Category Archives: Reading

The Books of 2009

Posted on 01/02/2010 by chick

I’m so far behind on my reading posts that I wasn’t sure until today how many books I had read in 2009. I added some titles to my Book Love page and did a quick count, and it seems I … Continue reading →

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Good News for the GLP

Posted on 11/29/2009 by chick

An added benefit of the Marplethon is that I can get rid of all my Marple books. I have my blog to remind me of how I felt about each one so it’s unlikely that I’ll ever feel the need … Continue reading →

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Quick and Easy Entertainment

Posted on 11/12/2009 by chick

Death’s a Beach by Beth Sherman Grade: B Ghostwriter Anne Hardaway lives in an old house on the Jersey Shore. After a bad storm, the house is in need of some serious repairs. In the flooded basement, her handyman discovers … Continue reading →

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More Murder, More Marple

Posted on 11/03/2009 by chick

Murder With Mirrors (a.k.a. They Do It With Mirrors) by Agatha Christie Grade: B So difficult, isn’t it? To be clear about anything, I mean. Because if you’re looking at one thing, you can’t be looking at another. And one … Continue reading →

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A Couple More

Posted on 10/21/2009 by chick

I hate it when I fall behind on my book reviews. I forget a lot of the details and consequently have little to say. C’est la vie. Here’s what little I have to say on two books I read earlier … Continue reading →

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Feeling Stretched

Posted on 10/19/2009 by chick

I feel all thin, sort of stretched…like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.—Bilbo in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien I feel like that some days. To use that quote is to compare our son … Continue reading →

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Round 4

Posted on 10/15/2009 by chick

We went back to the used book store one more time. Here are my new acquisitions. The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft by Douglas Bauer: It starts with a quote from a fairy tale that I just read, and … Continue reading →

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Naughty, Naughty

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chick

I read an ad in the newspaper about a used bookstore that was going out of business. They were selling their books at $5 per bag. How could we resist such a temptation? Naturally, we went and we spent. Then … Continue reading →

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More Marple

Posted on 10/13/2009 by chick

The Mirror Crack’d (a.k.a. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side) by Agatha Christie Grade: A- The new world was the same as the old. The houses were different, the streets were called Closes, the clothes were different, the voices … Continue reading →

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On With the Marplethon

Posted on 10/11/2009 by chick

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie Grade: B The title of this novel is, of course, a reference to the poem by Omar Khayyam, The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall … Continue reading →

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