BuildingaMystery

Donna Parker in Hollywood | Marcia Martin

#timbittunes #buildingamystery

Playing a bit of catchup! These 1950s/60s YA novels were probably the first mysteries I read. (Handed down to me in the 80s) I think I loved how “American” they were, summer camp and bubblegum and bathing suits etc. Seemed very alluring and exotic when I was ten!

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

mabell I‘ve read and have all of these! 😍❤️ 6y

Chrissyreadit I loved these! I do not know what happened to my copies though. 6y

VioletBramble I read these. I never owned them, I borrowed from the library. 6y

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Tonton Felt the same way about the Cherry Ames nurse series！ anybody remember those？ 6y

Cinfhen Calling @LeahBergen & @rubyslippersreads I feel like these books might bring back some fond memories?!?!? Am I right???? 6y

LeahBergen @Cinfhen Yes! 😆😆 I had Donna Parker, Special Agent but I can‘t remember who passed it down to me. It was so retro and “American” (like @Centique said) even when I read it in the late 70s. 😆😆 6y

Cinfhen When weren‘t you reading @LeahBergen ??? I don‘t really remember reading as a kid/ tween 6y

Centique @Cinfhen I love when you call on our resident children‘s classics experts. 😍They are legends in their reading @LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads 6y

Centique @Tonton I didn‘t but I just looked them up and they look so cute! 6y

Centique @mabell yay! I never see them in second hand shops either so they feel a bit rare. Sorry you lost yours @Chrissyreadit 6y

batsy I can't believe I've never read or heard of Donna Parker! Look at these covers 😍😍 6y

pocketmermaid I picked up a few of these from a thrift store while on vacation. I wish I snagged all they had! 6y

rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen @LeahBergen I definitely remember these, but I never read any. I‘ll have to watch for them in my thrift shopping. 😊 6y

rubyslippersreads @Centique @Cinfhen What a lovely compliment, to be a legend with @LeahBergen ❤️😊 6y

Cinfhen You are BOTH legendary @LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads ( hope u had a great bday❤️) 6y

LeahBergen @Cinfhen I can‘t remember an age when books weren‘t the most important physical objects in my life. 😆😆 I have a very early memory of my Dad leaning over my crib and giving me a new book. 😮 6y

LeahBergen @Centique @Cinfhen Oh, how wonderful that compliment is!! 😍😍 You are going to inflate our bookish egos; right, @rubyslippersreads ? 😆 6y

LeahBergen @Tonton I was just looking at some Cherry Ames books at a secondhand bookshop. I‘ve never read any, though! 6y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I hope our heads don‘t get too big for our crowns. 👑😂 @Cinfhen @Centique 6y

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megnews

Devil's Waltz | Jonathan Kellerman

Husband and wife, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman were really #BuildingAMystery empire. Over 20 years ago, I used to read a lot of mystery genre. I read a lot of the Kellermans and Mary Higgins Clark. Devil‘s Waltz is one that really stands out.

#timbittunes

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen I attended a book fair last year and Faye & Jonathan Kellerman were two of the featured speakers. They really are a mystery building empire and they said their son writes too!!!! 6y

megnews @cinfhen I did not realize their son wrote too! Will check that out. 6y

TheKidUpstairs I'm a page at my local library, we have multiplier Kellerman shelves! I think only James Patterson had more shelf space. 6y

TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen I think their son is Jesse Kellerman?

Sunstroke

Cinfhen Sounds right @TheKidUpstairs I don‘t recall his name..... 6y

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Mindyrecycles

Slow Horses | Mick Herron

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A really good mystery and a great reader and glory be, there are sequels! #buildingamystery #timbittunes

MallenNC I liked that one. Haven't read the sequels yet. 6y

DGRachel I‘ve had this on my bookshelf for years. I really need to get it read! 6y

Tonton So great！Enjoy the rest of the series❣️ 6y

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LiterRohde

The Colorado Kid | Stephen King

“[A]lmost every newspaper man and woman who's been at it awhile knows: in real life, the number of actual stories - those with beginnings, middles, and ends - are slim and none. But if you can give your readers just one unknown thing...and then kick in what Dave Bowie there calls a musta-been, your reader will tell himself a story.”

#TimbitTunes | 9: #BuildingAMystery

📷: Made with Typorama

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

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arlenefinnigan

The Crow Road | Iain Banks

#BuildingAMystery #TimbitTunes @TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen

TrishB Great read 👍🏻 6y

arlenefinnigan @TrishB my favourite Iain Banks so far 6y

BarbaraBB I loved it and

The Wasp Factory: A Novel

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Hollie

Dead Letters: A Novel | Caite Dolan-Leach

Ava receives a series of dead letters from her sister Zelda, following Zelda‘s mysterious death. Like #lovenotes but the opposite. A series of clues corresponding with letters of the alphabet is #buildingamystery that Ava tries to figure out, all the while dealing with her own issues and her completely dysfunctional family. #literarylove #timbittunes

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs, vkois88, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Cinfhen Well played !!! I forgot about this book. I really enjoyed it 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Good one!! On my list!! 6y

vkois88 This sounds so good! #Stacked 6y

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merelybookish

The Plotters | Un-su Kim

I don't read a lot of thrillers or whodunits because I get distracted by how the writer is #buildingamystery. Which is why I stacked this meta Korean noir novel. It sounds a bit like the Truman Show where an assassin realizes his hits have been 'plotted.'
#timbittunes @cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs
Sarah McLaughlin is from Halifax, NS and her career was taking off when I got there for undergrad. Needless to say, we listened to her a lot. ♥️

TheKidUpstairs Oooh, sounds interesting! Did you go to Dal? I've heard nothing but great things from people who went there! 6y

merelybookish @TheKidUpstairs I went to Kings which is on the Dal campus. It was great! Small liberal arts college with access to a big school! 6y

Cinfhen Book sounds good!! Where do u live now?? My friend Kendell is originally from Nova Scotia 6y

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merelybookish @Cinfhen I live in Colorado. 😣 Far from NS! But we are talking about moving back. 🤞🤞 6y

Cinfhen Colorado is gorgeous! I‘ve only been to Vail but I‘ve heard NS is beautiful too!! 6y

merelybookish @Cinfhen Yes, both are very beautiful! But prefer ocean to mountains. 😛 Mostly I'm tired of moving around. We've been doing it 20 years and I'm just ready to be settled and closer to family. 6y

Cinfhen I can absolutely understand both the want of family near by and the appeal of ocean ❤️ 6y

merelybookish @Cinfhen I thought you might. 🙂💕 6y

readordierachel Sounds interesting! I like the cover too. 6y

merelybookish @readordierachel I agree. The cover is very cool! 6y

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Blaire

B is for Burglar | Sue Grafton

This is the second time I‘ve started a Sue Grafton (first a and now b) and it dawns on me the plot seems familiar. Check goodreads and yep - read this one 5 years ago. Is there a word for this? #readeramnesia #toomanybooks #buildingamystery #timbittunes @TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen

TheKidUpstairs I've definitely done that! 😂 6y

Cinfhen Been there, done that!!! 6y

Blaire @Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs luckily I realized in chapter 1. I‘ve gotten much further along in other books before it dawns on me. 😂🤪😂 6y

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