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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
Five chapters into Martin Edwards newly published magnum opus on crime fiction The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators.
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Thanks for mentioning this book! I’ve started in on the intro and wanted to know how well he handles potential spoilers. His “
Despite avoiding spoilers so far as possible, I don’t accept the joyless view that one can’t take pleasure in a mystery if one already knows how it ends.” is not all that reassuring to me.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I've discovered a handy way to greatly speed up reading and minimize the disruption from all the many footnotes. I am reading on my Sage while keeping the book open in the Kobo app on my tablet at the notes section. Less to and fro should also mean less battery drain, important on a Sage
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Great idea. I’ll try that with my old PW as the notes display.