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Murder, Mayhem and Morris Dancing
OK, so I abandoned this blog, and moved to Blogger, where nothing much got done because life got in the way – Covid, family illness, eye problems, moving house. But I’m entitled to change my mind, and now I’m back trying to re-establish The Book Trunk and give it a new look. It’s a bit…
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Starting Over
I’ve abandoned this blog, because I struggle with those wretched blocks. And ads which I do not want have appeared, and I can’t get rid of them, and they are nothing to do with me, but I can;t get rid of them. And I tried exporting the blog back to Blogger, where I was originally,…
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Sleeping Murder
Time for another Agatha Christie – Sleeping Murder, written in the 1940s, but not published until shortly after her death in 1976, so I read it for the 1976 Club, organised by Karen at https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/ and Simon at https://www.stuckinabook.com/ way back in October, but didn’t get round to posting. Anyway, better late than never! This…
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A New Year Miscellany
Here, to celebrate the New Year, I’ve gathered a few seasonal excerpts for your delectation, fictional and non-fictional. First up is the sumprtuous New Year Feast in Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight translated from Middle English by Simon Armitage. (Please note, I abandoned any effort to replicate the line spacing). The first course comes…
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Murder in the Mill-Race
Doctor Raymond Ferens, his health ruined by his wartime experiences, and his wife Anne move to Milham in the Moor, an isolated village high on Exmoor. It seems idyllic, but soon they find themselves caught up in a murder mystery when Sister Monica, warden of the local children’s home, is found drowned in the mill…
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