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Ruthiella I‘ve read The Promise. It was good! 👍 3d

JuniperWilde Can you share 2-3 recommendations? Strong characters, well written. 3d

Tove_Reads @JuniperWilde I will read the tagged one, and The Woman Next Door, Bitter Fruit, and Dust Devils, so can‘t say anything about them yet. My book club enjoyed July‘s People. Born a Crime is great. Welcome to Our Hillbrow opens eyes. I‘ve read lots of great nonfiction, but maybe most are not that interesting if one is not intrigued enough about the subjects. 3d

Tove_Reads @Ruthiella Good to hear! 3d

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Deblovestoread

The Covenant | James A. Michener

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Storygraph shows the tagged book At 1240 pages. Michener is king of the chunkster.

@BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern This is the second Michener book tagged! So interesting! Thanks for posting! 7d

Susanita He is indeed the king of the chunkster. 7d

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dabbe

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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@Read4Life

Read4life 💙🦋💙 6d

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook

Leo: A Benny Griessel Novel | Deon Meyer

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Pros: a wild ride set against the backdrop of real South African politics and a real rumour that billions belonging to Muammar Gaddafi ended up in South Africa. At times I struggled to keep everything straight!

Cons: I didn't care for his fictionalised names of real people (done to avoid libel, I guess) and I don't remember there ever being so many grammatical errors in one of his books.

All in all, Meyer really is very good at what he does!

Enchanted_Bibliophile Did you read it in English? 1w

MommyWantsToReadHerBook @Enchanted_Bibliophile no, Afrikaans 1w

Enchanted_Bibliophile I noticed the English ones have grammatical errors, but not yet with the Afrikaans. But I'm only on book 4 of Bennie's series. Maybe he decided to write the way we speak 🤣 1w

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dabbe

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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#ChristiesCapers @Librarybelle
Having overextended myself with buddy reads, I finally finished this one. This novel introduces readers to Anne Beddingfeld, a spirited young woman who becomes entangled in an international mystery after witnessing a suspicious death in the London Underground. The novel moves beyond the confines of the English countryside to take readers to South Africa. ⬇️

dabbe Written in 1924, some depictions of race, colonialism, and gender roles reflect dated and racist/gender attitudes. Though not one of her best works, it does showcase her versatility as a storyteller and her early experimentation with different genres. Readers looking for a light, engaging mystery with a dash of romance and travel will likely enjoy this novel, though those seeking the deductive rigor of Poirot or Marple may find it less satisfying. 1w

Librarybelle Great review! 1w

rwmg And surfing! Apparently Agatha Christie was a keen surfer. Since growing up I'd always associated surfing with the Beach Boys in the 1960s I was duky discombobulated by this. 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle TY! 🤩💜🤩 1w

dabbe @rwmg Who knew, right? 🤩🤣🤩 1w

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Graywacke

Disgrace | J. M. Coetzee

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I‘m working through some Booker listed books i‘ve own. This is the 1999 winner, and probably Coetzee‘s most well-known work.

It‘s fantastic, unsettling, dark. Lit prof David Lurie sleeps around, and a maybe rape of a student ends his career in disgrace. His Dantean hell is to go to his daughter‘s farm. He loves his daughter. What happens there parallels his own crimes. Coetzee keeps it moving, keeps the reader glued and surprised. Fantastic.

Ruthiella This book is so disturbing but so very good. 2w

Reggie Oof. Stacked. 2w

mjtwo Loved this at uni but need to reread. 2w

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Graywacke @Ruthiella yes. Agree. And no answers. He‘s trying hard to let us make our own judgements and conclusions 2w

Graywacke @Reggie ha! Oof, another? It‘s a quick, oddly easy read, if that helps. 2w

Graywacke @mjtwo cool that you studied it. I didn‘t take any lit classes, sadly. But then, i graduated before this was published. 2w

Reggie It‘s just sounds like a difficult subject-wise read. 2w

BarbaraBB I still remember this one vividly 2w

Graywacke @Reggie it is! 2w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB I‘m not surprised by that 2w

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BarbaraJean

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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I‘m so conflicted about this one. I really liked the mystery and its twists and turns. I enjoyed the intrigue on the boat. I really liked Anne, Suzanne, and Colonel Race. But I hated Sir Eustace and I wasn‘t a fan of Harry. The colonialism and casual racism of the South African backdrop + the overt sexism/objectification of women really bothered me. I had a really hard time setting aside those latter elements with excuses of it being ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …“of its time” or tongue in cheek, so ultimately all of that overshadowed my enjoyment of the plot and the strong female characters… and the book overall.

#ChristiesCapers @Librarybelle This was also my 1924 pick for #192025. 3w

Ruthiella Great photo! 🤩 Her espionage themed books like this one aren‘t my favorites. 3w

Librarybelle That is a cool photo! 3w

BarbaraJean @librarybelle The cover of this library copy was so boring that it prompted me to get creative! @Ruthiella I've felt the same way about Christie's espionage books so far, but for reasons that feel unrelated to the espionage elements! 😆 3w

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mrp27

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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#ChristiesCapers

A bit late but this was a fun one! I enjoyed the African adventure and touch of romance with Anne the plucky heroine.

Librarybelle

Librarybelle This is a fun one! 3w

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MaleficentBookDragon

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

I‘m very behind in my reading this month. So, in addition to my physical book, I did a little #audioknitting tonight. This is from a mystery gnome knit along #MKAL with Imagined Landscapes. Perfect for one of the Queen of Mystery‘s books.
My Professor is pretty cute.
I‘m enjoying this Christie so far.
#ChristiesCapers #AgathaChristieClubR3
#knittersoflitsy #craftersoflitsy

Librarybelle

Librarybelle Yay!! 4w

ravenlee What a great stack! 4w

Ruthiella @ravenlee You might need just one more knitting book! 😂 4w

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TheBookHippie Ooooooooo. 4w

TheBookHippie @ravenlee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4w

dabbe I am, too! Your knitting: 🤩😍🤩 4w

MaleficentBookDragon @ravenlee that‘s just the overflow stack. I‘ll have to take a photo of my knitting/crochet book shelf. It‘s out of control.😹 4w

CSeydel Oh my gosh I LOVE the gnome! 4w

ravenlee You have a bookshelf? I have a small bookCASE and am trying really hard to keep it all there! 😆 4w

iread2much Very cool mushroom thing 😊🍄 3w

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MariaW

The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

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This has not been the typical murder mystery a la Poirot or Marple like I expected. I liked having two narrators with two points of view - the one of Eustace Pedler definitely being the funnier one. And it was nice seeing Anne taking her life in her hands. And of course I didn‘t see the plot twist coming. 🤣

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