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MIDWINTER MURDER: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime
MIDWINTER MURDER: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime | Agatha Christie
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An all-new collection of winter-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for the festive period.
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TheAromaofBooks
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This background is an accurate portrayal of my windows right now 😂 We've having the Ohio December special of cold rain all week, and I have a lot of stress going on!! To inspire me to read a little more, I thought I'd host a little bonus readathon this week, so feel free to join me in the #MidweekMuddle Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday this week!!

I'm tagging the #HolidayBookDragons but anyone is welcome to participate whether you're playing ⬇

LiseWorks Oh how lovely 😍 I love readathons. 2w
Avanders Has your sss pkg not arrived yet?? I know there were some PO issues this year w a couple people 🙁 2w
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Bookwormjillk Great idea! 2w
Roary47 I‘m sorry it‘s a stressful time. I hear you on stress right now. This will help me with my last week of school. Thank you for the opportunity. 🥰💛 2w
OriginalCyn620 Sorry you‘re stressing…Hope more reading helps! I am in for the readathon! 😊 2w
ShananigansReads This weather is closely replicated in central Virginia this morning but I think it is supposed to clear up. 2w
PaperbackPirate Let‘s take a deep breath together! Thanks for the Readathon, a nice distraction this week. 2w
TheAromaofBooks @Avanders - It has not arrived, and I kind of forgot about it until Krysta posted the package I had sent her 😂 However, I have a PO box, and didn't get to the post office during Saturday hours, and I had a “you have a package waiting“ slip in my box - so I am hoping that it may be my SSS package!! I will let you know when I check the mail this afternoon!! 2w
BarkingMadRead So sorry you‘re stressing! It‘s very dreary in SC this week, hopefully a fun book will help! I‘m reading 2w
Avanders Ooh hope it‘s the package in your box!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼 2w
AmandaBlaze I'll Be Home for Mischief, but I also have Midwinter Murder checked out, so I'll probably read along. 2w
BookmarkTavern I feel you on the weather! I just want to stay in and read! 👍🏻👍🏻 2w
TheSpineView Count me in! 2w
dabbe I love me some good #mmm! Thanks, m'dear! 💚❣️💚 2w
MaleficentBookDragon Did you get your stuffed stocking swap gift? You should have received it last week. 2w
kezzlou85 Ooh fun I'm in 2w
MaleficentBookDragon @Avanders @TheAromaofBooks I found the tracking number. It was supposed to arrive on the 9th but only got to Columbus on the 9th; then it took 5 more days to get from Columbus to your post office. 😖 It says it was delivered on the 14th instead. I‘m so sorry it got delayed. 2w
TheAromaofBooks @Avanders @MaleficentBookDragon - It came!!! I think it came on Saturday but I didn't get to the post office in time. I'll post the picture tomorrow, but Michelle I love everything!!!! Did you make that tiny stocking yourself, too?? I loved how everything was wrapped - I'm so terrible at wrapping myself 😂 Thank you so much and I will make a full post tomorrow displaying all the goodies in all their glory!!! 2w
TheAromaofBooks @MaleficentBookDragon - I think we were posting comments at the same time!! No worries, I have no idea why sometimes things take so long to get here from Columbus. Like... my husband drives there every day for work, but the post office somehow takes DAYS to get a package here 😂 I have a PO box so I had to get there during lobby hours to pick it up and missed Saturday's window!!! But it has all worked out in the end and I love everything!!! 2w
MaleficentBookDragon @TheAromaofBooks yay! I‘m so glad you liked everything. Yes I made the tiny stocking ornament too. I‘ve been too afraid to try socks but I‘ve now made the tiny one and one really big stocking. I‘ll just have to try making one that will fit on someone‘s feet. 😹 🧦 2w
TheAromaofBooks @MaleficentBookDragon - That's so fun!! I am an ambivalent crocheter although I go on kicks haha With socks it seems like the tricky part is getting them both same size!!! 😂 2w
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Blueroseis
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Mehso-so

A book of short stories, some dating back to the 1920s. Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple appear in a few. It has been awhile since I've read any Agatha Christie and I always enjoyed the build up and subsequent investigation relating to the crimes portrayed. As this is not possible in a short story collection I didn't enjoy the tales as much as I would have liked. What you do get is a fine collection where each one can be read in less than an hour.

