My mood is far too closely linked to whatever book I’m reading at the time. Is this a psychological weakness? If I was to start reading thrillers would that turn me into a serial killer? (Hmmmm, I know who I would be top of my victim list!) Watch out! My next book is a murder mystery!
No – it’s more a mood thing. If I read something gloomy my mood sinks to my boots and if I read something light and fluffy I feel fluffy myself. Is the lead character witty and sharp? Fancy that, so am I! Any of life's little problems that come my way can be swept aside with an amusing comment. Is my lead character suffering the old 'slings and arrows'? Oh dear... nobody loves me, the milk of life is pooling around my feet and being diluted with copious tears. Woe, woe and thrice woe!
Definitely some kind of problem, maybe I should see a doctor.... I wonder if you can get PG Wodehouse on prescription?
I've just finished the Ebony Tower by John Fowles. John Fowles is an excellent writer, you feel your mind being gently exercised as he develops ideas and situations, without abandoning plot and character. Unfortunately the series of stories in this collection is inhabited by a collection of characters who are faced with uncomfortable situations and the tales explore the ways they deal with the situations they find themselves in. Not really the kind of thing my chameleon personality needs when I'm trying to persuade myself that the world hasn't turned against me and no, it would not be a good idea to murder the people upstairs.
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That's why God invented Terry Pratchett...
ReplyDeleteI was on the ITV website today reading the Scene by Scene for Corrie and was as sad as if someone in my family had died (when really it was just Liam from the ever tragic Connor family), there was I in a posh oriental cafe on a Beijing rooftop, holding back the tears... We are just dead sensitive, ken.
Oh - was Ken there with you?
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