A new achievement and a new mental exercise.
I have not been reading novels since my diagnosis of Alzheimers in Dec 2017.
I have been obessive watching politics in preparation of the 2020 Presidential election.
I also learned from the memory book Moon Walking with Eintstein that people don't remember the books they read?
Truth is, I forget TV series we have watched and often need to watch the first season again to remind us of what is going on with the second season.
It was different with this novel, Blackhouse by Peter May.
Most importantly I underlined all the names of the characters.
In movies and TV I will often forget who the characters are talking about when they mention a name.
Easier in a book to flip pages back and find the highlighted name.
Secondly if there are no subtitles in the movie or series, I will miss dialogue evheyen though I have my hearing aides in.
With a book I can read the paragraph and truly understand what is going on in the conplex plot.
How I chose this book.
Last week I was walking along Jensen Beach and I stopped to talk to a couple I had never met before.
They said they were from Canada.
I replied Canadians, nicest people in the world.
The husband thanked me.
I asked him if he know how to make a Canadian say:
"I'm sorry."
I told him you step on the Canadians toe.
He laughed.
He told me about a great detective novel placed in the Hebrides, Scotland. I am planning a trip to Scotland and was interested.
The first book of the Trilogy, Blackhouse is extremely well written.
A little slow at first but after the first 100 pages it started to pick up.
The last 100 pages was fast and furious.
It was a great experience for me as I highlighted many parts of it.
Looking forward the reading the next two books in the trilogy.
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