Chris Scotland
@ScotlandChris1
Followers
522
Following
320
Media
4,199
Statuses
22,937
Books. Grecophile. Back on the Island 🏖️🏝️Expect felines 😽
Leros / Edinburgh
Joined July 2015
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
WIN AT GQ SHANGHAI
• 193761 Tweets
Mourinho
• 139281 Tweets
マギレコ
• 70898 Tweets
田中さん
• 67065 Tweets
WE MISS ONGSASUN
• 52453 Tweets
#SixTONES_GONG
• 48663 Tweets
ホームラン
• 38646 Tweets
ロケットランチャー
• 31691 Tweets
#BON_20Mviews
• 26647 Tweets
フュリオサ
• 19223 Tweets
ぷす逮捕
• 16591 Tweets
フランコ
• 11808 Tweets
オースティン
• 10886 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
Home again and I *think* the cats are happy 😻
8
0
45
Well July has seen 15 books under my belt, so hats off to this top bunch of wordsmiths for keeping me turning the pages 📚📚
@SultoonSarah
@hkist
@SteveGone58
@SJIHolliday
@GillianMAuthor
- I'm thinking many of these will be on many other shelves!
16
13
64
On the famous Edinburgh (Shroedingers) Tram. Nobody wants it but it's always full. Having a door to door service means I've just done something I wouldn't have bothered doing before the full route opened because, traffic. Whizzzzzzz
4
5
43
Not a soul. (or an All Inclusive hotel within 100 nautical miles) 💙
3
0
42
So good to catch up with so many folk
@TheakstonsCrime
! In no particular order,
@robparkerauthor
@MandaJJennings
@DLMWrites
@cmacwritescrime
@hkist
@authorzoesharp
@lilja1972
@will_carver
@OrendaBooks
@SJIHolliday
@robert_scragg
@StephenKeddie
@TheTomWood
@timglisterbooks
8
5
41
Yay, good news, and not much of that flying around 😉... Delayed Big C test results in, all good. Happy days.
5
0
36
Eight books read in February - here's the
#Bookshelf
of this month's dark words and deeds... The last three in just the last five days, I'm gearing up for a mad March 😳. 100% recommended 👇👇👇
6
5
35
5
0
32
Sorted out the post and been out to collect more. Just a few books arrived while I was away, I deliberately kept it down 😂📚📚(and read copies of the top three while I was away, too)
10
3
32
I've decided to continue my monthly bookshelf feature into 2021, so here is what I've read in January - an inspiring bunch and I hope some of you gain some ideas! Surprised I didn't go past nine titles, January having 278 days, this year... 🙄... Anyway, read and enjoy! 📖
11
1
31
Not sure how I name and fame so many
@OrendaBooks
in one
#Orentober
shelfie!
@ohneKlippo
@SJIHolliday
@sarahlovescrime
- I make it 12 of them on here alone. More to follow! Orenda is the mark of true quality. 📚📚
9
6
30
3
4
26
So, January has *finally* come to an end and I've caught up with a chunk of my 2022 TBR. Some crackers here, including
@MMHarroldBooks
@timglisterbooks
and two brand new books just out from
@SultoonSarah
&
@Ronnie__Turner
- & even a
#Biggles
thrown in, too!
10
2
26
Elm Row pavement... Pedestrian crossing... Must be the new loading bay,
@edtiss
@dougalstanton
!!
4
4
26
This weekend's new arrivals 📚📚
#BookPost
#TheKillingTide
#TheCrookedShore
... That's this week sorted 📖
1
42
24
March
#Bookshelf
is here, and I doubled my reading, thanks to this amazing bunch. Including
@ohneKlippo
's brand new Hamburg thriller, and
@jasona1980
is in here, too, so some great contrasts this month - distractions from the real world still needed! 📚📚
8
0
24
Been shuffling books tonight,
@mrfrankowski
- NOW all the
@RedDogTweets
are together!!
@SteveGone58
you kinda stand out, here!
12
3
23
2
3
23
A selection of books that I've been reading in September and October, including a hefty ebook count thanks to
@AlisonBelsham
@Beathhigh
@FionaAnnCummins
@AdrianMagson1
@IprAuthor
and
@Tombenjaminsays
. That's quite a total count 😁 (Five from
@OrendaBooks
, I see!)
12
5
23
@JeremyRBalfour
@JaneyGodley
@ScotTories
Morning Mr B 😁. Edinburgh floating voter here. SfP were/are NOT hated. Actually, they were really useful. Made walking those areas much more pleasurable, easier. Now they've reverted to car parks, so good to know where Tory sympathy lies. Cheers for that.
