Christina started reading Summer Moonshine by P. G. Wodehouse
Get those summer books read! The leaves here are already jaundiced and fluttering to the ground.
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Lifelong faves: mysteries, camp, cookbooks, young adult literature, satire. Niches: early film history, lifehacks, The Shadow, codes and ciphers, 20th-c. comic strip compilations, programming/data manuals for nonprogrammers, neurodivergent bright female characters, help for ADHD undiagnosed people. Growing interest in French literature, early 20th century psychological fiction. Top five at present: E. Waugh, R. Chandler, Alan Bradley, Agatha Christie, Gyles Brandreth, T. Sharpe Finished From the Abyss by D K Broster but unable to import it.
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Christina started reading August Folly by Angela Mackail Thirkell
Liking the droll prose.
Christina started reading The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beverly King and his younger brother, Felix, are sent to live with an aunt and …
Lucy Maud Montgomery's 150th anniversary this year. Commemorating Prince Edward Island's literary giant by reading this and the follow -up The Golden Road.
Christina started reading Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations. . . but only one is …
I am up for group-solving. At page 19 as of 2024-08-05.
Christina finished reading The old wives' tale by Arnold Bennett
First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as …
Finished long ago, recording it now.
Christina finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (The Modern Library classics)
The original revenge story, The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure story set in …
A truly engrossing read.
Christina finished reading The Midden by Tom Sharpe
Christina started reading The Midden by Tom Sharpe
Christina set a goal to read 52 books in 2024
Christina finished reading The tattooed potato and other clues by Ellen Raskin
Answering an advertisement for an artist's assistant involves seventeen-year-old Dickory Dock in several mysteries and …
underrated, overlooked fun.
Christina started reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (The Modern Library classics)
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (The Modern Library classics)
The original revenge story, The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure story set in France and Italy. The story …
Christina started reading The tattooed potato and other clues by Ellen Raskin
The tattooed potato and other clues by Ellen Raskin
Answering an advertisement for an artist's assistant involves seventeen-year-old Dickory Dock in several mysteries and their ultimate solutions.
This looks to be a Buddhism-based guide to self-actualization and witnessing ego and behaviour. I could benefit more from this book than I expected.
Christina reviewed The Twist of the Knife by Anthony Horowitz
Good Read
4 stars
This was, as usual, a riveting read, equivalent to a typical Agatha Christie for surprises at the big reveal. Interesting that the first person thanked in the Acknowledgements is the author's therapist. Author says it was an uncomfortable book to write and this reader guesses that the plural adopted sons in the story might be related to one of the issues worked through.
Christina finished reading The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
It’s been described as “Catcher in the Rye” for girls by British blogger Moira Redmond.
When Sally Jay Gorce was …