A Palm, a Balm, or a Bomb? Book Review for “A Palm for Mrs Pollifax” by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs Pollifax #4). Summary: ""What we are looking for - aside from the stolen plutonium, Mrs. Pollifax - is evil in its purest form." Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga - and a little spying now and then. This time the mysterious Mr.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Palm, a Balm, or a Bomb? My #bookreview for "A Palm for Mrs Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs Pollifax Mystery #4) on my #bookblog here. Our #goldenyears spy gets into a potentially explosive situation! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

TCL’s #CCSpin 43 #BookReview – Scout-ing for Justice. Book Review for “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Summary: "'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel – a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin 43 #BookReview - Scout-ing for Justice. My #bookreview for "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to #TheClassicsClub for getting me to finally read this Pulitzer Prize winning, debut novel from 1960! #BeatTheBacklist

#Book #review The Chinese Maze Mysteries by #RovertvanGulik #JudgeDee #ccbookreviews #theclassicsclub
MY VERDICT:
A #historicalmystery set in 7th century #China. Deeply researched, brilliantly plotted, and utterly unlike anything else. As good as the genre gets.
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The Classics Club: what I got for The Classics Spin #43 #theclassicsclub The Classics Club 2024-2029 MY FULL CLASSICS CLUB 5th LIST IS HERE The Classics Spin #43 Twitter hashtag: #ccspin For this Classics spin #43, I got #2, which on my list is Dom Casm…

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THE CLASSICS CLUB: THE CLASSICS SPIN #43 #THECLASSICSCLUB #CCSPIN Time for a new spin! The Classics Spin #43 The Classics Club2024-2029 My challenge for the Classic Club is to read my list of 50 classics over 5 years 2024-2029. What is the spin? It’s easy. At you…

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THE CLASSICS CLUB: THE CLASSICS SPIN #43 #THECLASSICSCLUB #CCSPIN Time for a new spin! The Classics Spin #43 The Classics Club2024-2029 My challenge for the Classic Club is to read my list of 50 classics over 5 years 2024-2029. What is the spin? It’s easy. At you…

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The Last Battle Mystery! Book Review for “Towards Zero” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Last Battle Mystery! My #bookreview for "Towards Zero" by Agatha Christie, which is the 5th and last Superintendent Battle novel, on my #bookblog now. Only 1 book left to my #battlerace #readingchallenge. #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

The Classics Club 26 in 2026 To kick off the New Year, the lovely people who give up their time to be moderators of The Classics Club have invited members to reflect on their relationship with the classics by answering a series of questions: When did you join The Classics Club? How many titles have you read for the club so far? Share a link to your latest classics club list.

The Classics Club 26 in 2026 - Reflecting on my relationship with classic books #books #classics #TheClassicsClub #booksky

Verbal and Literal Bombs. Book Review for “Table Two” by Marjorie Wilenski. Summary: "Marjorie Wilenski’s only novel, as biting and funny as Barbara Pym at her crankiest, follows an office of women translators at the fictional Ministry of Foreign Intelligence in London as they bicker, manoeuvre, and shift allegiances just before and then in the thick of the London Blitz. Its two main characters are sharply contrasted—the clever, efficient but terminally bitter middle-aged Elsie Pearne and the cheerful, pretty young newcomer Anne Shepley-Rice, whose once affluent family has fallen on hard times.

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Verbal and Literal Bombs. My #bookreview for "Table Two" by Marjorie Wilenski, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @DeanStPress for giving me a copy of this fascinating, and surprisingly insightful #WWII era novel. #TheClassicsClub #BeatTheBacklist #DeanStreetDecember

A Murder is Announced (Miss Marple Series, Book 5) by Agatha Christie #THECLASSICSCLUB THE CLASSICS SPIN #42 #CCspin ‘Establishes firmly her claim to the throne of detection. The plot is as ingenious as ever… the dialogue both wise and witty; while the suspense is maintained very skilfully until the final revelat…

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Book review: A Streetcar Named Desire MY VERDICT: Everything you didn’t know about owls: their science, and their place in art and symbolism. Fascinating.

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Cruising on Denial. Book Review for “Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything…until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed."

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Cruising on Denial - my #bookreview for #DeathOnTheNile by @agathachristie @officialagathachristie on my #bookblog now. While this is a #HerculePoirot novel, it is also the 3rd #ColonelRace story! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub #battlerace

Do You Believe in Magic? Book Review for “Miss Carter and the Ifrit” by Susan Alice Kirby. Summary: "It’s the final months of World War II and Georgina Carter, a single woman in her late forties with a drab job in the Censorship office, is convinced that nothing very shattering, nothing very devastating could happen to one after that age. But then she buys some wood blocks from a blitzed roadway, one of which, when burned in her fireplace, releases a long-imprisoned Ifrit (don’t call him a genie) eager to do her bidding.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Do You Believe in Magic? My #bookreview for "Miss Carter and the Ifrit" by Susan Alice Kirby, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to @DeanStreetPress for this lovely #novella in time for #NovNov #TheClassicsClub #BeatTheBacklist.

