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💕Happy Valentine‘s Day!!💕 Had to pull this one out for the occasion.😆 Who else likes seasonal reading? This was one of my favorites as a pre-teen because Valentine‘s Day is also my birthday!!🥳🎂💕

Cuilin Happy Birthday 🎉 2d

TiredLibrarian Happy birthday! 💕🎉 2d

JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉💕 2d

Charityann @Cuilin @TiredLibrarian @JessClark78 Thank-you!!💜 24h

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Death on Gokumon Island | Seishi Yokomizo

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While not my favorite of the Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries I‘ve read, there is still a lot to like about this one. Fulfilling the last request of a dying friend, Kosuke travels to Gokumon island in a, he soon discovers, futile attempt to prevent a series of murders. Discovering the reason behind the macabre murders, as well as the perpetrator behind them, will take all of Kosuke‘s ingenuity. Atmospheric and more entertaining than not.

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Death on Gokumon Island | Seishi Yokomizo

#Two4Tuesday

1. Yep, two big bags from Costco. We close our street so kids have a safe place to trick or treat—lots of fun and if the weather is good, lots of kids.

2. Secrets, murder, Japan

@TheSpineView

TheSpineView That's sounds like a fun Halloween! Thanks for playing! 🧡🎃🍫 4mo

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mrp27

Cream Buns and Crime | Robin Stevens

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#SeriesLove2024

This book is a selection of short stories that take place in between the numbered books in the series. Daisy and Hazel are my favorite mg detectives and I enjoyed these mini mysteries as well as their tips on how to be a detective.

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TheSpineView Excellent! 5mo

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Gillyreads

Death in the Spotlight: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery | Robin Stevens

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Pretty good reading month in august

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deirdrebeecher

The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories | Martin Edwards

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Classic detective short stories where science and forensics play a crucial role.

The problem is the science and forensics are so antiquated that it's really hard to stay in some of these stories. This is coupled with a lot of very stiff and pompous style stories. Overall very few are enjoyable so I'd give this particular anthology by the British Library Crime Classics a pass.

dabbe #fanofthepan! #betterbookshead 🙌 6mo

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Leftcoastzen

Phoenix Noir | Patrick Millikin

Only @dabbe and I get to complain about the heat !Or Death Valley people or other Phoenicians! Note 100 at 11 pm. This is WTF heat

CindyMyLifeIsLit Is this Phoenix? We‘re at 80 at 11 pm, so you have us beat! Our temperature is weirdly low right now—only 92, 93 instead of 98-100. Maybe it‘s a result of the hurricane! 🤷‍♀️ 7mo

Texreader That‘s brutal! I‘ve definitely experienced those baking nights here in south Texas but it‘s downright cool at 80 here, probably because of the after effects of the hurricane. 7mo

Leftcoastzen @CindyMyLifeIsLit yes , when I was a kid here it could be 104 & go down to the 70s at night. No more , between huge amounts of development & climate change probably never again. 7mo

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Amiable My friend who lives in Phoenix is always defensive when I ask why she lives in the desert—she says it‘s not so bad because it‘s a “dry heat.” I say so is the heat that comes out of my oven but I‘m not sticking my body in there! 😖 Although she does have a point —humidity plays a large role in the “misery” index when the temperatures rise. It‘s been in the high 80s/low 90s here in CT, but with humidity levels over 70%. It‘s difficult to breathe. 😫 (edited) 7mo

AmyG I am off to Las Vegas. It‘s 116 today. @Amiable I agree….humidity makes life so much worse. 7mo

Leftcoastzen @Amiable well , that‘s gone too . When I was a kid humidity would be 12% or less . When I posted last night 29% humidity. Used to be our monsoons would come & go fast , along with humidity, no more. 7mo

AnnCrystal Oh boy! 🌡️🙏🥺. 7mo

Leftcoastzen @AmyG be careful & stay hydrated! Vegas has had so many heat records lately. 7mo

Allbymyshelf It‘s so awful! I feel ya. It‘s 112 in Sacramento today. Stay cool 😎 7mo

dabbe I'm with ya! Some data from the AZ Republic:
√“Phoenix heat experts expect 2024 to break the record for hottest summer in history.“
√“At Sky Harbor Airport, NASA found the pavement to be around 140 degrees.“
√“This year, we‘ve already had 23 days of excessive heat, meaning we will outpace previous records.“
Plus, humidity AND high dew points but ZERO rain, unlike our monsoons of old, which would bring some respite. It's frickin' hell here. 🔥
7mo

Hooked_on_books At first I looked at thought, 113 in phoenix in summer? Seems common. But not at night like that! That‘s awful! 7mo

ShelleyBooksie Wow!! That's wild heat. 7mo

Leftcoastzen @readmyeyes Sac can be shocking hot at times, love that town! Summer heat is why I never hit the fair when I lived in NorCal 7mo

Leftcoastzen @dabbe stay near the air & hydrated! As a kid I remember 105/74 much less population & buildings then. + climate change 7mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #youtoo 💦💦💦 7mo

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Blueroseis

A Christmas Railway Mystery | Edward Marston

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Following a murder in Swindon Railway Works which is particularly gruesome the detective's have a difficult case. With at least five credible suspects the investigation is lengthy and complex. To make matters worse an acting superintendent causes problems while another is taken by force in Kent. The Swindon case was solved but lacked some credibility and once Colbeck reached Kent the issues there were dealt with. Will Christmas be a happy one?

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Blueroseis

The Circus Train Conspiracy | Edward Marston

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I was taken to see a circus when I was a small boy and didn't enjoy it. Because of that experience I was not overly keen on reading this, the 14th book in the Railway Detective Series. Settling in to the investigations, two in Northumberland and one in London, there wasn't much progress and a lot of time was spent travelling without many thrills. In the latter stages the story came alive resulting in another very enjoyable and fulfilling mystery.

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