Read Scotland discussion

I am still working on Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh, and Ian Lawson’s From the Land Comes the Cloth.

Julie wrote: "I am still working on Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh, and Ian Lawson’s From the Land Comes the Cloth."

Hi Julie, so glad you’re all signed up! Enjoy your challenge! 😊

Got it in the mail today! Another book for this year! The Sosp Man. Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme. It says, ‘A wonderful book about what happens when righteous ambition meets stubborn culture.’

Julie wrote: "Got it in the mail today! Another book for this year! The Sosp Man. Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme. It says, ‘A wonderful book about what happens when righteous ambition meets stubborn culture.’"

Not heard of that one, let us know what it’s like :)

that was 'The Soap Man' - sorry for the misspell!

I’m so behind. I read lots at once, which is a bad habit. Am reading Les Miserables because my granddaughter did and I said I would read it ‘with’ her, but she finished quickly and I’m dragging it out. I’m also rereading Bel Lamington by D E Stevenson, who was a Scot. And just started reading Calum’s Road, about a crofter on Raasay, who couldn’t get the government to build a road on the island, so he built what he needed by himself.

Still reading Fletcher’s End, and added The Most Beautiful Villages in Scotland.

Is there a way to add a picture of the book you’re reading?

Julie wrote: "Is there a way to add a picture of the book you’re reading?"

Yes there is. Do you simply mean the book cover, or displaying a picture you took of the book?

A picture I took of the book?

Julie wrote: "A picture I took of the book?"

To do that, go to the book's webpage and click on the cover of the book. This will bring you to a new page. From here you can click the add more photos link if the book already has photos attached, or if there are no photos, it will say, This book has no photos yet. Add some ». From there it's pretty straightforward.

I hope this helps!

Finally somebooks to add. Have finished Bel Lamington and Fletcher's End rereads. And finished book number three today: The Most Beautiful Village of England. It was a beautiful book to look at and very interesting to read. I hadn't looked at it since long before our trip to Scotland, so was fun to see places we had actually been. And lots more that I wish I could see in person!

The book number three listed above was actually The Most Beautiful Villages of Scotland, not England! Have now finished book number 4, ‘A Work of Beauty, Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh ‘. A Christmas gift from a few years ago. It was actually quite a long book. Lots of old photographs and etchings and architectural renderings of streets and buildings of Edinburgh throughout history and lots of interesting information on all the stories behind all of it. You would have to be very interested in Edinburgh’s history to enjoy it, and I was, and I did : )

Julie wrote: "The book number three listed above was actually The Most Beautiful Villages of Scotland, not England! Have now finished book number 4, ‘A Work of Beauty, Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh ‘. A Chr..."

That’s good, sometimes very specific books are enjoyable in their own way, though I often need little breaks from them. I really need to read at least one McCall Smith book, but don’t think I ever have weirdly.

Book number 5 is a reread. The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey. I read it so many years ago, I found it was like reading it for the first time. Tey always amazes me in that she reads as a contemporary writer. I consulted Scottish friends and there are two Inner Hebridean Islands that have Singing sand. One is Eigg. The other is Islay. Tey Val’s her island Cladda.

Book 6 was D. E. Stevenson’s Mrs. Tim’s Regiment, and book 7 was Bruach’s Blend by Lillian Beckwith, about a British teacher’s retirement to a small Hebridean island and the comical people and situations she encounters there. Book 8 is in progress and is a reread - Mrs. Tim Carries On, taken straight from D. E. Stevenson’s diary of her everyday life during the years of World War II.

Book 9 was Still Glides the Stream by D E Stevenson. One I haven’t read for years. I enjoyed it, but it still is not one of my favorites. Have just begun Between Weathers, about the author’s trip to the Shetland Islands.

Julie wrote: "Book 9 was Still Glides the Stream by D E Stevenson. One I haven’t read for years. I enjoyed it, but it still is not one of my favorites. Have just begun Between Weathers, about the author’s trip t..."

I've never heard of D E Stevenson, she seems quite a character - I love the photos of her! Will have to give her books a try one day...

Trying DES for the first time, I would recommend Miss Buncle’s Book as a first try of her books. The English Air is different from Miss Buncle, but very good. And The Tall Stranger is another, and The House on the Cliff. They have put an author’s plaque on her childhood home in Edinburgh, honoring her, just like the one that Robert Louis Stevenson has on his Edinburgh childhood home. : )

Julie wrote: "Trying DES for the first time, I would recommend Miss Buncle’s Book as a first try of her books. The English Air is different from Miss Buncle, but very good. And The Tall Stranger is another, and ..."

Thank you Julie :) I’m glad she’s got a plaque!