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Little Pixie

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  1. So, I finally read my first Round Robin book, The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. Did I like it ? Yes. Am I glad I read it ? Nooo. Other than that, it reminded me of Kathy Reichs` Temperance Brennan books, which I enjoy. The Crossing Places is set in Norfolk and involves an archaeologist ( Ruth Galloway ) at a Norfolk University being co-opted onto a case involving a missing girl. I could`ve done without Ruth calling herself fat repeatedly and I did figure out whodunnit quite early on, but I think this is a book which someone else might really like. There are some vivid descriptions of Ruth`s home in the Saltmarsh and some interesting discussions of Archaeological-type stuff.
  2. So now I`m thinking, `only ` 500 more books till I need to feel worried about my TBR !
  3. And Kindles don`t have an exciting scent either. I do prefer `real` books, but having got to `know` lots of authors through giving their books a go on Kindle...
  4. Fun article on giving up ( or not ) on a book you don`t enjoy. Click. The Cut.com.
  5. I read lots of new books on Kindle U. and found some great, new (to me ) authors. It`s a fab way to try out books. Mount TBR ( ) has climbed steadily. I haven`t dared do a count this year, for fear that it`s now above 900.
  6. I *may* be able to find a book to read...
  7. Carole Shmurak`s Death by Committee - a fun academic mystery, which I read on KU and really liked. Free atm.
  8. Ah, lovely Paddington.. I think the longest mysetries* were 5+ hours. * I`ve given up trying to spell it.
  9. Ooh, all those culture sections with their book reviews...
  10. Yes - they`re mainly mysteries, which don`t tend to be Mighty Tomes.
  11. Yes ! I found plenty of goodies. I think you`ll get ahead of me with `books read ` soon, cos I`ll be catching up with newspapers and magazines.
  12. Particular favourites ( I`ve picked the first of the series, if it isn`t a standalone ) : The Disappearance of Mavis Woodstock - Rosalind Burgess & Patricia Obermeier Neuman The Tokyo Karaoke Murder - Fran Pickering The Decagon House Murders - Yukito Ayatsuji The Man who died laughing - David Handler The Paper Magician - Charlie N Holmberg Followed by Frost - Charlie N Holmberg A Time of Mourning - Christobel Kent The Family Vault - Charlotte MacLeod Rest You Merry - Charlotte MacLeod Go - Kazuki Kaneshiro
  13. A list of the Books I read on a 3-month Kindle Unlimited Thingy : ( I`ve starred the Books which I would recommend ). 74 Witchy tales - Amanda M Lee * 75 A Witch in Time - Amanda M Lee * April 76 Thistle While you Work - Amanda M Lee * 77 Landon Calling - Amanda M Lee* 78 Make a Witch - Amanda M Lee* 79 A Witchmas Carol - Amanda M Lee* 80 All My Witches - Amanda M Lee* 81 The Bigfoot Blunder - Amanda M Lee* 82 I Dream of Twila - Amanda M Lee* 83 How Aunt Tillie stole Christmas - Amanda M Lee* 84 The Disappearance of Mavis Woodstock - Rosalind Burgess & Patricia Obermeier Neuman* 85 The Murder of Susan Reed - Rosalind Burgess & Patricia Obermeier Neuman* 86 Death in Door County - Rosalind Burgess & Patricia Obermeier Neuman* 87 Unhappy Hooligan - Stuart palmer 88 The Gourmet Detective - Peter King 89 Savage Cut - Jo Dereske* 90 Rook Takes Night - Stuart Palmer May 91 A Breath of Witchy Air - Amanda M Lee* 92 Deadmistress - Carole B Shmurak* 93 Death by Committee - Carole B Shmurak* 94 Death at Hilliard High - carole B Shmurak* 95 Most Likely to Murder - Carole B Shmurak* 96 The Cherry BVlossom Murder - Fran Pickering* 97 The Tokyo Karaoke Murder - Fran Pickering* 98 The Haiku Murder - Fran Pickering* 99 Blood on the Tracks. ed. by Martin Rfwards 100 The Bullet Train Murder - Fran Pickering* 101 The Decagon House Murders - Yukito Ayatsuji* 102 Time at the Top - Edward Ormondroyd* 103 All in Good Time - Edward Ormondroyd* 104 Portraits of the Forsaken - EE Holmes* 105 