bside @ana89.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The equivalents of “bee’s knees” I was delighted to come across in the Lord Peter Wimsey series: -snail’s ankles -lobster’s dress-shirt -caterpillar’s boots -cat’s pyjamas 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 02/08/2026One of the funniest scenes I’ve ever read 😂 I also love how thematically and tonally the book (the entire series ofc, but in BH the contrast hit me extra hard) reaches far beyond humor, toward really heavy, complicated things. Such clever, nuanced writing 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Aaaahhh Busman's Honeymoon rolling out all the talk and juiciest, hilarious gossip re: Harriet and Peter’s marriage is everything I could hope for 😂 👌 Dorothy thanking her three lady friends in the author's note is really lovely too 100
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Not to say that the other books from the series are a picnic, but, holy moly, Murder Must Advertise must be a beast to translate! And Nine Tailors, with its change ringing and East Anlgia drainage system, is even more of a challenge 100
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I was soo looking forward to Gaudy Night, and so far it's been a blast! Learning more about Harriet, hell yesss ❤️ Well, the fun started right with the author’s note: “For, however realistic the background, the novelist’s only native country is Cloud-Cuckooland…" 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Btw I’d assumed for some reason that ‘beauty sleep’ was a relatively recent concept yet here it is, mentioned in a book from the 1930s, – and is probably actually even older than that! Interesting 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Inspector Macpherson at Gowan’s house, with all the accents… 👏😂 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Also, a murder mystery (The Five Red Herrings) set in beautiful Scottish landscapes is exactly my kind of jam!! 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Went 36 years of my life without knowing any non-Russian words for светотень – then suddenly ‘chiaroscuro’ appears in a Lord Peter Wimsey book AND a random post in a span of just one week. Love it when serendipity makes jokes like that 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Even with Harriet out of jail, their courtship is bound to continue in some original manner, I'm so looking forward to that 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Also, Bill the reformed burglar teaching Ms Murchison to pick locks? Ms Climpson, the perfect medium? The entire concept of The Cattery?? Amazing. Endless kudos to Dorothy L Sayers 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Peter being a matchmaker for his sister and Charles is a delight and a half 😂 🥹 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Everyone else in the room: *things crashing, exploding, cats mrrreowing* Mum, the Dowager Duchess: calmly making a rug Wimsey fam in a nutshell 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Another phrase fished out from Strong Poison: "tremendous congratters and all that" (said by Peter to his friend Freddy on the occasion of getting engaged) Cracks me up for some reason, I have to include it in my lexicon 😂 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Gaol/jail is a well-known variation of spelling ofc, but I think this is the first time I’ve run into “prick” spellt as “prig” 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Love it how he’s not even impulsive in a more conventional sense, his mind is just that quick at analyzing things 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 08/02/2026“I’m sure you didn't murder that twat, and I’ll get you out of here ‘cause I'm, er, cool. You’re cool too, so how’s about we get married? Come on, we’re gonna have so much fun!” 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Man, I was stoked for Harriet’s and Peter’s first dialogue in Strong Poison and it exceeded my expectations 😂👏 The walls of that jail had hardly witnessed a wilder conversation between two strangers 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Since I basically got nothing to post, I think I'll try using this acc as a memorabilia album of sorts, starting with quotes from the "Lord Peter Wimsey" book series by Dorothy L Sayers (what a lady, what a writer 🤘❤️) 000
bside @ana89.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I guess a boring person needs some places to exist in too, why not here 000
