What did you read this year?
Bruce’s
average rating for
2023
3.3
3.3
You know that feeling when you come in halfway through a film and the other person is unconscious? Quite quickly you get the general gist � the genre, the location, the era � but the finer points of the plot and the relationships between the characters remain a mystery. And the sleeping partner isn’t exactly the best advertisement.
Now, I did listen to the audiobook � so perhaps I was to blame for my choice of a format that is not conducive to che ...more
Now, I did listen to the audiobook � so perhaps I was to blame for my choice of a format that is not conducive to che ...more
Published in 1962, this famously titled Miss Marple mystery reflects the author’s penchant for armchair sleuthing, a technique increasingly adopted by her proxies as they entered their twilight years.
An uncomplicated yarn sees a much-married female American movie star the target of an assassination plot. At her English country mansion garden party a local woman is poisoned by mistake. Suspects emerge among residents and the glamorous entourage al ...more
An uncomplicated yarn sees a much-married female American movie star the target of an assassination plot. At her English country mansion garden party a local woman is poisoned by mistake. Suspects emerge among residents and the glamorous entourage al ...more