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Westmacott, aka Agatha Christie, writes a romance of passion, obsession, power, and in terms of “Giant,” genius. This covers so many aspects, from childhood to war to fame and fortune to loss that it almost feels like an epic novel. I think this is one to reread at some point to get further into the layers of the story - Westmacott/Christie certainly gives a lot of perspective and topics to ponder.

A month late, but finally finished for #LMWBR !

CSeydel

Librarybelle And this fits #1930 for #192025 . 12mo

Roary47 I‘m behind too. I can‘t do added expenses yet. 😭 12mo

tpixie Ive been wanting to try some of her a nom de plume‘s books! 12mo

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Librarybelle @tpixie It was great! Different than her mysteries. 12mo

tpixie @Librarybelle thanks! I just recently learned about her writing under another name when reading

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

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Librarybelle @tpixie I have that on my to read list! 12mo

tpixie @Librarybelle I enjoyed it and liked her theory of events. 12mo

Librarybelle @tpixie Awesome! 12mo

Simona I strongly dislike romances, but hers are 👌 12mo

Librarybelle @Simona It‘s such a different type of romance…my copy calls is psychological, which I can see, but I feel like there is more to that. No bodice ripping here! 😂 12mo

Simona Christie's romance books have definitly more sinisterly vibes than hers crime/mystery books. No bodice ripping, instead of that it is mental ripping … I like that more 😁 12mo

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Librarybelle

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

I‘m really behind for last month‘s #LMWBR , but I‘m making headway!

I had to capture this quote:

“‘Tell me, Jane, what is life to you?‘
She paused a minute and then said:
‘A difficult, dangerous, but endlessly interesting adventure.‘”

CSeydel

CSeydel This was such a great scene. That quote captures Jane so well! No stress about being ‘behind‘ 😎 I love discussing books anytime, and this one had so much to think about. 13mo

Librarybelle @CSeydel 😁 13mo

AnneCecilie I just saw the BBC documentary by Lucy Worsley about Christie, and now I want to read the books she wrote under pseudonym as well. Worsley had the theory that Christie was more true in these books. If you haven‘t seen the documentary, I recommend it. 13mo

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Librarybelle @AnneCecilie I have not seen it…thank you! I also meant to read her bio on Christie last year and did not get a chance to do it. @CSeydel has organized a #buddyread of all of her Mary Westmacott books. We‘re currently reading

Unfinished Portrait

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CSeydel @AnneCecilie I‘d love to watch that. I do find that while Christie makes a lot of keen social observations in her mysteries, the Westmacott books allow her to really structure the whole plot around the psychology of different relationships and explore them more deeply than she can in the whodunit framework. 13mo

AnneCecilie I want to read those books but apparently they‘re not that easy to get hold of for me. The library doesn‘t have them and neither does the online bookstores I occasionally buy from. Guess I just have to look for them at my next trip abroad. 13mo

Librarybelle @AnneCecilie Good luck with your search! I had to order mine from Blackwells (I could not get them in the US). 13mo

AnneCecilie Thanks for tips. I might check them out 13mo

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CSeydel

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

Fiction winner for September! Giant‘s Bread by Mary Westmacott (aka Agatha Christie). Special thanks to the #westmakittens - I definitely got a lot more out of it thinking it over for our discussion!

Don‘t forget to start looking for Unfinished Portrait, our #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead pick for October. Discussion will be posted Oct 15 & 22. #LMWBR

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quietjenn

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

Spent the rainy afternoon curled up with our #lmwbr #marywestmacottbuddyread - rather cozy and perfect. Still sitting out my thoughts on that book, so going to peek at the discussion now!

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CSeydel

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

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CSeydel “A cruel giant, genius! A monster feeding on flesh and blood. I know nothing about Groen, yet I swear that he‘s fed his giant, with his own flesh and blood, and perhaps the flesh and blood of others, too … Their bones ground to make the Giant‘s bread.” 13mo

CSeydel Joe: “It looks as though Vernon may make a success of it all.”
Sebastian: “I wouldn‘t say that. Vernon may be a genius—and that‘s quite a different thing. Nobody welcomes genius. On the other hand, he may be just slightly mad. He sounds mad enough sometimes when he gets going—and yet, somehow, I‘ve always got a kind of feeling that he‘s right – that in some odd way he knows what he‘s talking about.” (edited) 13mo

