World Book Day

[venta]

The book I am reading: Death Called to the Bar, David Dickinson
The book I love most: Um, it changes regularly, but over the last few years it's most consistently been An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears
The last book I received as a gift: The Portrait, and The Titian Committee, both by Iain Pears (for Christmas)
The last book I gave as a gift: a James Anderson omnibus (to my dad)
The nearest book: Join Me, Danny Wallace

Hmm. That does make my reading look a bit one-dimensionsal, doesn't it?

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I also love An Instance of the Fingerbobs (in fact I think it might have been you who first lent it to me), but I was pretty disappointed by the one I read from the Italian art history detective series -- The Bernini Bust I think it was. Be interested to know if you find different.

(Also, I'm intrigued by the 'shee' tag to this post. Which of these authors is secretly faerie-folk?)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming the David Dickinson who writes legal thrillers isn't mahogany-faced antiques-botherer David Dickinson?

[venta.livejournal.com]

I had to find a photo of the antique-bothering chap to work out who he was, and can now confirm you are correct in your assumption.

David Dickinson seems to have written a whole series of whodunnits featuring Lord Francis Powerscourt, but frankly I don't think I'll be bothering with any of the others.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I also like the artworld whodunnits Pears writes, but they are very different. I find them great as low-effort, lightly-entertaining brain bubble-gum on days when I want such a thing.

Which of these authors is secretly faerie-folk?

[SFX: Raspberry]

Corrected now :)