Are you reading anything different?

I like crime novels.   I have read quite a lot Swedish crime novels, couple of  Danish, one or two French and Italian ones and  quite a few Icelandic.  All translated of course.   (Bit like Saturday night dramas seen on BBC4!)

Now I am trying a Spanish (well, Basque) crime story.  Bit strange. A completely different policing system and this particularly book leaves in quite a bit of local language and customs.

Its nice to try something a bit different.

First swallow

When pointed out one swooping next door to husband he responded "Don't get excited; one swallow doth  not a summer make". I was able to answer - "That's OK them , I saw two yesterday!"



By coincidence I picked up a second hand copy of Swallows and Amazon's yesterday in the charity shop -  I am just missing the Big Six now. Loved these books since I was 10!

Nylon shirts?

I have just been reading a novel by Sian Thomas (the late wife of Robert Preston the economics journalist  BBC) called An uncommon murder. She sets the atmosphere well in 1946/7, especially the grey post war with rationing. BUT at least two of the male characters are described as wearing nylon shirts.

My husband and I compared memories and could not recall nylon shirts being worn by males in our families before the 1960s. I can't find any clear information on the Web either only that there were nylon stockings of course.  Can you remember when nylon shirts became commonplace?

We enjoy reading a lot, getting through 5 or 6 books a week, and often discuss how well books are written and their accuracy!