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Lovely writing from Molly Clavering (and good avice in the title too) in "Touch Not the Nettle" my book 12/15 for
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The last book I read for literally ended with a murderer smugly smiling & accepting plaudits for his courage and cleverness in shooting a man in the back as he tried to run away. Personally, I find this MUCH more my kind of entertaining.😀
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Starting Bush's "The Case of the Missing Men", book 11/15 for my & laughing at myself: I DID "leap to an unwarranted conclusion based on these initials" not the ACTUAL, REAL writer normal readers would think of - I thought of Albert Campion🤦‍♂️😆🤦‍♂️ @bookstodon

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2.75/5
@thestorygraph for "Death in the Dark" a rare Dalton dud for . Eight down, seven to go. @bookstodon

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2c930dba-6b9b-4683-bfee-eda394c9e22f

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4.5/5 @thestorygraph for Molly Clavering's "Because of Sam", book 7/15 for me in 2023. Nearly flawless, delivering all the middlebrow muddles and mellow magnanimity one could hope for. @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/72af6223-a3c2-4d46-bd13-9b43f47812dc

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4/5
@thestorygraph for "The Case of the Platinum Blonde" by Christopher Bush. Book 6/15 for my doth conscience make cowards of us all (or at least of Travers and his readers)? Worth finding out, imo.
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An intriguing start to "The Case of the Platinum Blonde", book 6/15 for my - Ludovic Travers directly pointing a fully loaded Chekhov's Rifle straight at the readers in chapter 1. 😀 @bookstodon

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4/5
@thestorygraph for "Winter and Rough Weather" by D.E. Stevenson, book 5/15 for my I liked it, except for the bits I didn't 🙃
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4.25/5
@thestorygraph for "The Sussex Cuckoo" a positively playful Bathurst mystery from Brian Flynn. Book 4 of my 15 for @bookstodon

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TFW a paragraph about names in a book on etymology puts a snippet of poetry you last read 30+ years ago into your head: "Es war einmal ein lattenzaun mit zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun" (Bonus points for any who know why the poem always reminds me of Emo Philips😀) @bookstodon

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A major disadvantage to reading several print books in a row from your TBR shelf is that when it’s time to read your next ebook, the is nowhere to be found and impossible to locate 😳🙄🤬 @bookstodon

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"It was a beautifully illustrated copy of 'Treasure Island'. "

Reading my Dean Street Press edition of Young Mrs Savage, my TENTH novel by D.E. Stevenson, and come across the very first reference in any them to one of her famous cousin's works. @bookstodon

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Why do I love my ? Not just because I can read 1-handed, though that's critical. When I am on holiday far from home with long passages of passenger travel ahead, I have a diverse library at my fingertips, as my "currently reading" list @thestorygraph shows
Regency Romance, Golden Age style locked room mystery, indigenous Māori/Pasifika shorts, physics popsci and however one categorises @scalzi 😁 @bookstodon

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In her description of the 'arrival' of Alleyn, Ngaio (the g is NOT silent, folks) Marsh unintentionally highlights why I love Allingham's Campion. For him, tempus really did fugit, at more or less real pace.
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@gunneraditya @bookstodon

I love my Kobos. I had Kindles from 2010-2017, switched because I wanted to get out of the Amazon. The quality of the reading experience is great. I've progressively sized up, going from a 6-inch reader to a 6.8, then a 7, and now my primary reader is the Kobo Sage, an 8-inch reader ( a size that Amazon does not offer).

I'm a bit of a low-key evangelist for , always love reminding people that Amazon is not the only game in town.

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