0
1
22
Huge appreciation and thanks to
@laurasherlock21
and
@LittleBrownUK
for the advance copy of
#PastLying
, the new Karen Pirie thriller from Val McDermid. Available to order now, published in October! 📚📚
1
4
21
Rehoused most of the paperbacks today in this bookcase which I've inherited and which has replaced the collapsing unit that was originally intended to hold much lighter contents! 😂
5
0
21
So another month of reading ends and this was my selection in December - and very happy with it I was, too!
#Bookshelf
#BooksOfTwitter
Over the moon to read these advance copies of two amazing memoirs coming in 2023, as well.
9
4
19
Danny Marshall is one of the nicest gents in crime fiction. He also writes some of the most fast-moving stuff in crime fiction 🤯... And the poor guy was made to wear a tie 👔 for dinner
@TheakstonsCrime
! Anyhoo...
#77North
is available to buy in just a few short weeks. Do it!
2
6
20
Well, some advance planning was needed for the August
#Bookshelf
, which also includes
@mspaulsonellis
and
@AwaisKhanAuthor
, so a grand line-up indeed to inspire, I hope. It kept me up late on many occasions! A superb set for summer reading.
3
2
20
This wonderful, funny, sometimes dark, always enjoyable book from
@JoannaCannon
is out in paperback today, and I recommend it 💯% to anyone who wants a brilliant story to distract them.
#ATidyEnding
1
4
19
Let's make a big Twitter noise about adding
@AwaisKhanAuthor
and another
@doug_johnstone
to the - drat, it's full - bookcase today!
#NoHonour
#TheGreatSilence
@OrendaBooks
#BookPost
3
5
19
6
5
19
Priorities - collected all the books that arrived in the last two weeks!
@harriet_tyce
I read when it came out but I do want a print copy. Then new from
@hkist
@VictoriaSelman
@AAChaudhuri
and
@DameDeniseMina
- the TBR is groaning after three months away 😁
2
2
18
Time for one more book this year - and my 107th, not quite matching last year's 145 😳 - is the forthcoming
#TheCollapsingWave
from
@doug_johnstone
, published in March by
@OrendaBooks
. An absolute treat!
#SandyIsBack
5
4
18
So, the last monthly
#Bookshelf
for a while, and what a brilliant month it's been! Added Cornwall from
@PNovelistGale
,
#Krimi
from
@ohneKlippo
and such varied, clever and downright joyous words from such amazing people. As ever, these have all kept me beautifully entertained.
12
3
18
June's
#Bookshelf
is here - and as many ebooks as physical, this month! A particular mention for
@KtAllenWriting
's debut and for
#CastleShade
, the latest
@mary_russell
escapade. Also
#AnthraxIsland
, another great debut which I devoured in two days 📚📚
5
4
17
2
1
17
Well, July came and went and I almost forgot to post this month's
#Bookshelf
! Kindle took over, as I was away for much of the month. Adding in
@IprAuthor
@SteveGone58
and
@SJIHolliday
- a mighty thirteen distractions altogether...
6
5
17
I have time to delve in to the book cases and reread some blasts from the past, this month. Starting in 2003, though it doesn't feel like 18 years ago! 😳
2
1
16
Nipped into
@edbookfest
and picked up these beauties from
@mspaulsonellis
and
@DameDeniseMina
before events later this week
2
1
16
This is the TBR but the new Kate Atkinson has just arrived and trumps everything. Apologies to everyone I'm working my way towards!
6
2
17
And so, a selection of the many books that stood out for me in 2021. Three regular favourites who continue to impress; a debut, and mostly a bunch of writers not yet in double figures. Amazing. All kept me hooked and I thank them!
9
3
17
@Edinburgh_CC
Was it demolished by one of the dozens of vans that drive into the pavement on Elm Row every day, I wonder, because you still haven't added signage and road markings and bollards and....
2
0
16
This flight of steps is actually called "Chris Road", so would be rude not to climb up
3
0
16
There's a new
@RedDogTweets
book in the House...
@MMHarroldBooks
, that'll be you!
#OutOfTheBlue
has arrived
2
5
16
First book purchase of December. That didn't take too long...
#DashboardElvis
by David F Ross
@OrendaBooks
5
1
16
Fantastic evening at
@edbookfest
with
@doug_johnstone
@mspaulsonellis
@valmcdermid
and
@ambroseparry
talking about all things criminal. So good to have some normality! 📖😁
1
3
16
So, I read both of these this week.
#DashboardElvis
is easily David Ross's best yet; I was blown away. And
#SoPretty
is tense and atmospheric, I can't believe
@Ronnie__Turner
is only 22?! Both available direct from
@OrendaBooks
2
1
16
@OrendaBooks
@will_carver
oh yes. Definitely wearing this get-up for train journeys.
