Edited by Gill Burrell, Sunday, 15 Oct 2023, 13:10
I can't believe it, I finished my latest book off in 2 days! The book was called 'Les vacances de Maigret.' Par Georges Simenon.
I really enjoyed this story and couldn't put it down. Good thing that I had a fairly free day, as the family had left earlier today., so I had the house to myself. This is a record for me to have read a book so quickly, especially as it is in another language.
I wonder if I really understood it all in detail? Anyway I certainly got the gist of it all. I hardly used the dictionary at all because I didn't want to stop my flow of reading so I was just guessing and picking up clues as I went along, a bit like a detective!
I found the characters were very interesting. I didn't suspect the killer who turns out to be the doctor, who then hands himself over in the last chapter, to his friend the judge. It all turns out to be a crime of passion in the end.
The descriptions of the seaside town were very good, typical of the french sea side towns of the area where I once visite on holiday, and of the hotels to which Maigret visits.
I noticed that detective Maigret in this particular episode always asked for a glass of white- un verre de blanc- meaning a glass of white (wine) but occasionally he took an armagnac, when he was particularly stressed! As always he enjoyed his pipe and often wore his hat which was described as a melon shape.
What I might do is to read through my whole list of books, then go back again, but this time paying much more attention to detail. I will look up any unfamiliar words in the dictionary, just in case I might be missing something important!
Speed Reading !
I can't believe it, I finished my latest book off in 2 days!
The book was called 'Les vacances de Maigret.' Par Georges Simenon.
I really enjoyed this story and couldn't put it down. Good thing that I had a fairly free day, as the family had left earlier today., so I had the house to myself.
This is a record for me to have read a book so quickly, especially as it is in another language.
I wonder if I really understood it all in detail? Anyway I certainly got the gist of it all.
I hardly used the dictionary at all because I didn't want to stop my flow of reading so I was just guessing and picking up clues as I went along, a bit like a detective!
I found the characters were very interesting. I didn't suspect the killer who turns out to be the doctor, who then hands himself over in the last chapter, to his friend the judge. It all turns out to be a crime of passion in the end.
The descriptions of the seaside town were very good, typical of the french sea side towns of the area where I once visite on holiday, and of the hotels to which Maigret visits.
I noticed that detective Maigret in this particular episode always asked for a glass of white- un verre de blanc- meaning a glass of white (wine) but occasionally he took an armagnac, when he was particularly stressed!
As always he enjoyed his pipe and often wore his hat which was described as a melon shape.
What I might do is to read through my whole list of books, then go back again, but this time paying much more attention to detail. I will look up any unfamiliar words in the dictionary, just in case I might be missing something important!