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Book Review for “Parker Pyne Investigates” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "Agatha Christie once again demonstrates her mastery of the short form mystery with Parker Pyne Investigates—short stories of crime and detection featuring Parker Pyne, certainly one of the most unconventional private investigators ever to pursue a hot lead. Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are you happy?

Book Review for “Breakfast at Tiffany's” by Truman Capote. Summary: "It's New York in the 1940's, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up-nose, a heartbreaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease.

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Book Review for “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury. Summary: “The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. …

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Book Review for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” by Muriel Spark. Summary: "She was a schoolmistress with a difference. Proud, cultured, romantic, her ideas were progressive, even shocking. And when she decided to transform a group of young girls under her tutelage into the 'creme de la creme' of Marcia Blaine school, no one could have predicted the outcome."

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Book Review for “Offshore” by Penelope Fitzgerald. Summary: "On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of the slightly disreputable, the temporarily lost, and the patently eccentric live on ho...

Review for “The Veldt” a Short Story by Ray Bradbury. Summary: "The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants." Age: Adult; Genres: Genre - Science Fiction; Settings: Era/s: Vintage Futuristic; Location/s: Somewhere on earth, I suppose; Other Categories: Short Story, Classics.

Book Review for “The Man in the Brown Suit” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. 

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The WWW Wednesday meme This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and is a great way to do an update on your reading and plans. I know lots of people do this one every week, but my being such a slow reader, you'd all get bored seeing the same thing week after week.

Our lucky winning number for the 38th Classics Club Spin is... Seventeen! According to my announcement post, this means I will be reading... "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. According to Goodread...

Book Review for “Casino Royale” (James Bond #1) by Ian Fleming. Summary: "British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to play in a high-stakes baccarat game in an effort to take down Le Chiffre, a financier for the villainous SMERSH. Things get more complex when Bond is partnered with Vesper Lynd, a beautiful and smart MI6 employee with a dark secret."

Book Review for “Miss Plum and Miss Penny” by Dorothy Evelyn Smith. Summary: "Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbour who keeps her in mind for a future wife, and Hubert, a neurotic widowed priest with an alienated son.

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