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Cyber attack targeting Hachette Australia subsidiary hurts bookshops and authors

A cyber attack on one of the country’s major publishing distributors has left bookshops and authors struggling to…
#Australia #alliancedistributionservices #AU #Austrlia #authors #betterreadthandead #bookweek #Books #booksellers #bookstores #Christmas #cyberattack #hachetteaustralia #maxinebenebaclarke #publishing #readings
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Cyber attack targeting Hachette Australia subsidiary hurts bookshops and authors

A cyber attack on one of the country’s major publishing distributors has left bookshops and authors struggling to…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #alliancedistributionservices #AU #Australia #authors #betterreadthandead #bookweek #Books #booksellers #Bookstores #Christmas #cyberattack #hachetteaustralia #maxinebenebaclarke #publishing #readings
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/869735/

Cyber attack targeting Hachette Australia subsidiary hurts bookshops and authors

A cyber attack on one of the country’s major publishing distributors has left bookshops and authors struggling to…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #alliancedistributionservices #AU #Australia #authors #betterreadthandead #bookweek #Books #booksellers #Bookstores #Christmas #cyberattack #hachetteaustralia #maxinebenebaclarke #publishing #readings
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/869735/

Cyber attack targeting Hachette Australia subsidiary hurts bookshops and authors

A cyber attack on one of the country’s major publishing distributors has left bookshops and authors struggling to…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #alliancedistributionservices #AU #Australia #authors #betterreadthandead #bookweek #Books #booksellers #Bookstores #Christmas #cyberattack #hachetteaustralia #maxinebenebaclarke #publishing #readings
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/869735/

#MurderEveryMonday Weather affects the plot

After several heat waves, we finally got some rain yesterday’s evening that hopefully will last for the next days. So, for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went full Winter and chose stories that are impacted by snow and all by Agatha Christie. These were the three titles my brain picked as soon as I read the theme. Love and recommend them all.

The first is the Murder on the Orient Express, one of the best known books by Christie, where the snow stops the train that allows the closed circle of the story.

For the second, I went for The Mousetrap, the longest run of any play in the world, where the snow traps the characters in a manor house.

And finally, I also chose a not so well known title, The Sittaford Mystery, where the snow also impacts the murder investigation. I really like this one and feel it deserves more attention and more readers. And I do like the young Miss Emily Trefusis as an amateur sleuth. And now I want to re-read it again!

Thanks to Kate Jackson for creating this hashtag and check her blog for the next themes here.

#MurderEveryMonday Weather affects the plot

After several heat waves, we finally got some rain yesterday’s evening that hopefully will last for the next days. So, for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went full Winter and chose stories that are impacted by snow and all by Agatha Christie. These were the three titles my brain picked as soon as I read the theme. Love and recommend them all.

The first is the Murder on the Orient Express, one of the best known books by Christie, where the snow stops the train that allows the closed circle of the story.

For the second, I went for The Mousetrap, the longest run of any play in the world, where the snow traps the characters in a manor house.

And finally, I also chose a not so well known title, The Sittaford Mystery, where the snow also impacts the murder investigation. I really like this one and feel it deserves more attention and more readers. And I do like the young Miss Emily Trefusis as an amateur sleuth. And now I want to re-read it again!

Thanks to Kate Jackson for creating this hashtag and check her blog for the next themes here.

#MurderEveryMonday Weather affects the plot

After several heat waves, we finally got some rain yesterday’s evening that hopefully will last for the next days. So, for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went full Winter and chose stories that are impacted by snow and all by Agatha Christie. These were the three titles my brain picked as soon as I read the theme. Love and recommend them all.

The first is the Murder on the Orient Express, one of the best known books by Christie, where the snow stops the train that allows the closed circle of the story.

For the second, I went for The Mousetrap, the longest run of any play in the world, where the snow traps the characters in a manor house.

And finally, I also chose a not so well known title, The Sittaford Mystery, where the snow also impacts the murder investigation. I really like this one and feel it deserves more attention and more readers. And I do like the young Miss Emily Trefusis as an amateur sleuth. And now I want to re-read it again!

Thanks to Kate Jackson for creating this hashtag and check her blog for the next themes here.

#MurderEveryMonday Weather affects the plot

After several heat waves, we finally got some rain yesterday’s evening that hopefully will last for the next days. So, for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went full Winter and chose stories that are impacted by snow and all by Agatha Christie. These were the three titles my brain picked as soon as I read the theme. Love and recommend them all.

The first is the Murder on the Orient Express, one of the best known books by Christie, where the snow stops the train that allows the closed circle of the story.

