Literary Ball Game: Another Abra Cadaver Season

Rick Mills, that crafty creator of reading challenges and sometimes literary team captain, is once again calling for team members for one of the finest ball clubs around...the Abra Cadavers. If you'd like to join the team, just prove your skills by fulfilling the following plate appearances (reading requirements). You too could be an All Star! For full details, check out Rick's page: HERE

I've got my cleats on and have already started swinging.

My Plate Appearances

Single: Always Lock Your Bedroom Door by Roy Winsor

 

Double: 2 books by Agatha Christie

   Easy to Kill 

   And Then There Were None 

 

Triple: 3 books by Charles Finch

   An Old Betrayal

   The Laws of Murder

   Home by Nightfall

Homerun: 4 titles by George Bellairs

   The Case of the Famished Parson

   He'd Rather Be Dead

   Death Stops the Frolic

   Surfeit of Suspects

 

Cycle: completed previous four

Foul: The Black Mountain  by Rex Stout (DNF--but skimmed so I could count for other challenges)

Bunt: "Exit Before Midnight" by Q. Patrick in Bodies from the Library 2 by Tony Medawar (ed)

 

Walk: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (book on CD)

 

Stolen Base: Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers (read by Rick Mills 2020)

 

Strike Out: The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips (donated to the library)