Series: Hercule Poirot #13

A murderer seems to be working his (or her) way through his (or her) victims using The ABC Railway Guide. Hastings makes an appearance and the mystery is quite entertaining although the investigation and resolution flounder a bit before we get to the ending and the various reveals.

I read this for booklikes-opoly square Paradise Pier 30 “Read a book with a twist”. There is, of course, a twist in a Poirot mystery, so I’m counting the 331 pages as another $6 added to my bank, giving me a new balance of $235.

Bank Balance: $229

Starting from Cars Land 16...doubles!

A square I've never landed on before! I have lots of choices though.

Too bad my copy for the More Historical Than Fiction Bookclub read hasn't come in from the library yet because I think it would fit too.

This one is always tricky for me because I don't have a "suspense" tag for my shelves, and I'm not entirely sure what counts as suspenseful. Are we talking thrillers? I seem to have these choices:

And maybe some of the historical mysteries too.

Series: Millennium #1

I’m not sure how to describe this book. It was mystery and a thriller and I didn’t particularly like any of the characters, but I still had fun with it. I know I complained about it at about the 80% mark but it did finish off with a more upbeat resolution so I think I can confidently assert that I liked the book even though I didn’t like everything about it.

Anyway, I’m more enthusiastic about reading the rest of the series now, so I’ll probably be picking up the next one eventually.

I read this for booklikes-opoly Paradise Pier #30 “Read a book with a twist or that is tagged as ‘suspense’ on GR, or that has more than 555 pages”. It meets the first two criteria, although I think some paperback editions were printed with more than 555 pages. I’m counting it as 480 pages though, so I’m adding another $5 to my bank balance, bringing the total to $109. I feel like I’m getting behind.

Previous updates:

85%

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Help!

As part of my weekend rolls, I landed on Paradise Pier 30. At first I thought the easiest thing would be to read a book that has more than 555 pages, but the one that I was thinking of (that I have a paper copy of) is a thousand page brick to lug around: World Without End by Ken Follett. The others are all ebooks, and although I'm pretty sure they'd all qualify, I'm not sure I want to use them for that square.

So I tried paging through books tagged as "suspense" on GR to see if anything was on my to-read shelf and it looks like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson is an option since it's currently available at my library. Most of the other options that were on my shelves I've already read.

Most mystery books should probably have a twist but it's a little hard to tell in advance. If it's not too much Poirot in a row, I could try The A.B.C. Murders or I could try another mystery like Ashes of the Elements by Alys Clare.

So, would anyone care to weigh in? Should I go for the $10 prize or stick to something a little less weighty?

Edit: My other long but less weighty choices:

(Edited for double roll)

Hey, it's after midnight! (I started this post last night but got too sleepy to finish) My "real" turn 17 roll is:

So I guess I'll be scouring my TBR for titles that start with any letter from FRONTIER. Like these:

I'm going with Fortune Like the Moon (256 pages).

Now for the bonus rolls!

Bonus Roll 1:

This one shouldn't be too hard, but it'll take some thinking... maybe I'll just go with Agatha Christie and read Three Act Tragedy (272 pages).

Bonus Roll 2:

This one shouldn't be too hard. I just wonder what I should choose... I'm thinking Sky Coyote (320 pages).

Do I get to roll again because I rolled doubles on my last bonus roll?

Since a couple people have told me that I can, I went ahead and rolled again on the basis that I can always retract it if MR says I can't.

576 pages     -      583 pages      -      692 pages      -      1014 pages

Since I went and picked several shorter books for my earlier rolls, maybe I should just go with World Without End to even things up.

I'm also thinking about reading Inside Job by Connie Willis (pages: 99) to donate to the Jail Library.

I did a complete circuit!