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Sophieneechan

Sophieneechan

Joined March 2017

Disabled booklover, happily married, loves languages. Agatha Christie is probably my favourite author.
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Endless Night by Agatha Christie
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Some of my favourite. My edition of The Complete Miss Marple Short Stories from The Folio Society was a gift from my godmother (she‘s not really, but as good as), and it has illustrations by Andrew Davidson and introduction by Stella Duffy. If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend reading the introduction, it‘s almost as enjoyable as the short stories themselves!

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Passenger to Frankfurt | Agatha Christie
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This is one of very few #AgathaChristie books I haven‘t actually read. I haven‘t really read much in general since we moved. I‘ve been too exhausted, to be honest.

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I love all the extra stuff you get in these books. I've read them several times before, but I keep going back to read them again ❤️

brennahawleycraig I haven't read them since I was a kid, accidentally started with The Subtle Knife and was SO upset about the cliffhanger! 😂 I'm really excited to experience them again. 7y
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Endless Night | Agatha Christie
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Reading Endless Night outside in the sun, while drinking tea.

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Endless Night | Agatha Christie
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Every Night and Every Morn
Some to Misery are born.
Every Morn and every Night
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Endless Night.
~ William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

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The Naughty Donkey.

BibliophileMomma That title 🤣🤣 7y
Sophieneechan @Tiffness83 I know 😂😂 7y
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Today I'm a bit brainfoggy, but I'll try reading. At least it's short stories, so it should be easier to get through.

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Ordeal by Innocence | Agatha Christie
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"A man who was a cripple, only half a man, what did it matter where he was?"

Oh my god, if authors could just stop writing stuff like that. I mean, I love Agatha Christie, but as a crip it's sooo annoying to see this "cripple = half a person" (mostly "half a man") thing, and the "because I'm disabled nothing matter in my life". Just ~ let it go ~
And don't use the word cripple unless you are one yourself.

lifeless1 Could be worse, she could've taken the Me Before You route. 🤢 7y
Sophieneechan @lifeless1 Very true! Not sure if I could've forgiven her for that! Seriously, fuck Me Before You 😡 7y
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Ordeal by Innocence | Agatha Christie
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This book really touts that "when a woman cannot have biological children she will obsess over any and all children, and never settle down". I don't really agree with that. I'm sure there are people who do react like that, but none of those I know with adopted children are like that. One interesting thing is the lack of stories of adoption from those who are adopted, in general. It's not all roses and happiness.

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Ordeal by Innocence | Agatha Christie
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I have read this book before, but I really wanted to do so again. If you haven't noticed, I'm going through all of Agatha Christie's books now, started with the Tommy & Tuppence ones, now on the independent ones, and I'm not counting the Mary Westmacott ones. (Might read those later though.)

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Destination Unknown | Agatha Christie
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Next up! I didn't plan to start another book in the middle of the night, and yet here I am. Again.

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They Came to Baghdad | Agatha Christie
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I liked this book way more than I expected! I always love reading about great liars though, so maybe that's it.

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Tea and Agatha Christie - it doesn't really get better than that.

lifeless1 Someone's getting their Brit on today! 😉 7y
Sophieneechan @lifeless1 I've always got my Brit on 😂I grew up with Agatha Christie, so now I'm just reading through all of her books that I haven't read yet (and some that I have, but just want to re-read) ☺ 7y
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At Bertram's Hotel | Agatha Christie
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This is one of those stories where I kinda knew all along, but it was still such a great book. And I do love Miss Marple.

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Career of Evil | Robert Galbraith

I have actually had to take a break from reading this one, as it brought up some stuff that made it hard to get through for me. But I'll pick it up again soon.

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The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith
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The Silkworm was actually the first book I read of the Cormoran Strike books. I bought it at the airport. I asked if they had any Agatha Christie, which they didn't, but the person working there suggested I read this. So I did.

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Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith
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Jo really manages to write good crime novels.

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Love this book.

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Northern Lights | Philip Pullman
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This series is my favourite!

lifeless1 You amped up for the companion series? 7y
Sophieneechan @lifeless1 Yes! I can hardly wait! 7y
emilia ❤❤❤ 7y
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Oddly enough - this was the first Hercule Poirot book I ever read. And while it's brilliant, you really shouldn't start with this one. (For obvious reasons.)