TCL’s #CCSpin #42 Book Review – From Lovers to… ? Book Review for “My Mortal Enemy” by Willa Cather. Summary: "Willa Cather's protagonist in My Mortal Enemy is Myra Henshawe, who as a young woman gave up a fortune to marry for love—a boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #42 Book Review - From Lovers to... ? My #bookreview for "My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather. #ccwhatimreading #Beatthebacklist #TheClassicsClub #NovNov25 #NovellasInNovember

The Classics Club: what I got for The Classics Spin #42 #theclassicsclub The Classics Club 2024-2029 MY FULL CLASSICS CLUB 5th LIST IS HERE The Classics Spin #42 Twitter hashtag: #ccspin For this Classics spin #42, I got #17 which on my list is A Street…

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The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #42 #theclassicsclub #ccspin Time for a new spin! The Classics Spin #42 The Classics Club2024-2029 Here are the directions from The Classics Club: At your blog, before Sunday October 19, create a post to list your choice of an…

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The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #42 #theclassicsclub #ccspin Time for a new spin! The Classics Spin #42 The Classics Club2024-2029 Here are the directions from The Classics Club: At your blog, before Sunday October 19, create a post to list your choice of an…

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Village Missives. Book Review for “Dear Hugo” by Molly Clavering. Summary: "Sara Monteith makes an ideal correspondent for Hugo Jamieson, brother of her lost love Ivo, killed in the war before they could marry. Her neighbours in the lovely Border village of Ravenskirk don't know that Sara has moved here because it's where Ivo and Hugo grew up, but they welcome her warmly.

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Village Missives. My #bookreview for #DearHugo by #MollyClavering on my #bookblog now! Thanks to @DeanStPress for the ARC of this lovely novel set in #postwwii #Scotland. #20booksofsummer2025
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Mum(my)s The Word! Book Review for “The Golden Child” by Penelope Fitzgerald. Summary: "Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, The Golden Child, combines a deft comedy of manners with a classic mystery set in London's most refined institution—the museum. When the glittering treasure of ancient Garamantia, the golden child, is delivered to the museum, a web of intrigue tightens around its personnel, especially the hapless museum officer Waring Smith.

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #Bookstodon Mum(my)s The Word! My #bookreview for "The Golden Child" by Penelope Fitzgerald, on my #bookblog now. This was apparently her debut novel! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub
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#ShortStorySunday – You Bet Your Future Life! Review for “The Veldt” a Short Story by Ray Bradbury. Summary: "The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants." Age: Adult; Genres: Genre - Science Fiction; Settings: Era/s: Vintage Futuristic; Location/s: Somewhere on earth, I suppose; Other Categories: Short Story, Classics.

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon #ShortStorySunday - You Bet Your Future Life! A #review for "The Veldt" a Short Story by Ray Bradbury. Find out why this short story is one of my all-time favorites, on my #bookblog now. #TheClassicsClub #ccbookreviews #ccwhatimreading @ourclassicsclub

A Sporting Good Time. Book Review for “The Rabbits” by A. A. Milne. Summary: "The Rabbits, as they call themselves, are Archie Mannering, his sister Myra, Samuel Simpson, Thomas of the Admiralty, Dahlia Blair and the narrator, with occasional guests. Their conversation is almost entirely frivolous, their activity vacillates between immensely energetic and happily lazy, and their social mores are surprisingly progressive. Originally published as sketches in Punch, the Rabbits’ escapades are a charming portrait of middle-class antics on the brink of being shattered by World War I, and fail entirely to take themselves seriously.

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Sporting Good Time. My #bookreview for "The Rabbits" by A.A. Milne, on my #bookblog now. This #TBRjar pick was released last year, and is a collection of his "Punch" stories that I bought on a whim. It was worth every penny! #beatthebacklist #TheClassicsClub

My 5th list for The Classics Club: December 2024-November 2029 @ourclassicsclub #theclassicsclub The Classics Club My 5th list: December 2024-November 2029 I started my 4th list in September 2022, and it was set for 150 titles. I reached 150 titles on December…

My 5th list for #theclassicsclub The Classics Club: December 2024-November 2029 #books #TBR #BookSky wordsandpeace.com/2024/12/06/m...

My 5th list for The Classics Club: December 2024-November 2029 @ourclassicsclub #theclassicsclub The Classics Club My 5th list: December 2024-November 2029 I started my 4th list in September 2022, and it was set for 150 titles. I reached 150 titles on December…

My 5th list for #theclassicsclub The Classics Club: December 2024-November 2029 wordsandpeace.com/2024/12/06/m...