I finished another Poriot murder mystery. This time the point of view wasn‘t the one of Hastings, but the one of Katherine. She does have her own suspicions, even though she does not have all the information of Poirot. But in the end she comes to the same conclusion on her own - without Poirot. 😂

No other words needed. 😊

I think this would have been a nice detective story if it had been placed in India with Indian characters. Being situated in River Heights makes it unbelievable. The character of Mrs Allison is definitely over the top, somehow it is funny.
But even though a lot of stereotypes of India are displayed in this book, at least it is done in a positive way.

I know the incident was not funny at all, but this picture made me laugh a lot. 🤣

I am late as usual for the monthly Nancy Drew book club. I will be up to date tomorrow though. 😜 This ND novel seemed somewhat chaotic to me - it was a lot of back and forth going on. At least this time there only seemed to be one story line, but it was clear from the beginning what everyone was aiming for. So, it wasn‘t quite a mystery. I understsnd it is not easy to keep the level of quality through tour a series with over 100 books, …

I have to say I am bit annoyed of the repetition of the short introduction of the different characters at the beginning of each book of the Nancy Drew series. A few lines further along Bess and George are described again and shortly Nancy‘s first and latest adventure are mentioned. And somewhere in the book Bess is shamed for her eating habits at least once as well. 🙄🙄🙄

It looks a bit worn because it has been used a lot in our school - I never did so far, but I definitely will. I really liked this coming off age story and it doesn‘t feel like being old at all. I really like the way of fast-paced writing and enjoyed the somewhat hardened character of Cherry very much. She‘s definitely seen it all. 💪💪💪

Reading The Outsiders for the first time because we have a class set in school. It seems somewhat familiar even thogh I never read or watched it. Reminds me of all those underdog 80ies movies. 😊

Just read a murder mystery by Leroux and now I am watching the musical version of The Phantom of the Opera, which I‘ve read a few years ago. I saw another version of the musical before, but I have to say the one by Webber is still the best.

I tried a murder mystery which was not written by Christie or Doyle and enjoyed it very much. I liked the idea of the locked room murder und how cheeky journalist Rouletabille tries to solve the case. There are funny scenes as well, e.g. when Rouletabille climbs a tree to eavesdrop and finds the investigating inspector already in the tree. 🤪 And halfway through the book I realized the author did write The Phantom of the Opera. 🙈

Trying to get hold of my actual book piles - yep, there‘s more than one (and more than the two ins this picture) - and the virtual ones. I am switching from one to the other.

It is coming to end - waiting for the showdown. 😱😱😱

Another Monday - a new week to listen to audiobooks on my daily commute. I finished this one last week and have to say - again - I did not see the end coming. The point of view is definitely interesting, I wonder why the story wouldn‘t be told by Hastings. No wonder it is called Agatha Christie‘s masterpiece.

Imagine having the contents, wisdom and knowledge of books wander through your skin directly into your head - without the necessity of reading one single line. Happened to this dragon because books became the scales of his armour. Now it is an oracle - the Ormacle. 🐲🐲🐲
I don‘t know where Walter Moers gets his ideas from, but they are definitely good. 😂😂😂

This one starts well… 🤗🤗🤗

One and a half weeks of school after the October break and I am not able to read anymore. I am only able to listen to audiobooks. This is another Poirot in which I did not see the ending coming. Poirot‘s risky and mischievous plan worked well.

This is the first Agatha Christie biography I‘ve read and I really enjoyed it. Worsley‘s style of writing is easy readable and I liked the way she added the works and quotes to what was happening.

Last beach read - and somehow fitting to Egypt.

I‘ve had this in my ebook library for some years now because a friend of mine recommended it. I watched the movie two months ago and remembered the ebook, but was not able to read it till this holiday. And now I am somewhat mad with myself that I put it off for so long. I don‘t even know where to put this novel - murder mystery, love story, biology encyclopedia. The mix is making it definitely unique and worth to read.

Had to switch to my Kindle app on my tablet because I almost ran out of paperbacks. I need the last paperback for the beach, so I am reading on my tablet now in the evenings.

This book gives a nice and short overview on the lives of the authors of 50 well-known books. Some stories are more interesting than others. It is somehow a nice to have reading list in book form.

Started a new beach read - so far I am laughing a lot. 🤣🤣🤣 Pansy 🤣🤣🤣

This is actually the first novel by Garcia Marquez I was reading. I‘ve read it for our village‘s book club bwcause normally it is not my type of literature. And I‘ve seen the reviews about characters not as deep and derailed as he normally used to write them, but I liked this short read and it‘s novella-like form.

