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Miss Pym Disposes
Miss Pym Disposes
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Start date
July 1, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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Why we're reading this
This was a very close runner-up in our June poll, so we decided to read it in July.

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What Members Thought

Sandy
Jul 02, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp, rread-2019
Very hesitant with my rating of this book. The twist at the end is thought provoking and I'll be pondering it for awhile. The characters are well-developed and the portrayal of a women's physical education boarding school is probably accurate. However I wasn't particularly interested in 80% - 90% of the book so I read 200 pages with a reward at the end. ...more
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Nh
Oct 16, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Cindy
Jan 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
Maria
Apr 16, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Jay Ashby
Apr 21, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Hayley
May 24, 2013 rated it liked it
Shauna
Apr 26, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: golden-age-crime
Heather Jackson
Feb 28, 2015 rated it liked it
Sydney
May 29, 2015 marked it as to-read
GeraniumCat
Jan 08, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery, kindle
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Pip
Mar 30, 2016 rated it did not like it
Shelves: mystery, 1900-1950s
Whitney Lebron
Apr 12, 2016 marked it as to-read
Gary Vassallo
Sep 19, 2016 marked it as to-read
BrokenTune
Feb 29, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Sara
Oct 27, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: woman-author
Vanessa
Jul 05, 2019 marked it as murder-mayhem
Elinor
Jul 20, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
John
Jul 25, 2019 marked it as to-read
Valerie Brown
Aug 01, 2019 rated it liked it
Diana
Nov 25, 2019 rated it really liked it
SewingandCaring
Jan 01, 2021 rated it really liked it
Yvonne
Sep 03, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Darcy
Nov 12, 2021 marked it as to-read
Erin Sorrels
Mar 31, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2022-read
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