Odd week

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I am having an atypical week. Loads and loads of proper meetings (not catch up things or regular ones, specific meetings about A Thing, to get it agreed and mark progress. The Things are all different. It's a whirl). I'm also going into town four times this week, which is not normal - two for fun, two for work. Today is my only perfectly standard

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[brunettepet]

Police procedurals are my go to vacation reads. They're relaxing.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Yes, I agree. And I don't often feel like I need to bring them home with me, so it lightens the packing to come back!

[thismaz]

I've been enjoying the recent trend for "London with a magical twist". I imagine that's even more fun for you, knowing the place.
But it's the problem with actually knowing a lot of history, isn't it - that you can spot inaccuracies. Makes reading historical novels a bit of a trial at times.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Yes! I loved Rivers of London, and then with Jacka and Kate Griffin I am getting really spoiled. They all tell me bits about the city that are either familiar and *right* or unfamiliar and fascinating.

And yes on the history as well. Bad history really bugs me - and little stuff like getting titles wrong (Sir Brown, or whatever) annoys me even in those forgivably generic Regency settings. On the other hand there are series where there's really good research and a great idea, but lousy writing, and that doesn't work either! There's one about Domesday book commissioners travelling the country, which is a perfect setup for investigating medieval shenanigans, and it's terribly wooden. I need them to work on both counts!

[kazzy_cee]

I never understand why coffee/hot drink shops can’t do proper tea. According to my tea loving friends Costa comes closest as they have teapots but everyone hates Starbucks overpriced tea.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

No, it's so annoying. That station tea shop wasn't doing anything fancy, but it's about £1 a cup for decent tea out of a proper pot and I was utterly grateful. It's far too rare. (I do like Starbucks chai tea - not the syrup stuff, but they have proper spiced teabags, which are pretty good. But the ordinary tea is awful.)