Yes, Blakeney Manor site. I imagine I'll find my way back there one of these days to read more. I also recorded a couple of the short stories in League of the Scarlet Pimpernel for Librivox. That was fun... except I can't speak french or do a french accent, so I kinda failed in that regard :-}
I didn't get into Lord Peter the first couple times I tried either. Sometimes, you just find the right time for the right book, and sometimes it isn't quite the right time. I think I finally came back to it after re-reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, and realizing that this Lord Peter character was actually someone I could read about, too, which I hadn't known the first time through. "Can we feed the ducks? Peter and Harriet fed the ducks!" :-)
I think Gaudy Night is my favorite. There is just so much to love. And you really get to know Harriet in that one, and his nephew, and its just great. There is also a personal connection for me because the last song I learned to play on the violin before quitting lessons is Bach's concerto for two violins, the one they listen to in the concert before the end. A little thing, but its fun.
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Date: 12/15/14 02:33 pm (UTC)I didn't get into Lord Peter the first couple times I tried either. Sometimes, you just find the right time for the right book, and sometimes it isn't quite the right time. I think I finally came back to it after re-reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, and realizing that this Lord Peter character was actually someone I could read about, too, which I hadn't known the first time through. "Can we feed the ducks? Peter and Harriet fed the ducks!" :-)
I think Gaudy Night is my favorite. There is just so much to love. And you really get to know Harriet in that one, and his nephew, and its just great. There is also a personal connection for me because the last song I learned to play on the violin before quitting lessons is Bach's concerto for two violins, the one they listen to in the concert before the end. A little thing, but its fun.