CSeydel Joe: The sooner Vernon gets over his silly calf love for Nell and falls in love with Jane, the better it will be.
Sebastian: “I‘m not sure I agree with you.” 13mo

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CSeydel Sebastian: “Jane is a real person—very much so. To be in love with Jane might be a whole-time job. We‘re agreed, aren‘t we, that Vernon is very possibly a genius? Well I don‘t think genius wants to be married to a real person. He wants to be married to someone rather negligible—someone whose personality won‘t interfere.” 13mo

CSeydel Jane: “Vernon had genius. That‘s the wrong way of putting it—he belonged to his genius. And genius is the hardest master there is—everything has got to be sacrificed to it. Your trumpery happiness, even, would have had to go if it stood in the way. Genius has got to be served.” (edited) 13mo

Ruthiella I agree that the giant is genius-what drives humans to greatness as well as to inhumanity… 13mo

quietjenn In the end, Jane was right and Vernon did end up sacrificing - or losing, not sure it's sacrifice when it's not entirely by your choice - everything else, and is left alone with his genius. Maybe for him it's enough? Or will be eventually, even though we leave him in a moment of frenzy? It's not something I would want - I guess I'm okay not being a genius 😅 13mo

BarbaraJean I definitely took the meaning from the prologue—that the Giant was art/genius, and then the novel went on to explore what it is that feeds genius. Which ends up being rather bleak! Everyone gets sacrificed, “their bones ground,” to feed Vernon‘s genius. Some are worse sacrifices than others! There‘s almost a sense of destiny to it—as @quietjenn said, is it sacrifice when it‘s not your choice? 13mo

BarbaraJean And WOW, that Joe/Sebastian conversation. In retrospect, I wonder if part of Sebastian‘s response is that he sees it WON‘T be better for Jane. I also think Sebastian is wrong about Vernon needing to marry someone “negligible”—the narrative suggests he needs great pain/emotion to unlock his genius. A “negligible” partner wouldn‘t offer the depth of emotion Vernon needs to feed his genius. As much as I hate what Christie does with Jane at the end. 13mo

CSeydel @quietjenn @BarbaraJean Yes! Great comments. 13mo

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CSeydel

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Joe chooses a tumultuous life with her artist lover over a stable, affluent life with Sebastian.
Nell chooses comfort over love, staying with Chetwynd even when Vernon returns.
Sebastian chooses his friends over money, sacrificing profits to go see Vernon and later to aid Joe when she is ill.
And Vernon — his final, terrible choice between Nell and Jane. What do you think that signifies?

CSeydel I just realized I‘m not sure what choice Jane faces 13mo

Ruthiella Oof, that final choice is where the book lost me. It seemed so melodramatic. (edited) 13mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella Absolutely. It was so contrived that I had to mentally compartmentalize it as pure symbolism and not anything that would realistically happen. 13mo

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Ruthiella @CSeydel I mean fine, let Vernon make that split second decision, but also let Jane survive! Hasn‘t she suffered enough? 😆 13mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella I choose to believe she lived and went on to find something better than Vernon 13mo

quietjenn @Ruthiella Jane so didn't deserve that ending! 13mo

BarbaraJean @CSeydel I wonder if Jane‘s choice comes earlier, when Nell shows up at her apartment and she decides to let Vernon go. Which just emphasizes what crappy choices Jane is given through this whole novel! @Ruthiella @quietjenn I agree—Jane deserved so much better. The ending treats her as a plot device to serve Vernon‘s growth, privileging his growth over her life, and his art over her art. That‘s another choice she makes—his art over her voice.😠 13mo

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CSeydel

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The Beast comes up many times throughout the story. What did you think the Beast represented? Did you understand the Beast better as the story progressed, or did it become more murky?
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CSeydel For me, I did not quite understand why music upset Vernon so much until I had the context of the other references to the Beast. I think ultimately the Beast represented strong uncontrollable feelings or a kind of internal wildness of spirit that frightened Vernon. Although I‘m not sure how the collective man reference fits into that idea. 13mo

Ruthiella I think music brought out emotions in Vernon that he wasn‘t able to handle until older… 13mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella Yes! I liked Agatha‘s little dig at Myra (sort of her generation‘s version of the “basic b***h”) who is so proud of playing rather complicated pieces at a young age. When Nina points out that people can be musical in different ways, Vernon‘s mother does not get it at all. “Either one was musical and played pieces, or one was not. Vernon was clearly the latter” 13mo

