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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Broad humour, with several meanings of the word broad. Not one of Sharpe's best, but I did laugh aloud at some parts.
Broad humour, with several meanings of the word broad. Not one of Sharpe's best, but I did laugh aloud at some parts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, …
