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I‘ve done the word search for this book and… Did you know Kindle stops counting words at 1,000? I‘m really bummed because who knows how many more points I‘ve missed because the word “Christmas” shows up more than 1,000 times in this book? But even stopping at 1,000, I still racked up a lot of points from all the other words for the word search alone.

#Snowangels #WinterGames #cloakanddagger

@emilymdxn @Ruthiella

Sixty—count ‘em—60 short mystery stories (32+ hours) all set around Christmas. Some very old (1800s) to the 2020s. Best of the best, and some extremely rare. The narration was part of the charm—exceedingly well done. I‘m not a short story fan, and I liked about 95% of the stories. I‘d love to listen to this book every Christmas if it wasn‘t so darned long. So good. One of my favorite books of the year.

#Snowangels #WinterGames #cloakanddagger

1) I don‘t know yet, but for December it was the tagged book
2) Grey Wolf: the Escape of Adolph Hitler 😫
3) A glass of champagne 🍾
4) No but I‘ve done a little post-Christmas craft sale onlinr shopping
5) No white or brown Christmas; it was very green. I was not disappointed; it was a beautiful day (photo inset)

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

 @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @Nessavamusic @sblbooks @MsRadioSilence @CogsOfEncouragement

32+ hours & 60 short Christmas stories, I finally finished! I loved almost every minute of it. Some stories are extremely rare and old. Some are very modern, this book was published in 2020. An excellent mix of mysteries—some ghostly, some horror, one western, really a little of everything. I cannot recommend it highly enough. If it weren‘t so long, I can imagine reading this for every Christmas. #Snowangels #WinterGames
@emilymdxn

I‘m finally on the last section of the third audiobook of the tagged book. And I just love the plot of the Raffles story. An infamous burglar, elderly and presumed dead, is being immortalized by an exhibit at Scotland Yard of items from his craft. The burglar cannot resist—connives a way to get tickets so he can see if Scotland Yard got it right. Just brilliant!! The author wrote in the early 1900s.

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

I‘m on the second last section of this giant audiobook. Clark‘s story is very satisfying.

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@emilymdxn

I‘ve finally reached the final and third part of this audiobook. It‘s taken all of my listening time for most of December and much of my reading time. But oh so worth it. These really are the “best of.” And I can‘t wait to add up the points! But about 10 hours still to go…

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

Up next, horror/scary Christmas stories. Will I finish this audiobook by year‘s end? Time will tell! But there‘s a third part to this audiobook and I‘m only about halfway through the second. It‘s massive. But I‘m enjoying it so much.

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

I just finished this section of Christmas ghost stories in this massive audiobook. The last one here is a 1940s version of a Christmas Carol and it‘s downright excellent. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves mysteries set around Christmas

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

I just finished part 1 of this audiobook and on to part 2 of 3. The next section are Pulpy Little Christmas stories

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

I‘m especially enjoying this second section of the audiobook with funny little stories. Rumpole has been my favorite so far but Thomas Hardy‘s story about the sneezing thieves is also great! This audiobook is 32 hours long, so it might just see me all the way through Christmas and then some. I‘m about 6 hours into it. #Snowangels #WinterGames #cloakanddagger

@emilymdxn @Ruthiella

My listening buddy.

#Snowangels #WinterGames #cloakanddaggerchristmas #hyggehour #naturalitsy @Ruthiella
@emilymdxn @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @AllDebooks @jenniferw88

I‘m about to start this massive audiobook with 60 Christmas stories! Perfect for #Snowangels #WinterGames but also #cloakanddaggerchristmas!! @Ruthiella

@emilymdxn

If anyone likes mysteries at this time of year, this book is on sale for Kindle! It's over 600 pages (and hard to tote around; I know by experience), so having it on the Kindle is a good thing! 🤩

#Naturalisty
📖 What are you reading today? THE BIG BOOK OF CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES
📖 How far into it are you? page 72
📖 Was it recommended? Nope; I bought it when it first came out in 2013, and it's been on the ol' TBR shelf since then. 😃
📖 Would you recommend it? Yes! Lots of short stories from all areas of the mystery genre
📖 Have you read the author's work before? I've read quite a few of the authors, but so many I haven't. It's been fun!😍

#holiday
#photochallenge

#TeamEvergreen
@Clwojick @TEArificbooks @Larkken @Lizpixie @Jadams1776 @PathfinderNicole @Skygoddess1

I am so impressed with the decisiveness of my fellow #cloakanddaggerchristmas readers! I have a spreadsheet of what I might possibly read and how the titles fit the prompts. But, it will just be my starting place and I'll just see where it takes me. 😏

I‘ve decided that I like to keep a book of short stories on the go at all times and splurged on three (!) of these republished anthologies. I‘m loving the covers and the super-varied list of contributors.

