Christina finished reading Shrines of Gaiety by Doubleday
Great fun.
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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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Could be read with _Shrines of Gaiety_
4 stars
Definitely worth recommending to visitors of London.
Christina started reading Georges by Alexandre Dumas
TIL Alexandre Dumas was mixed race. So far, getting social studies and history lessons about the island of Mauritius.
Christina started reading Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs
Johnny Dixon, Fergie and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the Professor's …
Found in a Little Free Library, serendipitously.
Christina finished reading Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
This book, admittedly with contradictory findings, convinced me that my fragmented attention isn't altogether my fault, and I can rebuild it. The author discusses among other social media platforms the commoditized, centralized Twitter, but not Mastodon. I know I'm better off spending more time reading real books than I do scrolling through timelines, regaining my focus and reclaiming my attention are my pre-eminent intentions for 2023.
Christina finished reading Platonic by Marisa Franco
Uneven, mostly good, US-centric. I learned some things and am recommending to or at least discussing with my best buddies.
Christina started reading Platonic by Marisa Franco
Nine pages in and already I can see how the facts and life lessons and studies within will transform my friendships and connections.
Christina finished reading Taken At The Flood (Poirot) by Agatha Christie
Taken at the Flood is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, …
This is not her best, Dame Agatha must have been moved to write about postwar survivors, and worked in Hercule Poirot close to the end. The very end appalled this 21st-century reader, but I don't know how it is to serve for years in a world war.
Christina finished reading Meditations by Marco Aurelio
Meditations (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis he'auton, lit. 'things to one's self') …
oh boy what improvement in my life if I could remember daily 5% of this. Found a good translation into modern idiomatic English, indeed hardly anything changes.
Christina started reading Meditations by Marco Aurelio
Meditations (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis he'auton, lit. 'things to one's self') …
reading 2002 Modern Library Edition, a new translation and introduction by Gregory Hays
Christina finished reading Psychic Skills for Magic and Witchcraft by Cat Gina Cole
Valuable. I will procure a permanent copy.
Christina reviewed The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
My 1st Books.TheUnseen.City Review
5 stars
Good writing, but end puzzled me some. Satire delicious, cads, bounders, and "crazy women" abound.
( I thought I was doing things properly here but then again I thought those would lead to interaction. At least not yet.)
Christina reviewed Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza
Review of 'Suburban Dicks' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
A librarian member of the regional library's reader advisory team enthusiastically recommended, practically raved, about this. I had the idea it was smart, and funny. It was tedious and predictable. I've read a lot of mysteries. This didn't move the needle on my fun-o-meter.
Christina rated Cousin Bette: 5 stars
Christina reviewed Wilt in Nowhere. by Tom Sharpe
Review of 'Wilt in Nowhere.' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Broad humour, with several meanings of the word broad. Not one of Sharpe's best, but I did laugh aloud at some parts.