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Ruthiella I don‘t know if you have read The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West, but she makes the distinction between being proficient and truly talented. Not that I know the difference myself. 😁 13mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella No, I haven‘t! I‘ll check it out. It‘s an interesting distinction. 13mo

quietjenn Similarly, to me the Beast was any sort of big emotion that Vernon feels but can't necessarily control. It's a bit about being swept up in what you don't entirely understand. 13mo

CSeydel @quietjenn Yes! I‘m so glad we have this group because I‘m not sure I would have been able to put that into words if I wasn‘t thinking about it for the readalong. It‘s so interesting to be taken to that specific time and place; I think it was probably very difficult for someone like Vernon or Joe in that era of “stuff upper lip” and rigid ideas of propriety. 13mo

BarbaraJean I got so busy the past couple weeks and never got back to the second half of the discussion! Jumping in now. 😊 For me, “The Beast” got a bit murkier as the novel went on—and looking at all the references you mentioned reminded me of why! @quietjenn @ruthiella I agree that it represented strong feelings that he didn‘t yet know how to handle—that helps clarify for me why the references to “The Beast” shift and change throughout the book.⤵️ (edited) 13mo

BarbaraJean I‘m not sure how the Collective Man concept fits in, but the age of machinery & the description of his “masterpiece” really resonated with the Beast imagery for me. The idea that mechanization turns man into beast rather than human. Which is super interesting, because Vernon‘s moment at the concert unlocks music for him, but in a way that seems mechanical rather than emotional. I don‘t think Vernon ever really learns how to handle strong emotions. 13mo

CSeydel @BarbaraJean Yes, great comment! I definitely spent some time pondering the various “beast” references. I like your point about Vernon‘s relationship to music needing to become mechanical rather than emotional before he could harness it—I hadn‘t thought of it that way, but it really fits. It‘s interesting to think from the pov of that era, with the rise of Bolshevism & the specter of collectivism, combined with massive industrialisation. (edited) 13mo

BarbaraJean @CSeydel Oh, absolutely—that era feels so very different from where we are now!! And I think the perspective of that time comes across so well in this novel. It‘s fascinating to me how the whole mood of this novel felt so different from Christie‘s other work—I think a large part of it is the concerns of that era (that I don‘t recall seeing her explore elsewhere). 13mo

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CSeydel

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

I‘m getting ready to post more discussion topics about Giant‘s Bread - some heavy ideas here! I‘ll hide the next post under a spoiler tag but we‘re going to explore the significance of “the Beast” and the meaning of the title—why is it called Giant‘s Bread, anyway? #LMWBC #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead #westmakittens

CSeydel @ruthiella @KathyWheeler @quietjenn @Librarybelle @kspenmoll @BarbaraJean @peanutnine @Roary47 @willaful @batsy 13mo

CSeydel I won‘t tag you all in future posts bc spoilers, but come and comment whenever you‘re ready! 13mo

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CSeydel

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

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Absolutely blown away by this story of a group of young people coming of age in the 1910s. Christie explores themes of social expectations, and what happens when one tries to subvert them; what does art require of the artist; what is love; what is genius; and most poignantly, how does each character‘s sense of self hold up when they are tested by events? What do their choices say about them? Brilliant, tragic, and thought-provoking. 5⭐️

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TheSpineView Sounds good! 💚📖📚 14mo

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CSeydel

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

What did you think of the different characters‘ reaction to the outbreak of WWI? Do you agree with Sebastian, that things always seem different or unique when we are living through them? What about Nell‘s emotional clarity in the face of imminent danger, versus Jane‘s stolid practicality?
#LMWBR #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead #Westmakittens

CSeydel @BarbaraJean @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @KathyWheeler @quietjenn @kspenmoll @peanutnine @Roary47 @willaful @batsy 14mo

Ruthiella Considering we all just lived through a pandemic, yes, I do agree with Sebastian! I think also that Christie was reflecting an accurate array of various attitudes towards the war that would have been expressed at the time. I think she was about the same age as the characters and she and her friends and family were exposed to the war similarly… 14mo

BarbaraJean I completely agree with Sebastian, that it feels different when you're in the middle of it, but that reactions to such events are fairly universal. @Ruthiella The Covid pandemic is a great example. Looking at the various responses (arguments over masks, etc.) in comparison to the flu pandemic of 1918-20--certain things don't change!! Another example of Christie's characterization--the various reactions to WWI say so much about each personality. ⬇ 14mo

