pickMy husband and I finished up this audiobook on our drive "home" for Thanksgiving. We've been listening to it whenever we've been in the car over the last few weeks. I've enjoyed talking it over with him as we've gone along.
pickVery suspenseful; I couldn't put it down--though I found it difficult to remember what happened a few days later. Is that because there are too many details, or is my brain slowing down in retirement? Regardless, a fun read!
Favorite quote: βAlan invented all sorts of ways of expressing things so that only he and I understood. He used language as a place for us to hide.β
pickA soft pick. I have a feeling this will be a case of me enjoying the series more than the book. It was entertaining enough but went on a bit too long. Also was too similar to The Appeal in terms of it being a βcosy mystery.β Need to get back to my gritty serial killers. π
pickI enjoyed this book. When I first went into it, I was afraid I might be confused by the concept of a book within a book, but I wasn‘t. I also didn‘t guess the murderer in either story until very near the end. Anthony Horowitz has yet to disappoint me. Now I can watch the show. π#audiowalk
Temperatures are back up in the 80s now. It was 85° when I was out walking. I have a little over three hours left in this book, so I‘ll probably finish it sometime this week. I went to the Catholic college up the road from me and walked for a bit on their grounds. It‘s such a beautiful campus. #audiowalk
I got all engrossed in the book within a book; now I‘m back to the book editor‘s story. I‘m not used to it yet. #audiowalk
So far, I‘m enjoying this. Where Hawthorne, in Horowitz‘s other detective series, reminds me of Sherlock Holmes, Pünd, in The Magpie Murders, is reminiscent of Hercule Poirot. #audiowalk
I saw the book cartoon right after watching an episode of Magpie Murders on PBS. Timing is everything. π
Scarathalon photo prompt: Murder. I read this one quickly for a book group, so I may actually try to reread it before I watch the new Masterpiece Mystery PBS miniseries it inspired. #murder #photoprompt #TeamSlaughter #Scarathalon22
First episode of Magpie Murders on PBS was great! Definitely tuning in each Sunday night for more!! πͺπ΅οΈββοΈπ
Do you ever pick up a book only to realize that it is not at all what you expected? I didn‘t realize that this was essentially an entire small English village murder mystery a la Agatha Christie embedded in another mystery novel. That would be fine, except it‘s not what I want to be reading right now, so I am putting it to the side. I‘ll probably come back to it at a later date.
pickA mystery book within a mystery book, both containing mysteries that allude to one another. A nested murder mystery, by Horowitz who I was more familiar with from his TV work. Plenty of call backs to his TV roots and little cozy mystery tie-ins that are made throughout. It was a really fun read, even if I was able to pick out the killer fairly early on.
pickWoohoo! Finished my Book Club‘s latest pick and met my Goodreads reading challenge for the year. AND, most importantly, I enjoyed this multi-novel read. βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
pickI picked this one up on a total lark. I‘ve never read this author before but found this story almost βunputdownableβ to be honest.
pickI‘d never heard of this book, nor the author. But my husband knows I love crows and picked it up for me on a whim one day based solely on the cover.
Holy cow, it turned out to be such a great read!! Two books in one. A handful of characters which you have to try and keep straight. A quaint setting including a mansion. Death. It brought to mind the game Clue and how, if it was a book, this would probably be it.
pickA clever dual mystery, with lots of clues that don‘t seem to fit and an equal amount of likeable, unlikeable, and just plain suspicious characters. I found it a little slow paced, and there were some digs at the publishing industry that felt a little pointed, but overall a fun read. Susan was an engagingly unwilling detective, and I think I‘ll read the next oneβ¦
pickThis was a fun contemporary mystery. I don‘t want to give too much detail because it‘s the kind of thing you‘re better off not knowing too much about before you go in.
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I like how the book covers are complementing each other. I‘ll be borrowing Bad Blood from my husband later. I‘m intrigued by the scandal.
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A splash of red to get into the spirit of Valentine‘s day.
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This book has been on my TBR for so long and I am glad that I finally got to read this book-within-a-book murder mystery.
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pickLoved this mystery within a mystery. I‘ve only read two Agatha Christie novels so I know I missed many references to her detectives and stories, but that‘s okay by me. The number of clues and suspects that kept layering on made this a truly fun read.
I‘m 67% through this mystery coiled around a mystery manuscript, and I keep thinking about this quote from early on in the story. What was on the vicar‘s desk? I‘m sure Mary saw whatever it was, but is the whatever even relevant? Going to try to finish this one today because I‘m bursting to know all the secrets!
panI found this to be highly irritating. From funky numbering of pages to stories within stories, it felt pretentious and overindulgent. I like other series by this Author but this one was a dud.
