Sunday, April 7, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey Book Haul
Finally ordered all the Lord Peter Wimsey books I needed to own the whole of Dorothy L. Sayers' series. Though, I have to mention, I passed on the short story collections. Nonetheless, I was so won over by my reading of The Nine Tailors that I had to have more at my own avail!
#2 Clouds of Witness (1926)
#3 Unnatural Death (1927)
#5 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928)
#6 Strong Poison (1930)
#7 The Five Red Herrings (1931)
#8 Have His Carcase (1932)
#10 Murder Must Advertise (1933)
#13 Busman's Honeymoon (1937)
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Top 100 Mystery Novels Haul
Monday, August 21, 2023
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Friday, June 4, 2021
The Leavenworth Case Quickie
I had to plot down my thoughts on Goodreads after finishing this book. Very quick, very simply.
"One of the elements of crime fiction/mystery novels that appeal to me most is how well the author can capture and capsulate what led to the resolution. Specifically with the confession of the culprit. WHY he/she committed the crime as well as HOW it was done walked backwards for the reader is HYPER important to me. It can ruin the entire experience when taken lightly by the author. A culprit's position is equally as important as the victim's. Anyway, The Leavenworth Case was the absolute BEST example of how I believe it can be done. I was about to throw four stars on it until Green stationed a whole chapter featuring the culprit's voice. She illuminated not only the machinations of the crime and why it was committed, through the killer's own flawed and backwards reasoning. But also how the individual's past left the susceptibility to have become a killer in the first place. So enthralled by it, I gave the book another star. :)"