Reading around Britain and Ireland.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I am looking for books set on Sark, Herm and Alderney if anyone has any recommendations.

Available on kindle please and Preferably not horror or poetry

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Wow, that might be a challenge, Sark and Herm are so tiny I'm not sure what you could set there

[David]

There is the connection between Sark and Gormenghast .

Apparently, Peake also wrote a book called Mr Pye which is set on Sark.

[Pam]

Great minds think alike - was about to suggest Mr Pye!

[David]

Pam wrote: "Great minds think alike - was about to suggest Mr Pye!"

I'd never heard of it until recently. Now I see it is available for £2.99 at Amazon, so I've just bought it.

[Pam]

I only read it years ago because of that TV series starring Derek Jacobi - although I'd read the Gormenghast trilogy, I hadn't heard of Mr Pye either.

[David]

Pam wrote: "I only read it years ago because of that TV series starring Derek Jacobi - although I'd read the Gormenghast trilogy, I hadn't heard of Mr Pye either."

I'm about halfway through it and I'm not sure what I think of it, yet. I certainly don't think it is as good as the Gormenghast books.

[Pam]

David wrote: "Pam wrote: "I only read it years ago because of that TV series starring Derek Jacobi - although I'd read the Gormenghast trilogy, I hadn't heard of Mr Pye either."

I'm about halfway through it and..."

No nothing could be as magnificient and off the wall as Gormenghast!

[David]

Pam wrote: "No nothing could be as magnificient and off the wall as Gormenghast!"

In the end it turned out quite good, but, no, not like Gormenghast.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Mid February update


England. 34/42

Wales. 6/13

Scotland. 16/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 3/12

Overall Progress 59/100

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Progress to 16 March 2018



England. 34/42

Wales. 6/13

Scotland. 20/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 3/12

Overall Progress 63/100

[Jessica]

Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "Progress to 16 March 2018



England. 34/42

Wales. 6/13

Scotland. 20/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 3/12

Overall Progress 63/100
"

Wow, what a brilliant journey you must have been on! I've visited nearly all of Britain's counties over the years, this seems like a good follow-up. Great idea. :)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Progress to 1 April 2018



England. 34/42

Wales. 6/13

Scotland. 21/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 4/12

Overall Progress 65/100

[Jay-me (Janet)]

3 September 2018 Progress so far


England. 38/42

Wales 6/13

Scotland. 21/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 4/12

Overall Progress 69/100

Reading for this challenge has been a little slower recently - I've still not started any books set in N.Ireland, but I have a few ready to start.

I've ticked a few more counties in England, and have books ready for another two. I'm left with two that I still need to decide on. There seem to be plenty of books set in Berkshire that I could choose from but the final county is Huntingdonshire, and I'm struggling to find any from there.

I have some more to choose from for Scotland and Wales so will see which counties are left.

I can see that this challenge will be continuing for quite a while.

[Jud]

It's quite impressive that you have progressed as far as you have!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Thats still impressive

[Pam]

Well done - a difficult challenge.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Counties left - with books I already have copies of ready to read.
Some of the others I have an idea of what I intend reading - for example I have some by Christina McKenna on my wishlist for some N Ireland counties, but haven't bought or downloaded to my kindle yet.

Suggestions for any of the remaining welcomed. No poetry or horror please.


Berkshire The Big Over Easy

Herefordshire~Foxglove Summer

Huntingdonshire The Children of Green Knowe

Staffordshire Taunting the Dead

Carmarthenshire The Dancing Lights

Denbighshire

Flintshire

GlamorganHidden Chapters: A powerful novel exploring motherhood, adoption, and family secrets

Monmouthshire The Angel Tree

Montgomeryshire

Radnorshire On The Black Hill

Angus/Forfarshire Death at Glamis Castle

Argyllshire

Caithness

Clackmannanshire

Dunbartonshire The Eagle of the Ninth

East Lothian/Haddingtonshire

Kinross-shire

Kincardineshire

Nairnshire

Peebles-shire

Selkirkshire

Stirlingshire Murder At Scottish Mensa

Antrim

Armagh

Down The Tea House on Mulberry Street

Fermanagh

Londonderry

Tyrone

Alderney

Sark

[Pam]

The only one that jumps out at me is Sark - Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake is set there - interesting book!

[Jud]

I've not read any of these but this site might be of use to you?

https://www.tripfiction.com/find-a-bo...

https://www.tripfiction.com/

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Pam wrote: "The only one that jumps out at me is Sark - Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake is set there - interesting book!"


That one has been suggested - I just don't have it on my kindle as yet.


Jud wrote: "I've not read any of these but this site might be of use to you?

https://www.tripfiction.com/find-a-bo...

https://www.tripfiction.com/"

Thanks Jud, I will have a good look through that site.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I've still not finished but as I have read a few books that are set in the Republic of Ireland over the last couple of years I have added those counties to this challenge. I will go through the list and add the books later

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Progress to 11 December 2018



England. 39/42

Wales. 8/13

Scotland. 24/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 5/12

Overall Progress 76/100

Plus

Ireland 5/26

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Progress to 9 January 2019



England. 41/42

Wales. 9/13

Scotland. 24/33

N. Ireland, IOM & Channel Islands. 5/12

Overall Progress 79/100




Plus

Ireland 6/26


Still to complete (with books that I have already got copies of on kindle or in paperback)

Staffordshire Taunting the Dead



Denbighshire

Flintshire

Montgomeryshire

Radnorshire On The Black Hill




Argyllshire

Caithness

Clackmannanshire

East Lothian/Haddingtonshire

Kinross-shire

Kincardineshire

Nairnshire

Peebles-shire

Selkirkshire



Antrim

Armagh

Fermanagh

Londonderry

Tyrone



Alderney

Sark


Plus

Carlow

Cavan

Clare

Donegal

Kilkenny

Laois

Leitrim

Limerick

Longford

Louth

Mayo

Meath

Monaghan

Offaly

Roscommon

Sligo

Tipperary

Waterford

Westmeath

Wexford


Possible books The Spinster Wife for Antrim
Mr Pye for Sark
other books by Christina McKenna for Derry

Any further suggestions welcome - no poetry or horror please.

[Jemima]

The trouble with using the Scottish counties is that I tend to think in the 'new' regions these days. I have some MG stories set in Argyle and Bute, and Helen Laycock's books are set all over the country too. I presume you've covered Lothian with an Edinburgh book.

Are you including non-fiction?

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Jemima wrote: "The trouble with using the Scottish counties is that I tend to think in the 'new' regions these days. I have some MG stories set in Argyle and Bute, and Helen Laycock's books are set all over the c..."

yes I've read a book set in Edinburgh and no I'm not intending to include non-fiction.


I'm going to cheat slightly with some of the Welsh counties - not having much success in tracking down books set in some of the counties that are:-

on kindle
reasonably priced (ie not 8.99 or more!!! - preferably much less) or on kindle unlimited
available in paperback (again for a reasonable price)
not poetry or horror
by an author that I have already read or liked
and finally - something that I think I would read and enjoy.

So I have a series of books of Welsh Folk Tales and will tick off the counties after I have read any short story from these books that is set in those counties.

[Jud]

I think for the more obscure counties you should be allowed to tick it off if it is mentioned or visited in the book rather than set in it.

[Jud]

or maybe you are already doing that.

[Jess]

The Green Road for County Clare.