Post 2 of 3.

I read 4 more stories from this collection during the week.

#WinterGames2020 #TeamReadNosedReindeer #ReadNosedReindeer
@StayCurious

Points - 100 + 1

An early Christmas present from Mr. S. 🎁 When they say big book, they‘re not kidding, this one is a wrist breaker! I‘m excited to dip in and out of this festive book this year (and several future ones with its heft). I love a good mystery, especially classic mysteries - this edition stars detectives like, Poirot, Marple, Morse, Rumpole and Cadfael. First up, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie.

Synopsis in comments.

Hi #TeamReadNosedReindeer @StayCurious I've read four stories from this, but I'm not sure how to count the points for them. Could somebody fill me in? Thanks

#WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer

Loved the cat. Didn't love how the women were characterized.

More of my Christmas book holds came in. I may have bitten off more than I can chew 😬 guess we‘ll see! 🎄🎄🎄

SO many mysteries! I love the cover.

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Day 4

I doubt I‘ll be able to read all of these. I am intrigued that these mysteries all have a Christmas theme. How fun is that??? Plus, I love the cover.

I'll be reading some of these for the #wintergames #teamreadnosedreindeer, although I won't be taking it on #holiday with me to Prague! 😂😂😂

@StayCurious @Cinfhen #MOvember

Hi guys. I've been sick since Saturday 😭😭😭 hope you all have managed to stay unsick! Here's this big anthology of a bunch of Christmas mystery stories I found at a thrift store last year. I read my first Agatha Christie story in this book last December! 🎄

Anyone else have piles and piles of Christmas books? I‘ve already put away all the picture books, most of the cookbooks and entertaining books, and half the fiction.

Maybe I should just read nothing but Christmas books this year.

I've actually done pretty well about getting in a lot of Christmas reads this month. These are the 3 left on my TBR by Christmas Day. My well-worn (and well-loved) copy of The Evil Twin is a must read for me every Christmas - my favorite SVH book and so much nostalgia! Same with The Magic Christmas, another great Sweet Valley book. AND I just bought the tagged book and can't wait to read it! Happy reading and Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄💚🎅🏻❤️🎄

Getting in the Christmas mood with some good mysteries. #ReadingThroughTheHolidays2017

You are absolutely amazing, @ScorpioBookDreams !

And that Christmas card!!!!!

PERFECTION.

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I read half of this last year & pretty sure I took a pic of this book & a gingerbread man then, too 😆 Started again this month & finished this 600+ page Christmas mystery bonanza. A few duds, but I didn't even mind. Tis the season! The only one I bailed on was the Rex Stout story--too long, didn't care. Fun, entertaining bite-sized reading to snuggle in with on a cold December night. Well, it's always fiery tropical heat here, but I pretend 🙄

Omg I just remembered that I bought this big ole book back in February!! Happy Christmas present to me 😍 #ilovecozies

My Christmas tree has plenty of #silverandgold on it. And makes for a perfect background when cozying up with some Xmas mysteries! #seasonsreadings2017

Look what just came in the mail!!! 🤗🎄🎅🏻 Thank you @KerriNTurner for the recommendation! I did splurge a little but it is a pretty big book and is probably something I will want to re-read around the holidays. #christmas #bookmail #mystery

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#GIVEAWAYHOLIDAYS My absolute favorite book that combines Christmas and mysteries from our favorite authors. 💚🎄❤️ @Liberty

All I want to read until the end of the year are mysteries. I'm about halfway through this one and I hope to be done by the end of the month, because Christmas-themed just doesn't seem right in January, the harshest of all months. This anthology is so far a pretty good one and I'm enjoying it. There are a few standouts like Robert Barnard, Gillian Linscott, and Ellis Peters, among others.

???????? #ChristmassyReads #SeasonsReadings2016

This is our Christmassy book display here at work. There's a lovely little mix of titles by authors ranging from Glenn Beck, Jan Karon, Debbie Macomber, Ann Perry, & others.

But I wanted to highlight this chunky Christmassy anthology I'm holding here because as the cover states, it's "The most complete collection of Yuletide whodunits ever assembled!" ?

? #GiftIdeas #TisTheSeason

Adult story time at my library. Following "The Burglar and the Whatsit", an audience member shared that she and her late husband used to meet Donald Westlake for drinks back in the day, which is pretty much the coolest.

Tis the season...to break out this monster of a book again. I got it a few years ago, only read it during the holidays, and I still haven't finished it (almost 700 pages, the font is tiny and it's printed on wide pages in columns!!). lots of short mystery stories set at Christmastime by some of the best mystery writers past and present. 🎄🎁❄🎅🤔🤔🤔

A book perfect for my holiday season :)

#ottopenzler #mysteriesinthesnow #mystery #suspense #agathachristie #sherlockholmes #christmasbooks #christmas