Readers Over Ninety :-)

Dear youngsters,

As I approach "half-way there", just a proposal.

Ninety is the new eighty (or is it the other way around?) Doesn't matter...does it? Um Err...

Seriously does anyone know of our oldest (in age) member?

Guido

ETA. Grammar

LT doesn't collect that info. If members want to volunteer their age they are invited to do so!

What is "half way there"? Half-way to ninety? Some days I feel "half way" to death when arthur (arthritis) comes to visit! Thankfully he is not a frequent visitor!

I am 84 but sure there are some older members. I know someone who is 89 and has written a book. She is sending to publishers in hopes of getting published.

I don't know about LT users over 90, but I deliver library books to a number of elderly people, several over 90. One of the most avid readers (~15 books / month) is 99.

One interesting thing is that many of them read mainly crime /whodunnits.

>5 sarahemmm: Are they mainly cozy mysteries? I like a mystery but not with bad language. Thank you for doing this.

>6 mnleona: They certainly prefer not to have too much gore! Lee Child and Richard Osman are favourites; also thrillers such as Clive Cussler, Hammond Innes.

The Home Library Service is a brilliant idea - run by the RVS in conjunction with local libraries. Not just books, British libraries do DVDs and audio books too.

My mother in law had a great library delivery service where she lived. She would phone the library staff and tell what she liked, and they would deliver five at a time. Tons of mysteries for her, too. She especially liked a series where Eleanor Roosevelt was the detective. They were written by Elliott Roosevelt, her grandson, I think.

My mother is 95 - not a member here, but a serious life long reader! Probably gave me the habit, too.

One thing has changed: she now has very few books. She kept a large library for years until the physical discomfort of holding books forced the decision to give most of them away. My niece gave her a Kindle several years ago, and once she got used to it, she came to really love it.

Her fare is lighter than it once was - nothing too graphic or upsetting for her. But she'll basically give just about anything a try in any genre outside of horror. ;)

I am 88 and reading more books every year. The vast majority are audio because I obtain more insight into the emotional side of the characters in the book.

I started as primarily a mystery reader but am now more aware of all genres that I enjoy. It turns out that obscure genres like Magical Realism are quite interesting to me. Any book labelled Literary Fiction fits my needs. My main interest is still Literary Mysteries.

Reading is something I enjoy. My mysteries really began with Nancy Drew.