There’s a reason Christie is such a big name in murder mysteries. I wouldn’t describe myself as a huge whodunit junkie, but her work stands out brilliantly from all that I’ve read. The Seven Dials Mystery follows the mysterious deaths of two young men on the grounds of Chimneys, a huge estate being rented out… Continue reading Learning from Novels: Agatha Christie’s “The Seven Dials Mystery”
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Learning From Novels: Marie d’Agoult’s Nelida
Nelida is a romance novel, published in 1846. So why in the world would I be reading it? Therein lies a story. I’m not just a writer, but also a classical music geek. My official celebrity crush is Franz Liszt, a Hungarian pianist/composer. If you are well-read in music history, you know that Liszt was… Continue reading Learning From Novels: Marie d’Agoult’s Nelida
Learning From Novels: Leah Good’s Counted Worthy
For the first of hopefully several novel discussion posts, I’ve chosen a novel I got for Christmas last year. Leah Good is a young, self-published, Christian novelist. This can be a good thing or a bad thing. I was convinced to put Counted Worthy on my Christmas list because there was some excitement over… Continue reading Learning From Novels: Leah Good’s Counted Worthy