For the second, I went for The Mousetrap, the longest run of any play in the world, where the snow traps the characters in a manor house.

And finally, I also chose a not so well known title, The Sittaford Mystery, where the snow also impacts the murder investigation. I really like this one and feel it deserves more attention and more readers. And I do like the young Miss Emily Trefusis as an amateur sleuth. And now I want to re-read it again!

Thanks to Kate Jackson for creating this hashtag and check her blog for the next themes here.

#MurderEveryMonday Weather affects the plot

After several heat waves, we finally got some rain yesterday’s evening that hopefully will last for the next days. So, for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went full Winter and chose stories that are impacted by snow and all by Agatha Christie. These were the three titles my brain picked as soon as I read the theme. Love and recommend them all.

The first is the Murder on the Orient Express, one of the best known books by Christie, where the snow stops the train that allows the closed circle of the story.

For the second, I went for The Mousetrap, the longest run of any play in the world, where the snow traps the characters in a manor house.

And finally, I also chose a not so well known title, The Sittaford Mystery, where the snow also impacts the murder investigation. I really like this one and feel it deserves more attention and more readers. And I do like the young Miss Emily Trefusis as an amateur sleuth. And now I want to re-read it again!

Thanks to Kate Jackson for creating this hashtag and check her blog for the next themes here.

#MurderEveryMonday corpse on the floor/ground

Let me tell you that for crime fiction genre books, I was expecting covers with corpses on the ground right, left, and centre, but for some reason I didn’t have as many as I was hoping for. Still, I had enough to choose from, so for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went with The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, a book I can recommend and a dive of Christie into serial murders.

Check Kate Jackson’s blog for more info about the hashtag here.

I’m also adding to the pile this The Problem of the Wire Cage, translated as The mystery of the Park, that I didn’t read yet, but it’s one that I want to. It was published in 1944, in Portugal, and belongs to a collection called Mystery & Action (Mistério & Acção, in Portuguese), with around 80 volumes. You can see the list of the titles at Crimes de Bolso blog (in Portuguese).

#MurderEveryMonday corpse on the floor/ground

Let me tell you that for crime fiction genre books, I was expecting covers with corpses on the ground right, left, and centre, but for some reason I didn’t have as many as I was hoping for. Still, I had enough to choose from, so for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went with The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, a book I can recommend and a dive of Christie into serial murders.

Check Kate Jackson’s blog for more info about the hashtag here.

I’m also adding to the pile this The Problem of the Wire Cage, translated as The mystery of the Park, that I didn’t read yet, but it’s one that I want to. It was published in 1944, in Portugal, and belongs to a collection called Mystery & Action (Mistério & Acção, in Portuguese), with around 80 volumes. You can see the list of the titles at Crimes de Bolso blog (in Portuguese).

#MurderEveryMonday corpse on the floor/ground

Let me tell you that for crime fiction genre books, I was expecting covers with corpses on the ground right, left, and centre, but for some reason I didn’t have as many as I was hoping for. Still, I had enough to choose from, so for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went with The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, a book I can recommend and a dive of Christie into serial murders.

Check Kate Jackson’s blog for more info about the hashtag here.

I’m also adding to the pile this The Problem of the Wire Cage, translated as The mystery of the Park, that I didn’t read yet, but it’s one that I want to. It was published in 1944, in Portugal, and belongs to a collection called Mystery & Action (Mistério & Acção, in Portuguese), with around 80 volumes. You can see the list of the titles at Crimes de Bolso blog (in Portuguese).

#MurderEveryMonday corpse on the floor/ground

Let me tell you that for crime fiction genre books, I was expecting covers with corpses on the ground right, left, and centre, but for some reason I didn’t have as many as I was hoping for. Still, I had enough to choose from, so for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went with The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, a book I can recommend and a dive of Christie into serial murders.

Check Kate Jackson’s blog for more info about the hashtag here.

I’m also adding to the pile this The Problem of the Wire Cage, translated as The mystery of the Park, that I didn’t read yet, but it’s one that I want to. It was published in 1944, in Portugal, and belongs to a collection called Mystery & Action (Mistério & Acção, in Portuguese), with around 80 volumes. You can see the list of the titles at Crimes de Bolso blog (in Portuguese).

#MurderEveryMonday corpse on the floor/ground

Let me tell you that for crime fiction genre books, I was expecting covers with corpses on the ground right, left, and centre, but for some reason I didn’t have as many as I was hoping for. Still, I had enough to choose from, so for today’s #MurderEveryMonday I went with The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, a book I can recommend and a dive of Christie into serial murders.

