... I'm just posting during my date, because I forgot to do it earlier. This was pre-written. For someone's convenience.
RSF asked about book recommendations. Since you're waiting for the newest Rivers of London book to come out in the United States, how about a book that's out in the US but not here (that I know of)? I haven't read it yet, but it sounded good enough that I made a note to get it when it comes out, which, last time I checked, is in the autumn. It's called Mr Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore and I really hope they don't change the cover when they publish it over here. I want the glow-in-the-dark one. Partly because I think Sherlock will like it, but mostly because I know I'll like it.
Apart from that, you could try the Dalziel and Pascoe novels by Reginald Hill. It's not terribly important to read them in order, but, if you want to, the first one is called A Clubbable Woman. It's not the best of the series. If you don't mind starting out of order, you could try A Pinch of Snuff.
Also...for those of you wondering when the wedding is going to be...it's not far away. This month, in fact. :)
RSF asked about book recommendations. Since you're waiting for the newest Rivers of London book to come out in the United States, how about a book that's out in the US but not here (that I know of)? I haven't read it yet, but it sounded good enough that I made a note to get it when it comes out, which, last time I checked, is in the autumn. It's called Mr Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore and I really hope they don't change the cover when they publish it over here. I want the glow-in-the-dark one. Partly because I think Sherlock will like it, but mostly because I know I'll like it.
Apart from that, you could try the Dalziel and Pascoe novels by Reginald Hill. It's not terribly important to read them in order, but, if you want to, the first one is called A Clubbable Woman. It's not the best of the series. If you don't mind starting out of order, you could try A Pinch of Snuff.
Also...for those of you wondering when the wedding is going to be...it's not far away. This month, in fact. :)
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Did you post this while I was in the toilet? Or while I was being over awed by the roses you'd organised for our room? Or while I was buried in the menus because everything looked so good?
One of those, possibly... :)
This month! Early congratulations, gents!
Also, would people who made book recommendations on previous entries mind repeating them? I remember Hearne but not any others. I'm going to need new things to read soon. Thanksthanksthanks!
Ella
this month!!!! brilliant :-D
Enjoy your evening guys and enjoy the rest of your mad planning this month :-)
Thank you :) We are now counting down in days!
We have retired outside to enjoy the evening with a nice icy drink.
Exciting!
Have a lovely date...and fun with the countdown!
Mrs Hudson says can she wear a hat she'd like to wear a hat. I want it to be time to do a rehearsal already.
I said you two should wear hats but Mycroft said you'd look like gangsters or something and it would be inappropriate because you can't wear them inside anyway but you could.
There are hats that are appropriate to wear indoors, but then they'd look like hipsters (rather than gangsters. :) (And I don't think they'd go awfully well with nice suits.)
What are you doing this evening, Sherlock? And did you have fun by the river earlier?
Mrs H can wear a hat if she'd like.
I hope you're on the way to bed...
John had tea smoked salmon. Some sort of heaven for him...
Mrs Hudson just called to say that Sherlock insisted he got to stay up until 11 because it was the holidays and because we had a date. No.
I would like tea smoked salmon with every meal now, thank you.
I will learn to make it.
I think you've taken my toothbrush and you said I must NEVER go to bed without brushing my teeth.
L - I wouldn't stop you! But don't feel you must.
Sherlock - Sleep, now.
it's too hot and i'm thirsty and the water isn't the right temperature
...I'm not even sure your toothbrush excuse is new. I think you've tried that before...
Mycroft is very clever, and quite able to give you water at exactly the right temp. if you specify what it is, in degrees C.
I had no idea the wedding was so soon - how exciting!
I hope you have a lovely evening, gents.
N'night, Sherlock.
Sherlock, nothing seems exactly right when the people that should be there aren't there, hmmm? (Also when you supposed to do something you don't want to do.) I sympathize. :( Night night, Sherlock.
My father has read Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore and adored it. He also said to read it in paper and not electronically because it just works better that way.
He has gone to bed.
I hope you both enjoy your night away.
We are walking the dogs and then going to the library tomorrow, possibly followed by a gallery or museum, so you don't need to rush back.
Thank you, Mycroft. It's really good of you to help out. :-)
I don't mind.
He can be quite amusing, in his own way.
You're a star, Mycroft--and a good brother.
Hope you can retain that feeling until tomorrow, Mycroft. You're a very kind young man. sleep well, when you do.
