Pallas // Pick Poppies finished reading Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
Not as good as the first one but I will give the third book a go
Reviews and Comments
(It's Greta Garbo in the pic, not me) I read a lot of cozies because I want to write one. I like history and historicals. Gardening... Will try to get better at just mention what I liked about a book and not complain too much.
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Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Murder of a movie star by L.B. Hathaway (A Posie Parker Mystery #5)
As London bakes during a heatwave, Posie Parker is all alone, feeling as thundery as …
Review of 'Murder of a movie star' on 'Goodreads'
Content warning Spoilers
Why did they call foxglove orchids, they are not orchids... are they? Is this a clue?
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall (Vintage crime/Black Lizard)
"The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries ... finds Beck hunting …
Review of 'Roseanna' on 'Goodreads'
Betyder edderkop sexualdåre?
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Cleopatra by Alberto Angela
Review of 'Cleopatra' on 'Goodreads'
Not bad but I kept forgetting I was reading a book about Cleopatra and not Mark Anthony and Caesar.
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis
A new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great …
Review of 'Fluent in 3 months' on 'Goodreads'
Everyone before reading this, "Does it work?!" There's no magic trick to learn a language, you have to study. There are tips and ideas on how to learn a language fast but it's all about the work you are willing to put in.
Review of 'Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure' on 'Goodreads'
So silly I kinda liked it.
Review of 'Wood' on 'Goodreads'
I want to go and live in nature
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Wicked plants by Amy Stewart
A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a …
Review of 'Wicked plants' on 'Goodreads'
I've always wanted a poisonous garden but maybe I don't anymore... still very fascinated by herbs/plants and their history. Maybe not go for the deadliest of plants.
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
The Woman in the Window is a thriller novel by American author AJ Finn, published …
Review of 'The Woman in the Window' on 'Goodreads'
I really liked the use of old movies in this one.
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Sense & sensibility by Joanna Trollope
A modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic follows the Dashwood sisters--Elinor, Marianne and Margaret--as …
Review of 'Sense & sensibility' on 'Goodreads'
What I like about Jane Austen is that despite writing over 200 years ago I feel I understand the characters, this retelling though... Who are these people? They are like a combination of "Absolutely Fabulous" and some British reality show.
Review of 'Kill the Queen (A Crown of Shards Novel Book 1)' on 'Goodreads'
The cover made me think this was YA but it said adult so I read it... and it read like a YA just with a few f*cks in it. Got me a little confused to why this wasn't labled as a YA.
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, #1)
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us …
Review of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' on 'Goodreads'
How many f*cks were there in this book, did anyone count them?
Review of 'Story of the British Isles in 100 Places' on 'Goodreads'
So, who wants to come with me and visit all of these places?
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed I de lugnaste vatten by Viveca Sten
Review of 'I de lugnaste vatten' on 'Goodreads'
On the cover it says it's a nail-biter, it is not. My mom liked these books and read all of them... I don't know what it was about them that she liked, we didn't always agree on things.
Also, no spoilers but I was on the killer's side. I would have done the same and I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
Pallas // Pick Poppies reviewed Dangerous Women by George R. R. Martin
Review of 'Dangerous Women' on 'Goodreads'
I liked Cecelia Holland and Sharon Kay Penman so I'll add them to the reading list... but where did the theme of dangerous women go? Was it ever there? Oh well, on to the next book.