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Christina

ChristinaO@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 2 months ago

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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Johann Hari: Stolen Focus (2022, Crown Publishing Group, The)

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.

Agatha Christie: Taken At The Flood (Poirot) No rating

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.

Elizabeth Bowen: The Death of the Heart (2000, Anchor)

My 1st Books.TheUnseen.City Review

Good writing, but end puzzled me some. Satire delicious, cads, bounders, and "crazy women" abound.

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Fabian Nicieza: Suburban Dicks (Hardcover, 2021, G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Review of 'Suburban Dicks' on 'Goodreads'

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.