Read Scotland 2014 discussion

Link up your Ben Nevis reads here!

Count me in for Ben Nevis!

Count me in.
Linda Jacks

I forgot to sign myself in! I am going for Ben Nevis!

This is for me, it will encourage me to read more of the books on my tbr pile before I find myself distracted by others waiting to join my tbr pile.

Count me in for Ben Nevis too, since I'm reading the Hamish Macbeth series from beginning to end.

Read:
1. Death of an Outsider
2. Death of a Perfect Wife
3. Death of a Hussy
4. Death of a Snob

Kate wrote: "Count me in for Ben Nevis too, since I'm reading the Hamish Macbeth series from beginning to end."

Glad to have you with us Kate!

Kate wrote: "Read:
1. Death of an Outsider
2. Death of a Perfect Wife
3. Death of a Hussy
4. Death of a Snob"

I've read all MC Beaton's Hamish books too and the Agatha Raisin ones.

I am in.
Do books I already read this year count?
So far I have read:


Even without these, I will easily read more than 13 books set in Scotland this year.

Nicole wrote: "I am in.
Do books I already read this year count?
So far I have read:
[bookcover:..."

Anything read since January 1st!

I haven't started it, only got it today.


I bought this book because I want to read his Hebrides series later this month and in preparation for our holiday.I thought I had the 5 days on Lewis/Harris planned but when I skipped through this book today I recognised that I have to rethink our route. And that 5 days are not enough. So before I even was on the islands I know that I will come back in the next years.

Nicole wrote: "I haven't started it, only got it today.


I bought this book because I want to read his Hebrides series later this month and in preparation for our holiday.I thought ..."

I want this book!

Can you believe I was limited to two days in the beautiful Scotland? I cherish those however, because it was to south eastern England that we were invited for a wedding. We squeezed right up and touched the country with our own feet! :) I must see Ireland and Wales is tempting but one truly could do a whole vacation in Scotland.

My first visit was in 2007. 4 days Edinburgh was the plan. In the end we spent half a day in Edinburgh and went to Loch Katrine in the Trossachs (had to come back twice to finally get the steam boat trip), went to Inverness and Culloden, Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle and Stonehaven.
I fell in love with this beautiful country.
I had to wait until 2010 to come back. But since then we went every year and twice in 2010 and 2011.
And I know that I will come back for many more holidays. There is still so much to see.

I read 3 travel guides last week:

(The other books I read had nothing to do with Scotland)

Finished the first book (Sunset Song) in the trilogy The Scots Quair. Begins in 1911 goes through the First World War. Slow going at first as there is a lot of the Doric in it. But I finally fell into the rhythm of the writing and enjoyed it immensely. Cloud Howe and Grey Granite still to go. Looking forward to seeing what life brings to Chris and her small son now that the war is over.

and finished today.
Now I am thinking about buying book 2 and 3 and start with book 2 right now.

Had no idea I could make this many - especially not so early in the year! - but I have done it! Having a broken leg/ankle/foot and not able to walk has increased my reading and knitting capacity.

Suzi wrote: "Had no idea I could make this many - especially not so early in the year! - but I have done it! Having a broken leg/ankle/foot and not able to walk has increased my reading and knitting capacity."

You've read 13 already?! Good Job go for a Double Ben Nevis now!

Well, i just finished number 13, so i guess i had better switch up to the Ben Nevis challenge. I am definitely reading more from my Scotland list this year. :)

I've switched too, I'm on book no 11 and have piles more to read. Loving it!

we need a 'like' button on goodreads! : )

message 14: by C.
Feb 11, 2014 11:35AM

,C. (Riedel) | 56 comments Can you believe I was limited to two days in the beautiful Scotland? I cherish those however, because it was to south eastern England that we were invited for a wedding. We squeezed right up and touched the country with our own feet! :) I must see Ireland and Wales is tempting but one truly could do a whole vacation in Scotland..

we had 5 and a half days and do hope to go back and spend a whole vacation there someday. so much time was spent just getting from one place to another. hope to go back and try to have 3 places to go and spend maybe 5 days to a week in each place. but then, you just want longer, to add more weeks for more places! (like the shetlands and orkney and sutherland!)