Trying to read at the beach, but the wind has a different plan. 🌬️🌬️🌬️

Very interesting non-fictional book about the collapse of higher civilsations around the Mediterranean in 1177 BC. It is part of a series on turning points in ancient history. I liked it, but the topic is not new to me. For somebody else there might be too many names of people and places and the book might be to scientific. Definitely not an easy read.

Left the creative chaos of Cairo behind to spend some time at my happy place - of course with some beach reads. So you will be seeing some beach reading pictures in the upcomibg week. 😜

Having a coffee and a Karkadee tea in my favourite restaurant in Cairo Downtown. And taking a break with some light reading.

I was able to finish listening to this one on the flight to Cairo.
I have to say this is one of the best Agatha Christie novels so far. Brenda thinks she is loosing her mind but instead she is just remembering things. Don‘t we come across dejavus as well? What memories might they be?

On the way to the airport… listening to another Agatha Christie story.

A few days on a class trip - so this happened. There are four more which cannot be seen in the picture. 🙈🙈🙈

I really enjoyed this Zamonien novel, but the end was coming quite abrupt. It still made me laugh a lot - especially the spoofing of the German island of Norderney. 🏝️🗼 🏝️🗼 🏝️ 🗼

Finishing the last pages out of 600. 💪💪💪

I like it when a novel cones along with a map - especially the fantasy ones. 🗺️🗺️🗺️

Just counter-checking the footnotes: There are a lot of reference to an earlier adventure of Hildgunst von Mythenmetz. Since I own this one as well I had to check if they are correct. 🧐🧐🧐

Did not have the chance to read much this week, kept on listing to aufiobooks on my daily commute though. Now, I am on the way to a concert - finally I am able to keep up with my weekly newspaper.

It‘s getting interesting now - and more dangerous for the lives of our (less) beloved characters. 🧛🧛🧛

This time I listened to a Miss Marple murder mystery (What an alliteration 😜). I always like it when a red herring is used and then the solution comes up unexpected. It is definitely a Miss Marple novel with her participating in the action - a lot more than in the other stories I have read/listened to so far.

A nice collection of murder mystery short stories written by Swiss authors. Some of them made me laugh, some made me think. Perfect balance! ⚖️⚖️⚖️
And I found out it was published as the end product of a murder mystery convention that takes place nearby every two years. I am definitely up for it next year. 😊

Reading some murder mystery short stories after work. My concentration is not up for more after the 12-hour-day today. 🙈

In this Nancy Drew story even more things happen alongside each other. It seems like we are going to head towards an overkill in the next stories. 😜 But this time the plot lines were somehow far better connected than in the last stories. Some parts are still pretty unlikely though.

Best weather to stay inside and snuggle up with hot tea and the current Nancy Drew adventure preparing for tomorrow‘s discussion. 🍵 🫖 🍵

A teenager wakes up affer a heavy weekend and is told to have murdered his cousin. He runs away from the police and tries to solve the case on his own. At some points the story was exciting but then implausible twists happen. The start was good, but tge rest was imbalanced.

I always like it when local mysteries, superstition or folklore is to commit a murder. Then you get to know interestig facts about the local history and the imspector has to disprove all the theories. That‘s why I liked the story of The Green Archer.

Back to reading a murder mystery - now the third Edgar Wallace. Fortunately, some of the old German movies on replay on TV right now. So I can scrutinize both. 😂

The setting of this Poirot murder mystery is very interesting. I was always thinking that the surrounding of a dig must be eerie sometimes with all the okd artefacts and opening graves. And archeologiats are quite peculiar people. But the some points of the story seemed implausible to me - like the murderer and the weapon that was used.

Thanks to @booksandsympathy and her post about Bunnicula meets Edgar Allan Crow I stumbled on the Bunnicula series and I was not disappointed. Some of the stories have been weaker than others but have still been very funny. I loved it. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

The last story in the serious definitely gave me some Hitchcock The Birds vibes. Unwisely I was reading it in a village full of storks. 🙈
But I thought it was a suitable end for the story. And it gave some interesting insights on the life of authors of horror story.

They changed the paper and the style of the pictures in the last book of the series. 🙈 I - as a creature of habit - don‘t like it at all. 🤬 At least the format is the same.

The English title is somehow misleading, there are no Indian men in this book - at least in the German translation. The German title matches the content way better. It is a murder mystery combined with some robberies. But it was somewhat chaotic. It still portrays the foogy London atmosphere well.

Switching between kids books and murder mysteries - now the second Edgar Wallace. 💪💪💪