tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post685253919608766879..comments2024-03-28T05:53:48.696-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in December 2022TracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-73934221584459592902023-01-24T20:36:26.749-08:002023-01-24T20:36:26.749-08:00Thanks, Emma. I enjoyed parts of Anna Karenina a l...Thanks, Emma. I enjoyed parts of Anna Karenina a lot, and other parts got me down. But well worth the read. <br /><br />The Mysterious Mr. Quin is quite different and the stories followed a formula to a certain extent. But I was quite fond of the characters. Especially Mr. Satterthwaite.<br /><br />I am very optimistic for this reading year, and I hope yours is good also.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-56348792107659194522023-01-24T18:47:07.873-08:002023-01-24T18:47:07.873-08:00Congrats on finishing Anna Karenina, I really enjo...Congrats on finishing Anna Karenina, I really enjoyed this one, a few decades ago!<br />I don't think I have read The Mysterious Mr. Quin yet!<br />Happy new year of reading!Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426924864218623976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-39940618711389145682023-01-24T12:29:23.857-08:002023-01-24T12:29:23.857-08:00Margot, My Agatha Christie reading went down in 20...Margot, My Agatha Christie reading went down in 2022, after read a lot of the Hercule Poirot series in 2020 aand 2021. 2023 will be the year of Miss Marple mysteries and maybe after that I will read some more of her standalone books.<br /><br />I am a big Jane Haddam fan. I need to finish the series soon. And I have read a lot of Charlotte MacLeod's books also, although not recently. <br /><br />Yes, my January reading is going well, mostly crime fiction, but some other genres also.<br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-14927849462539999192023-01-24T11:06:18.059-08:002023-01-24T11:06:18.059-08:00You read several authors whose work I really like,...You read several authors whose work I really like, Tracy. Of course I think you can't go far wrong with Christie. And Jane Haddam's series is nicely done, too. I like the Philadelphia setting and the Demarkian character. I see Charlotte MacLeod here, too; I've enjoyed her work. Banville is a bit 'hit or miss' with me, but he can write an absorbing story. I hope your January reading's been good.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-15386003733129245662023-01-24T10:22:35.741-08:002023-01-24T10:22:35.741-08:00Cath, I want to read the next book following A Dea...Cath, I want to read the next book following A Death of No Importance, and see how the series continues. <br /><br />I am glad I did not give up on Anna Karenina, but I am not sure I could read it again. At least half of it is too depressing for me. But I can see the good points of the book. And I learned a lot about Russia at the time.<br /><br />I am thirty pages away from finishing the Mitford book by Laura Thompson. I have the one by Mary Lovell also, and I plan to read some from the beginning to see how they differ. Fortunately I have read The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford because that book and others written by her are referred to a lot in The Six. Lovell's book is about 150 pages longer than Thompson's but it may be stylistically more my type of reading.<br /><br />I am not that familiar with The Count of Monte Christo, but boy is it long. I am not even that knowledgeable on Dickens' works, but Our Mutual Friend sounds more to my liking.<br /><br />I know what you mean about cutting back on the number of books. What I really want to do is review all the books I want to, and the number read is less important. But reading more graphic novels may up my numbers because some are fairly quick reading.<br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-25335558624601693502023-01-24T02:16:05.247-08:002023-01-24T02:16:05.247-08:00I love the photos! Thanks for sharing.
You had a ...I love the photos! Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />You had a very good reading month in December! I've made a note of A Death of No Importance and will look that up as the time period and the New York setting really appeal. I liked Mr Quin as well, quirky and different which is always my thing. <br /><br />Well done on finishing Anna Karenina! That's some acheivement. The Mitford sisters are an interest of mine, the best book I've read being the Mary Lovell one, some of it read like fiction. I also loved a couple I read by the youngest sister, Deborah Mitford. I'll be interested to hear about the one you're reading. <br /><br />You had a good reading year with 88 books. I read far too many, 107, which might sound like an odd thing to say but I want to read slower this year, not gobble up over 100 books in record (for me) time. As with you and Anna Karenina I'm going to choose a big book and slowly work my way through it, I'm thinking of maybe The Count of Monte Cristo or Our Mutual Friend. <br /><br />Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com