#PsychopathsAnonymous
2
2
16
Not quite sure where all the Audis and BMWs are going to go, now the bins have "finally* returned to Leith Walk 🤔
7
1
15
The face of someone who can take a glass of wine again after 8 days of migraine 🙄
4
0
15
An amazing treat today from the Goddess that is
@OrendaBooks
, Karen, thank you! The Pain Tourist, due November, from
@PaulCleave
4
4
13
November ends so it's time for the penultimate
#Bookshelf
of 2022. An eclectic mix kept me happily occupied this month, including a dive into
@PaulCleave
's backlist. Very fortunate to sample two early 2023 books which I will be recommending... 📚🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟📚
3
3
14
Collected
#EndOfStory
on the way home earlier.
@LouiseWriter
heads in to the future with this one - what if writing novels was a crime? (It's brilliant, by the way, go on, treat yourself!)
0
1
14
This was almost a year ago. Let's see what their memory is like this week 😈😻😻
1
0
13
Just sorting out the books that have arrived in my absence (side-eye at
@OrendaBooks
and
@RedDogTweets
in particular!) - luckily I read First Born & A Tidy Ending in different formats while away so only 11 to play catch-up with... 🤔
5
2
14
Added this to the TBR today, purely because it's an
@OrendaBooks
and Karen told me it's amazing and that I'd love it. Karen is *never* wrong,
@essiefox
!
#TheFascination
2
1
14
... Annnd finished... What the heck goes on in
@sbairden
's head...?!? 😳☠️🥶🤯...
#DomesticNoir
2
2
14
@MarinaSofia8
Put it this way. One market will sigh but "get" what an elevator is, while the other will scratch their heads about lift for a few chapters... 🙄😉
2
0
14
2
1
14
Shockingly negligent with book-buying this month, so nipped on to the
@OrendaBooks
website and bought some "Christmas presents" -
@evecsmith
,
@michaelJmalone1
,
@vandasymon
and
@ohneKlippo
, and all for me 😈
4
1
14
Break time at
@NewcastleNoir
- what a brilliant day it's been so far!
@robparkerauthor
@robert_scragg
@DLMWrites
@LouiseWriter
@SultoonSarah
@michaelJmalone1
@semoorhead
Great to catch up with so many people 😊
2
0
13
Time to share another month of superb reading material and no surprise that in a much more relaxing period, I've read much, much more! My thanks also to
@HodderPublicity
and
@fictionpubteam
for early opportunities to read
@willrdean
&
@SlaughterKarin
titles due in June.
4
1
14
A few more days off so I'm aiming to read these almost-600 pages from
@NolanDom
!
#BeatTheBacklog
#VineStreet
3
1
13
Time for a look at August's bookshelf - ten this month, down from 15 last, but look at this criminal bunch! Including
@timglisterbooks
and
@SarahVPearse
(I'm still racing through The Retreat!) Work now interrupts my reading time again, how dare it? All come highly recommended. 😊
3
2
13
I just finished Into the Dark
@FionaAnnCummins
- one of those word of mouth books, seen it recommended by a few Twitter book folk etc. And wow. Just. Wow. What a roller-coaster read this one was!
3
0
13
Getting through the
#BookPost
after 3 months away and this is the result 🥴... Though on the right, I've read advance copies already of
@LouiseWriter
@PaulBurston
@SJIHolliday
@JDKirkBooks
&
@PepSixSix
. So on the left... Much fun to come with the others over the coming weeks!
6
4
13
That time again, you ask? Why yes. April has been a busy reading month: 11 rereads, plus 5 new to me titles, and one advance copy! Some seriously good stuff here.
#TheWatchman
due in June from
@lume_books
6
1
13
Ah, dear Louise... I have no words. You give us perfection
@LouiseWriter
#JubilantJune
#ThisIsHowWeAreHuman
2
3
13
@sbairden
Have you read these as well? They're great fun! Re-released in ebook ☺️... Just finished
#TheKillingTide
👍😉
2
26
12
@urbancyclist
@Lollercake
in case you're venturing this far on your bikes at the weekend... All pretty good!
1
1
13
2
2
13
Grand day out
@NewcastleNoir
and a chance to meet and catch up with so many friends,
@robparkerauthor
@AngiPlant
@OrendaBooks
@robert_scragg
@dan_stubbings
@semoorhead
@michaelJmalone1
@AnnBloxwich
. Book folk rock!
5
1
13
When Karen calls your name across a busy hallway.... Thank you, thank you 😜😜
#UpstairsAtTheBeresford
@OrendaBooks
@will_carver
Out in November, HOT Autumn Fiction!!
#TheakstonsCrime
#Harrogate
3
1
12