tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post6412814001785443339..comments2024-03-22T09:02:07.409+00:00Comments on conradwalks: My monthly book club. Book reviewSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-76246634548424438202020-05-15T10:03:36.775+01:002020-05-15T10:03:36.775+01:00Mark - Happy readin.Mark - Happy readin.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-22607687207832686872020-05-14T18:37:47.627+01:002020-05-14T18:37:47.627+01:00I certainly wasn't 18 in 1965, so no, I am not...I certainly wasn't 18 in 1965, so no, I am not 'Anonymous'.Kendal gruftieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840065607275047141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-50221401388359424202020-05-14T18:18:20.556+01:002020-05-14T18:18:20.556+01:00I definitely want to read that now Conrad! It will...I definitely want to read that now Conrad! It will have to go on my very large 'to read' pile mind.Markhttp://www.beatingthebounds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-24861295609425567732020-05-14T16:00:51.455+01:002020-05-14T16:00:51.455+01:00Kendal grufties - Here is a copy of the last occur...Kendal grufties - Here is a copy of the last occurrence and my reply - it was from my recent post "VE Day."<br /><br />Anonymous said...<br />My parents married in August 1941. My father went into the army until 1946. He died in 1965 aged 50 when I was 18. My mother said she would always regret the five years they never had together. He suffered from excema from when he came home and was in hospital a few times with it. Probably caused by the stress of combat.<br /><br />And from me:<br /><br />Anonymous - I presume you are the same unidentified "anonymous" that has commented before and I apologise if you are somebody I know, but your comments are welcome - thanks. If you do want to have asn identity I think you may have to follow the instructions and create a Google account unless you already have one<br /><br />9 MAY 2020 AT 09:28 <br /> Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-55178145998422199472020-05-14T14:36:30.649+01:002020-05-14T14:36:30.649+01:00No, I don't think I am your anonymous follower...No, I don't think I am your anonymous follower, when I have had problems posting it seems to have lost my data completely - however I stand to be corrected, if you're really curious and want to email me the comments from anonymous I could confirm whether they are mine or not!<br />Thanks for Edmund Crispin, I've just managed to borrow him from our local library's BorrowBox service. Geoffrey Household I already know and like, but love of my life (and read at least once a year) is Erskine Childers' Riddle of the Sands. We also have a copy of the film with Jenny Agutter and co. In fact we might watch that tonight.Kendal gruftieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840065607275047141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41040387495469244872020-05-14T08:48:17.398+01:002020-05-14T08:48:17.398+01:00Phreerunner - It was you who recommended the book ...Phreerunner - It was you who recommended the book I think a week or so ago - thanks.<br /><br />-----------------------<br /><br />BC - If there were two I think they would be male and female. If an intruder comes they are one of the few birds that will fight to the death.<br /><br />-----------------------<br /><br />Kendsl grufties - Ah! I guess you are the mysterious 'Anonymous" I quizzed recently. I read both those authors back in the late Fiftes I only read Dorothy's crime stuff, Gaudy Night rings a bell. I think she wrote a lot more serious stuff as well including poetry - my mother was a fan. I also read Margery but the memory has dimmed. On the male side also was Edmund Crispin, and in a different genre Geoffrey Household (probably earlier.)<br /><br />If you do comment under "anonymous" perhaps you could tag "KG" at the end?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41544168208787311312020-05-14T07:38:57.138+01:002020-05-14T07:38:57.138+01:00Ha ha! Pseudonym kept! I think Blogger just needed...Ha ha! Pseudonym kept! I think Blogger just needed to cross-reference me to my email account. Hopefully it will work more easily in future.Kendal gruftieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840065607275047141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-51969996825507261012020-05-14T07:36:22.100+01:002020-05-14T07:36:22.100+01:00Looks like a beautiful book, perfect for a relativ...Looks like a beautiful book, perfect for a relative of ours who is a twitcher. Thanks for the reference to Josephine Tey (Round Britain Quiz ) I'm enjoying her writing. There seems to be a swathe of women writers in the style of Dorothy L Sayers who disappeared off the radar during the last century. Marjery Allingham is another I recently discovered. I think the Americans call it 'cozy crime', and it soothes my brain in these troubled times.<br />(having a lot of trouble lately trying to comment on your posts, so trying without a pseudonym to see if that helps!)Kendal gruftieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840065607275047141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-10023185384652461682020-05-13T21:09:44.844+01:002020-05-13T21:09:44.844+01:00I've spent the afternoon working in the garden...I've spent the afternoon working in the garden. My constant companion, or are there two, was my friendly robin. <br />I chattered away to him/her and received lots of knowing nods in return.<br />I don't feel the need to read the book. I think I know the answer. bowlandclimberhttp://bowlandclimber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-2411385158964759372020-05-13T12:59:23.849+01:002020-05-13T12:59:23.849+01:00Sue is in a book club (I sometimes read and partic...Sue is in a book club (I sometimes read and participate if the book is any good) and they have managed to conduct their meetingd quite successfully using Zoom.<br /><br />I have had the Robin book for some time, and by coincidence pulled it down from the shelf a couple of days ago to re-read. One quite soothing way of getting away from such things as the horrors of the Coniston MRT scenario in your previous posting.Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.com