My Very First Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Books I’d Buy Right Now If I Had All the Money In The World

Well, just an unlimited gift card. I’ve been reading various Top Ten Tuesday lists–and enjoying them ’cause who doesn’t like a list of books?–for years but for some reason have never joined in.  Today, since I have a few hours before my day really begins and it’s too early to do any serious Pokemon Go hunting, I thought I’d give it a try. You can … Continue reading My Very First Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Books I’d Buy Right Now If I Had All the Money In The World

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Simenon

This is a roman durs, or hard novel.  Which is not to say that is is difficult reading, it’s not, rather that it is about a hard life.  Roman durs, at least the ones by Simenon that I have read, are about lives led on the wrong side of the tracks, typically criminal in some aspect.  They do not end happily. They are a dark sub-set … Continue reading The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Simenon