Mystery
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Book Review: The Thirteen Problems
This month’s Read Christie 2025 theme was “authors.” The book selection was The Thirteen Problems, a collection of Miss Marple short stories. I enjoyed the book, but I typically don’t like to read…
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Book Review: Third Girl
This is my first Read Christie 2025 review! Read Christie 2025 is a challenge from Agatha Christie Ltd. That assigns a Christie book to each month of the year based on a theme.…
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Book Review: The Valley of Fear
When it comes to my favorite fiction, I’m something of a purist. Most newer adaptations are met with skepticism and rarely approval from me. I am the pickiest by far about Sherlock Holmes.…
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Nancy Drew and Co.
Last week’s post pointed you to my latest Brought to Mind column, “Memories on My Shelves.” This week, I want to go into a little more detail about some of my favorite vintage…
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Book Review: The Man in the Brown Suit
Between school, writing, and the time I waste sitting around feeling overwhelmed and avoiding laundry, I don’t read as much in a day as I used to. So, it’s been a while since…
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Book Review: The Benson Murder Case
I had never wondered what would happen if you put Dr. John Watson and Lord Peter Wimsey together in a book, and you probably haven’t either. But, now I know. I recently added…
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Book Review: The Daughter of Time
Well, this is ironic. In last week’s post, I defended Deep Space Nine as “real” Star Trek when many other reviewers didn’t see it that way. This week, I’m going to be questioning whether a…
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Book Review: Death by Misadventure
When I was a kid, I had a video game called “Ty the Tasmanian Tiger.” I absolutely adored it. Those years were also pretty much the extent of my video game experience. When…
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The Art of the Side Character
This week’s topic grew out of my most recent read, Margery Allingham’s The Late Pig. It’s a short book, my copy is just shy of 140 pages. I could’ve read it in one…
