Back at the start of 2020, I decided to give the British Crime Classics Challenge a go. My aim was small, to read one British Crime Classic each month, to give my library trips some sort of goal. Normally I just wander around until something takes my fancy. Of course, then 2020 happened and the… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Round-Up
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British Crime Classics Challenge Update: The Good and the Bad
Sometimes, you read a long-forgotten book and you wonder how it could ever be ignored. And then you read others and wonder why they were rescued. Here, I have an example of each. Guess which is which. The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Dalton Moray Invited to visit an aunt she had only just… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Update: The Good and the Bad
British Crime Classics Challenge Update
Having come to the end of the unread murder mysteries on my shelves, and with the library still not reopened, these two reads were found via Amazon Kindle, for a very reasonable price. I’m lining up some others, though the library has now reopened (huzzah!). The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson Murder in the… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Update
British Crime Classics Update
There is something very comforting about detective fiction. Better than the happy-ever-after of romance, it’s the (hopefully) neat tying-up of all loose ends and the “Oh! Of course!” or “Hah! Knew it!” of the answer. It’s the question asked at the start of the novel being answered. I like puzzles – I’ve whiled away several… Continue reading British Crime Classics Update
Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
The joys of furlough mean that I have lots of time to read, and to stay on track with my British Crime Classics Challenge. On the other hand, with the libraries currently closed and furlough also meaning slightly less money for stocking my own library *sob*, I’m having to rummage through my shelves for some… Continue reading Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
At the start of the year, I decided to take up the Crime Classics Reading Challenge, with the aim of reading at least one new Golden Age crime classic each month. Mostly, this is so I have something specific to look for when I wander through the library, but in my clearing out of the… Continue reading Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
Reading Plans: The British Crime Classics Challenge
This year, I plan to give my visits to the library and my reading a little bit of purpose: I’m taking up the British Crime Classics Challenge. The rules for this challenge are simple. In fact, there’s just the one rule. To read British crime novels originally published before 1965. Now, of course, I could… Continue reading Reading Plans: The British Crime Classics Challenge
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