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I‘ve heard so many people say that Gaudy Night is the best of the Lord Peter Wimsey books. And now I see why.

When Harriet Vane returns to Oxford for a reunion, she is drawn into a poison-pen mystery at her alma mater. That‘s the essence of the plot, but the mystery and the Oxfordian context ends up serving as a vehicle for Harriet‘s own growth as she confronts her own avoidance of the past. ⬇️

I enjoy coming across and learning new-to-me words, especially when they‘re as cozy and tasty as this one. Although I also have to admit: at first I read that it was “made with oatmeal and madness,” which would be a very different kind of dark gingerbread indeed.

Look at this #FolioSociety set that I found at a secondhand bookshop! Isn‘t it pretty?

I guess I should really get back to reading the series. 😆

The mystery was a little weak but I love Lord Peter Wimsey and the cast of characters... so it's still a Pick!
#roll100 #1930 #192025

I finished this in mid-November, so it doesn‘t count for #CloakandDaggerChristmas—but I really should review it before the next in the series, which I did read in December! I really enjoyed the sleuthing combination of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. Harriet plays a major role, exercising her mystery-author skills. The mystery itself felt a little convoluted, but the repartee between Harriet and Lord Peter is well worth the price of admission.

This novel's several storylines unfold in a very roundabout and mannerly way, which is both satisfying and annoying to me. I like the way Sayers tells a story, and I really like the look at Nazi philosophy from a 1930s British perspective, although it's alarming how much of the philosophy is thriving in the US today. I'd forgotten that a big part of it was a backlash against feminism and women having intellectual lives outside the home.

Not much time for reading during the past several days, but we've dropped the elder kid back off at college and the younger goes back to school tomorrow (but I still have one day off), so I hope to get started on the tagged tonight or tomorrow.

Pic: A ring around the sun on the way home from college drop-off.

Lol, I missed the “Sweater“ challenge and this has a boring edition that would have been perfect. But I'd rather use it for #NatChessDay anyway. Think of chess and I think of this fantastic mystery and romance, and shed a small tear.

“I loved them, and you gave them to me.“

#AutumnPlease #Scarathlon #PhotoChallenge #TeamMischiefAndMayhem

I love a good Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, and this one is glorious. The dialogue is witty and hilarious, and Lord Peter has a delightful combination of flippancy and earnestness that‘s incredibly endearing. I also fell in love with Miss Climpson & her full retinue of “spinsters” who do most of the actual investigating this time around. This series just improves with each book. Looking forward to the next! #SeriesLove2023

“For the last five years or so,” said Wimsey, “you have been looking like a demented sheep at my sister, and starting like a rabbit whenever her name is mentioned. What do you mean by it? It is not ornamental. It is not exhilarating. You unnerve the poor girl.”

😂😂😂