pickMarie Benedict is an auto-buy author for me. This one wasn't my favorite of hers, but I think it would hit it out of the park for readers of mysteries like Agatha Christie, who is one of the characters in this book. I like how it is based on a real cold case. The feminist angles appeal to me as much as the treatment of women as disposable angers me.
A thing happened over the weekend. My birthday! 🥳 My #Litsypenpal @Beck9lol did it again and spoiled me with all the books! 🎁 I‘m sipping out of the Plant Lady mug (shaped like a ceramic pot 🥹) and equipped with a shovel spoon!! It doesn‘t get any better than this and relieved I finally snagged a couple of days off to enjoy all of these wonderful gifts.Thanks so much Becky. My heart is full! Hope everyone‘s weekend is filled with great reads!📚
pickThis is a mystery set in 1931 and features 5 real female mystery writers as characters, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, who narrates the story. When the group are dismissed as not up to snuff at a detective writers club for simply being female, they decide to solve a real mystery. This was a fun story, and I really enjoyed it, as will I think anyone who loves the classic mysteries of that era. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. 4/5
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⭐️⭐️THE QUEENS OF CRIME⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️QUICK THOUGHTS⭐️⭐️
⭐️Based on a true crime
⭐️Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers are characters…ENOUGH SAID!
https://reecaspieces.com/2025/02/13/queens-of-crime-by-marie-benedict-macmillana...
so-soHow can a lady‘s detective group prove that they are as good as a group of male detectives?
In the year 1931 women were deemed not as capable as men.
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2nwedhnm
January Stats
~20 books
~3 fiction
~1 memoir/graphic novel
~15 mystery
~1 children‘s book
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Read for #AuthorAMonth #DorothySayers this was my first experience with Lord Peter Wimsey & first Sayers book. I listened to this one on audio & mostly in the car running errands & found it entertaining overall, more impressive that it was her first novel. It‘s dated, at times racist & classist but I liked the main character & supporting characters & might pick up another in the series at some point.⬇️
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~Buddy reads: #sundaybuddyread section 2; #HannahArdent on p.37; #nunlit -Cloister Walk, p.130
~current reads: read with 10th grade HS students; nightly poetry; #audiobook #UsefulWomanMysterySeries #book1
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My favorite line from this book is: “You saw what I wanted you to see and what you expected to see. Things are not always as they appear.“
The main characters in this book are: Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Baroness Emma Orczy, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh. Five authors from 1931.
This book is very good.
Full review: https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-queens-of-crime-by-marie-benedict.htm...
Yes, I am out of my mind! Participating in too many challenges, but many I already had the books in my #TBR This is my January list.
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