Check Kate Jackson’s blog for more info about the hashtag here.

I’m also adding to the pile this The Problem of the Wire Cage, translated as The mystery of the Park, that I didn’t read yet, but it’s one that I want to. It was published in 1944, in Portugal, and belongs to a collection called Mystery & Action (Mistério & Acção, in Portuguese), with around 80 volumes. You can see the list of the titles at Crimes de Bolso blog (in Portuguese).

It’s weekend, let’s read: Garden, forests, & humour to get through the summer heat

“May 2nd.—Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, “I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. Nobody shall be invited to stay with me, and if any one calls they will be told that I am out, or away, or sick. I shall spend the months in the garden, and on the plain, and in the forests. I shall watch the things that happen in my garden, and see where I have made mistakes. On wet days I will go into the thickest parts of the forests, where the pine needles are everlastingly dry, and when the sun shines I’ll lie on the heath and see how the broom flares against the clouds. I shall be perpetually happy, because there will be no one to worry me. Out there on the plain there is silence, and where there is silence I have discovered there is peace.”
“Mind you do not get your feet damp,” said the Man of Wrath, removing his cigar.”

This is how The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth Von Arnim starts. Published in 1899, the book is dedicated to her husband, “the man of wrath with some apologies and much love”.

And you can start reading it right now from Project Gutenberg.

It’s weekend, let’s read: Garden, forests, & humour to get through the summer heat

“May 2nd.—Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, “I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. Nobody shall be invited to stay with me, and if any one calls they will be told that I am out, or away, or sick. I shall spend the months in the garden, and on the plain, and in the forests. I shall watch the things that happen in my garden, and see where I have made mistakes. On wet days I will go into the thickest parts of the forests, where the pine needles are everlastingly dry, and when the sun shines I’ll lie on the heath and see how the broom flares against the clouds. I shall be perpetually happy, because there will be no one to worry me. Out there on the plain there is silence, and where there is silence I have discovered there is peace.”
“Mind you do not get your feet damp,” said the Man of Wrath, removing his cigar.”

This is how The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth Von Arnim starts. Published in 1899, the book is dedicated to her husband, “the man of wrath with some apologies and much love”.

And you can start reading it right now from Project Gutenberg.

#MurderEveryMonday Nationality in the title

For today’s #MurderEveryMonday created by Kate Jackson, I decided to share L’Ombre Chinoise translated into Portuguese as The Chinese Shadow. This is number 71 from Colecção Vampiro, a book collection that started in 1949. It was a difficult to find book because it is sought after by different people: those that want to complete the collection, those that want to get George Simenon books (this is an Inspector Maigret), those that are mainly interested in the art covers by the surrealist Cândido Costa Pinto, but also those that collect Alexandre O’Neill works since this title was translated by him.

I do like Simenon’s books and writing. There is a conversation between Simenon and Ian Fleming from 1967 about the writing process, where Simenon says his publisher “has not the right to change a comma—not even to suggest to change a comma” and I think this craftsmanship he puts into the writing, the care he puts into a sentence or a word, shows in the final result. If you want to check the conversation, you can do so here.

#MurderEveryMonday Nationality in the title

For today’s #MurderEveryMonday created by Kate Jackson, I decided to share L’Ombre Chinoise translated into Portuguese as The Chinese Shadow. This is number 71 from Colecção Vampiro, a book collection that started in 1949. It was a difficult to find book because it is sought after by different people: those that want to complete the collection, those that want to get George Simenon books (this is an Inspector Maigret), those that are mainly interested in the art covers by the surrealist Cândido Costa Pinto, but also those that collect Alexandre O’Neill works since this title was translated by him.

I do like Simenon’s books and writing. There is a conversation between Simenon and Ian Fleming from 1967 about the writing process, where Simenon says his publisher “has not the right to change a comma—not even to suggest to change a comma” and I think this craftsmanship he puts into the writing, the care he puts into a sentence or a word, shows in the final result. If you want to check the conversation, you can do so here.

#MurderEveryMonday Nationality in the title

For today’s #MurderEveryMonday created by Kate Jackson, I decided to share L’Ombre Chinoise translated into Portuguese as The Chinese Shadow. This is number 71 from Colecção Vampiro, a book collection that started in 1949. It was a difficult to find book because it is sought after by different people: those that want to complete the collection, those that want to get George Simenon books (this is an Inspector Maigret), those that are mainly interested in the art covers by the surrealist Cândido Costa Pinto, but also those that collect Alexandre O’Neill works since this title was translated by him.

