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http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/ - Why MYSTERIES? Because that is the genre I read. Why PARADISE? Because that is where I live. Among other things, this blog, the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution, will act as a records of books that I've read, and random&nbs

Review: THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, Stieg Larsson
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Review: THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, Stieg Larsson
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — MacLehose Press, 2009. Translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland. Originally published in Sweden in 2007. Author Stieg... Larsson died in 2004 at the age of 50. ISBN 978-1-906694-16-6 I read my copy on my Kindle. The story opens with Lisbeth Salander's admission to Emergency at the Salengrenska ... (more) Review: THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, Stieg Larsson

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Comic View: THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN
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Comic View: THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091122 My review: 4.5, THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN, Fred Vargas... (more) Comic View: THE CHALK CIRCLE MAN
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Crime Fiction Alphabet THE MASK OF ATREUS, A. J. Hartley
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Crime Fiction Alphabet THE MASK OF ATREUS, A. J. Hartley
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — Bantam Australia, May 2006 I'm taking this opportunity to re-publish a review originally published elsewhere, as part... of the Crime Fiction Alphabet meme for the letter H. There are really two beginning points for this thriller/mystery. In the dying days of World War Two, a German tank convoy ... (more) Crime Fiction Alphabet THE MASK OF ATREUS, A. J. Hartley
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Crime Fiction Alphabet Letter H - week beginning 23 November
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Crime Fiction Alphabet Letter H - week beginning 23 November
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The Alphabet in Crime Fiction - a Community Meme. Here are the rules Each week you have... to write a blog post about crime fiction related to the letter of the week. Your post MUST be related to either the first letter of a book's title, the first letter of an author's first name, or the ... (more) Crime Fiction Alphabet Letter H - week beginning 23 November
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Agatha Christie Blog Carnival #11 posted
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Agatha Christie Blog Carnival #11 posted
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The 11th edition of the Agatha Christie Blog Carnival has been posted. It contains 19 contributions from... 13 bloggers many of whom are taking part in the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge. If you read Agatha Christie novels, write reviews or summaries on your blog, then you might like to ... (more) Agatha Christie Blog Carnival #11 posted

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Sunday Salon - 22 November 2009
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Sunday Salon - 22 November 2009
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The year is rushing away from us and here DownUnder we have entered the season of street... pageants, end of year parties, family celebrations, lists of best reads, and Christmas lights. On the reading front, all this week I have been working my way through THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST ... (more) Sunday Salon - 22 November 2009

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Crime Fiction Alphabet - Summarising the Letter G
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Crime Fiction Alphabet - Summarising the Letter G
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The Alphabet in Crime Fiction - a Community Meme. The letter for the week beginning 16 November... was the Letter G Contributions by 8 book bloggers this week to your Crime Fiction reading. I've heard that this meme can be addictive! Why not join in? Check tomorrow for the letter H  ... (more) Crime Fiction Alphabet - Summarising the Letter G

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Weekly Geeks 2009-43: In Quest of a Top 10
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Weekly Geeks 2009-43: In Quest of a Top 10
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — Our Weekly Geeks task for the next fortnight (by December 4 that is) is to come up... with our top 10 reads for 2009 . To qualify the titles need to have been published in 2009. So this list is a little different to the one I will publish at the end of the year because that one will look at all ... (more) Weekly Geeks 2009-43: In Quest of a Top 10

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When Kindle finds BookSeat
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When Kindle finds BookSeat
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — Just a spot of decadence here. Book Seat is designed for hands-free reading and this week I... discovered it is the perfect prop for my Kindle. I've uploaded quite a few titles to my Kindle this week. I discovered free titles on The Book Depository - you need to know what to search for in the ... (more) When Kindle finds BookSeat
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Usually On the Mark #6: Ian Rankin
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Usually On the Mark #6: Ian Rankin
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The observant will realise that I have once again changed this category/designation slightly. Previous posts have been... labelled don't always hit the mark , and usually around the mark , but they still didn't quite convey what I wanted to say. What I had in mind is that these are authors that ... (more) Usually On the Mark #6: Ian Rankin