Thanks for picking up on one of my earlier messages, Julie. I always hope folks enjoy them. :) Yes, it takes too long getting around the UK! Have you noticed what else hampers it? Things closing at 5:00PM instead of 9:00PM. That would make all the difference. Morning person or not, wrong turns and stopping to enjoy everything along the way, take time and 5:00PM will not do. Give part-time jobs to them anyway! Carolyn

Julie wrote: "message 14: by C.
Feb 11, 2014 11:35AM

,C. (Riedel) | 56 comments Can you believe I was limited to two days in the beautiful Scotland? I cherish those however, because it was to south eastern Engl..."

Could do a whole life there quite comfortably :-)

And yes, we really DO need a "like" button!

Time for an update! I've read 11 now.

and Sunset Song and Cloud Howe from still need to read Grey Granite.

And I vote for a like button too!

okay, here on ben nevis now - book number 14 - the young clementina by D. E. Stevenson, and number 15, finished today - 'The World According to Bertie' by McCall Smith. and lots left to go : )

Okay, I am following Julie here, from The Hebridean level: 9-12 books. I am currently reading my 10th book, Mrs. Tim. Now that my company has gone I can get back to reading. I am so enjoying this "Read Scotland 2014" reading challenge. I never knew there were so many Scottish books and authors. I have been enlightened!!

oh, teresa, looks like we need to move to the 'back of beyond' level. it's early in the year, we'll surely read 25 by the end of the year? : )

Book number 15 - Recollection of a Tour Made in Scotland by Dorothy Wordsworth. I wrote a review of it on goodreads. I really enjoyed reading it and looking up on pinterest, each site mentioned. It took forever, but it was fun! And really fun to realize the famous writers who were contemporaries of each other, (in this case, Wordsworth, Scott, and Coleridge)

book number 16 - Tears of the Giraffe by McCall Smith. Really loved it. Read it out of order, but so glad i finally filled in my gap. now to figure out which one comes later in the series for me - just how far had I gotten? : )

working on number 17 now - house on the cliff by d. e. stevenson. reading aloud with my daughter. no idea how many times i and we have read it before, as it is a favorite. reading it is like going on vacation to an old english stone house situated on a cliff above the sea. yes, i'm ready to go right now.

Julie wrote: "working on number 17 now - house on the cliff by d. e. stevenson. reading aloud with my daughter. no idea how many times i and we have read it before, as it is a favorite. reading it is like goi..."

Julie wrote: "working on number 17 now - house on the cliff by d. e. stevenson. reading aloud with my daughter. no idea how many times i and we have read it before, as it is a favorite. reading it is like goi..."

Me to Julie, ready to go now I mean!

number 17 - a very light romance - 'five days on skye' by carla laureano. i think it was one of those amazon offers. those usually are not worth even their low price, but this one was. i enjoyed it. very very light, but it wasn't silly or gross as most of the romance genre are these days. it was well-written - not all the grammatical and spelling errors that are usually reported. so it was a nice vacation read. and of course there were good descriptions of skye, which is what you read it for : )

number 18, also read while on vacation, on my kindle - m. c. beaton's 'death of a cad' - think it's my 3rd time reading it over many years. I really enjoy these earliest 'Hamish' mysteries. Think it might be time to switch up to Peggy's latest edition now that I'm near finishing my 19th book.....

Julie wrote: "number 18, also read while on vacation, on my kindle - m. c. beaton's 'death of a cad' - think it's my 3rd time reading it over many years. I really enjoy these earliest 'Hamish' mysteries. Think ..."

I would say so! I'm already thinking 'next year' too, Julie!