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Sunday, April 10, 2022

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)

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