Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Death in the Tunnel (Noirvember?)

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Since it is Noirvember , I was looking for crime books that would fit the event. And I remembered that I read ten years ago a whodunit set d...
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Monday, 9 November 2026

Rome, City of Espionage

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I thought I would blog another entry in my City of Espionage series which I started earlier this year . And I thought of a city that is anci...
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Sunday, 8 November 2026

Jouer aux Bouquinistes

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Voici une autre nouvelle apprise sur la page Facebook des Bouquinistes : ils vont organiser une soirée jeux de rôles intitulée " Mousq...
Saturday, 7 November 2026

South African Noirvember

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During one of my latest visits to the small town of   Wallingford , I was happily surprised to see that they were selling  Deon Meyer 's...
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Friday, 6 November 2026

Derek Strange's Wisdom

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As you know , I have been reading  The Blue Flame by George Pelecanos  for Noirvember . So far, so great. I have been happy to renew with h...
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Bingo Bouquin

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Petite nouvelle apprise sur la page Facebook des Bouquinistes : ils organisent un " Bingo Bouquin ." Qu'est-ce que ça mange e...
Thursday, 5 November 2026

Bonfire Night

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 " Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be ...
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Wednesday, 4 November 2026

The Night Agent Will Return

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A bit of news for those who love spy thrillers. In recent years, I have increased my consumption of this particular genre, as you can witnes...
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Tuesday, 3 November 2026

What to Love in November

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If you read old posts from this blog, I mean really old ones, like dating back to 2008 or 2010, you might be surprised to see that I did not...
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Monday, 2 November 2026

The Blue Flame (#Noirvember)

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One of the reasons why I manage to finally love November, a month I used to dread, is thanks to #Noirvember . It has its own Wikipedia entry...
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Sunday, 1 November 2026

"Tarowean" (la Toussaint)

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  "Je suis l'océan Pacifique et je suis le plus grand. On m'appelle ainsi depuis très longtemps, mais ce n'est pas vrai qu...
Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Horrifically Good Books

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Time is running, Halloween is almost here and I haven't had the time to mention some really important news for amateurs of horror fictio...
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Pr. Henry Armitage (Hero Against the Forces of Darkness)

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For today's countdown to Halloween post, I am blogging again about H.P. Lovecraft  and the Cthulhu Mythos . Lovecraft peopled his univer...
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Les Bouquinistes: concours de l'Halloween

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Petite annonce concernant l'Halloween prise sur la page Facebook des Bouquinistes : la librairie organise un concours de déguisements. ...
Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Ghostly Pig-Headed Bride

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 For today's countdown to Halloween post, a little known ghostly legend. As you may know, I have been reading on and off  Halloween Folk...
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Monday, 26 October 2026

Dracula's Hot Wheels

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For today's countdown to Halloween post, I thought I would blog about  Dracula   again. By the way, it struck me recently that I never f...
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Thursday, 22 October 2026

Mummy (Terror at the British Museum)

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For today's countdown to Halloween, an old horror classic. It's not Halloween without at least one mummy . This one comes from the g...
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Wednesday, 21 October 2026

"Ghosts And How to See Them"

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Oh the treasures one can find in charity shops sometimes. For today's countdown to Halloween, I wanted to share one of these discoveries...
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Monday, 19 October 2026

"Bad Apples" (Five Slices of Halloween Horror)

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For today's countdown to Halloween post, more literary horror, this time very topical one. As I have mentioned recently, I like to vary ...
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Sunday, 18 October 2026

About Night Terrors

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For today's countdown to Halloween, I wanted to blog about  Night Terrors , the anthology  E.F. Benson 's ghost stories. I blogged a...
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