I'm afraid that I might have forgotten that I had a page here, and I haven't written anything for almost an entire year. I suppose it's fine because I don't think that anyone is reading this, so it's really more for myself than anyone else to begin with. This year I've been reading a lot and I've far exceeded my meager goal of reading twenty books. Well I've exceeded it by seven books, almost eight. I am currently on book number twenty seven. And if I am being honest, also on twenty eight and twenty nine but I've been trying to get through those books for a few months so they don't really count.
At the moment I'm clawing my way through the Thursday Murder Club series and I have to say I've been really enjoying it. It's funny really that I haven't discovered this series before. Or rather I had discovered it but it was not at the right moment. I also collect books in the British Library Crime Classics series but as I am rather lagging behind I have to try and find a lot of the books second hand.
As you may imagine entering 'murder' into the book section on Vinted gets quite a lot of results. And just a few months ago I was really annoyed that this little red book with a fox on it kept clogging up all of the pages! Imagine that. If I had just been a little bit more curious I could have started this series much earlier. Although considering that the first book was released in the dreaded year of 2020 I was lagging behind quite a bit already to begin with.
Anyway, the series is marvelous. I've just gone through it like butter melting in a hot pan. I read the first in a week, the second in three days and I started the third yesterday. I imagine I will finish it tomorrow because the weather will be horrific (Code orange storm!) and I have a package set to be delivered. So that's my day set as a cozy day in I suppose, not that I wanted anything else.
The book is right up my alley. I love it when elderly people do fun things and I especially love it when they get involved in murders! Over the years I've loved my Miss Marple books and adaptations (I've just gone through a boxset of the Joan Hickson series) and I also liked Rosemary and Thyme. Although they weren't quite elderly yet I believe.
But I do love this series. It tackles quite series crimes, well murder obviously but it also delves deep into all of these little thoughts that all of us have. And the characters are so well structured, they seem like people I'd love to be friends with. Haven't watched the recent film adaption yet though, although I imagine I may be able to fit it into this week.
I did see that they've cast Pierce Brosnan as Ron? Apologies to the man but I find that to be an offense quite close to being criminal. I've always imagined Ron as this rugged working class, perhaps bald (Or balding?) man you could find outside of a local chippy before a football game. Pierce doesn't quite fit the bill, he's much to suave. Maybe watching it will change my mind, but I doubt it! The other characters appear to be closer to my visions for them.
What it all boils down too, the books are written from the perspective of each character and some side characters but also in the form of Diary entries by Joyce. She reminds me of an aunt that I could have had. Reading those chapters made me feel quite happy, they're so captivating yet also mundane.
When I was younger I also had various blogs and I always felt like I needed to have a topic, or some kind of angle. But this isn't an episode of the news and I'm hardly a product so I can just write about whatever I want right? It would feel much more natural too, and as nothing really happens to me anyway normally I wouldn't have anything to write about anyway.
I'd like to start treating this blog as much more of a diary, as Joyce would do it. I think that if you are going to start looking at fictional characters for inspiration it's perfectly alright to choose a kind and shy retired nurse with a growing knack for solving crimes. I always thought on the inside I was pushing eighty years old already. Unfortunately for myself I almost never correctly guess who the killer is but you can't have it all.
So I'd like to say, let's see each other soon again as I intended and not in a few months time! Can't make promises after all but I'll try my best.
- Lily
- Unrelated, but this is where I'd like to solve crimes -
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