Voting is now open for the Dream Reprint of the year @ CrossexaminingCrime. There are 15 books nominated and to help you in making a choice, The Puzzle Doctor has summarized the books over here. So, have a look at the post and then cast your vote. Who knows, the Publisher gods might smile down … Continue reading Vote Now: Dream Reprint of the Year
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Dream Reprint of the Year: Please Nominate
We all have read vintage mysteries that we picked up from dusty shelves in second-hand bookstores or libraries and loved them and thought that yes, these need to be reprinted. Well, I had this idea while nominating books for Reprint of the Year Award that it’d be fun to see what books we would select … Continue reading Dream Reprint of the Year: Please Nominate
Happy 2025
I am travelling and don't have easy access to laptop. Shall post now in 2025. Wishing you all a wonderful 2025.
Vote Now: Reprint of the Year Award 2024
Voting is now open for the Reprint of the Year Award 2024, over here. Following are the two books I nominated for the award (Hint, Hint:) The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart A Grave Undertaking by Lionel White Voting Closes 30th December. Vote Now!
Short Story Wednesday: Murderers Make Mistakes by Freeman Wills Crofts (1947)
Can you pit your wits against Inspector French? In this short story collection, Freeman Wills Crofts challenges the reader to deduct the solution before his astute inspector solves the case. Part One titled Double Stories has 12 stories in all, with each story divided into two parts. In the first part we see the murderer … Continue reading Short Story Wednesday: Murderers Make Mistakes by Freeman Wills Crofts (1947)
Poetry: The Tyger by William Blake
One of my favourite poems presented most powerfully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tkPDCK5e4s
Sign-Up: The Backlist Reader Challenge
Like last year, I am signing up for the Backlist Reader challenge @The Bookwyrm's Hoard. I have a whole list of authors whom I have read and loved and want to read all their books. If you want to sign-up for it too, here's where you do it. I have set no specific number of … Continue reading Sign-Up: The Backlist Reader Challenge
Wrap-Up: Reading by the Numbers 2022
Have also successfully completed another challenge hosted by Bev @ My Reader's Block. this time: Reading by the Numbers. Here are the books read (and thankfully also reviewed): Goal: 51 books The Religious Body by Catherine Aird Life Cycle by Harry Carmichael The Seeds of Hate by Harry Carmichael Death of a Star by G.D.H. … Continue reading Wrap-Up: Reading by the Numbers 2022
Question: First-Person Narrative
Of late, I find it hard to get into first-person narratives. I used to enjoy such narratives but now I can hardly bear to read a few paragraphs of the book with such a p-o-v before giving it up. Has it ever happened to you?
Terrible: Two Bookshops gutted in the US
I have never been to the US and had never heard of these bookshops before reading about their destruction by a riotous mob but it has left me feeling terrible. The thought of all those books being charred to ashes perhaps never to be recovered has left me depressed and sorrowful. What do people gain … Continue reading Terrible: Two Bookshops gutted in the US
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