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Rain all day which is supposed to turn into snow overnight and then continue for the next little while. I am so over this winter. There's a grocery delivery tomorrow which I hope won't be impeded by the weather. Maybe today's 5C and rain has reduced the snow berms somewhat? Obviously I haven't been out to see.

The library book I got last week is in Japanese, yes, but I hadn't registered that it's not merely a kid's book but a young kid's book ie it's all in hiragana ie it's unreadable by me. Yes I subvocalize but it's like reading phonetic English, a chore. Somehow I need to get it back to the library for those three other people who want it and I don't know when, or rather how, that will get accomplished. Am hoping the cold front due on Monday will firm up the snow enough that I can get the walker over it.

However, I would have sworn there were no Agatha Christies I hadn't read, and especially no Poirots, but here I am reading The Clocks for obviously the first time. My thanks to whichever FFLer who mentioned it however long ago: it's been on hold for a while. My one niggle is that I'm reading on the downstairs tablet that has been heartbreaking since I updated it. Won't hold a charge for more than a few hours, when the upstairs tablet had its charges boosted when I updated it, as well as getting me predictive entering. If this tablet continues to be such a bummer I may well gather my courage and return it to factory settings.

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I've actually read very few Agatha Christies, though we've watched all the David Suchet TV adaptations. However, I've recently discovered that Sophie Hannah has written a few new Poirots, one of which we listened to recently on audiobook. It was OK, so I have another one on reserve.

I'm always antsy about new versions of old detectives, since Jill Paton Walsh's Wimsey books. I suppose if I thought of them as fanfic it would be easier?

The Sophie Hannah one seemed pretty good. Her Poirot was believable and she'd invented her own companion for him rather than using Hastings. I've reserved another one so we'll see how that goes. But yes, it you thought of them as fanfic, that might help.

The first volume is on hold, available in six weeks, so I have the second one. But Libby insists I took vol.1 out in 2019, which I do not remember at all. Maybe I just didn't read it.