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1w ago
Oh, heavens! I haven’t accomplished much on the spins. I did manage to find my copy of Revelations of Divine Love, so that’s promising. Otherwise I : am reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations but haven’t finished it have begun Sigurd the …
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Classical Carousel
2M ago
“Do you know the feeling you have when you know something quite well and yet for the life of you can’t recollect it?” Oh, wow! After my first Westmacott novel, Giant’s Bread, I was really dreading Unfinished Portrait, but what …
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Classical Carousel
3M ago
YEAR IN REVIEW 2022 READING STATS Number of Books Read: 32 Number of Re-Reads: 9 Genre You Read The Most From: Classics / Mystery BEST IN BOOKS Best Book You Read in 2022: Hamlet Book You Were Excited About …
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Classical Carousel
3M ago
Deal Me in Challenge 2023 and again, I stubbornly continue to participate, even though I finish less and less of the selections each year. Last year, I think I finished one selection (shame!) but even so, I was encouraged by …
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Classical Carousel
3M ago
Murder on the Orient Express: “It was five o’clock on a winter’s morning in Syria.” Also Published as: Murder in the Calais Coach Detective: Hercule Poirot Published: January 1934 Length: 265 pages Setting: Aleppo, Syria; Stamboul (Istanbul), Turkey; somewhere in Yugoslavia …
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3M ago
I don’t know why I’m doing this but here goes ….. from all four lists. The Rules for the Classics Club Spin #32 are: Go to your blog. Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club list. …
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Classical Carousel
4M ago
The Hound of Death: “It was from William P. Ryan, American newspaper correspondent, that I first heard of the affair.” Detective: None, as these are tales of the supernatural Published: October 1933 Length: 218 pages Setting: various: A compilation of 12 …
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Classical Carousel
8M ago
Lord Edgware Dies: “The memory of the public is short.” Also Published as: Thirteen at Dinner Detective: Hercule Poirot Published: September 1933 Length: 269 pages Setting: London After attending a performance by the impressionist Carlotta Adams, Poirot is approached by the …
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Classical Carousel
8M ago
Oh, an embarrassing post today courtesy of Top Ten Tuesday and I’m up to the challenge! I’m also curious to find out what I come up with ……… I actually did complete The Iliad but I was hosting a …
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9M ago
The Thirteen Problems: “Unsolved mysteries.” Detective: Miss Marple Published: June 1932 Compilation: Short Stories Length: 256 pages Setting: St. Mary Mead, Downshire (fictional) During two different dinner parties in St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple is host and guest. There …
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