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Back to Inspector Montalbano

As mentioned last week, I’ve given up on finishing Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor as my first book of the year. I also mentioned that I was going to test some poetry books for my first read but none of them stuck. Now I’m returning to a series I’ve been reading over the last couple of decades, the Inspector Montalbano series by Italian writer Andrea Camilleri. I’m up to No. 24: The Other End of the Line, which I plan on finishing today for my first book read in 2025, and I only have a few left until I’m finished with the series of 28 books.

After this one are:

The Safety Net
The Sicilian Method
The Cook of the Halcyon
Riccardino

The last one was published in 2020 after Camilleri’s death in 2019 at the age of 93. There are two other books of short stories with Montalbano that I also want to read, hopefully before the end of the year.

Also this week

I celebrated:

Five days off in a row, which is ending today.
17 years of blogging on WordPress.com, actually as of today.

So what are you reading, watching, listening, and/or doing this week?

This is part of The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of the blog Readerbuzz.

The Sunday Salon

Andrea Camilleri, blogging, books, Inspector Montalbano

7 responses to “Back to Inspector Montalbano”

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

Congratulations on seventeen years of blogging on WordPress!

I wanted to give up on Rome and a Villa, but it was a Classics Club spin so instead I speed-read it. Why was it suggested as a good book on Italy? Not sure. I generally do give up on books I’m not enjoying.

I wonder what poetry books you tried.

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1. Bryan G. Robinson
  
  Thanks, Deb… I mostly tried recent books of poetry to which I couldn’t relate. I did check out The Essential Rumi this week so maybe going classic will help me…even though it didn’t seem to help you. 🙂
  
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  1. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
    
    I want to try poetry again soon, but I’m not sure what I want to read. Poetry is dense reading, I think, and I end up having to read it v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.
Marg

Congrats on your blogging achievement! Well done!

Have a great week.

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Anne Bennett

Imagine publishing a book into your 90s! Wow!

I am glad you found your way back to reading by turning back to a comfort series!

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Lisa R. Howeler

I have never heard of that author. I will need to check him out.

Maybe you’ll find some poetry books soon.

Glad you had those five days off. I know you needed them.

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Helen Murdoch

The author was publishing a 93 years old?! That is super impressive.

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