I do like Simenon’s books and writing. There is a conversation between Simenon and Ian Fleming from 1967 about the writing process, where Simenon says his publisher “has not the right to change a comma—not even to suggest to change a comma” and I think this craftsmanship he puts into the writing, the care he puts into a sentence or a word, shows in the final result. If you want to check the conversation, you can do so here.

#MurderEveryMonday Nationality in the title

For today’s #MurderEveryMonday created by Kate Jackson, I decided to share L’Ombre Chinoise translated into Portuguese as The Chinese Shadow. This is number 71 from Colecção Vampiro, a book collection that started in 1949. It was a difficult to find book because it is sought after by different people: those that want to complete the collection, those that want to get George Simenon books (this is an Inspector Maigret), those that are mainly interested in the art covers by the surrealist Cândido Costa Pinto, but also those that collect Alexandre O’Neill works since this title was translated by him.

I do like Simenon’s books and writing. There is a conversation between Simenon and Ian Fleming from 1967 about the writing process, where Simenon says his publisher “has not the right to change a comma—not even to suggest to change a comma” and I think this craftsmanship he puts into the writing, the care he puts into a sentence or a word, shows in the final result. If you want to check the conversation, you can do so here.

#MurderEveryMonday Nationality in the title

For today’s #MurderEveryMonday created by Kate Jackson, I decided to share L’Ombre Chinoise translated into Portuguese as The Chinese Shadow. This is number 71 from Colecção Vampiro, a book collection that started in 1949. It was a difficult to find book because it is sought after by different people: those that want to complete the collection, those that want to get George Simenon books (this is an Inspector Maigret), those that are mainly interested in the art covers by the surrealist Cândido Costa Pinto, but also those that collect Alexandre O’Neill works since this title was translated by him.

I do like Simenon’s books and writing. There is a conversation between Simenon and Ian Fleming from 1967 about the writing process, where Simenon says his publisher “has not the right to change a comma—not even to suggest to change a comma” and I think this craftsmanship he puts into the writing, the care he puts into a sentence or a word, shows in the final result. If you want to check the conversation, you can do so here.

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/rachel-yoder-reads-the-promise

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/rachel-yoder-reads-the-promise

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/rachel-yoder-reads-the-promise

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/rachel-yoder-reads-the-promise

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/rachel-yoder-reads-the-promise

It's weekend, let's read: Olivia in India by O. Douglas
Books you can read right here, right now thanks to Project Gutenberg
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It's weekend, let's read: Olivia in India by O. Douglas
Books you can read right here, right now thanks to Project Gutenberg
#Bookstodon #Books #BookSky #Readings #PublicDomain♥

https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/its-weekend-lets-read-olivia-in-india-by-o-douglas/

It's weekend, let's read: Olivia in India by O. Douglas
Books you can read right here, right now thanks to Project Gutenberg
#Bookstodon #Books #BookSky #Readings #PublicDomain♥

https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/its-weekend-lets-read-olivia-in-india-by-o-douglas/

It's weekend, let's read: Olivia in India by O. Douglas
Books you can read right here, right now thanks to Project Gutenberg
#Bookstodon #Books #BookSky #Readings #PublicDomain♥

https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/its-weekend-lets-read-olivia-in-india-by-o-douglas/

It's weekend, let's read: Olivia in India by O. Douglas
Books you can read right here, right now thanks to Project Gutenberg
#Bookstodon #Books #BookSky #Readings #PublicDomain♥

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#BookReview The unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion is returning to London with a very specific goal in mind. The book is written in diary form and Emma, not only expect us to read it, but writes freely, not redacting it, nor censoring herself, as she tells us at the beginning.

Her goal is encumbered by some family members and the fact she is still underage, but she also has friends and through the pages of Emma’s journals we get to know the characters, the context, including the historical one.We also get to know Emma, which seems a sharp-witted, intelligent, resilient, and independent young woman, but also sometimes with a propensity to “incidents”, which makes some situations quite funny.

I loved this book. This first volume is quite short, but it gives us the context and opens up a series of possibilities that makes me want to read the next ones. There were two things that stood out for me: the prominence of the house, Lapis Lazuli House, that felt like it was almost a character in its own right and I’m quite curious to see how it evolves (can’t resist to a house as a character); and the fact Emma loves books and wants to create a library. At the end of the journal, she lists the books she managed to acquire during this time, and now I’ll be expecting a book list at the end of each journal.

