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I love a collection of Christmasy short stories! Fortunately, there's a lot of them these days, so I should be good for ages to come 😆. This one was pretty solid and I ended up liking most of the stories. #christmascrimechalkenge @Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead

This book kept me glued to my couch with its complicated & twisty plot.It is set for the most part in the Scottish highlands at a castle & its whiskey distillery, where snow & ice prevailed.Haunting, with glowing ghostly apparitions looming. Holmes & Watson at their most humane best. #SherlockHolmespastiches #Sherlocked

These stories were an absolute delight! Great settings, flawed characters, twisty details, and the writing was impeccable. As a bonus, a few even took place at Christmas! Highly recommend if you want a little nip of mystery reading!
First time reading PD James but not my last!
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As I‘ve mentioned, I have appreciated Carter for years. I especially loved Vanity Fair when he was editor from 1992-2017. So I am partial to enjoying this book. If you didn‘t get to experience the brilliance of the writers & articles in VF you probably won‘t like this. Everyone he talks about is familiar to me, it feels a bit gossipy, and really ramps up halfway through. The money spent! The parties orchestrated! And Trump and his short fingers!

My son & I picked it up today, & fell into the rabbit wholeheartedly into the rabbit hole of contemporary composer Eric Whitacre.We listened to his rendition of Lux Aurumque,or Light and Gold,based on a poem by the poet Edward Esce.Whitacre said of this poem: [whose] “genuine,elegant simplicity…[means] “A simple approach was essential to the success of the work, and I waited patiently for the tight harmonies to shimmer and glow.”His chorus shines.

My first mystery for the #ChristmasCrimeChallenge. A locked room.
It was also on my list of #10beforetheend.
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I‘m thoroughly enjoying this humorous, cozy mystery set in 1960s Sydney, Australia.

Thanks again for sending it my way, @CarolynM ! 😘

#FridayHappyReadingHour a day late so it‘s more like Saturday happy hour 😬, but it‘s getting cosy now. Wine and black Moroccan olives. I finished reading Astray for Bookclub and I would highly recommend. Haunting short stories, memorable, beautifully written. People whose lives and fortunes have gone astray one way or another. Loosely based on true stories.
Happy weekend x

I annotated the shizz out of this book, and it brought me back to my days of teaching The Crucible, focusing on the harmful power of fear and how quickly people‘s common sense can be swept away and replaced with rumor-fueled hysteria. There‘s a lot to be said about the way the world treats our girls, especially those with grit and courage. The cover is perfection; this reading experience has been perfection. Loved every minute.

5 emphatic stars for Adam Bede!

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