tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post7816471882921168184..comments2024-03-27T18:53:47.254-04:00Comments on Staircase Wit: Bookshelf Traveling - October 17, mostly mysteriesCLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-71697688609824527272020-10-19T20:38:51.877-04:002020-10-19T20:38:51.877-04:00Dewena, Charlotte MacLeod is a blast from the past...Dewena, Charlotte MacLeod is a blast from the past! I have certainly read some of her books but so long ago I don't remember any of them; interesting to see some are now available as ebooks. https://mainecrimewriters.com/2013/05/16/rediscovering-maine-mystery-writer-charlotte-macleod/<br /><br />Cath, I knew Christie's second marriage was to an archeologist and knew it must have informed some of her work but I hadn't realized she wrote any nonfiction. I will take a look for it. The Seven Dials Mystery is another good standalone, especially for someone like me who can sleep past an alarm clock quite easily. It is partly because of staying up too late reading! I always swear I won't do it again. Ha! <br /><br />All Tey is well worth reading, Katrina and Tracy, but I think A Shilling for Candles is my least favorite. Have you read any of the Nicola Upson continuations? I think I just read one and found it convincing but unnerving. I thought she got the language/style right but intellectually I knew it wasn't Tey and felt unhappy. I did pick up at least one more, however. CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-87399123069833327032020-10-18T15:47:54.086-04:002020-10-18T15:47:54.086-04:00So many interesting books here. My favorite book b...So many interesting books here. My favorite book by Tey is The Franchise Affair. I like the Inspector Grant series a lot. I have read all of the Peter Wimsey books by Sayers, but on rereading, I have found that there are only a few I like the second time around.<br /><br />I used to find Hercule Poirot irritating, but the more of those books that I have read, the better I like him. And I have been watching the Poirot series, which is icing on the cake. I am currently reading Dumb Witness, #16 in the series, but the copy I am reading is titled Poirot Loses a Client. I especially like this one because Hasting's is narrating it. <br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-17757880850493622652020-10-17T19:05:49.338-04:002020-10-17T19:05:49.338-04:00Great minds think alike - my bookshelf this week f...Great minds think alike - my bookshelf this week features Sayers and Tey too. My favourite by Tey is A Daughter of Time and she convinced me too at the time, now I'm not so sure. I like the sound of the New Zealand books. Thanks for the Boston link, I have a friend who loves the place and used to live there so I'll pass it on to her. It's so sad and shocking that you've had to write condolence notes.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-14146880813988542932020-10-17T18:07:21.120-04:002020-10-17T18:07:21.120-04:00I'm a fan of They Came to Baghdad too. It alwa...I'm a fan of They Came to Baghdad too. It always intrigues me to compare her fictional books set in that area with her non-fiction book, Come, Tell Me How You Live, all about her arcghaeological digs with her husband, also in Iraq, Syria, etc. <br /><br />I've read two Steven Saylor books, the first two in his Gordianus the Finder series. I thought they were excellent. I also loved A Daughter of Time (she convinced me with her argument) but have yet to read Brat Farrar. It's my last Tey and I'm stupidly reluctant to have read them all and have no more to read. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-13013603302744021702020-10-17T17:35:04.622-04:002020-10-17T17:35:04.622-04:00I agree with you about Miss Marple and Tommy and T...I agree with you about Miss Marple and Tommy and Tuppence! My first love was Lord Peter. I'm tempted to join the Boston FB group because I have a whole shelf of Boston books and am fascinated by the history of it. But as I've recently stopped spending much time on FB I'd better pass it up. I think I told you though that I'm a big fan of Charlotte MacLeod's mysteries, many that were set in Boston. Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.com