I started off puzzling over what to write about for N............ Another letter difficult to fill. In 2022 I used all sorts of N words and in 2023 found some Norfolk Cheese for a taste test.
In childhood A,B,C picture books N was often a nail (woodwork sort)- how many children have much to do with hammers and nails nowadays?
Say nails to anyone young now and they would think about the sort for which you need a 'nail bar'. But in rural Suffolk the words 'nail bar' would have been a mystery 20 years ago, there might have been places for a manicure - perhaps included at a hairdressers but a whole shop for painting nails was unknown and those weird long fake nails that people have are not for me - I don't even like nail varnish - it feels horrible.
I had to help a woman with inch long nails get her £1 coin out of the trolley at Aldi recently - made me smile.
THEN the library van came and of course it was obvious what N was - The November Library Book Photo!
Twelve books and every one is a crime novel. I think I have a serious problem!
They are all books I'd reserved online so it's just coincidence that all of this month's are crime fiction.
Some are authors that are favourites, others are authors I've not tried before and one or two are authors I've failed with in the past and I'm trying again.
On the left is the tenth and last - at the moment - of the Christina Koning stories involving The Blind Detective. I've really enjoyed these so I hope she writes more.
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When i begqn blogging in 2008, and American minister's wife asked me to review her book on my blog. It centred around a group of church ladies who met every Friday evening at a Nail Bar. I did review it, but said I didn't think it would go down well in the UK, because I wasn't aware of any church ladies who did such a thing. She was really annoyed with me! But nail bars are becoming much more common now. [I still don't know any church ladies who have manicure-meet-ups]
ReplyDeleteI have my mother's manicure set somewhere, a large leather zip wallet with all kinds of weird little metal tools with matching handles. I remember her sitting at the table 'doing her nails', ending with buffing them all with a soft leather buffer. I couldn't imagine spending hours on my nails...
ReplyDeleteI notice many of the books are wintery - very seasonal.
I have grown my nails long a few times but I soon get them annoyed with them and go back to having short ones. Long nails are totally impractical and I have never been into painting my nails either. I don't mind clear or shimmery nail polishes for very special occasions, but brightly coloured talons just seem bizarre. Then again, my husband often jokes that he is married to a man!
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