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BarbaraJean (Cont'd) Nell is naive, Joe is idealistic, Jane is a pragmatic realist, and Sebastian provides perspective through a broader view. I don't remember: do we get a view of Vernon's perspective on the war? 14mo

CSeydel @BarbaraJean Interestingly, we don‘t get to hear Vernon‘s thoughts on this. Partly I suppose because he is “off stage” fighting but also throughout the book he‘s never shown to be much of a practical thinker. I think he just accepts life as it comes without really analyzing it. He‘s more in his own head than the others are. 14mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella Yes! I‘m certain she was drawing on her experience as she created these characters. 14mo

CSeydel @BarbaraJean @Ruthiella The pandemic is a good modern example, and it also reminds me of attitudes after 9/11 - how people expected the shock to never wear off, that it would infuse our worldview forever, and I‘m not sure that‘s really happened. (edited) 14mo

quietjenn Sebastian is for sure the most clear-eyed about things, although I think there's a lot to be said for Jane's take as well. The various responses do seem very realistic to me. 13mo

CSeydel @quietjenn I agree. Sebastian seemed the most well adjusted of all of them. I liked Jane‘s ability to cut through the social trappings and describe reality so bluntly, but she was a little too harsh with herself. 13mo

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BarbaraJean

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

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This was absolutely fascinating. It's completely different from Christie's mystery novels, and yet there are so many similarities. The same sharp insight into human nature, for one. It's also oddly darker than most of her mysteries, which was surprising to me. I‘d only read Miss Marple and Poirot, etc. thus far, and had heard that the Westmacott novels were Christie's "romance novels." This is not a romance at all, though it certainly deals with⤵️

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …the intricacies of the heart. It explores the question of what it is that feeds genius, and its cast of mostly unlikable characters was still utterly compelling. Lots of food for thought and discussion here, much more so than in most of her mysteries. I'm so interested to read the rest of the Westmacott novels now! #LMWBR #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead (edited) 14mo

BarbaraJean (I have to give the inevitable caveat that there is a fair bit of racist characterization of a Jewish character, but that same character is probably the most sympathetically-drawn character in the novel, so there's also that.) 14mo

BarbaraJean I also have to add: the blurb on the back cover of this edition manages to both say too much about the plot and also get it completely wrong. I‘m glad I was reading it on Internet Archive so I didn‘t see the blurb until the end! 14mo

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batsy Nice review! I was hoping to join the readalong this month and hoping I can squeeze it in. 14mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks In case you want to read my review…😊 13mo

TheAromaofBooks Oooo thank you!! I remember not enjoying this one, mostly because it was kind of a downer all the way through. I think part of that was my expectations. I know Christie has a great sense of humor, and this book is billed as a “romance,“ so I went into it anticipating something much more lighthearted than what I got. 13mo

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BarbaraJean

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

“You don‘t know anything about God or you couldn‘t have spoken like that, gently patting God on the back for making life comfortable and easy for you. Do you know a text that used to frighten me in the Bible? ‘This night shall thy soul be required of thee.‘ When God requires your soul of you, be sure you‘ve got a soul to give Him!”

#LMWBR #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead

CSeydel

CSeydel Such a good line! Chills! 14mo

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CSeydel

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

@Ruthiella @KathyWheeler @quietjenn @Librarybelle @kspenmoll @BarbaraJean @peanutnine @Roary47 @willaful @batsy

Happy Saturday #westmakittens
I haven‘t *quite* finished the book yet but I thought I‘d start posting some discussion questions just to get us started. I‘m really finding it compelling! (Hard to say “enjoying” since everyone is so dreadfully angsty all the time.) What do you think?
#LMWBR #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead

CSeydel Also, did I do the tags right this time? 😂 14mo

BarbaraJean My tag showed up! Definitely a compelling read. I don't think I liked or really related to ANY of the characters, though! Vernon is fascinating, but I can't stand Nell, so I really rolled my eyes at their “love story.“ I love Jane's forthrightness; she sees others so clearly and draws out the truth. I do like Sebastian, but he always seems to have his own agenda. And I wish the narrative hadn't dropped Joe partway through. I wanted more of her. 14mo

