Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Youse got no business here, capiche?

Just Slide Us the Tootsie Pops and Nobody Gets Hurt

I read the short by Deanna Raybourn last night, WHISPER OF JASMINE. Oooh, it makes me want to read the book, CITY OF JASMINE. Good promotion, eh? The short has Delilah in it from A SPEAR OF SUMMER GRASS which was so good.

On Kindle, reading THE RED DOOR by Charles Todd. This is 12th of 16 in series featuring Ian Rutledge, a shell-shocked World War I veteran returning to his job at Scotland Yard, in London. Here is a description:
June 1920. In a house with a red door lies the body of a woman who has been bludgeoned to death. Rumor has it that two years earlier, she’d painted that door to welcome her husband back from the Front. Only he never came home. Meanwhile, in London, a man suffering from a mysterious illness first goes missing and then just as suddenly reappears. He is unable to explain his recovery. His family, supposedly searching for him, give conflicting accounts of where they were and why. What is the secret that nearly drove one man mad and turned his brothers and sister against one another with such unexpected savagery? Inspector Ian Rutledge, drawn into both cases and facing a wall of silence, must solve two mysteries before he can bring a ruthless killer to justice: Who was the woman who lived and died behind the red door? Who was the man who never came home from the Great War, for the simple reason that he might never have gone? And what have they to do with a man who cannot break the seal of his own guilt without damning those he loves most?
It was published in 2009 and has 352 pages. Gleeps, I'm catching up on this series. Then what will I do?

Well, I can say that I've been to the new library. I had to pick up a hold but didn't have time to look around. My first impression is that they need better parking which will happen when they tear down the old one I presume. The second impression is that it is big inside.

Outside:
 

I saw this part. Self check out area and front desk (photos from KTVQ):

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I didn't see this part:
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This looks like upstairs.

Also upstairs:


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The old building had its charm but was showing its age. We'll see how this one goes. I'll have to spend more time there on another day.

Tonight Steve has a board meeting; I have Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and then reading. The hold I picked up was MAKING MASTERPIECE: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS by Rebecca Eaton. Here is a description:
For more than twenty-five years and counting, Rebecca Eaton has presided over PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, the longest running weekly prime time drama series in American history. From the runaway hits Upstairs, Downstairs and The Buccaneers, to the hugely popular Inspector Morse, Prime Suspect, and Poirot, Masterpiece Theatre and its sibling series Mystery! have been required viewing for fans of quality drama. Eaton interviews many of the writers, directors, producers, and other contributors and shares personal anecdotes—including photos taken with her own camera—about her decades-spanning career. She reveals what went on behind the scenes during such triumphs as Cranford and the multiple, highly-rated programs made from Jane Austen’s novels, as well as her aggressive campaign to attract younger viewers via social media and online streaming. Along the way she shares stories about actors and other luminaries such as Alistair Cooke, Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Radcliffe, whose first TV role was as the title character in David Copperfield. Readers will also get to know Eaton on a personal level. With a childhood steeped in theater, an affinity for nineteenth century novels and culture, and an “accidental apprenticeship” with the BBC, Eaton was practically born to lead the Masterpiece and Mystery! franchises. Making Masterpiece marks the first time the driving force behind the enduring flagship show reveals all.
Published in 2013, it has 320 pages. Ms Eaton writes in a very engaging style that pulled me in right away.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster

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