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As suspected, I finished last night!

Overall this is a very funny and light-hearted book, although at some points Alan doesn't come across as very nice (this is mainly directed at film editors/critics/journalists, however - not his fellow actors).

It only really gets sad towards the end, where the entries tail off/are shorter, and Rima (his wife) takes over.

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Finished:
American Sherlock
Jamaica Inn
The Gospel of the Eels

Continued:
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Postcript Murders

Started:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Madly, Deeply

I‘m glad this ended up being the first book I finished during the new year. The characters weren‘t particularly lovable, but that didn‘t put me off. The descriptions of place were so incredible that I had a much more vivid mental picture of this than I sometimes do when reading. And I kept being viscerally transported back to my own youth as I read. The transporting reading experience made this feel very special.

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The audio is being narrated by David Harewood and Florence Pugh.

#inmemorium
My mother adored Barbara Pym.Decided to see the allure. Did not expect a comedy, with well drawn, contrasting, characters: Jane,41,the scattered, poetry spouting ministers wife, who measured her success( or rather lack thereof) by ministers wives in novels, & Prudence,at 29, younger,urbane,single working woman, London dweller, with multiple love affairs. An unlikely, yet enduring,mutually valuable friendship.Such an enjoyable,read! 😂

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The entrance to the children‘s section of our town library. Such a lovely sculpture, donated by a family in memory of their daughter, a reader, who died at a young age. Often I use this entrance because of its quiet beauty.

Two sides of the great man dissected. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Poor Harry. He seems so distant here, so aimless and lost.

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#maybookflowers day 29 - #inmemorium

Just got to the death of Alexander Humboldt, the father of modern nature studies, and at the time of his centennial, one of the most famous men in the world (would that scientists today were so revered).

In honor of Memorial Day, remembering those who gave their lives #inmemorium #maybookflowers

As most Scotsmen, he could keep everyone enthralled with his tales. I met him twice; he made me a promise the 1st time, upheld it the 2nd. I was stunned when I'd heard he'd passed in 2008, I was to see him that summer.

If you'd like to read about what to visit in Scotland that isn't on the usual tourist sites, he's your man.

Pinched the photo from Google. Wanted a Freedom Walk one, but hey weren't very good.

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