Beth Brower self-published eight books in this series but now Bloomsbury is publishing the collection (the first two volumes being available from today), which means it will be easier for readers to find them. Brower is also writing another volume and it is truly a delight to find a new series to love.

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK to for approve my request of this ARC at NetGalley

#BookReview The unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion is returning to London with a very specific goal in mind. The book is written in diary form and Emma, not only expect us to read it, but writes freely, not redacting it, nor censoring herself, as she tells us at the beginning.

Her goal is encumbered by some family members and the fact she is still underage, but she also has friends and through the pages of Emma’s journals we get to know the characters, the context, including the historical one.We also get to know Emma, which seems a sharp-witted, intelligent, resilient, and independent young woman, but also sometimes with a propensity to “incidents”, which makes some situations quite funny.

I loved this book. This first volume is quite short, but it gives us the context and opens up a series of possibilities that makes me want to read the next ones. There were two things that stood out for me: the prominence of the house, Lapis Lazuli House, that felt like it was almost a character in its own right and I’m quite curious to see how it evolves (can’t resist to a house as a character); and the fact Emma loves books and wants to create a library. At the end of the journal, she lists the books she managed to acquire during this time, and now I’ll be expecting a book list at the end of each journal.

Beth Brower self-published eight books in this series but now Bloomsbury is publishing the collection (the first two volumes being available from today), which means it will be easier for readers to find them. Brower is also writing another volume and it is truly a delight to find a new series to love.

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK to for approve my request of this ARC at NetGalley

#BookReview The unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion is returning to London with a very specific goal in mind. The book is written in diary form and Emma, not only expect us to read it, but writes freely, not redacting it, nor censoring herself, as she tells us at the beginning.

Her goal is encumbered by some family members and the fact she is still underage, but she also has friends and through the pages of Emma’s journals we get to know the characters, the context, including the historical one.We also get to know Emma, which seems a sharp-witted, intelligent, resilient, and independent young woman, but also sometimes with a propensity to “incidents”, which makes some situations quite funny.

I loved this book. This first volume is quite short, but it gives us the context and opens up a series of possibilities that makes me want to read the next ones. There were two things that stood out for me: the prominence of the house, Lapis Lazuli House, that felt like it was almost a character in its own right and I’m quite curious to see how it evolves (can’t resist to a house as a character); and the fact Emma loves books and wants to create a library. At the end of the journal, she lists the books she managed to acquire during this time, and now I’ll be expecting a book list at the end of each journal.

Beth Brower self-published eight books in this series but now Bloomsbury is publishing the collection (the first two volumes being available from today), which means it will be easier for readers to find them. Brower is also writing another volume and it is truly a delight to find a new series to love.

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK to for approve my request of this ARC at NetGalley

#BookReview The unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion is returning to London with a very specific goal in mind. The book is written in diary form and Emma, not only expect us to read it, but writes freely, not redacting it, nor censoring herself, as she tells us at the beginning.

Her goal is encumbered by some family members and the fact she is still underage, but she also has friends and through the pages of Emma’s journals we get to know the characters, the context, including the historical one.We also get to know Emma, which seems a sharp-witted, intelligent, resilient, and independent young woman, but also sometimes with a propensity to “incidents”, which makes some situations quite funny.

I loved this book. This first volume is quite short, but it gives us the context and opens up a series of possibilities that makes me want to read the next ones. There were two things that stood out for me: the prominence of the house, Lapis Lazuli House, that felt like it was almost a character in its own right and I’m quite curious to see how it evolves (can’t resist to a house as a character); and the fact Emma loves books and wants to create a library. At the end of the journal, she lists the books she managed to acquire during this time, and now I’ll be expecting a book list at the end of each journal.

Beth Brower self-published eight books in this series but now Bloomsbury is publishing the collection (the first two volumes being available from today), which means it will be easier for readers to find them. Brower is also writing another volume and it is truly a delight to find a new series to love.

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK to for approve my request of this ARC at NetGalley

#BookReview The unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion is returning to London with a very specific goal in mind. The book is written in diary form and Emma, not only expect us to read it, but writes freely, not redacting it, nor censoring herself, as she tells us at the beginning.

Her goal is encumbered by some family members and the fact she is still underage, but she also has friends and through the pages of Emma’s journals we get to know the characters, the context, including the historical one.We also get to know Emma, which seems a sharp-witted, intelligent, resilient, and independent young woman, but also sometimes with a propensity to “incidents”, which makes some situations quite funny.

