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ये दुनिया है या आलम-ए-बदहवासी? ہم دیکھیں گ
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"Think of Davos, except they don't pretend they're helping people" - @scalzi making me feel like I am going to really enjoy Starter Villain 😊😸 @bookstodon

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5/5 @thestorygraph for "Sticky:The Secret Science of Surfaces" by @LaurieWinkless @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6e8ce5f8-cbca-4540-abc5-963ef2dada6f

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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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4.25/5 @thestorygraph for Kaiju Preservation Society by @scalzi - a fun read @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2d36fcf0-73ca-40bc-bc96-b89f8daa9209

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OK, it's official - 37% in and I love @scalzi KPS. Even if the last 2/3 is worse than anything Dan Brown ever inflicted on the world, the sheer delight of seeing a Māori character using the Māori name for his homeland in a book written by someone neither tangata whenua nor tangata Tiriti guarantees KPS a whole heap of aroha from me. @bookstodon

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@DarkMatterZine @scalzi @bookstodon Interesting, thanks. I haven't read Locked In. Having a congenital disability myself I can empathise with your reaction, one shared by many people I know who are in similar situations. Speaking only for myself of course, I find the idea of being offered a "fix" for my disability increasingly attractive as I get older.

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@DarkMatterZine @scalzi @bookstodon Yes, thinking about how it's almost certain that I would not be who I am today had I not been born with my disability that makes me realise what a nuanced question "do you want to be fixed?" is

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Wow! I had COMPLETELY forgotten this feature was coming for Plus users @thestorygraph TINO PAI, MEITAKI! I'll be using it A LOT, I'm sure. Nga mihinui, fa'afetai @bookstodon

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Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh
read on audio
Narrator: Marie McCarthy
Harpercollins
Pub. 1962, 251pp

This is a classic crime read set in a village among a group of neighbours who’re related in various ways. I knew I was going to get on well with the from the start as the narrator was instantly engaging, expressing the dialogue brilliantly.
The action centres around the home of snobbish Percival Pyke Period, an eccentric figure who’s writing his memoirs, alongside the cook Mrs Mitchell, his loyal servant Alfred and his new lodger Mr Cartell who has a rather troublesome dog, Pixie. The first chapters set up the world surrounding this household with the introduction of a cast of distinctive characters. I particularly liked Mr Cartell’s ex-wife, the Flamboyant Desiree Bantling, and this great description:
“with her incredible hair brushed up into a kind of bonfire, her carefree makeup, her eyebrows and her general air of raffishness she belonged, asMr Period mildly reflected, to Toulouse Lautrec rather than any contemporary background.”
She’s known for her amusing parties and there’s a long build up to her April Fool’s treasure hunt which is set to end in tragedy. In fact, as the murder doesn’t take place until about Chapter 14 I felt I knew everyone involved very well and of course there were plenty of strong motives for possible killers.
The central idea of a letter being sent in condolence to someone for the death of a loved one before the deceased was discovered was unique and played out well.
One thing that surprised me was the lack of period details to root the story to the 1960s. It seemed to me that it could’ve very easily been set in the 30s or 50s, though there were a few passing references like mentioning TV. I guess it stuck out as my other read for the was the Miss Marple which was very much about social change.
This is my first Ngiao Marsh novel and I’ll be returning to her in future.
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@sarahmatthews @Merlo51 @bookstodon Marsh was honoured in Aotearoa/NZ for her work in supporting and promoting theatre. Theatre was her first love and imo her best Alleyn stories are those set in the theatre

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@sarahmatthews @Merlo51 @bookstodon In my teens, it was her passion for Shakespeare in particular that was her lasting impact on me, making his plays come alive (by killing people, ironically😁). I don't even remember the plot f her final novel, Light Thickens, but the title's source passage is my favourite Bard bit to this day, thanks to her.

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Reading Marsh as a teen, NZ's low profile in her novels irked me, as it left me feeling she was not fond of her birthplace. Reading her shorts atm, NZ is EVERYWHERE, even reminding me of details I'd forgotten - such as calling Palmerston "Palmerston South". This one was named after a bird I tooted about last week. The lady w/ the mispronounced Māori name includes ITS Māori name. Tino pai!
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When the hunter becomes the prey. My new novel ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west.

Sandwood Bay in north-west Sutherland has an important part to play in the story as it develops, and the book reaches its climax nearby.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

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@Kay @Calixthe @KenLussey @bookstodon
Seconded! Love the series, always pre-order at Kobo

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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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@Grizzlysgrowls @bookstodon If it's any consolation, the lady herself came from a time and a societal stratum that couldn't give a fetid dingo kidney for proper pronunciation of te reo Māori, so she may well have pronounced it with a silent "g". She was much MORE particular about her character's name. Here's the conclusion of her piece about him.
Note the very last line 😁

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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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@viq @gunneraditya @bookstodon

I've not looked into Pocketbook because here in Aotearoa they're too rich for MY pocketbook 😂

However, they're highly regarded on mobilereads.com forums, a site dedicated to all things ereader, their latest devices dolook good . I believe they are more like e-ink tablets than solely e-readers? That means they offer more functionality, which is not something I personlly look for in an ereader. I like having a device that just lets me read, w/o distractions

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@Weltenkreuzer @viq @gunneraditya @bookstodon

My 8-inch Sage does offer note taking, but it's not a function I use. Kobo's larger reader, the 10.3 inch Elipsa is their primary note-taking reader

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@viq @gunneraditya @bookstodon Yes, I think it was their latest release I had in mind, fairly sure it's an Android e-ink device. And more expensive here than even the largest Kobo

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@viq @Weltenkreuzer @gunneraditya @bookstodon

I'd suggest keeping an eye on the mobileread forums - colour e-ink readers are a constant subject of discussion there, lots of early adopters and hopeful would-be users too.

As for the the one-handed on a bus, that's something else that comes up in MR forums. There are some Chinese 5-inch dvices referenced there, they may suit.

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@viq @Weltenkreuzer @gunneraditya @bookstodon

Buttons are a must for me. I use my Sage at home 1-handed, and have a 7-inch Libra H2O (gen 1) for when I go out, as it fits in more pockets. Even in a case, it's an easy hold and read. For me, 7-inch is the optimal out-and-about size - large enough that I'm not pressing the button too often, small enough to stow and hold

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SO reassuring when The Algorithm gets it so very wrong. Sorry Google, but YOU would have to pay ME to get me to read any more of hers.
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