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SUMMER READS<br />
One<br />
for the<br />
books<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is nothing like settling down with<br />
a good book so we asked <strong>Freebird</strong> Club<br />
members to let us in on their favourite<br />
authors and current reads.<br />
Daphne Dhimitri,<br />
Perth, Western Australia<br />
I like to read all sorts except horror. I am currently<br />
reading Inspector Pitt e-books by the author Anne<br />
Perry, (published by Headline Publishing UK) a crime<br />
novelist writing in the 1800s onward. Basically about<br />
crime in that era and how Inspector Pitt conducts<br />
the case, at times with the help of his wife and her<br />
sister (though he does not ask for their help). <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are interesting as they give an insight into how things<br />
may have been in that period. One of things I do<br />
find distasteful is reading<br />
about how men conducted<br />
themselves then. I doubt<br />
I would have survived<br />
five minutes! My other<br />
recommended reads are<br />
<strong>The</strong> Seven Sisters, a series of<br />
books by Lucinda Riley. I<br />
love to read Clive Cussler,<br />
Matthew Reilly and Oliver<br />
Bowden and I can keep<br />
going…..<br />
Kay Davis, Cuenca, Ecuador<br />
My greatest joy in retirement is being able to read<br />
as much as I want for as long as I want. I not<br />
infrequently read an entire book in a day. I read<br />
historical novels, historical romances and mysteries<br />
based in the past as well as those by living author,<br />
James Lee Burke. My favourite current author<br />
is E.A. Allen, a man with an amazing personal<br />
history. Allen’s series of Edwardian mysteries<br />
feature detective Gerard de Montclaire, the French<br />
equivalent of Sherlock Holmes. In fact, the two<br />
meet in one book! Both are deeply flawed (as<br />
we all are), but Montclaire has an even darker<br />
side than Holmes. I’ve read so many mysteries, I<br />
usually figure out ‘who did it’, but Allen can keep<br />
me guessing far longer than<br />
most writers.<br />
James Lee Burke remains<br />
one of my favourite living<br />
authors. His writing is more<br />
poetry than prose. Some of<br />
my early years were spent in<br />
South Louisiana USA, and<br />
he evokes memories of the<br />
sights, sounds and smells<br />
of that special part of the<br />
world.<br />
Judit Bujdoso, Eastleigh, UK<br />
I enjoy all kinds of mystery books and often read<br />
late into the night, as the suspense grows in the<br />
story.<br />
I am currently reading <strong>The</strong> Goldfinch, by Donna<br />
Tartt, an American author. I love the plot and how<br />
it weaves a lot of art-related facts into a story of loss,<br />
love and mystery. It won the Pulitzer award in 2014.<br />
(Published by Little Brown & Co.) Gone Girl by<br />
Gillian Flynn is another great read (published by<br />
Crown Publishing Group). Amy goes missing on her<br />
wedding anniversary and the “gone girl” brought me<br />
10 THE FREEBIRD TIMES – ISSUE NO. 3, AUGUST 2018
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