not even close to Wednesday reading

[castiron]

I'm in the mood for comfort reading, so I've been doing a reread of Ellis Peters's Cadfael series. They're predictable -- update on the current state of the civil war between Stephen and Matilda, young couple meets and falls in love, murder happens, young couple is somehow affected by the murder, Cadfael solves the crime and brings the criminal to justice occasionally tempered with mercy, young couple are clearly headed for a HEA, Cadfael muses on life and the workings of God. Sometimes it's way too much similarity when I'm reading them close together, but right now it's just what I need. I'm up to The Pilgrim of Hate.

I've realized on this reread that I now know someone who's the dead spit of Hugh Beringar as he's described in the books, so I have a new mental image for him; Cadfael, however, will always look like Derek Jacobi to me.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

I read the Cadfael books some years ago and really enjoyed them. They give me happy memories, but I don't think I'd want to reread them.

[castiron]

I like rereading them, but I can't do rereads too close together; I need at least a couple years in between.

[skygiants]

After enough Cadfael books one starts to wonder how many of the murders he conveniently pinned on Somebody Else in order to assuage his matchmaking urge and make sure the Young Couple du Jour have a clean getaway...

[castiron]

Handy having the Welsh border so close, isn't it?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I love Cadfael! I have read most of the books and watched the Derek Jacobi series. I have Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden and posted the cover for the Seven Book Covers challenge year before last. Here it is, if you're curious:

https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/16087.html