CSeydel @BarbaraJean They were all so flawed and yet I enjoyed seeing how each of them navigated their lives trying to stay true to whatever conception they had of their “essential selves.” I love how Christie can accomplish so much characterization in just a snippet of dialogue, or like when Sebastian sees Nell for the first time after she‘s married: 14mo

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CSeydel “To him she had always fallen into a class—a certain type of charming young girl. Now he saw her as an individual—the real Nell bursting out of her chrysalis. There was a subdued radiance about her. She was quieter than she used to be, and yet she was more alive.” (edited) 14mo

BarbaraJean @CSeydel Her characterization is so, so good! She uses so many little details to build her characters. Were you familiar with Peer Gynt at all? I'd heard of it but had no familiarity with it; when so much was made of Jane's role, I looked up a plot summary. And there are SO many parallels between Vernon & Peer Gynt! Christie used that reference early on to foreshadow so much. Another way of doing so much with just a couple of references. 14mo

CSeydel @BarbaraJean Absolutely! I just knew the famous Grieg pieces; I didn‘t know the plot or even realize it was an Ibsen play. 14mo

Ruthiella Some readers complain that Christie‘s characterization in her mysteries isn‘t very good and that she relies on stock characters (blustery majors, feisty young women, etc.) but I agree with @BarbaraJean that she deftly draws them with just a few strokes. I agree, however, they were all pretty annoying! 😂 I like Jane for her honesty, but not for her (unnecessary) self sacrifice. 14mo

Ruthiella Also #Westmakittens is awesome! 😆👍❤️ 14mo

Librarybelle I need to start this! I plan to start it very soon! 14mo

peanutnine Still anxiously awaiting my library hold to come in... 14mo

CSeydel @peanutnine @Librarybelle I‘ll put the next questions behind spoiler tags - there are a couple of rather surprising turns in the second half! 14mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella Yes! I found Jane so refreshing when she first meets Vernon, the way she takes apart his assumptions and approaches life so matter-of-factly. But I agree, I didn‘t understand her foolishness when it came to that decision. (edited) 14mo

peanutnine @CSeydel thank you! I am looking forward to reading it when I eventually get my hands on a copy 14mo

quietjenn I *love* the #Westmakittens tag! (edited) 13mo

quietjenn I agree with y'all and thought the characterizations were terrific. I liked and disliked all of them at times! For the most part Nell was my least favorite and their romance was difficult for me to take seriously - it seemed so shallow. But, even her, I liked during her nursing career and rather wish that version of her had flourished. I do understand some of the choices that she made but ... And more Jo, please. (edited) 13mo

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BarbaraJean

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

“The perfect husband! Perhaps that was because he was an American. You always heard that Americans made perfect husbands.”
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CSeydel

Cuilin As an Irish girl who married an American, I can attest to the validity of this quote. 😌😁 (edited) 14mo

quietjenn So many good lines - I appreciate y'all pulling out some of the highlights! 13mo

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CSeydel

Giant's Bread | Mary Westmacott

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag, @Sparklemn 😊

1. Hiking, watching football, baking
2. Answering for Wednesday, I‘ll say happy, because it was my husband‘s birthday and we got to go to a Rick Springfield concert featuring the Hooters! Woohoo
3. Giant‘s Bread for #LMWBR #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead

AmyG Hooray football! 14mo

Eggs Yay #2 ❤️🎂🎉 14mo

Sparklemn Rick Springfield! Good memories. 😁 14mo

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BarbaraJean

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

“Don‘t you think a woman can be poor and happy?”
“Certainly, given the necessary qualifications.”
“Which are—what? Love and trust?”
“No, you idiotic child. A sense of humor, a tough hide and the valuable quality of being sufficient unto oneself.”

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CSeydel

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CSeydel

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

“You want to be able to live in the house of your forefathers, and to marry the girl you love, and to grow immensely rich, and to be a great composer. I dare say you might manage to do one of those four things if you give your whole mind to it.

