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Agatha Christie

Camping … Or Should I Say, Writing and Reading

July 22, 2010 Books and Reading

I’m hurrying to finish up an indexing deadline today, because tomorrow we are off on our camping trip!
I mentioned on Facebook that we are going with every car charger known to man, so hopefully the fact that the site doesn’t have an electrical outlet won’t be particularly bothersome. (I know, I know – electrical devices [...]

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Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks

March 12, 2010 Books and Reading

I really love it when things show up in my life that are such a good match to something I’ve been pondering, or thinking about doing.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about keeping a journal, and I talked about my idea that I might have luck, finally, with journaling if I just let [...]

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Audiobook Appreciation

January 11, 2010 Books and Reading

I’m done with this most recent clump of deadlines! I don’t think I’ve worked at quite a pace like this for a long while – it’s been three to four weeks of fourteen hour days. I am very, very thankful for my audiobooks – I think they kept me sane in the midst of all [...]

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Review: The Mysterious Mr. Quin, by Agatha Christie

August 3, 2009 Books and Reading

The Mysterious Mr. Quin, by Agatha Christie
A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invites [...]

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Back from Holidays!

July 13, 2009 Life

I’m back! And of course, feeling rather like I could use a little break. Isn’t it funny how that works?
I had a grand time in Nova Scotia, and it was fun blogging about it occasionally. Thank you to everyone for your comments – I can’t tell you how lovely it was to hear from [...]

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Flash Reviews: The Agatha Christie Audiobook Edition, Part 1

June 11, 2009 Books and Reading

Flash Reviews: Quick reviews of the Agatha Christie audiobooks One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, A Pocket Full of Rye and Murder is Easy.

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Audiobook Review: Death in the Clouds, by Agatha Christie

April 30, 2009 Books and Reading

A woman dies in her seat in an airplane en route to London from Paris. If not for Hercule Poirot’s quick eyes, her death may have been attributed to a wasp sting. Luckily, though, Poirot spots a half-hidden venom-tipped dart, and accident turns into murder. A search of the plane reveals a South American blowgun. [...]

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More Library Decadence

April 22, 2009 Books and Reading

After my recent Library Loot post, I really didn’t think I could have that many more hold requests at the library coming in. I haven’t had a chance to read ANY of the books from that batch, with the exception of an audiobook, a BBC Radio Production of Agatha Christie’s The Caribbean Mystery (it helped [...]

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Library Loot: Mostly Mysteries – and BBC Audio

February 4, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s time for Library Loot, where book bloggers share what they brought home from the library this past week.
I love going to the library, although these days, because I’ve been very efficiently using the library’s request holds system, I normally just pop in, grab my on hold books off the hold shelf, take a quick [...]

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