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Forgotten Books: A TASTY WAY TO DIE, Janet Laurence
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Forgotten Books: A TASTY WAY TO DIE, Janet Laurence
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — This week's contribution to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books . A TASTY WAY TO DIE is recorded in... my reading for 1999, so I guess that is not so long ago, but I think it may be the only one I've read by this author. According to Fantastic Fiction , this is the second title in a 10 title ... (more) Forgotten Books: A TASTY WAY TO DIE, Janet Laurence
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Progress report: THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, Stieg Larsson
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — I'm reading THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST on my new Kindle, and I am not... yet 50% through. I've read somewhere that the printed version is 600 pages long. One thing that strikes me about this novel, more than any other that I've read in a series recently, is that if I hadn't read the ... (more) Progress report: THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, ...

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That Secret Reading Business
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That Secret Reading Business
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — From my favourite comic strip people: http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091114 (more) That Secret Reading Business
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Crime Fiction Alphabet - G is for Gerritsen
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Crime Fiction Alphabet - G is for Gerritsen
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — I'm taking this opportunity to air two reviews of Tess Gerritsen books that I wrote some time... ago and had posted elsewhere. See other posts in the Crime Fiction Alphabet for the letter G here . THE MEPHISTO CLUB Random House Australia, Oct 2006 When Dr. Peter Saul and his wife Amy took ... (more) Crime Fiction Alphabet - G is for Gerritsen
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Crime Fiction Alphabet Letter G - week beginning 16 NOvember
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Crime Fiction Alphabet Letter G - week beginning 16 NOvember
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The Alphabet in Crime Fiction - a Community Meme. Here are the rules Each week you have... to write a blog post about crime fiction related to the letter of the week. Your post MUST be related to either the first letter of a book's title, the first letter of an author's first name, or the ... (more) Crime Fiction Alphabet Letter G - week beginning 16 NOvember
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Sunday Salon - 15 November 2009
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Sunday Salon - 15 November 2009
— feedproxy.google.com — I'm a bit regretful that this week I didn't write a post about Remembrance Day, 11th November.... At work we stopped in the middle of a seminar to hold a minute's silence. I think it is important for us to remember the ending of "the war to end all wars", particularly that it didn't end it all as ... (more) Sunday Salon - 15 November 2009

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Crime Fiction Alphabet - Summarising the Letter F
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Crime Fiction Alphabet - Summarising the Letter F
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — The Alphabet in Crime Fiction - a Community Meme. The letter for the week beginning 9 November... was the Letter F Contributions by 10 contributors this week to your Crime Fiction reading. I've heard that this meme can be addictive! Why not join in? Check tomorrow for the letter G Confessions ... (more) Crime Fiction Alphabet - Summarising the Letter F

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Weekly Geeks 2009 - 42 : Podcasts: The Dog Who Came In from the Cold
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Weekly Geeks 2009 - 42 : Podcasts: The Dog Who Came In from the Cold
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — This week's Weekly Geeks task from Suey asks us to talk about podcasts. I thought I'd tell... you about THE DOG WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, Alexander McCall Smith's second in the Corduroy Mansions online series. Last year I listened to most of the first novel. This year's online novel began ... (more) Weekly Geeks 2009 - 42 : Podcasts: The Dog Who Came In ...

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2009: Santa's in Town, All's Well
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2009: Santa's in Town, All's Well
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — Waiting patiently! So, this morning was the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, Santa has come to town! The temperature,... a mere 35C+. At 9.10 am we attempted to set a Guiness Record for the largest Mexican Wave along the 3.2km route of the pageant. Apparently we achieved the continuous wave, but ... (more) 2009: Santa's in Town, All's Well

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Relentless weather, heat, pageants
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Relentless weather, heat, pageants
— paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com — I've re-cycled this image from my friend Bernadette's blog , because it so beautifully sums up our... weather at present. [oops! apologies to Taswegians, I've just realised you've dropped off the map] Actually the weather map on tonight's TV contained suggestions that some places are about to get ... (more) Relentless weather, heat, pageants
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