Musing Mondays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…
- Describe one of your reading habits.
- Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
- What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
- Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
- Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
- Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!
My Musing:
I am going through a spate of, as I call it, Scotland reading. I am trying to read stuff set in places I have been to, the highlands, the islands. I am also trying to read books about places that I haven’t had a chance to visit, or maybe never will. I bought a couple of books a couple of weeks ago, one set in Orkney and another one set in South Uist. I love the Hebrides. I believe that they are a generalised lot, but each island, each settlement has got tremendous character and poignance of its own. The islands of Scotland are a land of harsh climes and warm hearths – they are lands that are ravaged by the cycles of nature and yet are ever-changing and unchanging. I think the islands off the coast of the Island (UK) are just that – islands of islands. Can a satellite have satellites?
I like books set in places where I have visited. I just picked up a mystery set in Eureka Springs, AR, a cute little town not far from me. Thanks for a great post. I think you gave visited but if not here is my MM
Yeah, it’s nice when you can recognise references to names, houses, inns, shops etc
Congrats on your first musing. Here’s mine: http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/musing-mondays-9/
I recently read a book then quite unplanned ended up travelling by train through the town it was set in. It added to my appreciation of the book.
That must’ve been quite exciting!