Welcome to Litsy!

I didn't want it to end! Very happy to realize there are 12 novels featuring this character for me to sink my teeth into. Tone and length really lent to reading these short stories aloud. Very much into the 'little old lady is a lot sharper than you think' trope, and as much as the humble village life is overplayed, it's satisfying to see a mystery-solving protagonist grounded in life experience, rather than just uncanny observational skills.

Do we classify that as floral innuendo or floral booty call?
A presumptuous theatre-goer, for certain!

Wholesome after dinner activities. 😝

Overly familiar, verbose stranger telling ghoulish stories while you try and paint the scenery?
The correct response in two words!

I'm getting 'Quint, from Jaws' vibes...

Clergymen, always the buzzkill at the pagan orgy. 😏

Looks like I'll be doing a lot of looking up of archaic words! MY kind of detecting. ?
Banting: "was a popular term for losing weight by excluding sugar from your diet. It was named after a Mr Banting." [Which I think refers to the Canadian doctor who helped discover insulin?!]. The things you learn by accident.
God reference aside, I appreciate a friend counseling another in 1932 not to diet, that her body is just as it should be.

Gotta assume this was not an actual pile o' flour.
Common vernacular lost to the passage of time....suppose it's like polenta? To the Google!

β€œUnsolved mysteries.”
Raymond West blew out a cloud of smoke and repeated the words with a kind of deliberate self-conscious pleasure.
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β€œThere is a great deal of wickedness in village life. I hope you dear young people will never realize how very wicked the world is.” β€”Miss Marple

Finally finished this book of mystery stories and I loved it! I adore Miss Marple even more. I think I‘m ready to go through her books in chronological order now.

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4 stars

Today‘s reading. This old comfort. It is not only 13 problems but other short stories

Finished this over a several months just reading 2 stories a few times a week. I sped my reading up for the #novelnovember readathon. Began this week on p.248, finished the book, reading 150 pages. It was fun to be in Miss Marple‘s village world. Seemed as if her words were sparse, as well as her images. I could picture her characters, places, landscapes, etc. perfectly with her imagery.

#catsoflitsy
Trying to read myself to sleep but Poe says β€œNo! Pet me!”

#novelnovember #readathon
Today read 80+ pages of Inspector Irene Huss, 2 Miss Marple short stories, started ch 5 of Murder at the Royal Botanical Gardens. #audio

I realized after I checked this out that I‘ve read the stories in various collections already. I love Miss Marple though, so it was fun to read them again & be reminded of the outcome of each mystery. Unlike some of Christie‘s collections, I enjoyed all of these stories & getting to revisit the fun side characters in Miss Marple‘s world. #scarathlon #teamslaughter @Clwojick 20 stories-301 pts

Then she tidied up the church, slipped into a pew and knelt for a few moments to say her prayers before running to the vicarage to attack the piled-up chores of two neglected days.
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Time for bed and a short story to put me to sleep. Goodnight Littens. 😴
#agathachristie #missmarple

This beauty finally arrived! This #folio edition was what I promised myself if I bingoed last month on #bookspinbingo . It was such a good deal that I bought another one. I‘ll be sure to post when it arrives.
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Time for a short story and bed with the marvelous Miss Marple. Goodnight Littens! 😴

I love Agatha Christie.

Reading the first Miss Marple short story :)

β€œUnsolved mysteries.”
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Miss Marple The Complete Short Stories by: Agatha Christie
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Then she tidied up the church, slipped into a pew and knelt for a few moments to say her prayers before returning to the vicarage to attack the piled-up chores of two neglected days.
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I mean it‘s Miss Marple. Luckily most of these short stories don‘t show off the worst of Christie - the racism, xenophobia, homophobia, though a little of it creeps in now and then. But Miss Marple! I only wish there had been more of her and less of Poirot. I needed a little break, and these short stories served, as Christie might write, admirably.

