{"id":23500,"date":"2024-04-01T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23500"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:24:36","slug":"best-laid-plaids-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23500","title":{"rendered":"Best Laid Plaids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b4arup\"><em>Best Laid Plaids<\/em><\/a> (2020) Ella Stainton (Kilty Pleasures)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4b4arup\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Best-Laid-Plaids.jpg?resize=189%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Best Laid Plaids\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Best-Laid-Plaids.jpg?w=363&amp;ssl=1 363w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Best-Laid-Plaids.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>Set in Scotland in 1928<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>said scholar had annihilated his reputation as one of the Empire\u2019s most learned folklorists by publicly insisting that he chatted with ghosts. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The steel tip of his walking stick twanged, punctuating each step in the way he\u2019d grown accustomed in the ten years since the end of the Great War. Gravel drives like this were the worst; bloody slippery underfoot and hard to catch purchase.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt helps me focus when someone is singing or playing music.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Publisher: Carina Press<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Laid Plaids (2020) Ella Stainton (Kilty Pleasures) Set in Scotland in 1928 said scholar had annihilated his reputation as one of the Empire\u2019s most learned folklorists by publicly insisting that he chatted with ghosts. The steel tip of his walking stick twanged, punctuating each step in the way he\u2019d grown accustomed in the ten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193,30,897,292,33,207,608,742,148,41,16],"tags":[605,50,779,737,546,544,535],"class_list":["post-23500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10","category-british","category-contemporary","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mental-health-rep","category-neurodiversity","category-physical-health","category-queer","category-reread","category-supernatural","tag-adhd","tag-boinking","tag-ella-stainton","tag-ghosts","tag-interwar-period","tag-mm","tag-neurodiversity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-672","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13650,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13650","url_meta":{"origin":23500,"position":0},"title":"Best Laid Plaids","author":"Michelle","date":"December 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Best Laid Plaids (2020) Ella Stainton (Kilty Pleasures) Set in Scotland in 1928. 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