I loved this book. This first volume is quite short, but it gives us the context and opens up a series of possibilities that makes me want to read the next ones. There were two things that stood out for me: the prominence of the house, Lapis Lazuli House, that felt like it was almost a character in its own right and I’m quite curious to see how it evolves (can’t resist to a house as a character); and the fact Emma loves books and wants to create a library. At the end of the journal, she lists the books she managed to acquire during this time, and now I’ll be expecting a book list at the end of each journal.

Beth Brower self-published eight books in this series but now Bloomsbury is publishing the collection (the first two volumes being available from today), which means it will be easier for readers to find them. Brower is also writing another volume and it is truly a delight to find a new series to love.

Thank you to Bloomsbury UK to for approve my request of this ARC at NetGalley

#BookReview Re-reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Recently, Elephants can Remember was my choice for a #MurderEveryMonday. At the time, I told you that the book received less than kind reviews when it was first published, and even today several readers don’t seem to like the book much. I also told you that while I acknowledge the book would gain of some editing, I still liked it for several reasons, although I didn’t read it again for some time.

Having reading it again, I stand by my liking. I found several reasons to like this story on this re-reading, but I would like to emphasis two of them.

First, the references to the literary scene by Ariadne Oliver (Christie’s alter ego), that I told you about before, but realised are longer that I thought and found it a delight.

The second has to do with something Agatha Christie also did before in other books. At the end of 1920’s, Ronald Knox (also a member of The Detection Club) and S. S. Van Dine, an American writer, published what were known as rules to write detective fiction, with the goals of improving the genre quality by playing fair by the reader. These rules were guidelines like “this character can not be this or that” or “you can’t use this or that trope” because that’s deceiving the reader and not playing fair.

Now and again, Christie would break some of these rules while still playing fair. It’s like she is challenging herself by defying the rules, but still pulling it off. Like she is saying she can break the rule and still play fair. She also does something similar in Elephants can Remember. Knowing that she still had it at 82 years old (when she wrote this story) makes me very happy, and there’s no lack of editing that can take that pleasure away.

#BookReview Re-reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Recently, Elephants can Remember was my choice for a #MurderEveryMonday. At the time, I told you that the book received less than kind reviews when it was first published, and even today several readers don’t seem to like the book much. I also told you that while I acknowledge the book would gain of some editing, I still liked it for several reasons, although I didn’t read it again for some time.

Having reading it again, I stand by my liking. I found several reasons to like this story on this re-reading, but I would like to emphasis two of them.

First, the references to the literary scene by Ariadne Oliver (Christie’s alter ego), that I told you about before, but realised are longer that I thought and found it a delight.

The second has to do with something Agatha Christie also did before in other books. At the end of 1920’s, Ronald Knox (also a member of The Detection Club) and S. S. Van Dine, an American writer, published what were known as rules to write detective fiction, with the goals of improving the genre quality by playing fair by the reader. These rules were guidelines like “this character can not be this or that” or “you can’t use this or that trope” because that’s deceiving the reader and not playing fair.

Now and again, Christie would break some of these rules while still playing fair. It’s like she is challenging herself by defying the rules, but still pulling it off. Like she is saying she can break the rule and still play fair. She also does something similar in Elephants can Remember. Knowing that she still had it at 82 years old (when she wrote this story) makes me very happy, and there’s no lack of editing that can take that pleasure away.

#BookReview Re-reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Recently, Elephants can Remember was my choice for a #MurderEveryMonday. At the time, I told you that the book received less than kind reviews when it was first published, and even today several readers don’t seem to like the book much. I also told you that while I acknowledge the book would gain of some editing, I still liked it for several reasons, although I didn’t read it again for some time.

Having reading it again, I stand by my liking. I found several reasons to like this story on this re-reading, but I would like to emphasis two of them.

First, the references to the literary scene by Ariadne Oliver (Christie’s alter ego), that I told you about before, but realised are longer that I thought and found it a delight.

The second has to do with something Agatha Christie also did before in other books. At the end of 1920’s, Ronald Knox (also a member of The Detection Club) and S. S. Van Dine, an American writer, published what were known as rules to write detective fiction, with the goals of improving the genre quality by playing fair by the reader. These rules were guidelines like “this character can not be this or that” or “you can’t use this or that trope” because that’s deceiving the reader and not playing fair.

Now and again, Christie would break some of these rules while still playing fair. It’s like she is challenging herself by defying the rules, but still pulling it off. Like she is saying she can break the rule and still play fair. She also does something similar in Elephants can Remember. Knowing that she still had it at 82 years old (when she wrote this story) makes me very happy, and there’s no lack of editing that can take that pleasure away.

