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reviewed Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries by Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler: Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (2022, Penzler Publishers) 4 étoiles

Very good collection of mysteries

4 étoiles

An interesting set of locked door mysteries from the Golden Age of detective fiction (roughly the 1920s and 1930s). Fourteen interesting and ingenious tales with unexpected twists and turns along the way. I particularly enjoyed the Ellery Queen's The House of Haunts and C. Daly King’s The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem.

Warning that some of the stories do have dated attitudes, especially towards women (thus dropping the rating to four stars). #Bookstodon

finished reading Castle in the air by Diana Wynne Jones

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Diana Wynne Jones: Castle in the air (1991, Greenwillow Books)

 4 étoiles

Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet …

5 / 5 stars

A wonderful second book in the series. Abdullah's story slowly builds and reveals his character and wit. When characters from the first Bill finally started appearing I was fully invested in Abdullah's story. It was good to have them but they were incidental to me. #Bookstodon

Les Ateliers du livre, 26 novembre 2024, 14-18 h, sur place + diffusion en direct sur la chaîne YouTube de la BnF :

Détruire le livre ?

Au programme notamment, une histoire de la des et des par @lankian Malcolm Walsby, professeur d'histoire du livre à l'ENSSIB.

Mais rassurez-vous, tout finira bien parce que @LucieWoruz participera à la table ronde "Sauver les livres"

https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/detruire-le-livre

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reviewed Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds (Revenger series)

Alastair Reynolds: Bone Silence (2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited) 3 étoiles

Sequel to Shadow Captain.

Sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story

4 étoiles

Alistair Reynolds delivers a sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story in Bone Silence. Old foes reappear, new allies are made and lots of stunning revelations.

In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation. #Bookstodon

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