Transmissions from the Northern Outpost

Tag: Inspector Montalbano

  • 3 Good Things Today

    Every Thursday, or sometimes Friday, I share three good things from today, in the past week, and/or in the week or weeks to come, to focus on what is good. I encourage you to share in the comments your three good things too, if you want. I was introduced to thinking on three good things for the week by Deb Nance of the blog Readerbuzz who lists hers every Sunday on her blog.

    Today, as many other times, I’m keeping it simple, and this time, I’m limiting it to today:

    1. This morning I finished Riccardino, the final installment of the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. It wasn’t the best ending, but I’m both glad, and sad, to be done with the series. Next, I have to watch the TV series based on the books on MHz Choice.
    2. I invited a coworker to go with us to the equinox party at a local winery Saturday that I mentioned last week. Today, she let me know she’d be able to go. We’re looking forward to her going with us, and the party ought to be fun.
    3. I’m ending my day on a boat.

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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:

    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.

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