#BookReview Re-reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Recently, Elephants can Remember was my choice for a #MurderEveryMonday. At the time, I told you that the book received less than kind reviews when it was first published, and even today several readers don’t seem to like the book much. I also told you that while I acknowledge the book would gain of some editing, I still liked it for several reasons, although I didn’t read it again for some time.

Having reading it again, I stand by my liking. I found several reasons to like this story on this re-reading, but I would like to emphasis two of them.

First, the references to the literary scene by Ariadne Oliver (Christie’s alter ego), that I told you about before, but realised are longer that I thought and found it a delight.

The second has to do with something Agatha Christie also did before in other books. At the end of 1920’s, Ronald Knox (also a member of The Detection Club) and S. S. Van Dine, an American writer, published what were known as rules to write detective fiction, with the goals of improving the genre quality by playing fair by the reader. These rules were guidelines like “this character can not be this or that” or “you can’t use this or that trope” because that’s deceiving the reader and not playing fair.

Now and again, Christie would break some of these rules while still playing fair. It’s like she is challenging herself by defying the rules, but still pulling it off. Like she is saying she can break the rule and still play fair. She also does something similar in Elephants can Remember. Knowing that she still had it at 82 years old (when she wrote this story) makes me very happy, and there’s no lack of editing that can take that pleasure away.

#BookReview Re-reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Recently, Elephants can Remember was my choice for a #MurderEveryMonday. At the time, I told you that the book received less than kind reviews when it was first published, and even today several readers don’t seem to like the book much. I also told you that while I acknowledge the book would gain of some editing, I still liked it for several reasons, although I didn’t read it again for some time.

Having reading it again, I stand by my liking. I found several reasons to like this story on this re-reading, but I would like to emphasis two of them.

First, the references to the literary scene by Ariadne Oliver (Christie’s alter ego), that I told you about before, but realised are longer that I thought and found it a delight.

The second has to do with something Agatha Christie also did before in other books. At the end of 1920’s, Ronald Knox (also a member of The Detection Club) and S. S. Van Dine, an American writer, published what were known as rules to write detective fiction, with the goals of improving the genre quality by playing fair by the reader. These rules were guidelines like “this character can not be this or that” or “you can’t use this or that trope” because that’s deceiving the reader and not playing fair.

Now and again, Christie would break some of these rules while still playing fair. It’s like she is challenging herself by defying the rules, but still pulling it off. Like she is saying she can break the rule and still play fair. She also does something similar in Elephants can Remember. Knowing that she still had it at 82 years old (when she wrote this story) makes me very happy, and there’s no lack of editing that can take that pleasure away.

They Don't Want You To Read - Corbett Report

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They Don't Want You To Read - Corbett Report

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They Don't Want You To Read - Corbett Report

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They Don't Want You To Read - Corbett Report

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They Don't Want You To Read - Corbett Report

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Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/sheila-heti-reads-earthly-delights

Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”

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Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”

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Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”

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Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights”

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I briefly mentioned this before but this is the new page of offerings -- you can also view them on my website. Let me make you something powerful for your altar, craft you a sigil to work into your practice! I'm also offering readings:

Dreams are incredible tools for magical work. We literally experience our astral body in dreams, and when we learn to ask for specific answers they often reveal themselves to us. Even when we don't ask, sometimes something particularly important nags at us through recurring dreams or recurring motifs in dreams: a figure that keeps showing up, a sensation, people from our past. If you'd like to get into something that's been coming up for you, feel free to book a reading and I'd love to dive deeper into how to disentangle these threads.

Likewise, sometimes certain symbols come up again and again, and you might waver between how to engage with it. I'd love to hold space for that kind of weaving as well.

If any of this resonates or feels needed in your life, please feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to offer any of this on a "pay what you can" basis. Ultimately, these offerings are as a result of needing income to keep ourselves going and normally I'd like to offer them for free, period, and have for some of you who continue exchange with me frequently. However, for those of you who can afford to, I would love to offer them in commerce for the time being with hopes that eventually I can return to a purely organic mode of Practice and knowledge sharing.

#Dreams #Pagan #Witchcraft #Readings #Psychism #Occult

I briefly mentioned this before but this is the new page of offerings -- you can also view them on my website. Let me make you something powerful for your altar, craft you a sigil to work into your practice! I'm also offering readings:

Dreams are incredible tools for magical work. We literally experience our astral body in dreams, and when we learn to ask for specific answers they often reveal themselves to us. Even when we don't ask, sometimes something particularly important nags at us through recurring dreams or recurring motifs in dreams: a figure that keeps showing up, a sensation, people from our past. If you'd like to get into something that's been coming up for you, feel free to book a reading and I'd love to dive deeper into how to disentangle these threads.

