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Peony

Loves murder mysteries and has a passion for translated fiction. Will read other genres through. Loves cats. 🐈‍⬛

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British and Irish Crime Classics
My Taste
Cursed Bunny
And Then There Were None
Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
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All She Was WorthSix Four (Prefecture D, #4)The Collected StoriesThe Night Circus

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  • A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    Preread thoughts.

    There's a clue of something in my life with this reading! 👀 also it's my first time reading Sherlock Holmes, I'm lowkey excited 😆🤞🏻

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  • A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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    OKAYYYYY- I didn't expect much from Sir Arthur, but damn I'm getting curious the deeper I got into this book 🔥🔥

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  • There are some books that should be added!

    Off the top of my head:

    Isabel Cañas... Vampires of El Norte, the Hacienda, the possession of Alba Diaz

    The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

    White is for witching by Helen Oyeyemi

    The whole VC Andrews catalog tbh 😂

    Same for Anne Rice, but notably her Mayfair witches series

    Anyone have any other books to add?? 🤔

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  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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    Nov 19, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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    What a wild book. It’s a perfect length any longer it would have been a bore. I found the whole Blackwood family so repulsive, great atmosphere and writing. The vibes were immaculate but I found the plot a little lacking. An all together disturbing book.

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    We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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  • The Haunting of Hill House
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    I would have left at the crack of dawn

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  • A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    Preread thoughts.

    There's a clue of something in my life with this reading! 👀 also it's my first time reading Sherlock Holmes, I'm lowkey excited 😆🤞🏻

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  • A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
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    I am genuinely surprised to find Sherlock Holmes is rather cheerful in the book... or am I interpreting wrongly? 🤔

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  • So many to read

    I had so many of these on my TBR and I think I will tackle a lot of them this December!! Which in Australia, means the exact opposite weather these books probably call for. Can’t wait to be reading these in 35 degree weather. (95f for those Americans out there).

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  • So many to read

    I had so many of these on my TBR and I think I will tackle a lot of them this December!! Which in Australia, means the exact opposite weather these books probably call for. Can’t wait to be reading these in 35 degree weather. (95f for those Americans out there).

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