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In reply to the discussion: When someone reads a book [View all]

Marthe48

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5. I was reading an Inspector Morse story
Fri May 26, 2023, 09:57 AM
May 2023

and drew a diagram of the hotel floor, to better picture it.

I've been lucky to be in all sorts of homes, buildings and so on, and I can remember details. I was thinking of a series of books I read set in Maine. The main character is a game warden named Mike Bowditch. There are several descriptions of his small house, and between the description written, and memory of small cottages I've been in, I imagined what it might look like. It was a blend of details the author had included and memories that came to mind.

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