#12booksof2021 #August @Andrew65
A lot of easy reading in August as it was a lovely week in Northumberland so I am going purely on that memory of reading with fish and chips, beer, views, the North Sea and of course already excellent whodunnit with opportunity for a good litsy photo. We must be a strange breed of people who can probably be spotted in the wild trying to artisticly pose books for photos with family looking on askance.
Having a wonderful time on the Cape Peninsula after a lot of anxiety earlier in the week. My friend took me of a tour along the coast of the peninsula this morning/early afternoon. It's so gorgeous here! And right now I have nothing to do except read my fantastic, completely engrossing book. I'm so lucky!
Up next! On my way to Cape Town (well, the Cape Peninsula, my new favourite place) for a week of work training. I've been wanting to read this forever.
Made this this morning but forgot to post. #BookReport - Finished 6 books this week. At the point where I‘m reading a bunch of quick books for the most part.
#CurrentlyReading - about 100 pages into Orquidea Divina, about 50% into Twelve dates and only about 10% into The Last Graduate
Since I have a bunch currently going, I only have one other book on my #WeeklyForecast
pickRecommend. Horowitz writes some of my favorite modern murder mysteries. A book within a book. #whodunnit #murdermystery #fiction
pickBear with me, I have a bunch of reviews. I‘m glad I gave this one a second chance. I‘ve been in the mood for cozy English Murder mysteries and this one popped up. I knew at the time I bailed it was totally me and I wasn‘t in the mood. This time I was.
I almost thought they weren‘t going to tell us the end of the mystery in the book but thankfully they did. I‘m curious to see how the other books in this series are based on the ending of this one
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My favorite house to go to because I get all the snugs. And watching the Patriots and Panthers games!
pickI read this a few years ago but relistened on Libby before moving on to Moonflower Murders. It‘s a good production!
I am about to start my last October #bookspinbingo book. I am still working on one last audio, but hoping to completely clear the board this month. I have had some unexpected extra reading time this week, and am taking full advantage.
Just saw this news: Magpie Murders TV series coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS!
pickWhen I picked my reading for this week I found this unread & a perfect start as the author takes the classic murder mystery and mirrors it with a modern investigation as an editor has to solve both a missing last chapter of the whodunnit as well as the apparent suicide of the famously unlikeable writer. Anthony Horowitz brilliantly nods and winks at classic bks with joyous skill.
#AwesomeAugust with a wk off work I aim to finish 4 bks this wk.
pickI really enjoyed this one. A mystery within a mystery and very British old school kind of book. If you like Christie you‘ll probably enjoy this one.
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pickClever mystery within a mystery, featuring an editor who searches for the missing pages of a manuscript, and referring to classic mysteries throughout. A fun read, and I'll look forward to checking out the sequel.
pickI really enjoyed this one though not quite as much as Moriarty. I loved the two story lines and how the author analyzed the traditional murder mystery structure.
pickThe mystery within a mystery was well done, and I enjoyed the classic Britishness of the 'internal" mystery. I didn't really bond with the female protagonist of the "outer mystery", who behaved in a somewhat classic nosy-yet-ditsy way. (Yes I will confront the murderer with no backup and just trust them to do the right thing.) Overall, though, I found this to be enjoyable. 3.5-4?
pickπ§ This was a fun audiobook. It‘s a mystery within a mystery with twists & turns.
I‘d compare it to an old English whodunnit. There‘s fan service to those old mysteries & their writers too!
It felt similar to the game/movie Clue. A cast of characters. No 1 person stood out to me. Ensemble cast. I liked & didn‘t like them.
If you‘re a hardcore mystery detective it might not be for you but I was just along for the ride & loved it.
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Wonderful audiobook. I'm about 2/3rds in and I'm really enjoying it!
Not bad for what is typically the busiest month of the year at work.
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1οΈβ£ My older daughter's nickname is "Bug". When I was pregnant with her younger sister, she declared that the baby's nickname be "Bee" b/c bugs & bees go together. Thus, I'm always mom2bugnbee. βΊ
2οΈβ£ "My spot" on the living room couch, preferably with the window open.
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4οΈβ£ Hubby, me, 18yo daughter (currently away at college), almost 16yo daughter, 2 cats.
@eggs #wondrouswednesday
pickThat was good. βΊ I'm now a fan. And, yes, the twist still has me reeling.
#Booked2021 Author's first name begins with A, B, or C @cinfen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
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Just reading along... enjoying the whodunit... trying to figure it out...
AND THEN I HIT THE HALFWAY POINT AND OH MY WORD WHAT A TWIST!
No spoilers for those who haven't read it. But if you know, you know. One of the most creative twists I've ever read. Kudos, Mr. Horowitz.
so-soAfter reading some great reviews I was disappointed in this. The copious name dropping of famous authors was off putting. I question the reasoning (or lack there of) behind the murders but hesitate to discuss not only for the fact it‘s a spoiler but my attention span was challenged during the read. Text supplemented audio version as change in narration was not clear when listening.
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