Likewise, sometimes certain symbols come up again and again, and you might waver between how to engage with it. I'd love to hold space for that kind of weaving as well.

If any of this resonates or feels needed in your life, please feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to offer any of this on a "pay what you can" basis. Ultimately, these offerings are as a result of needing income to keep ourselves going and normally I'd like to offer them for free, period, and have for some of you who continue exchange with me frequently. However, for those of you who can afford to, I would love to offer them in commerce for the time being with hopes that eventually I can return to a purely organic mode of Practice and knowledge sharing.

#Dreams #Pagan #Witchcraft #Readings #Psychism #Occult

I briefly mentioned this before but this is the new page of offerings -- you can also view them on my website. Let me make you something powerful for your altar, craft you a sigil to work into your practice! I'm also offering readings:

Dreams are incredible tools for magical work. We literally experience our astral body in dreams, and when we learn to ask for specific answers they often reveal themselves to us. Even when we don't ask, sometimes something particularly important nags at us through recurring dreams or recurring motifs in dreams: a figure that keeps showing up, a sensation, people from our past. If you'd like to get into something that's been coming up for you, feel free to book a reading and I'd love to dive deeper into how to disentangle these threads.

Likewise, sometimes certain symbols come up again and again, and you might waver between how to engage with it. I'd love to hold space for that kind of weaving as well.

If any of this resonates or feels needed in your life, please feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to offer any of this on a "pay what you can" basis. Ultimately, these offerings are as a result of needing income to keep ourselves going and normally I'd like to offer them for free, period, and have for some of you who continue exchange with me frequently. However, for those of you who can afford to, I would love to offer them in commerce for the time being with hopes that eventually I can return to a purely organic mode of Practice and knowledge sharing.

#Dreams #Pagan #Witchcraft #Readings #Psychism #Occult

I briefly mentioned this before but this is the new page of offerings -- you can also view them on my website. Let me make you something powerful for your altar, craft you a sigil to work into your practice! I'm also offering readings:

Dreams are incredible tools for magical work. We literally experience our astral body in dreams, and when we learn to ask for specific answers they often reveal themselves to us. Even when we don't ask, sometimes something particularly important nags at us through recurring dreams or recurring motifs in dreams: a figure that keeps showing up, a sensation, people from our past. If you'd like to get into something that's been coming up for you, feel free to book a reading and I'd love to dive deeper into how to disentangle these threads.

Likewise, sometimes certain symbols come up again and again, and you might waver between how to engage with it. I'd love to hold space for that kind of weaving as well.

If any of this resonates or feels needed in your life, please feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to offer any of this on a "pay what you can" basis. Ultimately, these offerings are as a result of needing income to keep ourselves going and normally I'd like to offer them for free, period, and have for some of you who continue exchange with me frequently. However, for those of you who can afford to, I would love to offer them in commerce for the time being with hopes that eventually I can return to a purely organic mode of Practice and knowledge sharing.

#Dreams #Pagan #Witchcraft #Readings #Psychism #Occult

I briefly mentioned this before but this is the new page of offerings -- you can also view them on my website. Let me make you something powerful for your altar, craft you a sigil to work into your practice! I'm also offering readings:

Dreams are incredible tools for magical work. We literally experience our astral body in dreams, and when we learn to ask for specific answers they often reveal themselves to us. Even when we don't ask, sometimes something particularly important nags at us through recurring dreams or recurring motifs in dreams: a figure that keeps showing up, a sensation, people from our past. If you'd like to get into something that's been coming up for you, feel free to book a reading and I'd love to dive deeper into how to disentangle these threads.

Likewise, sometimes certain symbols come up again and again, and you might waver between how to engage with it. I'd love to hold space for that kind of weaving as well.

If any of this resonates or feels needed in your life, please feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to offer any of this on a "pay what you can" basis. Ultimately, these offerings are as a result of needing income to keep ourselves going and normally I'd like to offer them for free, period, and have for some of you who continue exchange with me frequently. However, for those of you who can afford to, I would love to offer them in commerce for the time being with hopes that eventually I can return to a purely organic mode of Practice and knowledge sharing.

#Dreams #Pagan #Witchcraft #Readings #Psychism #Occult

Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/min-jin-lee-reads-testing

Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/min-jin-lee-reads-testing

Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-writers-voice/min-jin-lee-reads-testing

Min Jin Lee Reads “Testing”

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