There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
With time being at a premium nowadays and the review pile towering up, I have decided to write short reviews for the books read.KARTOGRAPHY (OR HOW TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR EX AND HIS/ HER SPOUSE) by KAMILA SHAMSIEI first discovered Kamila Shamsie in the late Nineties when I read her book Salt and Saffron. … Continue reading Short Reviews: Kartography, Murder Among Friends, Too Many Cooks
I had heard of Rex Stout but had not realised how popular Nero Wolfe was before I started blogging. Last year then I read my first Wolfe: The Mother Hunt. I loved Archie's narrative skills but wasn't too enamoured of Wolfe's detection or the plot. Fellow mystery enthusiast, Rishi Arora @ Classic Mystery Hunt, then … Continue reading Forgotten Books: Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout
"How old are you?"That was for my benefit. he had a triple conviction: that a) his animus toward women made it impossible for him to judge any single specimen; that b) I needed only an hour with any woman alive to tag her; and that c) he could help out by asking some blunt impertinent … Continue reading Forgotten Book: R is for Rex Stout’s The Mother Hunt
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