In Uncategorized on November 30, 2003
is it stir up sunday or not? the bbc seem to think it is but other sources seem to think it’s the last sunday before advent and by my reckoning today is the first sunday of advent else we won’t get four of them in before christmas.
whether i’m technically doing things on the right day or not, my christmas pudding is steaming away on the hob. my christmas cake is in the oven too, i think that’s being made a little late but we probably won’t eat half of it until easter anyway.
the whole house smells gorgeous, and i’m contemplating going down to the shop to pick up some bramley apples and making some mincemeat whilst i’m a) in this domestic achievement mood and b) am surrounded by packets of dried fruit. i’ve got a recipe for mincemeat that suggests replacing the brandy with amaretto and some of the suet with grated marzipan and it’s calling to me to be tried out…. (update: this amaretto mincemeat had better be nice; i’ve now got six jars of it…)
In books read on November 30, 2003
Excellent second in the series. Will write more about it later...
Ooops, I forgot to get back to this later. Thoroughly good tale though. After how cleverly narrated everything in Sleepyhead was I thought maybe Billingham couldn't pull something as good off again, but I think he actually managed to do something better this time. This story was less about suspense but it still did the suspense of not knowing quite who the villain was until the author chose to reveal him. I liked Thorne more in this book too I think, though I'm worried he's going to be one of those detectives who can't reasonably sustain a series because he's trying too hard to lose his job in every book. I also thought there were some great supporting characters on the police side of the book too. That's about all I can remember wanting to say about this book for now! Must remember to write my thoughts down promptly, they're so damned ethereal sometimes.
Purchased on 7th August 2003.
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