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JenlovesJT47
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a disappearing
body, Lin Chung‘s a hottie —
racism abounds.

Phryne goes on a getaway to stay with rich people à la Agatha Christie with her Chinese paramour Lin Chung. They have to deal with racism against Lin and a disappearing dead body along the way. Love this series. 5⭐️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikubookreview #PhryneFisher #cozymysteries #audiobook

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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The chokehold that Miranda has on the Australian psyche is absolutely fascinating (no doubt in part due to Peter Weir‘s 1975 film adaptation) - this was a reread for me and I was amazed at how much of the story I‘d forgotten and how few pages we have with Miranda (and Marian), given the extent to which her absence haunts the narrative.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag Originally published in 1967, when Joan Lindsay was 71 years old and with Picnic at Hanging Rock beginning on St Valentines Day in 1900, a time not so far removed from when the author was a school girl herself… the book starts by implying that it‘s based on true events and the author herself was always noncommittal when asked, which has lead to quite a lot of people buying into it as being a true story. 7d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Reading it with modern eyes, there are parts that sit awkwardly- from the only mention of Aborigines being a passing mention of a “black tracker” being bought in to help search for the missing school girls to aristocratic folk who have made Australia their home thinking of the help as peasants. 7d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag It‘s a very white, very colonial Australia - but it is that version of Australia and in those rarified circles that Joan Lindsay grew up and went to school in. 7d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag I had forgotten 90% of this story and was honestly in a state of shock at how the ripples of this story played out. It‘s kind of rare for a story to focus more on the ripples than the “crime” (especially as this is a mystery without a solution, unless you track down the chapter that was cut by the publisher - which imo was the right choice, I don‘t think the book would be a classic if the book had ended the way the author initially intended) 7d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Justice for Sara Waybourne! (I had an absolute blast rereading this and plan on rewatching the movie and maybe even the 2018 miniseries sometime soon) 7d
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Teresereading
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In the kitchen of Norman Lindsay's home, creator of the Magic Pudding - there's a big pot on the stove
#cauldron
#hauntsandhexes
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@eggs

LeahBergen I love it! 🥰 1w
Eggs How fun 🤩 1w
Jeg Looks perfect. 6d
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JenlovesJT47
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there‘s a ghost in the
theater? Phryne solves all
before curtain call. 4⭐️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #haikubookreview #PhryneFisher #audiobook #cozymystery

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LapReader
Walking The Boundaries | Jackie French
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Next op shop was the Red Cross. This was a much better score than I usually get from there. The books were excellent. Lots of which I already own. The scrapbook supplies were super cheap and the clothes were fun. Grand total 🟰 $46.00. I didn‘t spend too much considering I downed 2 delicious margaritas at the Mexican restaurant for lunch along with 3 fish tacos beforehand.

Bookwormjillk Love those sunflowers 🌻 2w
marleed Score! 1w
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JenlovesJT47
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Phryne becomes Fern,
infiltrates the circus to
solve a murder. 5⭐️

One of my faves!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #haikubookreview #PhryneFisher #audiobook #cozymystery

lil1inblue You're on a roll with this series! 😍 2w
dabbe 🧡💜💛 2w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🎪🎬🐝💝. 2w
JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue each book is only 6-7 hours long so I‘ve been flying through them while I do chores and stuff. Haven‘t done a reread in 7 years and I don‘t know how that‘s possible, where the heck does the time go? 👵🏻 Kerry Greenwood passed away earlier this year so it was definitely time for a reread. Phryne is the best! 🩷💜🩷 2w
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Hooked_on_books
The Old Lie | Claire Coleman
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I meant to post this before. Oops! Here‘s my books for #ReadYourEbooks. I‘m hoping to at least get to the tagged, as I‘ve wanted to read it for a while and it keeps coming up (and I keep not reading it). But, with my focus still on the NBA books, we‘ll see‘

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JenlovesJT47
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murder at a jazz
club; Phryne searches for long
lost world war one vet. 5⭐️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #haikubookreview #PhryneFisher #audiobook #cozymystery

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Texreader
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The author is still in #Australia, so this isn‘t food from #Samoa. Nonetheless I feel compelled to post the dishes eaten in northeastern Australia: flyswisher stew, fried barramundi, snorkers and googs, roast chook. To be honest I haven‘t a clue what these are. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

TheKidUpstairs Barramundi is a delicious fish, and I'm pretty sure roast chook is just roast chicken? The others though, I have NO idea 🤣 2w
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perfectsinner
The Thorn Birds | Colleen McCullough
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Used book sale haul post 1
A couple of these I've read-- Tara Road and Thorn Birds, but I wanted better editions. (I hate MMPB!)
I was excited to find the Caleb Carr book, since I just read The Alienist and really liked it.

Ruthiella You got some real chunksters! 😅👍 2w
perfectsinner @Ruthiella man, my bag was super heavy!! I tried bringing my own reusable bags in, but they said I had to use their provided paper bags. I only had one bag and it was so stuffed i got tired of looking for books because it was already heavy and I was too stubborn to go back for another bag. I did lament that I grabbed ~so many~ hard covers 😂 2w
perfectsinner I like big books and I cannot lie 🤓📚😂 i would have grabbed more, but I barely had room from my last book sale haul a few weeks back so I tried to be conservative 😅 I am pretty sure this was the last of my local book sales until the spring, so I'm really hoping to get through some of them and purge 2w
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