Reading; Books, Kindle and Audio books.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Always happy to help Taddy and yes...I think that fisons is still going.
I guessed that you might make your own compost(is that the same as fertiliser...I know nothing at all about growing stuff)

[taddy]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Always happy to help Taddy and yes...I think that fisons is still going.
I guessed that you might make your own compost(is that the same as fertiliser...I know nothing at all about growing stuff)

Not quite Marge, put simply, compost is added late in the year to feed the soil in order to create a medium that will encourage plant growth, whereas Fertiliser is added during the growing season in order to feed the plant itself.
By eck, I do believe my writing skills are improving. Your's as ever, the Luddite.

[taddy]

Not to be confused with "seed and general purpose" compost that you buy at garden centres of course

[Margaret Pilkington]

I did think that fertiliser was a bit different...it smells a lot too....well the stuff the farmer uses to fertilise his fields does...fair put you off your hotpot.

[taddy]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I did think that fertiliser was a bit different...it smells a lot too....well the stuff the farmer uses to fertilise his fields does...fair put you off your hotpot.

You could be living in North Korea where they fertilise the land with human excrement, thats why the population is riddled with worms and I don't mean the worms that turn my soil into workable loam.

[Margaret Pilkington]

No Taddy, it is too far to walk.
Anyway I don't like foreign food so the worms would probably starve before me.
I know...I am a weird bird....although I prefer to think I am a 'limited edition'.

[monkey hanger]

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Anyway I don't like foreign food

neither do i or places they charge 40 quid for a meal for 2 to get the 5 pound off monday to wednesday. for 30 i could get a better meal for two for three days from keighley market and served by a lass who does not look like a welder.

[Restless]

Have you read Down and Out in Paris and London? quite a facinating read into how bad the poverty was back in the 1920's

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

I recently read, George Orwell "Road to Wigan pier" hard work & somewhat dull,

[Less]

Originally Posted by Restless

Have you read Down and Out in Paris and London? quite a facinating read into how bad the poverty was back in the 1920's

A man of his times and not a prejudiced bone in his body:-

“Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between rich and poor, as though they were two different races, like negroes and white men. But in reality there is no such difference. The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London

I liked his advice to restaurants:-

“Sharp knives, of course, are the secret of a successful restaurant.”

― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London

Jamie Oliver eat your heart out.

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Restless

Have you read Down and Out in Paris and London? quite a facinating read into how bad the poverty was back in the 1920's

Hello Rob, long time no postee, you well? As to your book choice, no can't say I have, but I'll bear it in mind as a back up, have got several queued at the moment so it may be some time.

[pompeylass]

Just finished 'Big Girl, Small Town' by Michelle Gallen.

A new author's first book, and if she publishes another, I want to be first in the queue to buy it.

Very down-to-earth, and tells it like it is. The book consists of muses from Northern Irish girl, Majella, who works in a Chippy in an Irish border village - hilarious and dead serious and provocative and un-put-down-able.

Now to find a new read . . .

[Margaret Pilkington]

Can I recommend to you The Carer by Deborah Moggach?
It is a really good read with a few unexpected twists.
Another book that I have just finished is a debut novel by a local(to me) author, Stacy Halls and it is called The Familiars.
It is a historical novel, set in the times of the Pendle witches....all around the Gawthorpe area.
It is based on the family who owned Gawthorpe Hall and is another very entertaining read.

I have also recently read The Corset....this was not really to my taste at all.
I finished it, but I found it a disturbing read.

[pompeylass]

Thanks Margaret.

I've started a new book - 'Good Samaritans' by Will Carver. I chose that one, from my wish list in FF, in kindle format because it was cheap.

Your list of good reads is interesting - especially 'The Carer'. That one's going into my wish list.

'The Corset', an historical mystery by Laura Purcell sounds interesting. I like dark stuff.

Talking of dark stuff, if you want to get into audio books, start with 'The Wasp Factory' by Iain Banks, and read by Peter Kenny. He's a great narrator, and he had me in stitches when he reads the telephone calls in the story.

The book about Gawthorpe Hall reminds me of the biography of Daphne du Maurier and Manderlay. I'll look into that one.

I read, many years ago, the Harrison-Ainsworth original book on The Pendle Witches, but I never finished it; too hard going, with it not being the modernized version.

Have you ever read 'Forever Amber' by Kathleen Winsor.

I absolutely love this book and have read it over and over about 6 times. It's a historical romance. It's never been produced in audio, but there's a kindle version, though rather expensive, but it's quite easy to find on ebay, in paperback and hardback editions.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I have read the Harrison Ainsworth Pendle Wiches a few times.
It fascinates me.
The Corset got good reviews but was too dark for me....seeing as I read at bedtime.
I am not keen on books or films that deal with graphic details of cruelty.

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I am not keen on books or films that deal with graphic details of cruelty.

Stay away from party political manifestos then, in particular labour, proper horrifying that one!


Think I've mentioned it before, but Terry Pratchett, any of his to my mind are worth a read, but i particularly enjoyed "The Wee Free men" & their involvement elsewhere.