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JamieArc
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My last book depository order has begun to trickle in, and I‘m so happy this one made the cut. The hardcover is beautiful 😍 I‘m looking forward to adding this to my winter stack. I was surprised to find a bookmark too, as it seems many people have stopped getting them.

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Andrew65
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vivastory I enjoyed this one, esp the Tommy & Tuppence story 2y
Eggs Perfect! 2y
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jlhammar
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Pickpick

Very enjoyable collection of stories. Most were originally published in magazines. Perfect for dipping in and out of over the busy holidays.

Aimeesue And a lovely cover too! 2y
Aims42 Beautiful cover!! 😍 2y
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jlhammar
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Kicking off my holiday break with a mocha and a mystery. Oh and some cinnamon roasted almonds and Swiss chocolate. I should be cleaning and wrapping gifts…maybe tomorrow!

mabell So cozy! ❄️🎄☕️ 2y
JamieArc That cover 😍 2y
LeahBergen Lovely! And tomorrow is soon enough. 😊 2y
batsy Lovely photo! Perfect book and drink and snacks 😍 2y
Bookwomble That all looks rather wonderful 😊 2y
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jlhammar
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New issues of bookmarks and BookPage! It‘s always a treat to find these in my mailbox.

Looking forward to the Agatha Christie spotlight in bookmarks. I‘m thinking about getting tagged to enjoy in December.

#OminousOctober #Treat
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 📚🧡 2y
Eggs Those look fun!! 2y
Ruthiella Got mine yesterday too! 2y
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Andrew65
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Pickpick

This was a really enjoyable read, spending time with some of our favourite characters. I had read three of the stories previously in other collections. Recommended

18th book finished for #WinterGames2021 #MistletoeManiacs

#WrapItUpReadathon @keys_on_fire #WintercosyReadathon @PuddleJumper #AVeryMerryReadathon @TheSpineView #Adventathon @ozma.of.oz #LittenListen @aperfectmjk #DashingDecember #ChristmasMyWay @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3y
Andrew65 @DieAReader 🥰🥰🥰 3y
BookmarkTavern Always love seeing Agatha Christie! 3y
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Andrew65 @ozma.of.oz Surprised how many of her books I‘ve read over the past few years. 3y
BookmarkTavern I‘m a big fan. I‘ve even read a couple of her romance novels she wrote under a pseudonym! 3y
SolaRaynor I love Agatha Christie! 3y
TheSpineView Excellant! 3y
Andrew65 @ozma.of.oz That is a big fan, I want to read more in 2022 3y
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 🥰 3y
Andrew65 @SolaRaynor Increasingly enjoying her books. 3y
keys_on_fire Oooo nice! 3y
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Cazxxx
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Pickpick

Lovely book of short stories by the queen of crime

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TheAromaofBooks
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Pickpick

I have a few Christie books on the list this winter to break up my romances a bit. This collection includes short stories from other sources, so most of them were vaguely familiar to me. "Midwinter" is a but of a stretch since some of these barely mention the word snow, but they were still great fun, and a bit like eating a bag of chips since they were so short that I kept reading just one more!! Also IN LOVE with these special editions!!!!

Jadams89 🎉🎄🎅🏻🎁👍🏻 3y
PuddleJumper Lovely book cover! 3y
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TheSpineView Awesome 🎄📖 3y
Clwojick So pretty! 3y
Patchshank Does it have the adventure of the Christmas pudding? I just read that one in the tagged book and I found it fun. 3y
TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper @Clwojick - HarperCollins has been releasing two Christies a year in these new hardcovers and they are so perfect I can hardly bear it! 😂 Gorgeous covers and beautiful end papers and they just feel so nice in your hands when you read them!!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Patchshank - It wasn't in the collection I just read, but this year's special Christmas edition is the collection where that story was originally published, so I am hoping to get to it this month, along with the five other stories included!! (I don't think the tagged book is specifically the special edition.) 3y
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katy4peas
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Group N needs one more person to join in for our Agatha Christie group for Round 11 of #LMPBC.

