Well...here we go. My fourth Slough House Book. This one is 361 pages. Not even going to guess how long it will take, but I do NOT plan to continue at 90 pages per day.
Day 1 (DDRD 2,601) December 13, 2024
Read to page 38.
Have to say that the last "novellas" in Standing by th Wall left a but of A bad taste in my mouth. They weren't BAD bad, but there were more than too many (one being too many) cute word plays, and the plots were gossamer thin. So it is with great pleasure that I say that 38 pages in, Real Tigers is back to good form, and I am not only anxious to read more, but I may well do just that in a few minutes when I hie me off to bed with my Kindle.
Hmmm. Just read the Wikipedia fine print, and..."Although not part of the Slough House series, Reconstruction, Nobody Walks and The Secret Hours use some of the same characters and provide some character backstory. In story terms, Reconstruction is set before Slow Horses, whereas Nobody Walks comes after The List and before Spook Street. The Secret Hours is set around the time of or after Bad Actors but includes a section set well before the series begins." (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Herron
So if I continue to intend to be a completist on this, I've got four more books to read, don't I?
Here's a lovely little exchange from 51 - 52:
"And what would happen if we all did that? What would it be like if I was just not here all of a sudden?"
Shirley seemed about to speak, but changed her mind.
"It would be like Hamlet without the Prince," River suggested.
"Precisely," Lamb said. " Or Waiting For Godot without Godot."
Nobody touched that one.
Day 2 (DDRD 2,602) December 14, 2024
Read to page 191. Yowza--that's a 135 page day. So much for not pushing it. But this book is so absorbing...and reading on a Kindle is like greasing the skids. So there it is.
Still trying to figure out this sentence: "This might turn out to have to be quite good." (72) Ummm...what? Is it just a "to have" inserted where it doesn't belong? Should "to be" be "been"?
Some massive changes were made for the tv version of this novel. Spider's role? (No spoilers.) Vastly different.
Came home after taking the kids to a movie, fixed them lunch, watched a couple of shows, took them back to their apartments, drove back home and dove into reading. Internet Archive has a new twist: if you keep on reading, your book self-renews. Much better than the pull the plug every hour (or maybe it was less?) former policy.
" Victory...was about ensuring your opponent never again put head to pillow without thinking with hatred on your face. Tearney, who had never married, had thought thus over the too, but had little difficulty accepting it as one of Judd's credos."
Is that a sly dig at marriage or what?
"... belief was not about actually believing; belief was simply somewhere to shelve hope." (190)
Day 3 (DDRD 2,603) December 15, 2024
Read to page 277. Sheesh, 86 pages, and it's only 9 am. Well, for one thing, there's enough difference between the book and the tv adaptation that I'm not sure what will happen next. For another...oh, never mind. I'll just read a bit more.
Shortly after being severely beaten, River is standing in the kitchen area: "He was drinking a glass of water, maybe checking for leaks." (205)
Oh, Mick...you so FUNny.
Read to 310. When I'm with you...I can't control myself. BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA.
"The one in Whitney's tail trundle past her wheezing like Thomas the Tank Engine...."languaglearly Mick and I speak the same language.
ADDENDUM: Well it's not like I didn't do anything else today. In fact I picked up Jacqueline, drove downtown to see The Nutcracker with her, then we went out for dinner with her brother, sister-in-law, and niece. Then I drove her back to her apartment. Drove back home and watched the second half of the Bills / Lions football game. And then finished reading this book.the I hadn't expected it to go that way. Tomorrow Spook Street.
Read to page 361, The End.
Btw...that's a 170 page day. Not bad for an old man.
Day 4 (DDRD 2,604) December 16, 2024
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