Out of Order Book Club

Matt Bernstein called an episode of his A Bit Fruity podcast 'What is the point of Bill Maher?' He pretty much nailed it with that title. It was a great episode.

By the way, well done for getting through 10 pods. I couldn't manage one.

True, very true.

That is awesome. I'm not going suggest the punch was worth it(!), but I want to say I'm impressed by your whole story arc together!

Good grief! I can really understand the warning now!

I suppose the fact that he remembered you without prompting is a sign that he doesn't punch many people...or doesn't punch many at book signings.

Who can argue with that maths?

Thanks for the warning. You should always be prepared for Blessed.

His blog is a wonderful resource for readers and writers.

I wish I could thank him for writing the book of forgotten authors. It reminded me of Peter Tinniswood who my Dad loves. When I saw two Tinniswood books being sold at Brimham Rocks for a quid, I snapped them up. My Dad was over the moon.

Sounds bad. Is grim.

Before I post, perhaps I should use AI to give that a polish...Nope.

Well, that was completely unexpected. Who would have thought that a major US corporation would rip off the...never mind, I can't maintain my sarcasm since I know nothing will be learned from this.

I hope it will, but it's the hope that kills you, that and Microsoft ripping off the NHS.

This advice reminded me of a blog post from Christopher Fowler. I may not have got the correct message from the post, but it has always stuck with me. Writing as a business is messy in so many ways. It's best just to write what you need to write. www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2019/11...

Congratulations!

Oops! *you wake

I'm only half awake myself. Time for a cuppa!

The back covers of two Enid Blyton books. On the left is a pink covered book and the summary reads: In their 21st adventure, Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the dog become involved in a circus mystery while camping with their friend Tinker and his monkey Mischief. The mystery is surprisingly solved after a moonlit visit to Kirrin island. The second book on the right has an orange cover and less punctuation and sentence structure. It reads: The famous five Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timothy the dog Their fifth adventure exciting - and sinister A caravan holiday! Nobby, the circus boy, and Pongo the chimp War with Lou and Tiger Dan Poisoned meat The caravan moves Tunnel to gold plate Even Anne was sorry when it was all over

This Saturday's podcast looks at two books from the Famous Five. I'm sharing the backs of the books because one of them has the weirdest summary I've ever seen. It's less of a summary and more of brain storm or the ramblings after you're wake from a nightmare!

What if all summaries were like this?

FYI - I'm not a writer, just an aspiring (procrastinating) one!

The last line of this is so heartwarming! There seems to be plenty people out there with advice for writers who have never written a thing. If you love someone's work let them know, support them, pre-order their books, get them from the library, recommend them...let them know they are liked.

If those pastries are soft they'd go well with hot chocolate, and if they are crunchier they'd go well with tea. Decisions, decisions...

Yes! My day is always made better when I think about Mulder and Scully.

I love how the first line has the witnesses distancing themselves from those (conspiracy theorists?) people who believe in flying saucers. No, we definitely saw something! We definitely saw a bird...or something and "definitely not a flying saucer". We're not like those folks! We saw something!

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I can confirm this is a feeling women know very well. I hoped I would experience it less as I got older, you know, wrinkles indicating some form of life experience, a CV indicating professional experience...but no.
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Football. Beard. Adverts. That woman he had an affair with but somehow in the press it was all his wife's fault. His famous wife. Lots of kids. I resent knowing that much about him, and I can't imagine how that makes a doc.

It'd be more fun having my Mum explain the condition of her toenails.

I couldn't agree more. The final scene in 'The Six Napoleons' when he nearly makes Jeremy Brett's Sherlock cry is amazing, it very nearly gets me crying too!

He's what I think of when people use the phrase 'character actor'. His performance in Hitchhiker's Guide is perfect, he's on screen for less than 10 minutes and it is etched into my memory!

Yes! Colin Jeavons was, for me, the greatest Lestrade. The scene where he pays Holmes a compliment saying any man in Scotland Yard would be proud to shake his hand, and Jeremy Brett is close to tears...it gets me every time. (Plus, his performance as the MC in Hitchhikers is always unnerving...)

In some parallel universe the effects are being felt and cannot be overstated.

However, I can't help but think that if I paid more attention in science lessons my understanding of things like parallel universes would be far better.

In some parallel universe there is a version of me that..

My podcast is all about whether you can read series out of order. Sadly, I can't 'experiment' with Parry's, as I've been reading it in order! Either way, I'd recommend it: the sense of place, central characters, crimes and role of women in medicine = 100% enthralling. I'll be giving this a listen!

This week's podcast is here! I'm taking a look at 'Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand' by Fred Vargas translated by Sian Reynolds. I think it's a challenging book for an 'out of order' reader especially if you like to, well, 'like' the main character.

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And in some of these places Blofeld put a lot of expense into these properties (e.g. that bloody volcano), and he always died a failure with his evil lair looking like a trashed holiday rental. Spare a thought for Blofeld, he got sod all achieved before he died...over and over again.

If you ask me, that is the worst kind of healthy paper...

To be honest, the Sherlock Holmes short stories changed me. School books bored me; those children's adventure stories were dull

When I started reading about Holmes and Watson everything was different. I learnt that you could get dragged back to the past by an 'old' writer and love it!

This 2008 interview gave me a real insight into Sian Reynold's work as a translator. It's a two part intervew, and I'd recommend a read if you're interested in crime fiction, translation or you're fan of Fred Vargas' work.
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