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 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.
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 castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander (Chronicles of Prydain -- 3)
When Princess Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona for training, she is bewitched …
Prince Rhun, Glew, and Llyan are good additions, they offset the formulaic. Taran is bland, and Eilonwy doesn't do much of what makes her happy.
Christina started reading Blitz: A Novel by Daniel O'Malley (Checquy Files, #3)
A new recruit to the most powerful supernatural intelligence agency on Earth is accused of …
I am reading the Hardcover Edition, not the eBook. I don't know how to import individual editions of books, or individual titles.
Christina started reading Let me count the ways. by Peter De Vries
Oh boy! Excited to find this in the library!
Christina commented on The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Love in a Cold Climate is very funny around Chapters 10 - 14.
Christina commented on The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Am not reading The Pursuit of Love, I am too lazy to import the proper Penguin paperback edition: ISBN 978-0-14-118149-3
Christina finished reading Georges by E. L. James (Modern Library classics)
Alexandre Dumas wrote this, not E. L. James, and whoever denies me the privilege of editing this is a fool.