I think The Body in the Library might be my favourite too, but it’s a tough choice.
Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibs
#OnThisDay in 1890 'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie was born. Our favourite story has to be 'The Body in the Library'.
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Verity Wilde
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Verity Wilde
@WildeV
Journalist, sport fan, musical geek, bookworm. Day job is at BBC What in the World. Views my own, RTs not endorsements https://t.co/NPGmvP4eg3
Northamptonshire/London Katılım Haziran 2009
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@JanetEmson @ViragoBooks @panmacmillan @ScribnerUK @simonschusterUK @PenguinUKBooks I love the Cazalet Chronicles. But I also love Provincial Lady. The former will take you longer to read and you may end up buying the sequels, the latter will make you laugh more. Swings and roundabouts…
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Hi @WestNorthants no one came and did the rubbish collection in Semilong on Thursday - or on Friday or Saturday to make it up - so after three of the hottest days in the year out in the sun, it's starting to really smell. Any chance of a collection on Monday?
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@pajjy42 @jo_thomas01 I don't like Stilton, but I can imagine that that would really work if you do. If you know what I mean!
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@WildeV @jo_thomas01 We do similar but add some stilton cheese to it instead of Parmasen
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Courgettes. I have courgettes #inmyfridge. Apart from ratatouille, any other suggestions what I can do with them? I was thinking maybe a pasta dish, but open to suggestions. #Inmykitchen #Vegbox
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INCREDIBLE! 👏
Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara are the first unseeded duo to win the Men's Doubles #Wimbledon title since 2014 🏆
#BBCTennis
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Guess what? Wednesday night is points failure and broken down train night… today it was all looking ok right up until the point where my train was due to leave…
Verity Wilde@WildeV
For the second night in a row, Euston is chaos with delays & cancellations left right & centre. @LNRailway the 1656 was cancelled, the 1719 is delayed, the 1726 is only 8 carriages and was too full to board 10 minutes before departure - how am I meant to get back to Northampton?
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For the second night in a row, Euston is chaos with delays & cancellations left right & centre. @LNRailway the 1656 was cancelled, the 1719 is delayed, the 1726 is only 8 carriages and was too full to board 10 minutes before departure - how am I meant to get back to Northampton?
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@LNRailway Thanks Ben - how do I delay repay for what is going to be at least an hour delay given all the various cancellations I outlined? The form only gives one option, but I’m now cancelled and too full to board on the next..
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@WildeV I'm afraid every service towards Euston has been affected by a broken down train, apologies for the delays. -Ben
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@JanetEmson @BL_Publishing OH that does! I love those really atmospheric ones - now I'm trying to remember what I read recently that had someone trying to find their way through London in the fog, but it just won't come to me.
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@WildeV @BL_Publishing Murder during a London peasouper fog! Sounds brilliant.
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Thanks @BL_Publishing for Before the Fact by Anthony Berkeley Cox writing as Francis Iles, Forest Silver by E M Ward and London Particular by Christianna Brand, all out now.
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And so it came to pass that on the third day Ben did manage to exceed his word quota (812) and thus set the stage for the final confrontation between good and evil 😛
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@JanetEmson I have that on my tbr pile, thank you for the nudge. I recently read one of the Cesare Aldo mysteries - set in Medici-era Florence - and liked it so much i bought another. Also just finished the 6th Su Lin mystery by Ovidia Yu, set in WW2 Singapore - the 8th is out in June
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@JanetEmson @BroadhurstBooks The only hardbacks I buy (or ask for) these days are nonfiction, especially ones where I’m not convinced a paperback will arrive quickly (if ever). And they still sit on the shelf for ages because they’re too big and heavy for the commute. I do buy airport versions tho…
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@BroadhurstBooks I know that if I buy a book in hardback inevitably I still won’t have read it by the time it’s out in paperback. So now I rarely buy hardbacks. Plus I can support two authors by buying two paperbacks for more or less the same price as one hardback.
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Having ambivalent feelings about hardback books
As a bookseller, I know they are a vital source of income for publishers, bookshops etc
But as a reader, I worry they create a two-tier reading system, with your access to new books restricted by your ability to pay for hardbacks
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@rachkmc @RevDaniel Not gonna lie, it would be fun to have a wave of friends to lovers after so many enemies to lovers over the last few years. And I say that as someone who likes e to l and is currently reading one. I just fancy a change.
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@RevDaniel and it's a huge trope in romance. not my personal fav romance trope but certainly one of them. it sells well for my clients
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everyone is going to be wanting some friends to lovers now that we have Penelope and Colin dropping next month
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@JanetEmson @LadyDolby you could start with crochet? Less needles, fairly easy and you can go quite big quite quickly...
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@LadyDolby I know I’d buy all the stuff and get fed up because I couldn’t do it properly straight away 😂
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“Take these broken wings and learn to fly”
I cannot believe it. God is so good. I’m on a @Beyonce record. And not on one but TWO songs. You can catch me on those harms on Tyrant too!
Thank you Beyoncé for shining your light. Thank you thank you thank you😭
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@greg_jenner We saw it in the cinema - I want to say just pre-covid, but I think the different title in different countries thing didn't help it at all - it confused people and made people thing the different names were because it was pants. Which it wasn't/isn't.
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Lift off! Thrilled, over the moon to be appointed BBC News's first News Editor for Streaming - creating single story streams for @BBCNews site/app, @BBCiPlayer and BBC.com Running a brilliantly creative team and working with others experimenting in this space
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