The Man who died laughing - David handler* 106 The man who lived by Night - David Handler* 107 The man who would be F Scott Fitzgerald - David handler* June 108 The Woman who fell from Grace - David Handler* 109 The Boy who never grew up - David Handler* 110 The man who cancelled himself - David handler* 111 The girl who ran off with Daddy - David Handler* 112 The Museum of Literary Souls - John Connolly* 113 The Man who loved women to death - David Handler* 114 Appleby`s End - Michael Innes 115 A Night of Errors - Michael Innes 116 Omit Flowers - Stuart Palmer 117 The Lone Sentinel - Jo Dereske* 118 The King of Bones and Ashes - JD Horn 119 The Paper Magician - Charlie N Holmberg* 120 The Glass Magician - Charlie N Holmberg* 121 The Fugitive King - Sarah R Shaber* 122 Dead Heading - Catherine Aird 123 Losing Ground - Catherine Aird 124 A Time of Mourning - Christobel kent* 125 Four Short Stories - Sarah R Shaber* 126 The Roman Hat Mystery - Ellery Queen 127 The Moai island Puzzle - Alice Arisugawa* 128 In the Land of the Crane - Linda Vine 129 The Ginza Ghost - Keikichi Osaka* 130 Past Tense- Catherine Aird 131 The Master Magician - Charlie N Holmberg* 132 The Plastic Magician - Charlie N Holmberg* 133 Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet - Charlie N Holmberg* 134 The Fifth Doll - Charlie N Holmberg* 135 Followed by Frost - Charlie N Holmberg* 136 Death in the Dark - Stacey Bishop 137 The Bug Funeral - Sarah R Shaber* 138 Go - Kazuki Kaneshiro* 139 The Family Vault - Charlotte MacLeod* 140 The Archivist - Christy Sloan* 141 The Withdrawing Room - Charlotte MacLeod* 142 The Palace Guard - Charlotte MacLeod* 143 The Bilbao Looking Glass - Charlotte MacLeod* 144 The Convivial Codfish - Charlotte MacLeod* 145 The Plain Old Man - Charlotte MacLeod* 146 The Recycled Citizen - Charlotte MacLeod* 147 The Silver Ghost - Charlotte MacLeod* 148 The Gladstone bag - Charlotte MacLeod* 149 The Resurrection man - Charlotte MacLeod* 150 The Odd Job - Charlotte MacLeod* 151 The Balloon Man - Charlotte MacLeod* 152 Rest You Merry - Charlotte MacLeod* 153 The Luck Runs Out - Charlotte MacLeod* 154 Wrack and Rune - Charlotte MacLeod* 155 The Curse of the Giant Hogweed - Charlotte MacLeod* 156 Vane Pursuit - Charlotte MacLeod* 157 An Owl Too many - Charlotte MacLeod* 158 Something in the Water - Charlotte MacLeod* 159 Exit the Milkman - Charlotte MacLeod* 160 A pint of Murder - Charlotte MacLeod 161 Murder Goes Mumming - Charlotte MacLeod July 162 Trouble in the Brasses - Charlotte MacLeod 163 A Dismal Thing to Do - Charlotte MacLeod 164 The Wrong Rite - Charlotte MacLeod 165 The Question of the Missing Head - EJ Copperman* 166 Something the Cat Dragged in - Charlotte MacLeod* 167 The Corpse in Oozak`s Pond - Charlotte MacLeod*
  14. Yes - that`s where I saw it - maybe Frankie did too.
  15. Oof, didn`t see these two posts ! I had a peek at the Lauren Graham auto-bio when I got it, and it does look good. What with all the movement back and forth of my downstairs books due to the pipes leaking, I have no idea which pile the Vera Dietz book is in now, or many of my other books. It`s entirely possible that I`ll find it soon. Erm, also it`s entirely possible it`ll turn up two years from now.
  16. Me too ! The author created such likeable characters, that I want to keep reading the series to find out how they get on ( I also ended up liking the Detective, as well as the main three ).
  17. I`ll `seed` the mat with crunchies, so hopefully she`ll use it.
  18. It was Xiao-Xiao`s 7th B`day yesterday. I ordered a cooling mat for her from Amazon - hopefully it`ll arrive mid-week.
  19. Can you ask for road bumps ?
  20. Oof, worrying ! Aw, glad that Mario`s okay. Poor other cat though.
  21. Shall aim to finish of EJ Copperman`s Missing Head book, and a couple of Charlotte Macleod Peter Shandy books.
  22. Ooh, great graphs and pie charts.
  23. Aw, a tortie ! Lovely.
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