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Good Morning
Dec. 28th, 2016 07:35 amCoffee time!!
Dec. 28th, 2016
Coffee time!!
Wishful Drinking
Dec. 28th, 2016 01:32 pmI have two visits which i will do tomorrow now after the free breakfast. One in Maidstone and one in Gravesend. Then nothing till the New Year, so far, as you never know, an urgent one might come up..
Finished off that Maigret novel, which took a bit longer than expected, and now reading the Carrie Fisher book "Wishful Drinking" , a short autobiography.
Ciao for now!
Finished off that Maigret novel, which took a bit longer than expected, and now reading the Carrie Fisher book "Wishful Drinking" , a short autobiography.
Ciao for now!
Should Have Been A Teacher
Dec. 28th, 2016 01:58 pmYou Should Teach Fourth Grade |
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 You are a very intuitive person. You tend to immediately understand what drives a person and what a person needs. |
Just Wondering
Dec. 28th, 2016 02:02 pmWhom are your top three female heroes (alive or dead)?
Do you prefer your ethnic food authentic or appropriate(i.e. made with your country's taste in mind?)?
And as it that time of the year that bills come in - What was the last bill you paid?
Do you prefer your ethnic food authentic or appropriate(i.e. made with your country's taste in mind?)?
And as it that time of the year that bills come in - What was the last bill you paid?
Georges Simenon "The Late Monsieur Gallet" (Penguin Classics)
For such a short novel i found this one slow going and for the reasons outlined below. It is also the first Simenon Maigret novel i have read.
This is part of the Penguin Classics, a project to reprint the novels of Simenon in order of publication. THE LATE MONSIEUR GALLET is #2 in the series and I was surprised to find that Maigret is already 45 years old. He has spent half his life in various branches of the police and is now in the Paris Flying Squad.
Monsieur Gallet it seems has been leading a double life for the best part of twenty years, living under two names, with a wife and son under the name of Gallet. However he no longer has the job that Madame Gallet thinks he has, so how does he earn his money? In addition it seems that his death is somehow related to the hotel room he has been allocated.
If Monsieur Gallet has been murdered, then who committed the deed? There are plenty of suspects but none quite fits the bill. Gallet it seems may have been a crook.
The plot is convoluted as one expects of Simenon, and Maigret spends quite an amount of time away from home on this case. He would prefer what he considers a "real murder", where motives and details are clearer.
Guided partially by his own intuition, Maigret delves more deeply into the mysterious circumstances and unravels a devious plot. However, there is very little attempt to scratch beneath the surface of most of the characters (including Maigret himself), and the narrative felt oddly flat.
I found the plot a little tangled and disappointing. I don't think Simenon needed to make it quite as complex as he did, although he made it so to accommodate a range of characters like Gallet's reprehensible son and his girlfriend. Perhaps not the best Maigret novel to start with, and i have two other Maigret novels to read yet.
For such a short novel i found this one slow going and for the reasons outlined below. It is also the first Simenon Maigret novel i have read.
This is part of the Penguin Classics, a project to reprint the novels of Simenon in order of publication. THE LATE MONSIEUR GALLET is #2 in the series and I was surprised to find that Maigret is already 45 years old. He has spent half his life in various branches of the police and is now in the Paris Flying Squad.
Monsieur Gallet it seems has been leading a double life for the best part of twenty years, living under two names, with a wife and son under the name of Gallet. However he no longer has the job that Madame Gallet thinks he has, so how does he earn his money? In addition it seems that his death is somehow related to the hotel room he has been allocated.
If Monsieur Gallet has been murdered, then who committed the deed? There are plenty of suspects but none quite fits the bill. Gallet it seems may have been a crook.
The plot is convoluted as one expects of Simenon, and Maigret spends quite an amount of time away from home on this case. He would prefer what he considers a "real murder", where motives and details are clearer.
Guided partially by his own intuition, Maigret delves more deeply into the mysterious circumstances and unravels a devious plot. However, there is very little attempt to scratch beneath the surface of most of the characters (including Maigret himself), and the narrative felt oddly flat.
I found the plot a little tangled and disappointing. I don't think Simenon needed to make it quite as complex as he did, although he made it so to accommodate a range of characters like Gallet's reprehensible son and his girlfriend. Perhaps not the best Maigret novel to start with, and i have two other Maigret novels to read yet.
Carrie Fisher "Wishful Drinking" (Simon and Schuster)
I started reading this extremely short memoir the other day before the sad news of her demise came through which was a bit eerie. It can easily be read in a couple of days.
Not really a whole lot of substance (for a book about substance abuse), but a rather interesting look at Carrie Fisher. This isn't a true autobiography or chronological look at her life, or even a true memoir. Its a bit of a stream of conscious rambling about her ECT, bi-polarity, substance abuse, and a overall look at the wacky family she's had. Almost more like an "explanation" for how things turned out and why she is the way she is and why things happened the way they did, more than a true (auto)biography would be.
In that sense it barely scratches the surface when it comes to giving readers true insights into her bipolar disorder, drug problems and alcohol abuse.
You quickly pick up on some idiosyncrasies of Fisher and her humor isn't always that funny/entertaining, but generally the rambling stream-of-conscious memoir here is at least for the most part entertaining. Don't go into this looking for a lot of insight on Leia or backstory to Star Wars or even really Carrie Fisher in general. But worth a read all the same.
I started reading this extremely short memoir the other day before the sad news of her demise came through which was a bit eerie. It can easily be read in a couple of days.
Not really a whole lot of substance (for a book about substance abuse), but a rather interesting look at Carrie Fisher. This isn't a true autobiography or chronological look at her life, or even a true memoir. Its a bit of a stream of conscious rambling about her ECT, bi-polarity, substance abuse, and a overall look at the wacky family she's had. Almost more like an "explanation" for how things turned out and why she is the way she is and why things happened the way they did, more than a true (auto)biography would be.
In that sense it barely scratches the surface when it comes to giving readers true insights into her bipolar disorder, drug problems and alcohol abuse.
You quickly pick up on some idiosyncrasies of Fisher and her humor isn't always that funny/entertaining, but generally the rambling stream-of-conscious memoir here is at least for the most part entertaining. Don't go into this looking for a lot of insight on Leia or backstory to Star Wars or even really Carrie Fisher in general. But worth a read all the same.
Snizzles and Doctor Who
Dec. 28th, 2016 11:31 pmDarn it - seem to be sneezing again - after having almost got rid of a cold. Remedies purchased tomorrow.
Oh before i forget to mention this - the Xmas Doctor Who was great fun with a rwist to the usual superheo story. Thoroghly enjoyed it.
Oh before i forget to mention this - the Xmas Doctor Who was great fun with a rwist to the usual superheo story. Thoroghly enjoyed it.
Beethoven String Quartet no.14
Dec. 28th, 2016 11:37 pmJust the one musical object today -a fine piece of the late string quartets from Beethoven.
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 14, C-sharp minor
Performed by The Alexander String Quartet, accompanied by an animated graphical score.
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 14, C-sharp minor
Performed by The Alexander String Quartet, accompanied by an animated graphical score.
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