... It is a very favourite place, that. There by the jasmine hedge. That is where the milkman asked Annie if he could put up the banns.”
β€œDash it all, Aunt Jane,” said Raymond, β€œ don‘t spoil all the romance. Joyce and I aren‘t like the milkman and Annie.”
β€œThat is where you make a mistake, dear,” said Miss Marple. β€œEverybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don‘t realize it.”

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1. Treat myself to: a new phone

2. Love about me: my vocabulary

3. Proud of: same

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'laughter is a sunbeam of the soul'

I was at my works Christmas party tonight and i have had the best laugh ever πŸ’ž
We also did secret santa and my parcel person scored major points and I was very happy with her choice 😁
#christmassanta #worksdo #goodlaughter #goodfood #ladies #femalepowerteam ♀️

P.s @innah96 thank you for your card it arrived today πŸ’ž

#SSS @Avanders @ferskner #StockingStufferSwap

My dad's favourite author next to #JackLondon is #AgathaChristie especially Poirot so he will be very pleased to see me reading some Miss Marple over the holidays.

Btw, little know fact about yours truly: im about 60% through a course in certification as a private investigator so I always enjoy a good murder mysteryβ“πŸ‘

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Yay, treats for our dog Rosie πŸ˜€πŸΆ thanks so much for thinking of her...first thing open the package she smelled them and we had to stop everything and my daughter had to give her treat πŸ˜€

Oh my goodness @MaGoose !!!

Thank you so much for the books. The Worst Journey in the World has been on my tbr for a while now, and I can't wait to read the others. I love the personalized bookmark.

Thanks @LazyDays for hosting #TheGreatWideOpen

The colors on this cover are fantastic! Although I always like the novels better, Christie preferred Miss Marple in short story form and it's easy to see why in this charming collection. This contains the full text of The Tuesday Club Murders.

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Squished into a middle seat, but Miss Marple will distract me!

Wishing everyone a great #readathon tomorrow! I've had to miss both this year thanks to visits to see my family. I usually only see them about twice a year...what are the chances they'd both be readathon weekends?! 😫

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A #character in many an Agatha Christie #whodunit. #maylovesclassics #litsyclassicshost #oldcoolbooks #Folio

You never fail until you stop trying. -Albert Einstein #MissMarpleTheCompleteShortStories #AgathaChristie #AlbertEinstein #MissMarple #TheQueenOfMystery #book #books #bookmark #bookmarks #bookmarket #bookmoment #bookmoments #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookquirk #quote #quotes #bookworm #bookworms #bookwormlife #bookwarm #bookwarmth #epicreads @EpicReads #bookend #bookends #bookedit #bookeditor #bookrecommendation #bookrecommendations πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–

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Loved this book. If youβ€˜re unfamiliar with the short story form, or you shy away from it, check this one out. For one, itβ€˜s Agatha Christie. Two, itβ€˜s the smoothest, palatable delivery of the form that I will now recommend to anyone who is looking to dive into it. Three, each story is fun from start to finish. #amreading #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #booknerdigans #bookblogger #tsundoku #greatreads #readmorebooks #coolgirlsread

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers. -Agatha Christie #MissMarpleTheCompleteShortStories #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #book #books #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine #bookzone #bookxcess #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcult #bookclub #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookbag #bookbinding #bookblog #bookblogger #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite #booknerdy #booknook #booknation πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

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Some of these stories were very interesting but some were kind of dull. Altogether I did enjoy reading these mini mysteries. I can‘t wait to read more about Miss Marple. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #MissMarpleTheCompleteShortStories #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #book #books #bookish #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #booksoflitsy #bookobsessed #bookobsession #bookoholic #bookoholics #bookporn #bookperson #bookpeople #bookpassion #bookphoto #bookphotos #bookphotograph

Made it to 6,000 Litfluence points #MissMarpleTheCompleteShortStories #AgathaChristie #book #books #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair @Fohrad @Fidelio #fan #fandom #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgang #bookgasm #bookgiveaway #bookhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookhauler #bookholic #bookholics #bookjunkie #bookjunkies #bookjunky #bookjacket #bookjackets πŸ’˜