Sign up link here:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080444aead2ca0ff2-l...

DGRachel I was going to skip this round, but Agatha sounds like something I can handle. 😍 4y
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Lizpixie
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Pickpick

Bk19 of #WinterGames2020 #DashingDecember #WinterSolstice #CrushTheRush #ClearUrShit #ChristmasSpirit #TisTheSeasonForReading #24B4Monday #MerryBookmas2020 #Cosyathon #FestiveFlicksBingo #AVeryMerryBingo #ReadYourWay #Winterathon #TRFReads #BookmasBingo #BookspinBingo #readathon is done! Plus I got 5 bingos🙌 This Special Edition is a collection of Winter/Holiday themed short stories by the Queen Of Crime.Loved it of course♥️3,001pts #MerryReaders

Andrew65 Phenomenal! 4y
TheSpineView Wow!🤩🤩🤩 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
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Jadams89 Woohoo 🎉🎄 4y
Lizpixie Plus it‘s another #AuthorAMonth book! 4y
Soubhiville That is an amazing hour count! Wow! 4y
Linsy Love that cover!!! ❄️ 4y
LeahBergen I really enjoyed this book. 👍🏻 4y
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Lizpixie
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Just in time for a Xmas read, this little beauty showed up today! Full of winter themed short stories by the one and only Dame Agatha, I can‘t wait to sit down by Xmas tree light tonight and read it. More points for #WinterGames2020 #DashingDecember & all the other ‘thons, plus it‘s another #AuthorAMonth read. Bonus! 1pt #MerryReaders

Andrew65 Not seen this one. 4y
Lizpixie @Andrew65 it‘s one of the special editions that‘s just been released. They have 2 every December so far.👍 4y
Andrew65 @Lizpixie Thanks, a beautiful cover. 4y
LeahBergen I really enjoyed this one! 👍🏻 4y
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LeahBergen
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My first (rummy) eggnog of the season (with a Miss Marple story). 😊

merelybookish Now I want a rummy eggnog! 😋 4y
TrishB Of course Leah has an AG bookmark 🔖😁❤️ there‘s a bookmark emoji !! 4y
Cathythoughts Oh yum 😍 4y
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batsy That bookmark is perfect 😍 4y
Liz_M If one is going to drink eggnog, it better have rum in it! 4y
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LeahBergen
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I‘m just starting this collection of seasonal short stories and really enjoying it. It opens with an introduction by Agatha Christie herself about her gluttonous childhood Christmases. 😆

(And isn‘t this edition pretty? Keep up the good work, Harper Collins!)

Cuilin Looks beautiful 😍 4y
ShelleyBooksie Beautiful 4y
Bookwormjillk That‘s so pretty 4y
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MsMelissa That‘s a nice edition! 4y
catebutler So pretty! Can‘t wait to start this soon too!! 4y
readordierachel It's lovely! 4y
Kalalalatja Lovely 👌 4y
batsy So pretty! Also, what are Moritz Icy Squares? 🤩 4y
LeahBergen @batsy They are German chocolates that melt so quickly they almost feel cool in your mouth. We only get them at Christmas here and they are a tradition for me from my childhood. 😊 4y
Suet624 💕💕💕 so pretty! 4y
jessjess That is so gorgeous! 4y
batsy Oooh that sounds delicious! 4y
rubyslippersreads That cover! 😍❄️ 4y
BiblioLitten That cover is a work of art💙🖤 4y
Reviewsbylola Oh this may need to be my 2021 Christmas book! 4y
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Preciouz29
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All shorts of read before, but it was cozy to reread about some of my favourite Christie characters during winter.