Madeleine

I found HE slow too, enjoyed the film much more. I liked Where angels....though.

I enjoyed the first two books, and there are some refs to some of the TB characters too, in the second book. This has also been made into a TV series, hope they show it over here!

We have Friday and Monday off, so 4 days altogether yippee!

Dull and chilly.

Finally managed to get the final book in Charlaine Harris's "Midnight Texas" trilogy, "Night Shift".

That's lovely!

Gave up on it a couple of years ago, nothing to do with Capaldi, I just found it boring and incomprehensible. Think Steven Moffat has completely ruined it.

Tender - Blur

I've just bought: The Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland Pushing up Daisies by M C Beaton Rat Stone Serenade by Denzil Meyrick and last night I finished "The House of Eyes" by Kate Ellis, the latest in the Wesley Peterson detective series which was enjoyable but a little bit dry, very readable but not the most engrossing of the series, perhaps because the detective's wife has a health scare which gives the book a subdued feel to it. There's some nice description of the old castle, now a luxury spa hotel, which features prominently as the murder scene, with links to a hideous painting from Sicily, and stories of the family who originally owned the castle. 7.5/10

Lay all your love on me - Abba

I gave up on the Book Thief not long after that post, Sazed! Sorry.

Yes I had a notification that I'd been quoted in a post, which seems a bit pointless when I can see it on the forum in the relevant thread!

Lovely today, wore a t-shirt for the first time this year and sat in the garden. Meant to be back in the teens tomorrow though.

Candle

Dress you up - Madonna

It's a lovely feeling isn't it, when you leave on Friday and know you've got the weekend ahead!

I recently finished "To Catch a Rabbit" by Helen Cadbury, the first in a new crime series set in Doncaster (and a bit in York) and seen from the point of view of a Community Police Officer, Sean Denton, new to the job and finding that that the full police don't seem to like PCSOs (as they're called in the UK) very much. However he does befriend a couple of other PCSOs and civilian colleague, as well as Lizzie, a forensics investigator. His first case involves the death of a young woman, found in a caravan on farmland after an overdose, and initially she is catalogued as an accidental overdose. But Sean has his suspicions, and gradually a sad, sordid case of human trafficking, drugs and general exploitation is uncovered. I found it, not surprisingly, rather depressing, and these themes, although sadly topical, are becoming a bit over-used I think, but it's quite well-written and Sean is likeable, and some of his colleague are doing their best to try to help people, including another main character, Karen, who works for a Human Trafficking organisation, and who gets involved when her brother goes missing. A promising start to a new series, but I hope next time the author tackles a different subject matter. 7.5/10

Yesterday I bought: Sleeper's Castle (at last!) - Barbara Erskine Well of the Winds - Denzil Meyrick A siege of Bitterns - Steve Burrows

It's the same in this country with any work being done on paths, roads etc - for example there's been a sign at the top of my road saying that they'll be starting work on the pavements on 3rd April ie last Monday - have they started? Of course not! Most of the schools are on their Easter break now so the roads are quieter, so it would make sense to start works now....but no, they'll probably wait until the schools are open again and the traffic will be even worse than it normally is! Having said that, due to the schools being shut (although a few don't finish til today) the bus has been lovely and empty with a nice clear run to the station, and I've been getting to work pretty much on time this week

Same here, lovely and sunny but still that cold wind. Meant to be really nice on Sunday, which probably means that Easter weather will be rubbish!

Waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner

No they're the original books, I didn't watch the series first time round back in the 1970s, but I started reading the books a few years ago, and have since seen a few episodes of the original, old series, and I watch the new one, and they are all based on the books. The author died several years ago and no one has carried on writing the books, thankfully!

I've got the last few eps of Timeless stacked up, I hope it's re-commissioned too, it was fun. I'm also into Big Little Lies.

Just bought: Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine (at last!) A Siege of Bitterns by Steve Burrows Well of the Winds by Denzil Meyrick

Very bright but chilly.