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The latest Rhona MacLeod opens with a revenge killing: but revenge for what? Set at Xmas but not at all festive!

Trying to get back on track with the monthly Agatha Christie reading. Even though I like Hastings, he was not as missed as expected because Katherine made a good sidekick. It is a good story, but I don‘t like how Christie/Poirot sometimes uses information we as the reader don‘t get and can‘t come up with the solution on our own - not that it often happens to me. 🤣

Work gave me the blues this fall, so I decided to read a classic work of literature to feel better; Crime and Punishment constantly made me feel like I was tripping because I kept imagining scenes as I Think You Should Leave skits. Dostoevsky seems kind of like a dipshit but I still really enjoyed reading this book. My first Russian novel 😃👍

#Read2025 #Wardens2025

#100 GR & SG goals have been reached🎉🤓📚

I planned to reread this before decluttering it, since I didn't remember it being a favorite and it's in ebook now. A little way in, my feelings don't seem to have changed. If anyone wants an old paperback, let me know. :-)

#ReadOrDonate @julieclair

A Batman mag. and a Superman mag. were among my Christmas gifts from my mom. I have first gobbled up the Batman stories 😍🦇📚💖.

This offered a glimpse from three graphic novels. Brilliant, and left me hungry for more Batman.

Good thing I'm currently reading the tagged...I've only tiptoed into the first few pages, and this magazine just gave me the push I needed to dive right in...oh, how I've missed this character 🥳🦇📚💖.

#zeal4batman

Finally, some time to read (with an appropriately hued beverage).

A note on the background: My kids played games with friends last night, and I'm waiting them out to see if they'll put them away on their own. Same with my spouse's scientific papers.

#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo

Loved rereading these with the Shardlakians and the #ShardlakeBR. Tudor history + a superb detective = excellent series! 🤩

A soft pick. I enjoyed the descriptions of the Orient Express and discovered in the acknowledgments that the author had travelled on it. Also unknown to me ,she has been battling cancer. One of her characters has also survived cancer. Hopefully the author will stay well and go on to write many other books. Another Aussie author with a widening audience.

I figured this out (mostly) a bit ahead of time, definitely fair-play. There's no major emotion here, it's mostly a puzzle, but I found it very soothing and absorbing.

And that's the 100th book from my backlog read!