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Agatha Christie

amateur sleuth mystery review 

2017: #10 – Poirot Investigates (Agatha Christie)

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 0 Comment

I almost always like Agatha Christie, but I think her mysteries work better in novel format, rather than short stories. These were entertaining, but got a little repetitive. As you read one after the other, it gets easier to pick out the tricks of the trade. This book is perhaps best consumed a little at a time, something you pick up once every few weeks

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amateur sleuth mystery review 

2008: #87 – The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)

October 5, 2008May 22, 2020 1 Comment
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Book #87 was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first Hercule Poirot novel by Agatha Christie. Another book that I can’t really review because really? What can you say about a master like Christie? I think what I like best about Poirot is not just that so much of what he detects is based on observation, but that he has a real soft spot for

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Hi, I’m Jaime…

That’s I before M, 5 letters, no Ys. Obsessed with books. A lot.

   

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Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
review y/a contemporary 

2021: #59 – Catalyst (Laurie Halse Anderson)

January 30, 2022January 28, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments

Kate is a senior in high school. She’s working hard, both in school and out — keeping her grades up, working at the pharmacy, and keeping things on track at home, filling the role her dead mother would have had. Her father is a minister, and is often called away to help someone in the community, and Kate is left to make sure her brother

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
review y/a fantasy young adult 

2021: #58 – City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)

January 29, 2022January 28, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
psychological thriller review thriller 

2021: #57 – Darling Rose Gold (Stephanie Wrobel)

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 Jaime 0 Comments
Malice by Keigo Higashino
mystery review 

2021: #56 – Malice (Keigo Higashino)

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