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Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.
You know that feeling when you’re …
Annoying.
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Writer. Code dabbler. Former TV/film/commercial video producer/director/actor.
Married. Two bratty sons.
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skribe finished reading Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
skribe started reading Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.
You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had …
skribe finished reading Black Ops by Chris Ryan (Danny Black, #7)
After someone brutally murders three former SAS soldiers, Danny Black is ordered to find and …
Good book with weak ending. Loved the antagonist.
Black Ops by Chris Ryan (Danny Black, #7)
After someone brutally murders three former SAS soldiers, Danny Black is ordered to find and eliminate the culprit.
skribe started reading Black Ops by Chris Ryan (Danny Black, #7)
Black Ops by Chris Ryan (Danny Black, #7)
After someone brutally murders three former SAS soldiers, Danny Black is ordered to find and eliminate the culprit.
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Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians #1) by Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing …
skribe reviewed Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young …
Review: Body in Library
3 stars
Despite reading a fair bit of Christie, this is my first Miss Marple. I can't say I'm impressed. The plot feels overly contrived, especially the lengths Christie goes to in order to manufacture the titular aspect (i.e. the body in the library). The fact that she needs to add a foreword explaining it says that there are problems with the concept.
For me, the biggest problem is that Miss Marple is barely in it. I'm not sure if this is typical or not for Miss Marple mysteries, but I found it annoying, especially in comparison to the Hercule Poirot stories. Poirot is central to the plot, leading the reader through the various discoveries and twists, and then POW, at the end, the grand reveal. In this, Miss Marple sits on the sidelines sipping tea with a smug look on her face because she solved the mystery half-way through the book, …
Despite reading a fair bit of Christie, this is my first Miss Marple. I can't say I'm impressed. The plot feels overly contrived, especially the lengths Christie goes to in order to manufacture the titular aspect (i.e. the body in the library). The fact that she needs to add a foreword explaining it says that there are problems with the concept.
For me, the biggest problem is that Miss Marple is barely in it. I'm not sure if this is typical or not for Miss Marple mysteries, but I found it annoying, especially in comparison to the Hercule Poirot stories. Poirot is central to the plot, leading the reader through the various discoveries and twists, and then POW, at the end, the grand reveal. In this, Miss Marple sits on the sidelines sipping tea with a smug look on her face because she solved the mystery half-way through the book, and she's waiting for you to catch up. As I said, annoying.
skribe started reading Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians #1) by Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians #1) by Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing …
skribe finished reading Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie: Body in the Library (2022, HarperCollins Publishers)
Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She …
skribe rated The Hollow Places: 4 stars
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Pray they are hungry.
Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the …
skribe finished reading The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Pray they are hungry.
Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered …
Although it didn't 'grab me', I enjoyed this very much. I'm not really into horror. I don't get creeped out when reading it, but this was enjoyable. The characters themseves dragged me along on their journey. They feel very normal, which I loved. I could imagine my wife and I reacting in the same way, especially the stupid quips in the face of impending doom. I also love that Kingfisher is very easy to read.
skribe started reading The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Pray they are hungry.
Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the …
skribe stopped reading Dubliners by James Joyce
Dubliners is a collection of vignettes of Dublin life at the end of the 19th …
I iked it, but now is not the right time for this. I'll likely revisit it later.
skribe started reading Dubliners by James Joyce
Dubliners is a collection of vignettes of Dublin life at the end of the 19th …
This is by James Joyce not Ellman