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This Month's Book Club Selection - Mysterious Affair at Styles
By Jessica · 2 posts · 37 views
By Jessica · 2 posts · 37 views
last updated Jan 13, 2010 09:18AM
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I will start with the recommendation that it is worth reading if you are a curious sort. If for nothing else than the excerpts from Samuel Johnson's dictionary (sorry OED), the apt description of the "undertow of words" and the introduction to the word "poodlefaker".
The story itself touched on several interesting topics which made it worth reading but on the whole seemed to do nothing exceptionally well. I have seen complaints that it was too "sensational" and other complaints that it was too " ...more
The story itself touched on several interesting topics which made it worth reading but on the whole seemed to do nothing exceptionally well. I have seen complaints that it was too "sensational" and other complaints that it was too " ...more
Mar 20, 2009
Cerement
marked it as to-read-non-fiction
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Lianna Nicole
marked it as to-read
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Elizabeth
marked it as to-read
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Tracy
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