Kona mi godkjente Karl Ove Knausgård og ba meg lese bøkene hans, men hun giftet seg jo med meg, så jeg har aldri stolt på dømmekraften hennes ... men jaja, får vel lese den forbanna serien da.

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Karl Ove Knausgård kan vinne National Book Awards

I gave up on Updike's "Rabbit, Run" a month ago, but now I'm back and determined to finish it. During that timeout, I read Christie's "Five Little Pigs" and Gladys Mitchell's "Speedy Death," which is what I hoped would happen to Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. But I'm in a kinder frame of mind now.

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The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s (25th February 2027)

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The Kindle edition of my #AgathaChristie #Marple book Expert on Wickedness is only £4.99 right now (UK) which is pretty good amzn.eu/d/0huffG1h

Agatha Christie’s Marple: Winner of the 2025 Crimefest H.R.F Keating Award for best crime biography

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Even Agatha Christie is piling on Epstein! This is from "Five Little Pigs."

Saturday night's alright for juggling.

Came across this tank at work. It was headed back to the pond it terrorizes (I've seen a duck pulled under, its carcass popping up days later).

There’s nothing like getting a tornado warning on your phone at midnight. Stoopid weather. Tornado Alley USA is definitely creeping eastward/northward, where all the cool people live. This activity needs to stay in Flyover Country, where it belongs. This is the actual border control that is needed.

"Wheel of Death" (S10 E21), featuring juggler Jimi Defilippis¹, left, is the absolute best episode of "Murder, She Wrote," which isn't saying much, but still ... fight me! ¹ Defilippis is the real-life son-in-law of Ron Masak, who played Sheriff Metzger and was a Lou Costello impersonator.

Kane og England er ferdige. Haaland & Co. tar dette. Garantert. Gratulerer, Norge. #ETTD

Harry Kane confirms round of golf with Donald Trump: ‘A pretty surreal experience’ (Gift Article)

England's captain confirmed the U.S. president invited him to play 18 months ago while he was in Palm Beach.

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Finished "American Pastoral" this morning, and I'm 59 percent through "Intermezzo." I only read R authors. It's a whole community. We call ourselves Arthurs. You're welcome to join, unless you're a Potterhead. That's just weird, sad and pathetic.

Just your normal Fourth of July with the sound of illegal fireworks plus stealth bombers, various military aircraft and Air Faux One: Qatari Edition™ (didn't get a photo) flying holding-pattern loops overhead. We live about 85 miles, as the crow flies, from Washington, D.C. Did not see any crows.

Mood on this #July4th evening.

Wife forced me, at knifepoint, to watch "The Sheep Detectives" last night. Initially, I was excited at the mention of taxine, which plays a part in Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye," then I grew steadily bored ... well, because it's a kids movie. Also, I hate celebrities doing voice work.

Watching people practice for tomorrow's big boat docking contest from my prime waterfront property (the dog park)

Yoinks! (As Lord Wimsey was fond of not saying.) Taken from a Little Free Library. littlefreelibrary.org

The only cabinet-level #department that needs to be renamed is the Department of the Interior, amirite?

David Suchet, famous the world over for his award-winning portrayal of Hercule Poirot, is touring the UK stage circuit with TRAVELS WITH AGATHA CHRISTIE AND SIR DAVID SUCHET LIVE. You can book tickets here: www.fane.co.uk/david-suchet...

Stem MDG om du vil fortsette å se Frøya dominere debatter slik som dette i fire år på tinget ✊

At the end of every episode of "The Carol Burnett Show," her guests sign a red autograph book. This episode alone has Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Rowan & Martin. I imagine these books still exist¹, and they must be worth a small fortune.

Just finished watching "The Thursday Murder Club." Wow, it was just so ... so ... god-awful. I haven't read the books, and I never will. They might be wonderful, and I enjoy Richard Osman on "The Rest Is Entertainment," but this movie has soured me on the source material. Inject me with fentanyl.

Can’t stand how much I love the credits for mystery thriller TAKE ONE FALSE STEP in which a series of people - wait for it - TAKE FALSE STEPS 😂 #tcm #secrethistoryofhollywood #williampowell

Hurra, fantastiske tall fra Sykkelbarometeret! Tall fra Opinion viser at 45 % av Oslofolk har syklet i sommer! 🎉 syklistforeningen.no/sykkelbarome...

I år får vi velge mellom å stanse alle klimatiltak under en regjering ledet av FrP, eller ekte klimahandling med MDG. Målinger viser at det aldri har vært så jevnt. Vi trenger din stemme for å sikre at Norge kommer seg ut av oljealderen og stanser naturtapet. Det er mulig – stem MDG.

There has been much lamenting in the press that Agatha Christie's house in Baghdad has fallen into disrepair. The two-storey house was the headquarters for the British School of Archaeology in Iraq from 1955 onwards and overlooks the Tigris River in the less influential area of Karadet Maryam.

Can you solve the puzzle? Today's Strands in NYT Games is for the #AgathaChristie crowd. Strands #537 “Whodunit?” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

I'm taking a break from the murder mysteries, and I'm currently reading #Ibsen's "The Master Builder," and now I wish he had written a murder mystery. Or maybe he did? Who really killed #HeddaGabler?

Mmm, the family is feasting tonight! Don't worry, I showed the photo to Grok, and it confirmed that they are indeed delicious, and I didn't read anything after that. I'll probably add them to a beef Wellington.

Knowing that I like detective fiction, my friend passed along his MIL's advice on what authors I should read. Agatha Chrissy? Dorothy Sailor? Noah Marsh? Something like that. I can't remember. (I josh. They were good suggestions, and nothing to do with the Queens.)

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TIL that my friend's mother-in-law is a prolific writer of #romancenovels. Pretty cool. share.google/0FV6KSp7CMnF... Jasmine Cresswell - Wikipedia share.google/6GRSzRRVWfZt...