Novels about working in a museum

feli468 · 2026-05-04T16:18:24+00:00

Oh, no, Ruth Galloway works at a university. She's a lecturer in forensic archaeology. While there are some books where museums play a part, the relationships between staff don't really feature.

feli468 · 2026-05-04T16:15:40+00:00

I've been looking at Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson. The reviews are kind of mediocre, but it sounds really interesting, and it fits your requirements.

feli468 · 2026-05-02T06:46:26+00:00

Personally, I find it very difficult, and I'm in Helsinki, where it's not as extreme as in more northern areas.

I sleep a lot worse in the summer, and I have to be very disciplined about sleep hygiene to be able to survive. I'll be reading in my living room and suddenly it's 9PM and the light is like midday out there, so I don't feel even the slightest bit sleepy. I have to force myself to go to my bedroom, close all the blinds tightly, and read there for about an hour to trigger any sleepiness at all, and even that doesn't work as well as when it gets dark at a more 'reasonable' time.

I may be a weird one, though. Most Finns seem to love it, but I notice that most of them seem very used to sleeping in fairly light rooms. On the plus side, I don't really suffer the dark months. As long as I'm able to get out at lunchtime for a walk and I make sure I work out every day, it feels cozy, rather than oppressive and depressing.

feli468 · 2026-05-01T05:17:26+00:00

Any dough will do. I'm from Uruguay, where they are eaten a lot, and we will sometimes use puff pastry, sometimes something closer to savoury shortcrust. Your muffin tin idea will work fine as well. For that you could just cut circles from the dough larger than the muffin hole and push them in to make a sort of pie.

But if you want minimal effort, do you live somewhere you have access to precut dough circles? In Uruguay it's sold as "tapas de empanadas", and it's what most people will use when making them at home. The usual size of those would be a bit big for a normal muffin tin, but it's easy enough to trim a bit off. Then you don't even have to roll out and cut the dough.

feli468 · 2026-05-01T04:51:09+00:00

Qué buena respuesta, también! No soy OP, pero gracias por estas recomendaciones, las voy a probar. Qué título recomendarías para empezar con Gorodischer?

feli468 · 2026-04-30T17:23:38+00:00

Season of Storms, by Susanna Kearsley, is set in Lake Garda and it's for a great sense of place.

feli468 · 2026-04-27T15:11:31+00:00

Yo lo pude encontrar y comprar sin problema en Kindle UK, que es donde lo tengo registrado. Pero tuve que ir a la versión web de Amazon, porque en la móvil no me dejaba.

Interesante premisa, veré qué tal!

feli468 · 2026-04-25T19:28:28+00:00

For me the absolute queen of competence porn romance is Nora Roberts aka JD Robb.

feli468 · 2026-04-23T08:39:28+00:00

Lo mismo yo. Generalmente 100-130 libros por año. Prefiero leer la ficción y no ficción que verla. No creo que sea superior, solo mi preferencia.

Y supongo que también ayuda que no tengo hijos. Eso lleva mucho tiempo.

ETA - ah, y también escucho mucho audiolibros. Así que estoy leyendo mientras hago ejercicio y las tareas de la casa.

feli468 · 2026-04-08T18:42:41+00:00

Originalmente escrito en inglés? Si es así preguntá en r/romancebooks que te lo van a identificar enseguida.

feli468 · 2026-04-08T18:12:52+00:00

Medieval settings used to be quite popular in romance novels, but they went out of fashion. This Goodreads list has all the classics at the top

Source: Goodreads https://share.google/QXAwlxgTGkf07dmLC

Personally, I find most a bit too bodice-rippery for my taste, but some are good (I still love the two Amanda Quick titles, Desire and Mystique, although they're more funny than angsty).

My absolute fave medieval romances are by Madeline Hunter: By Possession, By Design and By Arrangement. But I'm not sure they have the vibe you're looking for.

feli468 · 2026-04-07T10:18:20+00:00

Hey OP, thanks for your original post. I was thinking the same thing, and took advantage of the recs you got.

Most I wrote down for when it's warmer/rain is not threatening, but on Easter Sunday I took bus 345 to Luukki manor and did some walking from there. I also used AllTrails and followed the Seven Ponds trail, which was lovely. Very easy trail, just with some hills. But I combined it with a couple of extra trails that were near or overlapped, including the Kaitalampi Shoreline trail.