But it‘s not likely you‘ll have everything, you know. Life isn‘t like a penny novelette.” 🔥🔥🔥

CSeydel Always enjoy seeing how much people haven‘t changed! 14mo

Ruthiella Ah Jane. She is a straight shooter. 14mo

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CSeydel

Giant�s Bread | Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott

Happy August, everyone! Time flies. This is just another advertisement for the upcoming Mary Westmacott Buddy Read! #LMWBR

We will read all six, one per month, starting with Giants Bread in Sept. On the 3rd Saturday of each month, I will post discussion questions. Let me know if you want to be added to the tag list!

quietjenn, kspenmoll, KathyWheeler, BarbaraJean, Librarybelle, Ruthiella, Roary47, peanutnine, willaful

Ruthiella Thanks for the reminder! 😃 1y

Roary47 Thank you! 1y

Librarybelle Hooray!! 1y

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quietjenn I think it will be fun! 1y

BarbaraJean Looking forward to this! 1y

batsy I found a Westmacott omnibus edition on my shelves that has three of these. I'll try to join in when I can 🙂 1y

CSeydel @batsy Wonderful! 1y

rubyslippersreads I just saw this. Is it too late to join for October? I‘ve only read one Westmacott, but enjoyed it. 13mo

CSeydel @rubyslippersreads Join anytime! It‘s not that formal. I‘m posting discussion questions today and next Saturday for Unfinished Portrait, but you can also just go ahead and post your own review anytime and tag the group. Welcome! 13mo

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LitsyEvents

Giant's Bread | Agatha Christie

repost for @CSeydel:

In 1930 Agatha Christie published her first non-mystery novel under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. From 1930-1956, she released six of these novels, which tell deeply emotional stories of the transformative, even destructive, power of love.

I‘m hosting a #buddyread of these novels, one per month. Please share this post, and comment if you want to be on the tag list!

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2605126

CSeydel Thank you!! 1y

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Bookish_Gal

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Interesting book about finding happiness and making sure of what you want to work for in life. This was a longer Agatha Christie read, and I managed. Although the story kept me Interested enough through questioning what it was about, it won‘t stick around for me to remember. Could not get over that the woman‘s conversations were always about the main male character. Feel so bad for the two woman either way. Though I loved Josephine
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PurpleyPumpkin

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I‘m on a mission to read Agatha Christie‘s works in publication order! 😅This book was published under her pseudonym and it really does read like a book written by another author. But the trademark excellent writing is still here along with a very interesting story. 4/5⭐️

Suet624 I don't think I knew she wrote under a pseudonym. 4y

PurpleyPumpkin @Suet624 I didn‘t either until I started this journey! She wrote six novels under this name so there‘s more to look forward to. 😉 4y

LeahBergen I want to read these, too. 👍 4y

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batsy I've never read her Mary Westmacott novels and I want to! 4y

PurpleyPumpkin @batsy Great writing but completely different from her mysteries, in a good way! 4y

MemoirsForMe I‘ve never heard of these! 🤔Always learning something new here. 4y

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Simona

Giant's Bread | Agatha Christie

Cozy morning #audiowalk in winter foggy wonderland ... Agatha Christie is always good companion 👍

batsy This photo 🐶❤️ 4y

Cathythoughts Beautiful! Sounds looks like you‘ve got 2 perfect companions 🐶 & Agatha 4y

AlaMich Dogs+snow=joy! 4y

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Simona @Cathythoughts It couldn‘t get more perfect 👌 4y

Simona @batsy She is little dynamite and hard to catch her for the photo. 4y

Simona @AlaMich Especially after walk, when she is wet and covered with mud... pure joy😘 4y

Suet624 Oh my! I love all of this. 4y

LeahBergen She‘s so sweet!! 💗💗 4y

BarbaraBB 😍 4y

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SilversReviews

Giant's Bread | Agatha Christie

@MinDea #TricksyTails #LetsMakeTricksySmile

1. I have no animals so I am sharing a loaf of bread I made. 😍

2. iPhone

3. Nuts in cookies.

4. Just ready to start AFTER ANNA by Lisa Scottoline. Finished THE NEW NEIGHBORS by Simone Lelic - it was a bit confusing and dark, but kept my interest.

5. Favorite sport is Football.

kspenmoll That bread looks delicious! Imagining it warm with melting butter... 7y

SilversReviews @kspenmoll It is yummy with butter when it warm. 😍 Thanks for commenting. 7y

kspenmoll 🍞❤️ 7y

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Bklover Your bread looks lovely!!! Makes me hungry! 7y

SilversReviews @Bklover THANK YOU and thank you for commenting. 7y

MidnightBookGirl The pics of pets are cute, but the bread looks delicious! 7y

SilversReviews @MidnightBookGirl I was excited how nice it came out and how delicious it was. 7y

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