15th May 2002, 15:27.
Everybody has a novel in them, some people like that novel so much they
publish it twice.
The further I got into the book I’ve just been reading the more and more I
could see the other book of hers I’d read. And by about 3/4 of the way through I
was reading not because I wanted to see how it turned out (exactly as I
expected, sadly) but just to see if I was right about it.
And thinking about it afterwards I can see more and more scenes which are
essentially lifted from one book and put into another. The other book had the
advantage of being at least a bit more polished. This one I really ploughed
through the first part because the previous book I’d read was, well, better.
I think that if you read one of her books then, once you’re past the
tedious bit where she sets up the characters – which in this book particularly I
had to struggle to get through – ‘cos it just seemed to go on and on, without
developing the plot at all – then, if you like crime thrillers then you’ll enjoy
it. However, reading two of them isn’t a good idea.
Incidentally, I’m not saying that I could do any better, because from
previous experiance I quite clearly can’t. But it’s just annoying to find that
someone’s done that.
Anyway.
So, my bike test is booked for the week after next, the training is booked
and paid for, the mog is booked in for a service, the webserver has been
reconfigured to start on startup (cheers to Rachel for that one). My mail is
working. My website is running.
All is well with the world for the time being….
Anyway. Oh, and some of the underlying stuff for the new site is in place.
Mwuhahahahaha.
—
Kate E
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