Ghostly Characters: a short comparison of some of Agatha Christie's people, with comment on Sophie Hannah's Poirot

 

  When i bought my latest Christie book at the bookstore, the bookseller was eager

Words on Wednesday: Current Reading

  My sister is clearing out books again, a never-ending job.  She loves reading as do i.
  i don't know if these are all of her Robin Jones Gunn books.  i know she's still got a couple of Sisterchicks  titles of mine somewhere, so maybe there are more of these.
  Something she said about these books got to me.

Words on Wednesday: Binge Reading His Lordship

Current Reading

  A few weeks ago, i included, two in one book club edition Wimsey novels.  And about that time,

Recent Reading, AKA Words on "Wednesday," a day late

Some of my Recent Reading

In the photo, but no particular order:

Words on Wednesday: Rereading an Old Series

William X. Kienzle: the Father Koestler mystery novels

  Back in the 1980s, a friend gave us a copy of mind Over Murder, by William X. Kienzle.

Words on Wednesday: More from the Summer Reading List

  Left out a few books last week, and i really enjoyed them.
  These

Words on Wednesday: Recent Reading

Detective Fiction and Biblical Novels, with Some Surprises!

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Recent & Not so Recent Art Project

 

My work is below, and Mark's reference is in the window of my tote bag.

   A few years ago, i attended the SDP Conference in the Chicago area. The morning i took this class was - um, unique.

Words on Wednesday: My Favorite Agatha Christie stories, and Others' Nominees

 This list led me to consider my own favorites.  i'll

Saturday Sisters: Novels about Sarah

  This week i've read these two Sarah novels off my shelf.  They are actually

Wordless Wednesday: Photoless Scrapbook Pages

These pages are about boarding the plane when i went to Europe.  No photos - who needs them?

These pages actually come before the ones above: a night out on the town, in NYC, and the next morning, before catching the plane that night.  Can you tell what the weather was?

Words on Wednesday: Christie on Evil

  These two Agatha Christie novels delve into the topic of evil

Words on Not Quite on Wednesday: from a memoir to a book i'd never seen to a movie i'd loved

  One of the movies MyGuy and i saw when it first came out was The Princess Bride.
i think

Words on Wednesday: Recent Reading

Most of my reading lately has been the works of my favorite mystery writer.  And surprisingly there were several stories that felt new -- and i think at least one really was a previously unread!

Words on Wednesday: Biography

The current, and soon to be past, selection of our Village of Merici bookclub

  i've seen biographies of varying complexity.  This may be

Wordless Wednesday: Raising a Reader

Words on Wednesday: Le Mot Juste

  What makes a book a "good" book?

Do we understand each other?

i think a lot of today's troubles involve

Booklove

  The Avon, Indiana, public librarian when i was growing up was wonderful.  She spent lots of time recommending books for her patrons.

  The reason i mention Mrs. Thomas now is because ultimately she's responsible for the current Russian kick.  One of those introductions was Robert K. Massie's 1967 masterpiece, Nicholas and Alexandra.  i'm a permanent fan of Nicholas, possibly the ultimate bad fit for his job.
  Just a few of the other books Mrs. Thomas introduced me to were:

• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
• some books-by-the-yard deal, grey stamped with blue, about the French and Indian war.  Yes, i TOTALLY loved it, though it looked the proverbial dry as dust.   
• The Lost State of Franklin: America's First Secession
• The Black Stallion series
• a biography of Christina of Sweden, fascinating but not at all racy, as more recent tellings of her story are.

and many, many others lost in memory.

The Ruth Project, Part 2b: "Spoilers" and Surprises

  So here's the deal: