From the Library

Turns out that Elly Griffiths is a fairly prolific writer. Having published her first book in 2009 (at least, her first under this name - seems like there have been a few others under her real name - Domenica de Rosa) there are already 30 out there. One every six months is pretty good going. I hadn't been particularly aware of her until we went on holiday to Norfolk earlier this year when lots of shops were making a point of selling her, set locally, Dr Ruth Galloway series. Since then I've been picking up her books as and when I've spotted them in the charity stores. Up to a dozen so far. Six (of 15) Galloway books, three (of seven) of the Brighton mysteries, and three (of four) of the Harbinder Kaur series. Will continue to keep a lookout, although avoiding doubles will start to get harder.    

In the last post, I mentioned what was purchased at Barnes & Noble, but I didn't mention what wasn't. J made a beeline for the 'local interest' section and found this. Frankly I was disappointed with myself that I didn't know of its existence already because it looks fantastic - over 700 pages of Disney Imagineering stories, no doubt shot through with lots of history and trivia to sprinkle into conversation (or bore people with, depending on your point of view) when the opportunity presents itself. I would have grabbed it there and then, but it is large and heavy and, unlike the Stephen King special edition purchased last time, easily available on Amazon. So, a few clicks on Prime after getting home and here it is. Also, it looks like it is divvied up into oodles of bitesize chunks. I feel a bit of Christmas holiday reading coming on.

As we were beyond Halloween, WDW was in full Christmas mode, which was fine with us. Christmas trees everywhere you looked. And I, at least for the first few days, enjoyed a Holly jolly time as well thanks to the exploits of Ms Gibney and her friends. Brilliant as always, and I really hope that Mr King finds the time to tell us some more of her story. Of course, no trip to Orlando is complete without a diversion to Barnes & Noble (last year including a purchase of their special edition of The Stand). This year, surprisingly, including lengthy discussions about the performance of Ipswich football club with one of their superfans in the instore Starbucks. Purchase-wise I came out with two. The first 'Slough House' book by Mick Herron, which I am reading at the moment - typical of me to go all that way to buy a book set in London. The second, Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, which I am looking forward to reading.