'Morning,
Just finished the second novel about Inspector Gamache, by Louise Penny. It lived up to the promise of the first installment in the series, and I feel more attached to the characters. This often happens when I'm reading an extended series of books featuring the same protagonist and backing cast, and it somehow makes the reading of them all the more enjoyable. In a way, it's comforting to know that there are more books to come, probably in the same setting and focused on the same people.
Sometimes, at the end of a book, I feel a sense of loss that I won't be seeing the characters again, but when the novels I read are part of a long series, there is a reassuring sense of stability. I know I'll be diving into the same world for days to come. It gives me a sense of security and joy to know what awaits me when I open a book. As opposed to the also enjoyable but somewhat more stressful experience of starting a completely new author, whose work I have yet to explore.
I don't know if I'll write a review for each of the books in Louise Penny's series, but I do know that I'll read them all. I'd like to explore this further. It is the same feeling as starting a show that's been running on television for awhile, but you haven't watched. You know there are many seasons ahead, and, when you begin to love the characters and the place in which the story takes place, it is almost like starting a new life, lived vicariously through characters created by someone else.
The joy of the binge.
It is a beautiful sunny day here in Berkeley, its 11:31 AM; I have to go open the bar in three hours, and we'll be moving to LA at the end of October. Lots to think about.
Graham
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