Month: April 2019

• Book Review. A Picture of Murder by T. E. Kinsey

  • A Picture of Murder by T. E. Kinsey

  • (Amazon Imprint) Thomas & Mercer

  • 1542046025 / 978 – 1542046022

  • Available on KU / print £4.99 / Free with Amazon Audible trial

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  (P.S This review is completely contradictory, just so you know.

  P.P.S. I received an ARC of this title from the publisher via Netgalley)

   

  I was excited about starting A Picture of Murder. I liked the front cover and the description of the book, but unfortunately the story plodded along. It was seventy odd pages before the first murder happened, padded out with what I felt was an unnecessary amount of dialogue and stereotypical characters. The characters fell flat. I felt mildly compelled to finish A Picture of Murder, because I had no idea who was killing these actors, and the setting of the story, the period of time, the advent of moving pictures, and the ending did intrigue me. I also liked the character of Lady Hardcastle’s maid Florence. I feel I might have to read other books in this series to learn more about this sleuthing duo, and how their relationship has evolved, because I wasn’t very convinced by Lady Hardcastle.

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  Have you read A Picture of Murder, or any of the other Lady Hardcastle’s mysteries by T. E. Kinsey?

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  April 25, 2019

  Blogging, Book blog, book blogger, Books, films, history, moving pictures, murder, mystery, period, Reading, WordPress

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• Poem. Sunshine Views.

  

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  Sunshine Views

  the scenic view
  as i walk through
  layers upon layers of small happenings

  of joggers
  a train speeding by
  the sparkle of dew on grass
  crooked rubbish sacks beside the bins

  an empty park
  with ghosts of children past

  i rejoice in the days that begin when
  winter ends

  when i wake
  and behind the curtains
  the sunshine is waiting for me

  the grey, miserable days can be forgotten
  replaced by hope,
  possibilities that don’t look so impossible

  showered, and dressed
  i walk,
  out into the park
  where the trees wave at me
  and twigs snap underneath my feet

  further into wooded areas
  it is like i am alone, with a different kind of magic
  the hum of the road is almost inaudible

  it feels i could walk forever
  releasing my worries

  in curiosities of nature –
  discarded eggs, feathers,
  and a pair of mittens
  dangling on a low hanging branch from the tree

  in the event the person
  who lost the pair may return for them

  how separate we can become

  lost from what we hold dear

  relying on a stranger to take notice
  and help us find our lost belongings again

  K.L

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  NOTES
  The sun was out over the Bank Holiday weekend and, as it goes, suddenly everyone in the country appeared to be a lot happier. I actually wrote this poem a couple of months ago and just added a few details when I edited it a few days ago. I’m not happy with the ending of the poem, but it did leave me stumped. I imagine something will come to me eventually though.

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  Want more poetry? Try Here comes the Sun

  

  April 25, 2019

  bank holiday, belonging, Blogging, clothing, drafts, Free verse, help, nature, notes, Poem, Poet, poetry, scenic, sunshine, views, walking, woods, WordPress, writing

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• #NaPoWriMo Time Reserved for the Writer: A Poem.

  How’s everyone’s NaPoWriMo going? I am consuming a lot of toast, whilst writing in the early hours. Naturally inspiration struck!

  

  Time Reserved for the Writer

  toast on the grill –
  late night snack
  use the knife
  to spear each slice onto
  shake it off
  onto the plate –
  warm –
  just been washed

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  Want more poetry? Try Here comes the Sun

  

  April 23, 2019

  Blogging, eating, Food, insomnia, love, morning, napowrimo, Poem, Poet, poetry, sleep, small poem, summer, Sun, time, toast, travel, WordPress, writing

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• Currently Reading. By the Pricking of my Thumbs by Agatha Christie.

  Currently reading. I’m pretty sure I have read this one before, but they didn’t have the one I wanted in the public library, so I chose this one. You can’t leave a library without a book, can you?

   

  

  By the Pricking of my Thumbs Agatha Christie

   

  Tommy rang the front door bell and Tuppence were duly admitted by a rather harassed looking young woman in a nylon overall. She showed them into a small sitting-room saying rather breathlessly, ‘I’ll tell Miss Packard. She’s expecting you and she’ll be down in a minute. You won’t mind waiting just a little, will you, but it’s old Ms Carraway. She’s been and swallowed her thimble again, you see.’
  ‘How on earth did she do a thing like that?’ asked Tuppence, surprised.
  ‘Does it for fun,’ explained the household help briefly. ‘Always doing it.’

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  April 22, 2019

  agatha christie, Books, Crime, currently reading, mystery, passage, quirks, Reading, thimbles

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• How it all began.

  I was looking for a picture to pair with this poem, and it begs the question. What does poetry look like? I imagine it might be something different for all us. What kind of visuals do you associate with poetry?

  

  Yes, for me it is the dirty great London underground. Travel, movement, big cities, and people.

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  my love of poetry began
  as i turned sixteen
  in the bathroom at college
  scribbling
  this idea
  into threads of lines
  a poem?
  damn
  i hate poetry

  i thought that then

  yet i pursued poetry
  as a detective would a lead
  whilst growing into my own skin
  reading pages of other poets
  through poetry i discovered my identity
  and made friends too
  experimenting with styles, and topics
  what i liked, what others enjoyed
  feeling the power of my punctuated thoughts
  punching through people’s perspective
  of who i was

  now do you see
  i am a poet –
  writing is my superpower.

  K.L

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  Want more poetry? Try Here comes the Sun

  

  April 21, 2019

  Blogging, Creative Writing, excitement, Free verse, london, movement, Poem, Poet, poetry, start, superpower, travel, WordPress, writing

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