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Another short read. This one is my favorite so far. Love Christina Lauren writing.

I love Greer Hendricks as a writer, but I think this short story idea needed more pages to be fully fleshed out. Maybe it would have worked better as a novella? It was engaging and easy to read, but the “thriller” aspect seemed to come out of nowhere, and the resolution wasn‘t really clear. The stakes didn‘t feel high enough to warrant the actions of the protagonists. I was left scratching my head on what I just read.

#bookspin not my favourite Holmes story but enjoyed the character of Baynes also being on the scent!

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My all-time favorite short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 🩶🤍🤍

Dexter's pastel winter
dreams fade to icy gray––
when Judy walks away.

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This is such a beautiful read, and paints a vivid scene of a garden with people passing through it and feel I am there with how the scenes come alive.

After reading this I discovered the first edition included illustrations by Virginia Woolf's sister, the artist Vanessa Bell. I would have loved to have seen this book.

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With the holiday mood still in the air the title of this short spoke to me, a Poirot story by Agatha Christie. I haven't read many stories by Agatha Christie but the ending of this was unexpected, and the friendship between Poirot and Hastings is warming and kind of like the hot chocolate Poirot sips at the beginning of this story.

4 Stars • Unlocked is a brief prequel to Lock In, told as an oral history of interviews. A virus spreads globally, mistaken at first for bird flu. Most recover, but ~1% develop locked-in syndrome—complete paralysis with full consciousness. Millions die; millions more are trapped in their bodies. Named Haden's Syndrome after the U.S. First Lady falls ill, it triggers massive research and tech breakthroughs.

I snuck this Miss Marple short story into my December reading for the Snowflake prompt (set during winter/in snow) in the #ChristmasCrimeChallenge. I do love Miss Marple and her keen observations of human nature, but as is usual for me with Christie‘s short stories, I found this all too short.

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Really enjoyed all my holiday reads!
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No 5⭐️ but shout out to 4.5⭐️ Heart the Lover and Where the Forest Meets the River