Apologies for not replying to comments or commenting elsewhere much this week. I’ve been avoiding the the lap-top in the evenings and generally cutting down on screen time – except for the TV!.
Imagine having a really good idea for a book, writing it and it’s about to be published when you find someone else has had much the same idea and their book, with a similar title, is coming out just a few months before yours. It would be quite annoying. Last weeks issue of the Radio Times had details of lots of TV dramas featuring women detectives including the one that came second in print.
The second book was The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (better known for writing the Death in Paradise TV series) and the one that beat him to the publishers was of course Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club.
But Robert got one over on Richard because The Marlow Murder Club has beat The Thursday Murder Club to the screen as The Thursday Murder Club film has been delayed. I watched the two episodes of Marlow on UKTV Play channel this week and thought them very good. Haven’t read the books and probably won’t. Some crime stories I find are better on TV than in a book – like Vera and JK Rowling’s Strike series.
Son and DiL finally got news from their insurance company that their car has been written off – as they thought – pity that it took more than 2 weeks to decide – of course the money they are getting off the insurance is nowhere near enough for a new-to-them car so good thing I have no mortgage and have savings to lend! That’s what Mum’s are for I guess. If Colin was alive he probably would have repaired their car but I can’t help in that way so help out in the only way I can. They are borrowing my car again this weekend to go and look at something to buy. Thankfully the cracked windscreen was replaced yesterday so is OK for them to drive and for the car’s annual service and MOT next week.
I begun to prepare for seed sowing by checking that my little window-sill electric propagator was still working and after finding it was fine, I filled up the seed trays and brought them in to warm up. Today I’ll put in seeds of two sorts of tomatoes, aubergines and red peppers. Cucumbers will be sown later.
Back to Six Nations Rugby on TV this weekend and I’m still watching my way through the umpteen episodes of Bones on the Channel 4 catch up.
