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My last entry for #DeanStreetDecember is another Molly Clavering's, & another success: BECAUSE OF SAM (1954) bit.ly/3PaDzqO - a delightful way of ending 1 of the most fun reading events of the year! Thanks @LyzzyBee_Libro for hosting, & @DeanStPress for the reprints.

@MallikaRamacha1 Thanks for sharing, Mallika 😊

Fanda Classiclit: The Dalai Lama's Cat (2012) by David Michie #ReadingtheMeow2025 @Fanda_A klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-da…

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From John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, published 80 years ago in January 1945

@GaiaBird1 @MallikaRamacha1 @whisperinggums @biblioklept Thanks for the shoutout for #AgathaChristieSS25, Paula😊

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@ConMartin @agathachristie That's one of my favorites. Just brilliant!

@agathachristie Five Little Pigs! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/01/five-l…

Do you enjoy Christie's retrospective murders? 🕰️ The Queen of Crime wrote several mysteries where the crime being investigated took place several years earlier. These books tend to focus more on conversation, memory, and psychological clues.

An important announcement: I’ve just discovered that rosefinches exist.

@DeanStPress @ConMartin @LyzzyBee_Libro Will save this in my wishlist.

Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer by Molly Clavering #DeanStreetDecember24 @LyzzyBee_Libro #bookreview perfectretort.blogspot.com/2024/12/mrs-lo…

10 favourite novelists in no particular order: 1. Zola 2. Agatha Christie 3. Dumas (père) 4. Molly Clavering 5. Edith Wharton 6. Barbara Pym 7. Anne Brönte 8. Maeve Binchy 9. John Grisham 10. Noel Streatfeild

My 4th #DeanStreetDecember and also 4th D.E. Stevenson: KATE HARDY (1947) bit.ly/4iIx1gN - not my favorite perhaps, but it's charming and witty, with a bit of mystery. @LyzzyBee_Libro @DeanStPress @FurrowedMiddle

Up on the blog today, my review of A WINTER AWAY (1957) by Elizabeth Fair for #DeanStreetDecember: bit.ly/3P129uf @DeanStPress @LyzzyBee_Libro

Introverts have a dark side. They keep it hidden. Their anger is slow, but once they reach boiling point, there is no controlling them. This is why they avoid conflict. An upset introvert is dangerous, unpredictable, and ruthlessly cold. Never push them. Ever.

Another review for #DeanStreetDecember, another wholesome read: NEAR NEIGHBOURS by Molly Clavering bit.ly/4gbW5eq - loved everything about it, the characters, family interactions, the warmth and kindness that permeate throughout the story. @DeanStPress @LyzzyBee_Libro

@MallikaRamacha1 Thanks for joining, Mallika! I've found audiobooks for the four stories collections, narrated by Hugh Fraser & 1 of them by David Suchet. It's gonna be fun!

@Fanda_A I'd love to, Fanda. And hopefully plan better this time that I can read them all!

I gladly announce the return of the Agatha Christie Short Stories Read Along next year! AGATHA CHRISTIE SHORT STORIES 2025 #AgathaChristieSS25. Check the 24 short stories we're going to read here: bit.ly/41rdBXu. Will you join me?

On the blog today, I reviewed a fascinating debut of historical mystery set in 18th century China, with an imperial librarian as the sleuth: JADE DRAGON MOUNTAIN (2015) by Elsa Hart bit.ly/3ZHULtM

@DeanStPress @LyzzyBee_Libro Thanks 😊

@Fanda_A @LyzzyBee_Libro Many thanks for this charming review - great stuff! 🥰

My 1st review for #DeanStreetDecember is BABBACOMBE'S (1941) by Susan Scarlett bit.ly/49qN5zr - a charming book, reminded me not a little of Zola's The Ladies Paradise! @LyzzyBee_Libro @DeanStPress