We're back

Hi guys,

back from hols we came. We had a great time, as always, only slightly spoiled by the fact I managed to get blisters from a new pair of trainers on the first day and have spent much of the holiday limping.

Still, much reading was done: five books, all very different but all good in their way (and mostly quite long which was why I'd saved them for a holiday) - The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger), Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold), Od Magic (Patricia McKillip), 1610: A Sundial in a Grave (Mary Gentle) and Singularity Sky (Charles Stross).

There was (again, as always) much eating. There is a restaurant on Alderney called Gannets which is not just the best restaurant on the island, but one of the best I know full stop. I've just weighed myself and I am not telling you how much weight I put on!

The weather was wonderful as well - a couple of mornings started off cloudy but cleared up by 11am, so I now have the nearest I ever get to a tan (okay, not that near I admit...).

And we also had our fifteenth wedding anniversary while we were there.

As an added bonus I've still got another three days off before I have to go back to work!

Television sometimes mystifies me

Okay, I'm currently reading, and quite enjoying, Kathy Reichs thriller Deja Dead. I had a vague idea that that there is a t.v. version being planned and that David Boreanaz has some connection with it.

So I have a look at the entry on IMDB for the programme (which will be called Bones apparently). So, the name of the main character is the same, as is her job (although by the looks being played by an actress at least 15 years too young, natch) but every other character name is totally different from the characters in the book. I wonder if it will be set in Quebec, like the novels?

So my question is: why buy up a book property and then change pretty much everything about it? This is a question I have asked many times and have never got a satisfactory answer...