Sarah Matthews · @sarahmatthews
567 followers · 2472 posts · Server tweesecake.social@bookstodon …and here are two more quotes from the book that are just too good not to share!
“Why it is that a garment which is honestly atractive in, say, 1910, should be honestly ridiculous a few years later, and honestly charming again a few years later still, is one of those things that are not satisfactorily to be explained and are therefore jolly and exciting and an addition to the perennial interest of life.”
“He glanced across the dance-floor and caught a fleeting glimpse of Georgia dancing. It was only a momentary impression, but he recognized her by her distinctive silver dress and the ridiculous but charming spray of swallows on her dark crown. His astonishment was considerable, therefore, when his glance, travelling back, lighted upon her still sitting at the table… He sat up and looked out at the floor again and his expressions changed. His mistake was triumphantly justified.
Another woman of Georgia’s type was wearing a replica of Georgia’s silver dress and Georgia’s silver swallows. Her dark curls were dressed in Georgia’s style and at a distance the two faces were indistinguishable.”
#MargeryAllingham
Michael Rawdon · @mrawdon
135 followers · 427 posts · Server sfba.social@shantini You’re going to make me re-read #DorothySayers if we ever happen to meet, aren’t you?
Or at least finish #MargeryAllingham.
#dorothysayers #margeryallingham
lilcoppertop · @lilcoppertop
141 followers · 413 posts · Server eldritch.cafeSalubrious: (of a place) pleasant; not run-down.
"Are you sure you want to go there?....That's it, Rolf's Dump. There's miles of it, see? All along the canal. It won't be what you might call very salubrious this time of night."
#HideMyEyes by #MargeryAllingham
#AmReading
#Vocabulary
#WhoDunnit
@bookstodon
#hidemyeyes #margeryallingham #amreading #vocabulary #whodunnit
lilcoppertop · @lilcoppertop
139 followers · 411 posts · Server eldritch.cafeSibilant: making or characterized by a hissing sound.
"A knot of pretty girls, doubtless young actresses, were sitting in one corner with their heads together, their voices lowered and sibilant over the latest wrong."
From #HideMyEyes by #MargeryAllingham #AmReading @bookstodon #Vocabulary #WhoDunnit
#hidemyeyes #margeryallingham #amreading #vocabulary #whodunnit
lilcoppertop · @lilcoppertop
139 followers · 396 posts · Server eldritch.cafeAbeyance: a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
"Tell me, Major, any more developments in the you-know-what business? You mentioned it last time."
"Oh, that's in abeyance," he said with disarming embarrassment, "whatever it was."
From #HideMyEyes by #MargeryAllingham #AmReading @bookstodon #Vocabulary
#hidemyeyes #margeryallingham #amreading #vocabulary
lilcoppertop · @lilcoppertop
139 followers · 395 posts · Server eldritch.cafeInsouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
"You'll never win nothing that way. The only way to win on 'orses, dogs, pools, or anythink else is to take it insouciant."
From #HideMyEyes by #MargeryAllingham #AmReading @bookstodon #Vocabulary #WhoDunnit
#hidemyeyes #margeryallingham #amreading #vocabulary #whodunnit
John · @johnjbooks
23 followers · 24 posts · Server mastodon.lol
Today's book. Book no 97. Murder on a winter's night by #CyrilHare #HCBailey #MargeryAllingham #JulianSymons #DorothyLSayers #GDHandMCole #MarkBillingham #ArthurConanDoyle #RonaldKnox #EdmundCrispin #AmReading #ChistmasStories #ChristmasCrime
#cyrilhare #hcbailey #margeryallingham #juliansymons #dorothylsayers #gdhandmcole #markbillingham #ArthurConanDoyle #ronaldknox #edmundcrispin #amreading #chistmasstories #christmascrime
Ronsboy67 · @ronsboy67
8 followers · 55 posts · Server mas.toI'll give this a go too.., why not #bookstodon @bookstodon
Seven favourite authors..
#DouglasAdams
#PGWodehouse
#MartinEdwards
#DavidCrystal
#TerryPratchett
#MargeryAllingham
#MadhulikaLiddle
#amreading
#amreading #madhulikaliddle #margeryallingham #terrypratchett #davidcrystal #martinedwards #pgwodehouse #douglasadams #bookstodon
Handheld Press · @katehandheld
106 followers · 37 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukSeven favourite authors. Hmmm.
Today's list is:
#BeckyChambers
#RoseMacaulay
#MargeryAllingham
#GeorgetteHeyer
#TerryPratchett
#benaaronovitch
#KatherineAddison
#BookToot #bookstadon #CurrentlyReading #BookRecs #BookTwitter #SevenFavouriteAuthors
#BeckyChambers #RoseMacaulay #margeryallingham #GeorgetteHeyer #terrypratchett #benaaronovitch #katherineaddison #BookToot #bookstadon #currentlyReading #bookrecs #BookTwitter #SevenFavouriteAuthors
ladygeeke · @ladygeeke
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DeeGee · @deegee
51 followers · 150 posts · Server mstdn.social@EJBrand Seven of my favorite authors:
#GeorgeEliot
#HenryJames
#MargeryAllingham
#MaryRenault
#ChinuaAchebe
#EdnaOBrien
#WilliamTrevor
#bookstodon #williamtrevor #EdnaOBrien #ChinuaAchebe #maryrenault #margeryallingham #henryjames #georgeeliot
lilcoppertop · @lilcoppertop
57 followers · 154 posts · Server eldritch.cafe@knittingtrex in the same vein as Agatha Christie, have you checked out #NgaioMarsh or #MargeryAllingham ?