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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Brings back several characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys, in a …
It's a marvel how Christie misdirects me nearly every time, if that is not a spoiler.
"From the #1 New York Times best-selling author and lifestyle/cleaning guru Marie Kondo, this graphic novelization brings Kondo's life-changing tidying …
Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to …
Inbetween long-term marriages, I'm going to give these advice tidbits a try, and report to my spinster gal pals the results.
Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends …
Once, Tarrigo Lake was an exclusive resort for a select handful of wealthy families; but when a modern dam diverts …
Leigh Botts, the new kid in town, pours his heart out to his favorite author.
The Face in the Frost is a fantasy classic, defying categorization with its richly imaginative …
Trippy.
Lots of personal stories and progeny-gushing, and nifty art. More challenges than I can handle given it's a library book, but if I owned this, I'd try some of them.
Short and sweet poems of chants, charms, laments, and blessings. Sharing with my friends.
While spending the summer in an old house on a desolate Canadian island, Anthony Monday and Miss Eells discover a …
Did not know how many forms of qigong there were, or that a qigong diet and sexual qigong existed, until I read this book. Qigong in its inner and outer forms apparently has many benefits, and it's gentle enough for anyone.
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, …
Rex Stout: Murder by the book (1992, Bantam Books)
