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Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 17, 2026

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So, what are you reading?

I'm finally done with Christie's And Then There Were None. Didn't have much preamble, it just goes straight into it. Seems like a book written to an audience already very familiar with her work. It was enjoyable enough, and the characters worked. I've more or less given up on the desire to figure out who the killer is beforehand in these kinds of books, and I find that it is pleasant to read them like that. I'm afraid that the only other thing which I can say is that my favourite character died.

Going to give another stab at Sayers' Whose Body?

Finished Eyes of the Void. Liked it, but still kind of upset of how wasted is the whole rich worldbuilding compared to how little the action advanced. Basically not even worth the spoiler tag - they set out to defeat the bad guys and to find a mcguffin that will allow to defeat Very Bad Guys, and by the end they did. It wasn't bad, just it could be some much more I feel...

Also re-read (or, properly saying, re-listened) all Father Brown stories I could find on Hoopla eventually, because once I start on those I just can't get enough.

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