It's fun. A lot of bloggers are reading, especially here in the dead of winter. We've lots of snow, and we are -14 C. this morning. The weekend is going to be -22 C. I bet get the last of my shovelling done! Hopefully we will have sunshine today.
I am so sad. Our virtual book club is no longer going to be hosted by Barrie Summy. Being socially anxious, my friends are all online these days. This was a nice way to do a book club for me. It used to be the first Wednesday of the month, but people get busy, as they tend to do.
📚 Louise Penny is a famous Canadian writer, and I read 99 pages the first night. I had to put the book down, as I wanted to savour it. It's like communing with an old friend at bedtime, the setting, and the characters appeal to me. I have read the entire series and I quite like the mythical Three Pines. In the meantime, we were watching Three Pines on Amazon Prime video. It is so non-Hollywood that it truly appeals to me.
For Alfred Molina, playing Armand Gamache in ‘Three Pines’ is a privilege TorStar – Nov 28, 2022
“He's not your run of the mill male detective that we've gotten so used to: the haunted and tortured man who drinks too much, and has a terrible relationship with his wife or is divorced. There's none of that. Playing a character like Gamache is a privilege.”
13 comments:
...I wish that I enjoyed reading.
Very different from each other.
I just finished a fantastic book Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah, ordered the sequal fly away to read. Book club later this week is a book called Karolina Dalca Dark Eyes a Vampire novel so forgettable that I will have to skim it again before book club on Thursday. My book club is also online and I prefer it that way:) Presently I am reading a Minnesota Author William Kent Kruger Northwest Angle and really enjoying it...it is the book club pick for the March meeting.
Sorry your book club flew away with the wind. I don't think I'll try The It Girl. But Curiousity was definitely one of my Holiday presents to myself! And like you, I had to try to make it last just a bit longer, but then just binged to the ending one day. I've joined Prime just to see Three Pines, and it was certainly a good series...but needs to be extended for another season. Wish I knew someone to influence the powers of Prime TV. Keep warm and stay safe out there!
Reading is an education, and escape, comfort and a delight isn't it? Sometimes all in the one book.
I have enjoyed the Three Pines books too.
Thank you for these great tips! Yes, I like to be at home too
Hello,
I have read both of these books. Louise Penny's books are always a favorite.
Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week ahead.
I'm on to my fourth volume by Louise Penney. My daughter wants me to watch the Three Pines series on the tv, but I don't like the actors they chose for some of the principal characters. Come on now, a young, slim Myrna? I don't think so.
I enjoy Loise Penny too.
I just finished Bill Bryson's the body and am now reading Visual Intelligence by Amy E. Herman. Both are good reads. Now I need to find some good fiction.
I'd love to find time to read the Penny book. It sounds wonderful. Sorry about your virtual book club disbanding.
I adore Louise Penny's books. I have yet to get this one and yes, I'll hold it to savor when I do. She's just fabulous!
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