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About meI have been collecting books all my life. Started witn the Ace paperback Edgar Rice Burroughs series. Finished my paper route, cut the neighbors grass, went to the variety store, gave him .35, .40 cents, and took my treasures home. Still got 'em. (along with every Country Joe and the Fish album.) The kids panic when I tell them, someday this will all be yours.
Started my first job as a page for The Cleveland Public Library. Fell in love with the place. Used to take my lunch and breaks up in the stacks. Row after row of old and sometime forgotten books. It was like being in a special church. I still remember the sights, the smells and how quiet it was.
I wish now that I had gone to college to study literature but life happened and I didn't. I'm not complaining, just wish I had more formal education.
I lead two mystery book groups, one for our public library and one for an independent bookstore.
I'm an aging vegan hippie who lives with my wife, two rescue dogs, and two rescue cats. I have moved to a log home in the middle of forty acres in a very rural area. I left the city and the century home behind. My books now live in the pole barn, but I visit them everyday. oh yea, Now have a new cat, move in under the porch. So thats now three cats. Don't tell my kids, cause they said one more animal and they will put me in a home.
I'm running out of space to put books! If only my wife would get rid of her royal doulton collection, I could put a nice set of Sir Walter Scott in their place.
Started another book group for my local library. It's called 'Gaslight Classics". So far we read, Fanny Burney, Anne Bronte, Sir Walter, Anthony Trollope. Future reads I hope to do, Gissing, Thackeray, Orczy. If anyone has a suggestion of a book to read for either the mystery or classics groups, let me know.
ps. make that four cats now. A wounded kitten made its way to the front door. After repeated trips to the vet and feeding her anitbiotics we were able to save her paw.
About my libraryLove Victorian Literature, 18th century literature, all types of literature. Read alot of mysteries, and really like discovering new mystery authors.
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Regarding mystery titles that I recommend,I assume that you want British ones. So - Stephen Booth writes an excellent police series based in the Yorkshire Dales ,they really need reading in order. A chap called V.C.Clinton-Badderley,who only wrote five crime books,is first-class. His elderly academic detective is interested in opera,literature and sleeping at all times of the day.For humorous crime I would say Colin Watson,who wrote a fantastic series about the little market town of Flaxborough. C.J.Sansom is about the best writer I know,on crime in the time of Henry VIII.
On the classical front,well that is rather more difficult,as I am sure you know the authors and titles quite as well as I do.I can only say that my favourites are Anthony Trollope,Charles Dickens (of course),Wilkie Collins and Walter Scott. As they are all on your favourites list,that doesn't get us very far does it.
A couple that could neither be described as mystery or classics are Henry Williamson with his animal and countryside stories and John Buchan who in addition to 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' wrote some great adventure yarns,such as 'Prester John','The Gap in the Curtain' .
Well these are just a few at random. Hope there is something there that will be new to you and that you will find worth reading.
All the best and hope to hear from you in due course.
Peter
posted by devenish at 11:44 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2009
Delighted to hear from you and to read your profile page.
The books of W.J.Burley make entertaining reading but have been done a bad turn by the television series I feel.
I have recently completed 'The Prime Minister' by Anthony Trollope. It has taken me some time and has not been an easy read.However it was well worth the effort in the end.I have now only to read the 'The Duke's Children',the final book in this series. I have enjoyed 'The Eustace Diamonds' and 'Phineas Redux' most.
You say on your profile page that you would welcome titles in the mystery and classics genres. If you still do,then please let me know and I will see what I can come up with.
All the best.
Peter
posted by devenish at 1:37 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2009