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Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
9 Dec
8:19pm, 9 Dec 2024
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Red Squirrel
Thanks Owl - I’ll have a look for that at the library. Currently bookless.

Peeps might remember that I ready an early Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary. It’s been made into a series which is available on BBC iplayer. The main actress is very good, but her counterpart is played by David Walliams, which doesn’t feel right at all. I don’t feel they are a convincing married couple - he’s more than twice her size, slightly too old and quite camp in places. I’m staying the course for now because of the lead and also because Clarke Peters (Peter Clarke) is in it and I really like him.
Night-owl
Night-owl
10 Dec
6:45am, 10 Dec 2024
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Red Squirrel just to pre warn you. If your local area is like mine I ordered it from my library in March I didn't get it till November
LindsD
LindsD
10 Dec
6:54am, 10 Dec 2024
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LindsD
Finished Strange and Norrell. Liked the third section much better.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
10 Dec
8:16am, 10 Dec 2024
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Little Nemo
:-)
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
10 Dec
12:46pm, 10 Dec 2024
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Red Squirrel
Aha! Walliams is the producer - a vanity project!
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
10 Dec
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Red Squirrel
Thanks Owl. The local library has been good up here with reservations so far, but they are trying to shut some smaller local libraries, so the pool of books may get smaller unless there’s a sizeable warehouse somewhere!
Night-owl
Night-owl
10 Dec
1:30pm, 10 Dec 2024
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Night-owl
That's a shame lucky we still have a few round here though not open as long as they used to
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
13 Dec
11:26am, 13 Dec 2024
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I've finally got round to starting Pillars of the Earth. I'm already devastated, I might not be emotionally strong enough for this book :-(

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