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Lily Fairbairn
Half-elven
Nov 20 2012, 3:12pm
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It's the Turkey Day reading thread!
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A very happy Thanksgiving to our US of A TORnsibs, and a lovely Thursday with good food and family to everyone else.
Me, I'm thankful Aunt Dora Baggins posted the reading thread last week, while I was hanging out in Colonial Williamsburg, one of the Gaffer's and my favorite (if non-LotR) places.
I read an entire novel on the journey home, a mystery titled A Drink of Deadly Wine and written by Kate Charles.
The story concerns a young-ish Church of England vicar who starts receiving blackmail letters and who recruits an old friend to help him find the person responsible. Of course someone eventually dies.
The plot is intricate and nicely worked-out, although, since I write these things myself, I did notice more than one piece fitting into place. Still, since the background of the story is based deeply in the practices of the Church, I missed at least one vital clue to the identity of the blackmailer.
The book was published in 1991 and was perhaps written earlier---it seems to me to evoke an era in England that is fading fast. (But then, I'm not English.) Also, if the main characters had had access to computers, a lot of the time spent driving around searching for clues would have been spent on-line instead, and some bits of the story wouldn't have been as colorful.
What have you been reading?
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It's the Turkey Day reading thread!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 20 2012, 3:12pm
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Welcome back!
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NottaSackville
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Nov 20 2012, 6:00pm
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Thank you!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 20 2012, 9:56pm
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"The Stand" in the morning and "Emma" at night.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 20 2012, 6:30pm
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I never thought of Emma as a mystery
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 20 2012, 9:57pm
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
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wendy woo
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Nov 20 2012, 7:01pm
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I think some YA books...
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 20 2012, 9:58pm
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Well, I've moved a bit further into the 21st century!
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Alcarcalime
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Nov 20 2012, 10:25pm
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I've heard about those Kindle batteries before
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 20 2012, 10:39pm
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Empire by Steven Saylor
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acheron
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Nov 20 2012, 10:37pm
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You are a critical reader, I see
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 20 2012, 10:43pm
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After you read the Adams book, watch the mini-series!
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wendy woo
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Nov 21 2012, 3:25am
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On Writing by Stephen King
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One Ringer
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Nov 21 2012, 1:28pm
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I love that book so much.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 21 2012, 3:30pm
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