Blog posts tagged "mysteries"

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Jan. 11, 2020 - 1:57 pm
Like fellow blogger Nicole Falcone, one of my favorite movies of 2019 is Rian Johnson’s murder mystery Knives Out. Clever, funny, pointed, and just plain fun, Knives Out gave me an adrenaline rush of pure cinematic satisfaction that still hasn’t worn off as of this writing. But this isn’t a blog...
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Aug. 27, 2018 - 9:15 am
Before I started reading the Maigret books by Georges Simenon, I never really understood the appeal of mystery series. To be fair, I’m ambivalent on series in general, and have written on this blog before about my enjoyment of self-contained stories. When I would browse the shelves in our mystery...