Month: October 2018
Happy Halloween!
Seen in a Corsica winery, last week. No pumpkins, but let nobody say the French (well, the Corsicans, anyway) don’t keep the spirit of the season. And with that, I’ll raise a glass to Moonlight and OB for hosting another fabulous Halloween Bingo! I had an enormous amount of fun, and it was great watching […]
Read MoreGlingelingelingeling
Reblogged from: Murder by Death Just when you thought Halloween was done and dusted … there’s the Tasks of the Festive Season! Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue – or something like that could be this year’s motto. As in, some holidays that have been part of the game from the start. […]
Read MoreHouston, we had a problem …
… and it was called books. Stacks of unsorted books, to be precise. Three years’ worth of stacks of unsorted books, to be even more precise. Now, even back in 2015, after the last major overhaul of my bookshelves, those were already looking like this: … in other words, no room to spare in the […]
Read MoreHalloween Bingo 2018: Blackout!
(Also, bingos Nos. 12 & 13 …) The Books: Country House Mystery: Georgette Heyer: Penhallow (Ulli Birvé audio) Cryptozoologist: Patricia A. McKillip: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Dina Pearlman audio) Romantic Suspense: Susanna Kearsley: A Desperate Fortune (Katherine Kellgren audio) Terrifying Women: Mary Roberts Rinehart: Locked Doors (Anne Hancock audio) Terror in a Small Town: Joy Ellis: Their Lost Daughters (Richard Armitage audio) A Grimm Tale: Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber (Emilia […]
Read MoreSusan Howatch: The Waiting Sands
Reading Progress Updates 33%: Not the edition I’m reading, but by far the most atmospheric cover of all the editions on BL. I don’t like either of the men — if I’m not supposed to, job well done, Ms. Howatch. If I am supposed to like one or all of them (or even find them […]
Read MoreBirthday Gifts
BD gifts: My mom gave me a ticket for Bonn Opera’s production of Händel’s Xerxes — a simply riveting, tongue in cheek production setting the story in a dictatorial fairy tale puppet theatre (yes, there is such a thing) — and my BFF raided my Ammy wishlist … as well as adding a few things […]
Read More… oh, look, illustration for the Flat Book Society November group read …
Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1799078/oh-look-illustration-for-the-flat-book-society-november-group-read The Flat Book Society Project Page Reviews and Blog Posts
Read More@MbD: A Wild Bee Hotel
… at Hamburg Zoo, with all sorts of different nesting options matching the various bee species’ requirements. Neat, isn’t it? Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1799070/mbd-a-wild-bee-hotel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comments on BookLikes:
Read MoreLook who I met in Hamburg …
The librarian of the Unseen University! Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1799065/look-who-i-met-in-hamburg Narrativium: Where the Falling Angel Meets the Rising Ape – Terry Pratchett and Discworld Project Page Reviews and Blog Posts
Read MoreAnthony Berkeley: Trial and Error – Reading Progress Update: 69 of 256 Pages
Hmm. The opening pages read unexpectedly timely. Right now we seem to be sliding into typical Anthony Berkeley mode, which isn’t necessarily a good sign. But the premise and the introduction still hold the promise of more good things to come. Reading this for the “Justice Game” square of the (inofficial) Detection Club Bingo. […]
Read MoreTerry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters
One of those Discworld books that only get better with every single reread. Pratchett absolutely hit his stride with this … one of my all-time favorites, by far not for the Shakespeare references alone. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1797970/reading-progress-update-i-ve-read-332-out-of-332-pages Narrativium: Where the Falling Angel Meets the Rising Ape – Terry Pratchett and Discworld Project Page Reviews […]
Read MoreAgatha Christie: Murder at the Vicarage (Richard E. Grant audio)
Listening Status Updates 70 of 492 Minutes Much-needed comfort listening. And Richard E. Grant is doing a very nice job, too. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1797226/reading-progress-update-i-ve-listened-70-out-of-492-minutes 492 of 492 Minutes Finished last night. To the resident Christie (and Miss Marple) fans: Do you recall Christie saying anywhere that Colonel Melchett is a Scot? Because that’s the […]
Read MoreHalloween Bingo 2018 Update Post – Reading Blackout and Bingo No. 2
The Books: Country House Mystery: Georgette Heyer: Penhallow (Ulli Birvé audio) Cryptozoologist: Patricia A. McKillip: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Dina Pearlman audio) Romantic Suspense: Susanna Kearsley: A Desperate Fortune (Katherine Kellgren audio) Terrifying Women: Mary Roberts Rinehart: Locked Doors (Anne Hancock audio) Terror in a Small Town: Joy Ellis: Their Lost Daughters (Richard Armitage audio) A Grimm Tale: Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber (Emilia Fox / Richard Armitage audio) Genre: Horror: Michael […]
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