That is hilarious the investigators couldn't get a payback for catching the baddie! I love those sorts of stories. Hopefully someone bought them a few beers at the pub in the end at least.
Hi Aaron, I love how widely you read. Everything sounded great. I have been wanting to read Tey for the first time but wasn't sure where to start. I'm glad to have your recommendation in my mental pocket. Happy reading! 👋🏽
@@books_and_bocadillos Most people would say The Daughter of Time I think, which is good and unique but I think I didn't like it as much because I think it's all wrong about the historical events it is talking about.
The doppelgänger premise of Brat Farrar sounds very interesting, especially with all of the horse stuff. "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" sounds really good too and I love the weirdness. Love the cover of the Discworld book and I'm the same way with trying to read non-fiction (especially History) as audio. I usually give up and go back to the physical every time, so I don't know why I keep trying, lol. Nod sounds really interesting!
Sounds like a great reading week! You’ve definitely convinced me to give Tey another chance after hating the Franchise Affair. (That was after I’d already enjoyed two other books of hers, so I know I CAN enjoy her stuff.) Wyrd Sisters is what kickstarted my Pratchett obsession a couple of years ago. Witches Abroad is a good’un too, I’m sure you’ll have fun with that.
Can’t go wrong with a Pratchett. I am currently reading Guards! Guards! I have only read one of the witches books -Equal Rites but I can’t really remember a lot of it so I should probably revisit that one. The Josephine Tey one sounds good too. It’s nice to put a face to your name as I always hear lots of my bookish pals talk about you 😊
Scattered Bodies sounds absolutely great. I think I’d like that. I love Josephine Tey and she doesn’t get enough love. I have Brat Farrar on my shelf as yet unread but I have completed the Inspector Grant books now. Fab wrap up 😊
I’m with Guy Fawkes too but I’m not sure we should say that on the internet 😉 Never feel you have to have finished a bunch of stuff to do a Friday reads Aaron, I’m quite happy to just hear progress updates!
Killing Thatcher sounds really interesting! I love a history book on audio. I usually prefer non-fiction on audio and fiction on kindle. But I get almost all of my books from the library so it ends up being what is available. You probably go much deeper into history books than I do. I like to get carried away by the general story and don't do any follow-up research until after. I think I miss a lot of details that way!
I did my degree in history so maybe it's a hangover from that, although that is why I now mostly read narrative history too, I have read enough academic histories for one lifetime 😁. I think you would like Killing Thatcher!
@@AaronReadABook I never knew that The Daughter of Time was her most famous. Great book, very different but I would not call it her best. After Brat Farrar, the ones I re-read most often are The Franchise Affair, which I find JUST as gripping now (when I am about word perfect on the story) as I did decades ago. and Miss Pym Disposes, which is sincerely creepy in fascinating, always subtle ways. But I don't think she wrote a single bad one, so whichever you find I will look forward to seeing what you think of it.
I haven't finished watching yet but had to go to my childhood reading journal to see which Josephine Tey is read - just one called The Franchise Affair. No idea if I liked it!! But Brat Farrar sounds really good. Will comment on the rest tomorrow 😊
There's another book somewhat simiilar to Brat Farrar and that is The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier (this was published after Brat Farrar). The main difference in plot between the two lies in why the protagonist is pretending to be someone else. In The Scapegoat, an English academic is on holiday in France where he meets his double, a French aristocrat. The latter want to escape from him family and financial ties, so he gets the Englishman drunk, swaps identities with him and steals his clothes and papers. When the Englishman wakes up, the aristocrat's chauffeur is urging him to get dressed and go home to the chateau. (The Frenchman had left his clothing and possessions for him.)
Hi Aaron, I loved Bratt Ferrar. I think Josephine Tey is one of my favorite writers, even though the daughter of time was not my favorite of hers. She was an unusual writer, and in my opinion a more interesting person than Patricia heze Smith. I like your relaxed yet in depth style of creating videos. Aloha friend.
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That is hilarious the investigators couldn't get a payback for catching the baddie! I love those sorts of stories. Hopefully someone bought them a few beers at the pub in the end at least.
Police generally liked Thatcher, and certainly were no fans of the IRA, so I imagine they have more than made up for it in free pints 😁
Oh! Brat Farrar sounds really interesting - never read anything by Tey, but going to check this one out. What a list for the week!
She's always good fun in my experience, never your typical plot 😁
Hi Aaron, I love how widely you read. Everything sounded great. I have been wanting to read Tey for the first time but wasn't sure where to start. I'm glad to have your recommendation in my mental pocket. Happy reading! 👋🏽
@@books_and_bocadillos Most people would say The Daughter of Time I think, which is good and unique but I think I didn't like it as much because I think it's all wrong about the historical events it is talking about.
The doppelgänger premise of Brat Farrar sounds very interesting, especially with all of the horse stuff. "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" sounds really good too and I love the weirdness. Love the cover of the Discworld book and I'm the same way with trying to read non-fiction (especially History) as audio. I usually give up and go back to the physical every time, so I don't know why I keep trying, lol. Nod sounds really interesting!
I've stupidly started another non-fiction audiobook too 😆 this one is more a biography though so that should be fine.
Sounds like a great reading week! You’ve definitely convinced me to give Tey another chance after hating the Franchise Affair. (That was after I’d already enjoyed two other books of hers, so I know I CAN enjoy her stuff.)
Wyrd Sisters is what kickstarted my Pratchett obsession a couple of years ago. Witches Abroad is a good’un too, I’m sure you’ll have fun with that.
Yeah I would definitely give her another go!
Can’t go wrong with a Pratchett. I am currently reading Guards! Guards!
I have only read one of the witches books -Equal Rites but I can’t really remember a lot of it so I should probably revisit that one.
The Josephine Tey one sounds good too.
It’s nice to put a face to your name as I always hear lots of my bookish pals talk about you 😊
Hi Charlie! I love Guards Guards, and pretty much all of the Watch ones, they are my favourites.
Scattered Bodies sounds absolutely great. I think I’d like that. I love Josephine Tey and she doesn’t get enough love. I have Brat Farrar on my shelf as yet unread but I have completed the Inspector Grant books now. Fab wrap up 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff I need to get that Delphi complete works so I can just plough through the rest of the Grant ones. It's a shame she died so young.
@ very much so. There’s an Audible collection of the Grant novels but the Delphi collection is good value and includes all the plays too
I’m with Guy Fawkes too but I’m not sure we should say that on the internet 😉 Never feel you have to have finished a bunch of stuff to do a Friday reads Aaron, I’m quite happy to just hear progress updates!
I would worry that I was saying something was really good and then it might have a terrible ending or something 😁
😂 it happens
Killing Thatcher sounds really interesting! I love a history book on audio. I usually prefer non-fiction on audio and fiction on kindle. But I get almost all of my books from the library so it ends up being what is available. You probably go much deeper into history books than I do. I like to get carried away by the general story and don't do any follow-up research until after. I think I miss a lot of details that way!
I did my degree in history so maybe it's a hangover from that, although that is why I now mostly read narrative history too, I have read enough academic histories for one lifetime 😁. I think you would like Killing Thatcher!
Brat Farrar, one of my favourite by Josephine Tey.
I really had a good time with it, I need to get her other books now!
@@AaronReadABook I never knew that The Daughter of Time was her most famous. Great book, very different but I would not call it her best.
After Brat Farrar, the ones I re-read most often are The Franchise Affair, which I find JUST as gripping now (when I am about word perfect on the story) as I did decades ago. and Miss Pym Disposes, which is sincerely creepy in fascinating, always subtle ways.
But I don't think she wrote a single bad one, so whichever you find I will look forward to seeing what you think of it.
I haven't finished watching yet but had to go to my childhood reading journal to see which Josephine Tey is read - just one called The Franchise Affair. No idea if I liked it!! But Brat Farrar sounds really good.
Will comment on the rest tomorrow 😊
@@YourTrueShelf Mixed reviews in the comments for that one, I've not got to it yet.
I always thought we were celebrating Guy Fawkes, not his capture!!
There's another book somewhat simiilar to Brat Farrar and that is The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier (this was published after Brat Farrar). The main difference in plot between the two lies in why the protagonist is pretending to be someone else. In The Scapegoat, an English academic is on holiday in France where he meets his double, a French aristocrat. The latter want to escape from him family and financial ties, so he gets the Englishman drunk, swaps identities with him and steals his clothes and papers. When the Englishman wakes up, the aristocrat's chauffeur is urging him to get dressed and go home to the chateau. (The Frenchman had left his clothing and possessions for him.)
@@KatJack-vl8xj My mother gave me a copy of The Scapegoat recently! She said it was great, Du Maurier is her favourite.
I’m very happy when I have the time to accidentally read too many books. 😝
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It is good but at the same time I find it hard to talk about 4 books in one go 😁
Need to revisit Pratchett. Should get there around 2027 at current rate…
I'm not even half way through discworld and I've been reading them about 30 years, I need to up my speed. I have done 3 this year.
Hi Aaron, I loved Bratt Ferrar. I think Josephine Tey is one of my favorite writers, even though the daughter of time was not my favorite of hers. She was an unusual writer, and in my opinion a more interesting person than Patricia heze Smith.
I like your relaxed yet in depth style of creating videos. Aloha friend.
Thanks! Yes she is becoming one of my favourite mystery writers, I need to get more of her books ☺️
@ I suggest “Miss Pym disposes” or “the franchise affair,