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Mad Scientess ([personal profile] nanila) wrote in [community profile] bitesizedreading2015-05-25 08:14 pm
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Weekend reading roundup

What did you read this weekend? If you planned on anything specifically, did you read it? (Reminder link to intended weekend reading post)
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2015-05-26 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
I caught up with lots of social media stuff, and I read a couple of Georgette Heyer's detective novels.
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[personal profile] nanila 2015-05-26 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a luxuriously pleasant way to spend your reading time. Huzzah!
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2015-05-26 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
I had a much needed 4 day weekend, so was able to break up the chores with lots of relaxation.
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[personal profile] weaverbird 2015-05-26 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Which Heyers did you read? (Isn't she wonderful?) Do you also read Tey? I love her detective novels, too.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2015-05-26 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I re-read They Found Him Dead and A Blunt Instrument. Next up is Duplicate Death.

Who is Tey? Tell me more.

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[personal profile] weaverbird 2015-05-26 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Need to get to those. I've got Why Shoot a Butler?, Detection Unlimited, and Envious Casca, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed.

That would be Josephine Tey. She was a Scot and roughly contemporary to Dorothy L. Sayers. My favorite of hers is Brat Farrar, a PDF of which you can find on Project Gutenberg Australia. And her Inspector Grant novels are very good. I haven't read all of her works yet, but have liked everything so far.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2015-05-26 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

I just found a second hand copy of Detection Unlimited, the ones I've been reading also feature Hemmingway, first as a Sergeant and then as an Inspector.
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