It’s a kind of misty, moisty weekend here in the ATL. Here’s a picture of part of the clowder watching the world drip by.
That’s Lucifer on the left and George and Luna on the right. This particular configuration gets along well. George and Luna are buddies and nobody messes with Lucifer. He’s the smallest of the five cats, but he has a tremendous amount of presence. And he was here first so the rest of them defer to his demonic majesty.
Between The Twist of a Knife and A World of Curiosities this week, I ended up with some mystery television to watch. Magpie Murders was terrific. I won’t say it was better than the book, but it certainly made terrific use of its new medium. Three Pines, on the other hand, was not bad, and certainly better than an earlier attempt, but I have some reservations. They did a good job casting Gamache, but so much of what makes him so fascinating in the books is going on beneath the surface, which is not something that TV does well at all. But I’m curious enough to see how the series turns out.
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Liked Magpie Murders and three pines. Have not read either book so I had nothing to compare
We get pictures in our heads when we read and can’t always get them out. When I read Gamache the first time I kept seeing Michael Gambon as Gamache. There was a TV series of the Maigret books by Georges Simenon where he played the detective and it stuck. (I just looked it up and saw that the TV series was 30 years ago and OMG.)
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Three Pines got good reviews, but I was kinda meh. The best parts of the series are the characters and their relationships, as well as the mystique of the town, and they were all given short shrift. The casting was fine, but they didn’t have enough to work with.
(You got me into this series, btw. I’d started the first book maybe three times and it just didn’t stick. But you praised it so much that I gave it another shot…and the rest is history. Just like Eve Dallas.)
Oh, and thanks for the kitty fix.
I am THRILLED to be responsible for someone picking up Gamache. It’s paying it forward, as I got hooked on it because of someone in the Letters of Mary list. The kitties are their usual adorable selves, as always. I love letting everyone see how they’re doing!
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I really, really need to catch up in the Louise Penny books. They’re sooooo good.
Absolutely. They are just the best!
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