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Sep 1, 2023 And Then There Were NoneReading Christie I am frequently struck with the thought: why isn't Christie more popular? And then I remember that she is the best selling novelist of all time - Wikipedia currently has her tied with the bard, but he was hardly a novelist. So I guess maybe the fault is with me, or with my cultural bubble, for not reading her earlier. Probably blame the bubble. Sep 1, 2023 The Murder Of Roger AckroydUpon the completion of And Then There Were None, I was a mere 20 minutes into my walk and eager for more, so I fired up the old Libby app, tried to borrow this book, failed, fired up Hoopla, borrowed this book, and spent the next 5 hours in literary satisfaction (also finished the walk, mowed the lawn, did the dishes, played fetch with the dog, and lay in the hammock - a successful morning by every account). Nov 1, 2023 The Name Of The RoseI've been keeping a little inventory of books that misuse and abuse the word palimpsest. It is, in my opinion, a bit of a trap of a word - arcane yet evocative, strange sounding with a compelling meaning that is particularly so for authors; what is more authorial than burying one layer of meaning behind another? And so it seems extraordinarily common for authors to shoe in the word where it is not appropriate, either through blatant misuse (I'm looking at you, The Traitor Baru Cormorant) or just like a bit of a stretch (it is not necessary to refer to dirty whiteboards as palimpsests, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow). Also, to Homi K Bhabha, palimpsetical is most definitely not a word that needs to exist. Apr 9, 2024 The Murder At The VicarageApr 12, 2024 The Main In The Brown SuitApr 15, 2024 They Came To BaghdadNov 17, 2024 Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead