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Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
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4.5 stars
This was a Traveling Sister group read with Brenda, Norma, Lindsay, Jaline, Susanne, Holly, Linda and PorshaJo. We all enjoyed it and it will be on a favorites list for many of us.
I'm a huge fan of Agatha Christie and the entire genre. This was a great read, better than a 4 and just missing a 5 star by a hair. It was great fun reading it with the Traveling Sisters group as we discussed the clues and played amateur sleuth trying to figure out whodunit in this clever literary mystery that is a story within a story, with both stories interconnected. Good job Mr Horowitz! If a book is rated purely on enjoyment this is a 5 star read and highly recommended - storytelling at it's best!
I was going to add to the above review but I think its best for a reader to go in knowing as little as possible and find out for themselves :-)
The (no spoiler) Traveling Sister review on this book and others can be found on their blog at:
This was a Traveling Sister group read with Brenda, Norma, Lindsay, Jaline, Susanne, Holly, Linda and PorshaJo. We all enjoyed it and it will be on a favorites list for many of us.
I'm a huge fan of Agatha Christie and the entire genre. This was a great read, better than a 4 and just missing a 5 star by a hair. It was great fun reading it with the Traveling Sisters group as we discussed the clues and played amateur sleuth trying to figure out whodunit in this clever literary mystery that is a story within a story, with both stories interconnected. Good job Mr Horowitz! If a book is rated purely on enjoyment this is a 5 star read and highly recommended - storytelling at it's best!
I was going to add to the above review but I think its best for a reader to go in knowing as little as possible and find out for themselves :-)
The (no spoiler) Traveling Sister review on this book and others can be found on their blog at:
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Reading Progress
July 26, 2017
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July 26, 2017
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to-read
September 18, 2017
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Started Reading
September 18, 2017
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September 22, 2017
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"Loving this one! I'm a big fan of Agatha Christie and this is a nod to those type of 'whodunnits'. A fun sister read as we discuss the clues and who we think the culprit is!"
September 25, 2017
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Finished Reading
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Sep 25, 2017 09:23PM
This was definitely a fun one to read together and I love your thoughts! I will definitely have to read an Agatha Christie novel.
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This was a really amazing book to read together Jan! I also loved our discussions and "sleuthing" skills - haha! So glad we all seemed to really enjoy it! Looking forward to everyone else's final thoughts. I love your quick run down - great points!!! 😊
Norma wrote: "This was definitely a fun one to read together and I love your thoughts! I will definitely have to read an Agatha Christie novel."Norma, yes, it was a fun book to read with the group! You will definitely have to read a Christie book - she's the best! I loved that this book paid her homage :-)
Lindsay wrote: "This was a really amazing book to read together Jan! I also loved our discussions and "sleuthing" skills - haha! So glad we all seemed to really enjoy it! Looking forward to everyone else's final t..."Lindsay, thanks! Its fun to read a book we all enjoyed. I love that we were still surprised...so many possible suspects :-)
Great mini review, Jan! I loved this group read, too - and the book was just brilliant (as we all said dozens of times - hahaha) It will be fun reading everyone's full reviews once everyone is ready! :)
I think I missed out on a great traveling sister read!! Looking forward to your full review!
Jaline wrote: "Great mini review, Jan! I loved this group read, too - and the book was just brilliant (as we all said dozens of times - hahaha) It will be fun reading everyone's full reviews once everyone is read..."Jaline, yes, brilliant! :-) haha! I look forward to everyone's review too!
Kaceey wrote: "I think I missed out on a great traveling sister read!! Looking forward to your full review!"Oh Kaceey, you did! I hope you get a chance to read it - it's so worth it!
Can't wait to see your full review! I'm with Kaceey, I think I might have missed out!
Sarah wrote: "Can't wait to see your full review! I'm with Kaceey, I think I might have missed out!"Sarah, yes, I wish you both had been able to read it with us - it such a fun read and discussion!
Looking forward to your review Jan! This one is coming up very soon for me. Can't wait to read it.
Mary wrote: "Looking forward to your review Jan! This one is coming up very soon for me. Can't wait to read it."Thanks Mary...I think you'll love it! And I think this is definitely one to read without knowing too many details or reading too many reviews...just enjoy it! I may not add too much more to mine but link to the sisters review tomorrow :-)
It was so much fun reading this with you, Jan, and throwing out our ideas and speculations - which led to more ideas and speculations - it was an unforgettable and super enjoyable reading experience! :)
Jaline wrote: "It was so much fun reading this with you, Jan, and throwing out our ideas and speculations - which led to more ideas and speculations - it was an unforgettable and super enjoyable reading experienc..."Jaline, I agree...it has been the most fun discussion so far! It was the perfect book to discuss as we read each section. For a longer book the pages flew by!
Terrific review. This one I gotta move up!
Great review, Jan! What a great and fun sister read this was. Such a good choice
Great review Jan and I plan to check this one out when I can crawl out of my TBR pile. 😊
Awesome review, Jan. Just finished and loved it too.
