Where's your bookmark?

**Tomo** · 14th February 21, 12:56 PM

Reading The Hobbit to my 5 year old, we have just finished “On the Doorstep” (although we also had a Julia Donaldson book before that).

As for myself, I’m about halfway through Dead Water by Anne Cleeves (book 5 in the Shetland series).

**KiltedDixon** · 14th February 21, 01:33 PM

Just finished SPQR, by Mary Beard.

**Shinenotburn** · 14th February 21, 01:47 PM

I'm digging my way through The Book of Dunvegan - both 1 and 2 - Documents from the Muniment Room at Dunvegan Castle.

**Micrographia** · 14th February 21, 02:46 PM

Just finished a couple of military history books by James Holland - Normandy '44 and Big Week. If you are interested in the Second World War the podcast he co-hosts with comedian Al Murray - "We Have Ways of Making You Talk" - is a terrific listen.

Regards, EEM.

**Brian Rose** · 14th February 21, 01:39 PM

Midway through " A Voyage Long and Strange, Rediscovering The New World" by Tony Horowitz. It's a history of Spanish exploration of the North America. It's actually a fairly good read but I've been distracted by political events here.
It's time to get back to reading. I try to alternate fiction and non-fiction to strike a bit of a balance between knowledge and entertainment.

**Micrographia** · 14th February 21, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Tomo

Reading The Hobbit to my 5 year old, we have just finished “On the Doorstep” (although we also had a Julia Donaldson book before that).

As for myself, I’m about halfway through Dead Water by Anne Cleeves (book 5 in the Shetland series).

If you use a Kindle, book 7 of the Shetland series is 99p on Amazon UK at the moment.

**Bruce Scott** · 14th February 21, 05:41 PM

Re-reading Sebastian Barry's 'A Long Long Way'

**Father Bill** · 14th February 21, 05:50 PM

Interesting, how many of us are re-reading old favourites.

**ThistleDown** · 14th February 21, 06:44 PM

I am re-reading (for the umpteenth time) Austin Tappan Wright's utopian novel 'Islandia'. Published in 1942, after his death, it's a detailed history of an imagined country complete with geography, genealogy, language, culture and literature. For those who wish for utopia in these poor times (and can move themselves in mind back to 1905) this is a fine read. Obviously I like it: I've two dog-eared second editions and a pristine first

. And several follow-ons not quite up to the superb work of ATW.

Spelling off, I am also reading 'Chasing the Deer: Hunting Iconography, Literature and Tradition of the Scottish Highlands' the 2007 doctoral thesis of Andrew EM Wiseman, and 'Burghead, Moray: a History of archeological thought' a Masters dissertation by Christine I. Clerk, 2019, and have just finished 'Macpherson Country: genealogical identities, spatial histories...' by Paul Basu.

**Panache** · 14th February 21, 06:47 PM

If you have the right book the time just flies. In the last two weeks I started and finished

"Can't Wait to Get to Heaven" By Fannie Flagg (Which I HIGHLY recommend for anyone needing something to lift their spirits and make them smile)

"Song of Achilles", Madeline Miller's take on the Greek Hero and the Legend of the Trojan War. I enjoyed it so much that I have dived into her second novel "Circe" that will look at the legend of Odysseus from the title character's perspective.

Cheers

Jamie