As for you, John Danger, between dinner, a room, flowers, drinks...I think I might just need to demonstrate my thanks now ;)
That's really exciting that your wedding is this month. Enjoy the rest of your date.
It is exciting - and soon! And a little bit terrifying. :)
August is a good month for weddings and anniversaries. Has been for at least 17 years.
Mycroft, you are an amazing young man.
Even though I work in a library, there are some books that require a bookstore visit. Mr. Penumbra definitely falls in that category. The others I can read for free.
Ella, I mentioned Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson earlier. You might like it.
Have a lovely night all!
I really like the In Death series by J.D. Robb, which can be read out of order. It's a futuristic cop series.
For the fantasy genre, Anne McCaffrey is lovely (Dragons!).
For horror/suspense, I really like Dean Koontz.
So... Last Night. All alone in the house, since the rest of the family on the other side of the country. The house is a bit isolated. Middle of a raging storm around 1 AM. And... the doorbell rings.
I freak out. Run to the safe because I thought a gun was in there, kept messing up the code for the spin lock. Finally unlock it... no gun. So. I spent the next hour with a blunt sword next to my bed.
Tell the family about it the next morning and Mom says, "The doorbell hasn't been connected for a long time." Come home after work today, and sure enough, the doorbell doesn't work.
So tonight. I have retrieved MY gun from my vehicle and feel much better about it all.
I feel kind of weird that I take such comfort in having my gun with me, when I know that it is illegal to have one in some countries.
Sorry for posting such a ginormous post. I had to share the creepiness.
I'm glad that you both had a lovely date and I can't wait to hear more about the wedding!
I liked the Nell Sweeney mysteries by P.B. Ryan. Genre fiction, with the inherent weaknesses thereof.
Readaholic, I hope you have a peaceful night.
Thanks for the Rivers of London tip, the acronym-'in-joke' at the beginning alone'll be worth it.
Hope you had a nice date! And a not quite so hot day today. It's going to be about 35 C here today, which is close to unprecedented :-((
Readaholic - I think that would scare anyone! Hope you have a peaceful night tonight.
Tina - we got to 34 yesterday in London - hottest for a decade!
Mycroft - hope you're coping with three excitable creatures in the thunder...
We're starting the day with a relaxed breakfast...well, we will, when we get out of bed...
I thought it was hot yesterday. Trust me to choose the hottest day in a decade to come to London. Now to get to the British Museum without getting too wet.
Ella: I rather belatedly posted this for RSF on John's previous post, "You might like London Falling by Paul Cornell, although it's much darker than the Rivers Of London series; alternatively, you might like the Felix Castor series of novels by Mike Carey."
SH - I'm jealous of you going to the British Museum, although not of you being in London today - far too muggy for that. Have a good day :-)
Readaholic - is it...okay to have a gun in your car? I mean, coming at it from my cultural viewpoint it seems crazy! But I've got no ideas, really, about gun laws in the US.
And can I just remind you all that I have an amazing boyfriend. Soon-to-be husband. Which...I can't quite believe. I'm going to start practising. "This is John, my husband...”
Yup. I live in Georgia, where after you have a background check, get fingerprinted, and pay for your gun license, you can carry concealed. At least for handguns. There are some places you can't take them though, like schools, bars, and government buildings. I have a shoulder holster, but I never really use it. I usually keep it in my car.
Peaceful night thanks!
That sounds like a perfect introduction Greg :-)
I'm glad you're having an amazing time together :-)
I hope you're having a good day Mycroft and that you and Sherlock are managing to make the most of your time together :-)
I hope the heat isn't as bad as predicted. Don't forget to drink lots of water if you're out in it, everyone!
Readaholic, if I were you I'd want something effective against ghosts. Although poltergeists aren't usually anything worse than annoying, despite the movies. And be careful, please. One of the sites I follow has a guy who has been collecting news stories about gun accidents and there's way too many people who shoot friends and family members coming into the house at night. (Like almost one a week.) D:
If it was during a storm, maybe there was some issue with the electrical system that made the doorbell go off. At any rate, I'm glad Nothing happened.
Readaholic - somehow, in my mind, shoulder holsters ...arre better. I mean, at least you know exactly where it is!
My thought about the car was just thinking if someone would steal it. I mean, here in London, lots of people don't bother locking their cars. No point, because you'll just get your windows smashed in. Just don't leave anything in it and leave it unlocked. It's what I used to do.
