 1977, the snow was higher than my garage--100 inches over a weekend. President Carter declared Western New York counties a disaster area and some people did die.
There is a book about it White Death: The Blizzard of '77, Millenium Edition It is by a Canadian who lived through it on the Niagara peninsula.
We got 200 inches of snow that winter. People wore t shirts "I survived the Blizzard of '77"
On the other hand, we don't get hurricanes, wildfires or tornadoes and I have never had to evacuate because of a snowstorm. I guess that weather plays a role in everybody's lives.
This 8 in. of snow is normal.

Declan wrote: "@Thomas. The bad weather is being caused by both. The polar vortex (I have no real idea what that is) has changed direction from eastward to westward taking freezing cold air from Siberia, all acro..."

Thanks for the explanation.

Declan wrote: "@Thomas. The bad weather is being caused by both. The polar vortex (I have no real idea what that is) has changed direction from eastward to westward taking freezing cold air from Siberia, all acro..."

Next up: A rip in the space-time continuum.

Declan wrote: "@Patrick.

I'm way ahead of you. I've got my Flux Capacitor at the ready."

Haha

Is it wrong of me to want to send Marty McFly through the space-time rip with a box of 1,000 condoms to the Trump house on 1-1-1945?

Thomas wrote: "Is it wrong of me to want to send Marty McFly through the space-time rip with a box of 1,000 condoms to the Trump house on 1-1-1945?"

If only you could.

Susan wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Is it wrong of me to want to send Marty McFly through the space-time rip with a box of 1,000 condoms to the Trump house on 1-1-1945?"

If only you could."
:)

fifi wrote: "I'm thinking of starting [book:The Girl in the Tower|3405091..."

i'm reading that also - are you far into it? what do you think? ..."

finished fifi, really enjoyed and looking forward to third book
how is it going for you?

**just read your review - thanks for the laugh on Monday morning - wasn't expecting the Fr Ted reference :)