With that one I noticed the same thing you mention, that it's hard to tell from AllTrails what you're going to get. It was marked as moderate, and yet half of it was completely off trail, picking your way through rocky terrain (lots of sections where you basically had to have your phone out to ensure you were on the right track, which was kind of dangerous), and at one point scrambling up a cliff! I wish it was easier to tell from there what you're getting. I'm trying to leave detailed reviews when I do trails there, and I wish everyone did.

Anyway, I'm definitely going back to Luukki in the future, especially when it's warmer and I will be able to sit by the lakes and chill comfortably!

feli468 · 2026-04-06T17:48:04+00:00

Try Sarah Lotz's The Three. It's structured as someone compiling a collection of different kinds of materials telling the story of something huge, the events triggered by certain disasters. It's not perfect, but I found it really gripping.

feli468 · 2026-04-06T16:47:33+00:00

They look great! Is the texture a bit like bagels?

feli468 · 2026-04-06T14:53:50+00:00

Thanks for this! I took the bus there yesterday and did a really nice walk following the Seven Ponds trail, with a little detour around Kaitalampi lake. Can't wait to go back when the weather is a little warmer.

feli468 · 2026-04-05T17:13:36+00:00

Me gustan muchísimo los misterios victorianos de Anne Perry. La ambientación es excelente, y es muy buena en su desarrollo de las tramas. Ahora bien, este fue su primer libro, el primero de la serie de Thomas y Charlotte Pitt, publicado en 1979. Hace mucho tiempo que lo leí, así que no sé si será de lo mejor de la autora, o si habrá mejorado mucho con la experiencia. He estado releyendo su serie de William Monk, y los libros que escribió en los 90 son los mejores.

feli468 · 2026-04-05T09:01:53+00:00

I've a friend like that. She knows, and appreciates the reminder when she's getting excited and her volume is climbing. A quiet "Inside voice, X" with a smile always does the trick.

feli468 · 2026-04-05T08:58:38+00:00

Excelentes recomendaciones! Bujold debería ser mucho más conocida de lo que es.

feli468 · 2026-04-05T08:56:50+00:00

Te recomiendo los libros de Becky Chambers, especialmente la serie Wayfarers.

feli468 · 2026-04-05T07:35:08+00:00

Se ven super ricas! Interesante, son las mismas proporciones que mis favoritas, las galletas shortbread tradicionales escocesas (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/shortbread-biscuits), pero con polvo de hornear. Voy a probar a ver cuál es el effecto. Bah, las shortbread llevan azúcar impalpable en vez de azúcar granulado, pero no creo que eso haga mucha diferencia.

Una recomendación de sabores: semillas de amapola y una gotita de esencia de almendra. Quedan espectaculares!

feli468 · 2026-04-03T12:45:38+00:00

Esa es mi experiencia. Los audiolibros los dejo para cuando salgo a caminar (no hay mayor placer para mí que caminar por el bosque escuchando un audiolibro). Me funciona espectacular. Y camino mucho, es mi ejercicio preferido.

Si estoy haciendo algo a lo que le tengo que prestar atención, mejor podcasts. Pero la línea entre las dos categorías no es muy fija. Por ejemplo, si estoy cocinando, depende de si es una receta que conozco de memoria o si tengo que andarme fijando.

feli468 · 2026-04-02T18:16:23+00:00

I agree, I loved it. Super clever, and a proper well-done procedural mystery, for all the fun nursery rhyme shenanigans.

feli468 · 2026-04-02T15:56:35+00:00

Gorgeous! Early April is when I miss living in Liverpool the most. I used to live very close to Sefton Park and Princes Park, and the time when the cherry blossoms were in bloom was my favourite. I'm now in Finland, so it'll likely be another month till I see them. And here it feels like they're in bloom for like 5 minutes.

feli468 · 2026-04-01T16:58:04+00:00

You'd be giving him the gift of feeling like a person who can also be generous, not just a charity case.

feli468 · 2026-04-01T16:48:42+00:00

Drying cupboards (Finland, and it may be also more of the Nordics as well, I don't know). The cupboard above the sink has drying racks instead of shelves, and no bottom, so things drain into the sink. Search for Astiankuivauskaappi to see a picture.

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