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Read this for Mother-Daughter Murder Mystery Book Club with @AmyK1 this month! I was completely stumped by this one, and thoroughly enjoyed it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Although I don't quite buy the motive(s), I like the characters in this one quite a bit. Miss Marple is always a delight. I've been reading through Christie's novels for several years and have been reading English lit for decades, and this is the first time I really realized that, unlike with novels set in the US in which I can follow the action on a fairly detailed mental map, I have only the vaguest sense of the geography of UK-set novels.

This was February‘s mother-daughter murder mystery book club pick with @wideeyedreader I liked it but was SO FAR off on who did it 😂 Just once I‘d like to be right.

I made the mistake of reading the news for too long too early today, and it totally threw me off my game. I did a few tedious chores then I retreated into bookish self-care and organized my bookshelves while listening to the tagged audiobook. I've got all of my physical TBRs in the same place now, the read fiction organized by author name, and the nonfiction (mostly) organized by topic. And I have a nice stack to give away, too.

Miss Marple solving a murder in a small village is always a good time. This one also has an interesting cast of characters and a rather clever puzzle mystery.

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Low pick. Forgot to post this earlier in January 😅 3rd read of this and while I remembered “whodunnit” I still couldn‘t piece it together until Poirot explained. Hastings got on my nerves but I still enjoyed the story. Not my favorite Christie (though truthfully it‘s hard to top my favorite) but still a good read all the same. #Christiescapers

My plans for #hyggehourreadathon
Thanksgiving to #foodandlit #Netherlands in January, I am thoroughly addicted to Stroopwsfels with coffee. This one is honey & vanilla bourbon. It‘s a night for candles-those pictured are courtesy of @dabbe As always,my cozy reading chair with pillows & blankets. Not pictured are Em & Poe, who usually join me. Contentment!

#ChristiesCapers

A younger man marries an older wealthy woman and she ends up dead. There is a cast of characters that all seem suspicious at one time or another. My first time reading this and I quite enjoyed getting to know the quirky Poirot.

Bedtime reading:The Secret Adversary #ChristieCapers

This is the one I remember the least from the 1980s TV series, I couldn't even remember the basic plot & was getting it mixed up with The Mirror Crack'd. It was a solid murder mystery that has that Christie 'je ne sais quoi' which elevates it above a 3 star. It's a quick read packed full of untrustworthy & unlikeable characters, but thankfully Miss Marple appears from the start in this one. 3.5🌟

TWs: attitudes towards mental illness, xenophobia.