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Elephants can Remember (Hercule Poirot #37) by Agatha Christie
Laura rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene
Not the best Nancy Drew plot; mystery-wise it is clunky, relies on too many coincidences (at least more than I've noticed in my recent N.D. re-reads) and the slapping, snarling, I-would've-got-away-with-it-if-it-weren't-for-you-pesky-kids villains we...more
Laura rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton
The Shifting Fog
by Kate Morton
read in May, 2013
I enjoy how Morton's writing evokes a lavish British miniseries. I like how she peels back layer after layer to get to the truth in this Downton Abbey-esque (this book was written first) melodrama. But I feel more could have been trimmed in the editi...more
Laura rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
read in May, 2013
Laura rated a book 3 of 5 stars
A Walk in Wolf Wood by Mary Stewart
3.5 stars Although not as transporting as her fare for adults, Mary Stewart still displays her talent for storytelling with this enchanting fairytale. I can see how this could easily be four or five stars if I had read it as a child. I will be keepin...more
Laura rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The Wind off the Small Isles by Mary Stewart
Laura rated a book 3 of 5 stars
April Lady by Georgette Heyer
April Lady
by Georgette Heyer
read in May, 2013
An overall enjoyable (and typical) Heyer plot, but does not rank amongst my favorites. The lead couple suffer from a lack of communication, and the heroine (frustratingly) digs herself deeper into trouble with her refusal to tell her husband the simp...more
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It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.Georgette Heyer
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C.S. Lewis
“I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.”
C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

Jane Austen
“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W.

I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never.”
Jane Austen, Persuasion

Agatha Christie
“It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.”
Agatha Christie, The Clocks

Margaret Mitchell
“No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Oscar Wilde
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

19912 Georgette Heyer Fans — 298 members — last activity 11 hours, 38 min ago
A group for fans of Georgette Heyer to discuss her work. Whether you are a fan of many years or someone who is just starting out reading her novels, a...more
22027 Madam, want to talk about author Mary Stewart? — 70 members — last activity May 24, 2013 07:28pm
This group is for readers to discover (or rediscover) Mary Stewart novels. Feel free to join in the discussions and start a new thread as well.
24026 English Mysteries Club — 1109 members — last activity 6 minutes ago
Do you love mysteries written in the "English" style? I define the "English" mystery style as heavy on plot, character development and, perhaps most i...more
32846 Q&A with Alexander McCall Smith — 495 members — last activity Feb 09, 2013 05:08pm
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