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Post by Owen on Sept 14, 2020 20:25:29 GMT
1 ~~~ Transport yourself to remote Scottish islands with these dark detective novels ~ Matador Network ~~~ COVID-19 HAS WRECKED our 2020 travel plans and made the idea of taking a spontaneous trip ridiculous. And while travel restrictions are easing up around the world — with Greece, Iceland, Portugal, and Sri Lanka reopening their borders to eager tourists — the CDC still recommends that we avoid all non-essential trips, so a jaunt abroad might not yet be on the agenda.
But there are other ways to be transported to faraway places, one of which is diving deep into a good book. We’ll admit that reading international literature is not the same as experiencing a new, foreign place with all our senses, but it’s the next best thing right now. And those who currently dream of escaping to the wild landscapes of isolated lands, where the chances of bumping into another human being are thin, will enjoy an entire series devoted to Shetland, a Scottish cluster of islands that’s 600 miles north of London, 400 miles south of the Arctic Circle, and home to only of 23,000 people: the Shetland detective series by Ann Cleeves. It’s not a brand new series — it even has a TV adaptation — but if you’ve never dived in, it may be your best discovery during lockdown yet. matadornetwork.com/read/ann-cleeves-shetland-novels/ ~ 11 June 2020 ~
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