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Aggy is Currently Reading

Aggy M is currently reading

Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)

by Agatha Christie

bookshelves: mystery-crime, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in May 2025

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Aggy M said: " A good read. I remember listening to the radio play years ago, and I only vaguely remembered plot points. Did anyone else notice the striking similarities to Christie's "Evil Under the Sun"? ...more "

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May 11, 2025 02:02PM · see review

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Alias Grace

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fictionalized-bios, historical-fiction, mystery-crime, currently-reading

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Survey of Historic Costume: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

by Phyllis G. Tortora

bookshelves: currently-reading, historical-fashion, non-fiction

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Aggy’s Quotes

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt

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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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