Thank you, Nameless. The frescoes in the Pompeii exhibition were wonderful.
We have found the boys! Just in time, apparently, as Sherlock was about to expire from severe ice cream deficiency.
It's a sever disorder, ice cream deficiency!
Hope your night out was perfect!
Yeah, it was pretty close to perfection, thanks. Very hot though! (In more ways than one)
Some sorts of hot are extra perfect, of course... ;)
Did you two go to a museum in the end, Sherlock and Mycroft?
Speaking of museums/galleries reminded me that there was an article I wanted to pass along, about a woman who uses art works to improve law enforcement officers' observational skills: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Teaching-Cops-to-See.html I though you might find it interesting, Sherlock. (Also, it says in the article that she taught a class at Scotland Yard, so I wondered if you had attended, L?)
Since I live and work more in the suburbs than the city, I feel safe leaving it in the car. If I ever move to atlanta or another big city though, that sucker is going to be in my holster!
That was an interesting article, RR! And now I'm looking around trying to think of words to describe what I see.
Interesting article - no, I've never heard of her though. Don't know which dept. got to do that.
Readaholic - sorry for all the questions. I've never really had anyone to ask before! Bry used to hate me 'talking about the job' when we were abroad. Guess you don't get to have much of his sort of 'fun' when it's obvious your other half's a detective.
Don't worry, I like the questions! I started commenting on here to be able to interact with all of you.
Did you and him start dating before or after you started working for Scotland Yard? Feel free not to answer of course!
Before I got transferred to the Yard, but I was already a detective, just in a different nick. I've worked quite a few different beats, stations and departments.
Shows what I know. I thought all of London police were at the Yard. I blame televison.
One would think that he would know what he was getting into if you were already a detective... but people aren't always intelligent.
Anyways, even if you don't like your partner's occupation, you should be happy that they are passionate about it. Unfortunately this isn't an ideal world and people don't always subscribe to that.
Ah, no! There are 141 police stations in London, including the Yard.
And...yeah, I don't know. I can't explain how his mind worked. I think he thought I could keep him out of serious trouble. Sadly, in some ways, he was right.
Glad you liked it, Anon! It's harder than it sounds, or at least I certainly found it so!
L--I guess they looked at your team's success rate and decided you didn't need any more training in observation... :)
I did think it was an interesting way of teaching observational skills, especially as it being in such a different area, it would be out of the box from the get-go. (She teaches medical students and doctors the same way.)
Goodness. Why is the Yard so popularized then? Is it the largest?
Well at least your path led you to John and the boys. Perhaps if you had never had that relationship, events would have gone differently. At least that's how I try to look at the not so good events I have been through.
It is pretty big. And it's the headquarters of the Met. The Met police most of Greater London and the City of Westminster.
Hasn't actually been in Great Scotland Yard since 1890! But it takes a long time for things to change around here - and in a few years we're moving again...and will still be called Scotland Yard.
Is the rest of London called Lesser London? Or Just Those Other Bits? :D
Everyone would riot and/or ignore the name change if they did!
Sadly not - Greater London is all of London, unless you're a copper, in which case we ignore The City, because that's not our territory ;)
It's essentially the 32 boroughs of London, and The City, all together. Otherwise you refer to boroughs by their name. Obviously most people just say 'London' though.
Too bad, I quite liked Just Those Other Bits. I would live there..
About how many police do you think there are in all of London?
Hard to say exactly - depends if you just count the Met, or the Met and the City, or include the Transport police...and then you have police officers, Specials and PCSOs... but about 30,000 in the Met, full time officers.
Goodness. It's hard to imagine that many people, but I'm sure all of them have plenty of work to do.
Sadly, yeah.
Although right now a thunderstorm has just popped up out of nowhere - should keep the figures low for tonight! Criminals don't like the rain any more than the rest of us. Hot weather like we've been having is the worst for crime.
Because tempers are shorter, so more violence?
Yeah, short tempers, more drinking, holiday times are always worse, too, kids off school, sometimes that can cause more arguments as well, more places left unsecured - windows open at night etc. people wearing less, which leads to other moronic people thinking it's some sort of open invitation - nasty combination.
Oy, vey--makes me extra grateful for the gate on our fire escape window. (It's fire department approved for apartment use!)
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