JRT

I’ve got the husband reading John Rowe Townsend now. He’s a fan, but he’s only read a few of his books. I started him with GUMBLE’S YARD last night and he blew through it and is almost done. Would’ve kept going but it was 1am. He really...

THE SUMMER PEOPLE by John Rowe Townsend

There’s not much to say about THE SUMMER PEOPLE except that it’s a perfect book. I don’t even know why. It just is. Elegant and simple, straight forward and human, historical and yet absolutely relevant.Some said it better than me:A lovely story it...

Good-night, Prof, Love

Hello. Well, I had to skip the next book of JRT’s for now. It’s called NOAH’S CASTLE and is indeed one of my favorites. However, while the book I’m writing is TOTALLY DIFFERENT, it’s set in the future too, and I just don’t want to...

Goodnight, Prof Love

I’m now reading JRT’s GOOD-NIGHT, PROF, LOVE. It’s got such a great opening. I can hardly wait for dinner to be over (I’m cooking it at 10pm because we’re on actor’s hours here), so we can go to bed and read. Yay! I think when...

Translation please?

Hi, All.So, I’m now reading JRT’s HELL’S EDGE. It is set in a Yorkshire town and he has written a bunch of it in dialect. While he sprinkles dialect in in other books, this is quite heavy with it, and I think it is to show the difference between the...