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Jen2
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Pickpick

Loved it

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Sace
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I am getting in the #SnickerdoodleSpirit #Readathon with the next #HitchToScreen selection and Happy color. No goals. Just books and cozy vibes. Thanks @Bookwormjillk !

Bookwormjillk Highsmith is so good at writing creepy. Enjoy! (edited) 5h
Sace @Bookwormjillk Agree! While I haven‘t seen the movie based on this I feel like Hitchcock owes a great deal to her. While listening I‘m thinking “yup. Very Hitchcockian” and I have to stop myself because her work came first! 5h
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Night_Reader
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4/5 🌟

This is one of those books that feels like it should be fiction—but it‘s not. It tells the shocking true story about Jean-Claude Romand, a man whose lies caught up with him, leading to the horrific murder of his family. Gripping and heartbreaking, it‘s a disturbing look at selfishness and deceit.

BarbaraBB We‘ve both been reading Carrère! This one packed a punch too. So good. And dark! 11h
Night_Reader @BarbaraBB I want to read Class Trip next, have you read it? 6h
BarbaraBB Yes, one of my favorites! 3h
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AroundTheBookWorld
Ordeal by Innocence | Agatha Christie
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“But Hester, I‘m years older than you are. You can‘t really—“
“That is—if you want me,” said Hester with sudden doubt.
“Oh, I want you!” said Arthur Calgary.
#OrdealByInnocence #AgathaChristie #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverdesigner #bookclub #bookclubs #bookvibe #bookvibes #Mystery #Fiction #Crime #Classics #Audiobook #Detective #Thriller #BritishLiterature #MurderMystery

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TieDyeDude
Reckless | Ed Brubaker
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#Choose20 comics that stayed with you or influenced you. One comic a day, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

Day 2

Via @notcool

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TheAromaofBooks
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This is a fun little Poirot short (the actual book includes several other short stories, but they aren't particularly Christmasy, so I only read the title story this time around). Poirot reluctantly heads off to a country estate for an “old-fashioned Christmas“ - and a bit of undercover sleuthing. Poirot is very Poiroty in this one, and I quite enjoyed rereading it.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

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Ruthiella
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A soft pick. The plot is a little strained and there was too much mysticism for my taste.

On Christmas Eve, six passengers on a train which has been stalled due to the snow decide to walk to the next train station but find themselves instead taking shelter in a manor house where the fires are lit, the tea is laid but no one is home…murder and mystery ensue…

Read for #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

Bookwomble This plot sounds like what happened to me in 1991, the year of "the wrong type of snow", when I and a trainload of other commuters had to abandon train as it had been stuck for several hours, and we had to walk along the tracks a few miles to the next station. Sadly, no manor house with tea laid on, but also no murders, so swings and roundabouts ?‍♂️ 6d
Ruthiella @Bookwomble I‘d say you lucked out there. I definitely prefer my murderous adventures to be on the page only! 6d
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Megabooks
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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Finished my reading Bourdain year! I will make a larger post about it soon. This book didn‘t work for me on audio but did in print. The badass couple at the center are obviously Tony and first wife Nancy. Lots of sex, lots of guns and killing, and a fair amount of n-words. 😬

When a mob informant comes to Saint Maarten, it upends the lives of Henry and Frances. In the past, he‘s done some mob work but fights to keep his slice of paradise.

BarbaraBB You did it! Good job! Who are in the photo? 6d
Megabooks @BarbaraBB it‘s me at about 19 with my dad‘s parents! 💜 6d
BarbaraBB I thought it was you but because the other two couldn‘t be your parents (too old) I thought maybe it was your mom. Lovely photo 🩷 6d
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I just realized my grandmother in that picture is the age my mother is now. Crazy! 6d
BarbaraBB That IS crazy! 5d
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Jennaree3
Grave Descend: A Novel | Michael Crichton, John Lange
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A diver is hired to investigate a suspicious boat accident, but when he leaves one day earlier than expected to investigate the area, he finds the boat is still afloat. It begs the question: is this a case of insurance fraud, or is it deeper than that? Just what, exactly, has he gotten himself into? Great so far!

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MysticFaerie
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4.5⭐️/5⭐️