The Book Shop

I mentioned in the last Post that I tend to read several books at a time. My current active book stash consists of: Britain's Last Tommies (Richard Van Emden), The Partisans - Secret Armies of World War II (David Mountfield), For Valour - Victoria Cross and Medal of Honor Battles (Bryan Perrett) [which I finished yesterday], and The Sociology of Norbert Elias (Steven Loyal and Stephen Quilley). There are another 10 books waiting to be read at home and about 6 in work. I managed to restrict myself to one book while I was in Africa, but I suspect that if I had stayed longer then I would have dived into a lot more. In particular because of the mosquito's at night and the earlier sunset. Elias probably found Ghana a joy. Friendly intelligent people to pass the day with, and nighttime solace to catch up on the reading and writing. The only disturbance being the singing frogs and birds, or if you are fortunate enough to live near a gaming reserve then the occasional roar of a lion. Back in the UK, the silence of my nighttime is only broken by our Grandson or the occasional car passing by the house. Quiet really, and that is probably why I liked staying at my mates house in Bristol. There were no quiet nights in the City. The sound of sirens and vehicles continued throughout the night, and were only broken by the occasional bit of snoring.