Summer of Hitchcock: North by Northwest

When Amy at My Friend Amy suggested a Summer of Hitchcock, I was very excited to participate.  I mostly remember these movies from watching them with my mom and aunt growing up.  My aunt loved to watch creepy movies, and Hitchcock has some of the creepiest.  At least it seemed that way when I was [...]

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This Just In! The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith

What’s It About? (from Goodreads)  It’s the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. If Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana–and decided to go against any conventional notion of what an [...]

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