Welcome to Litsy!

I was stuck in my chair for 12 hours today, but fixed that with a whiffle ball game with the kids, and a walk after dinner. I have been switching between Harry Truman and Louise Penny today. Truman to keep my brain active during repetitive work, and Penny for comfort. #litsywalkers #bfcr3

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Another visit to Three Pines and the warmth and wisdom of Armand Gamache. I found this mystery more satisfying than the last couple have been and I loved the new characters. I hope we'll be seeing them again.
My second book for #cozyinthesun

Another great visit to Three Pines! I really loved the very last lines. Now I care more about the ongoing storylines than the murder mystery in each book, although that is fun to guess about. Louise Penny really hit her stride in these last few books. I listened to the audiobook and discovered I‘d been pronouncing a lot of these names wrong! (I‘ve seen this series on some lists of cozy mysteries so I‘m counting it for #CozyinTheSun)

This is the next book for me in this marvellous series set in #Canada. I was going to say "Don't bother to #GetOutTheMap because you won't find Three Pines on it", but when I read the blurb I saw that the discovery of a map is central to the plot, so my choice is even more appropriate!

#LetsTravelJuly #LilithJuly

I really enjoyed this book about a Canadian police academy, a murder, and a mysterious map, and was excited to find chances to listen (I listened via audiobook). I grew to love the characters, feel engaged with their life choices and searches, and care about what happened to each of them.

I‘m about halfway through this book and loving it. Louise Penny is like comfort food.

Recent #Bookhaul from Half Priced books! Along with these thank you notes that look from Rifle Paper Co but aren't. Not pictured: books & goodies for swaps and penpal friends 😊 P.S where the #PennyPushers at?!

“The landlady was afraid of rats and cops.
But what she really should have been afraid of was words, ideas. Amelia knew that. And she knew that was why drugs were so dangerous. Because they blew the mind. Not the heart. But the mind. And the heart followed. And the soul followed that.”

1. “Armand Gamache sat in the little room and closed the dossier with care, squeezing it shut, trapping the words inside.”
2. 497
3. Particularly
4. Michel Brébeuf
5. Blue
6. Mystery / Crime Fiction
7. Michel / by
8. White
9. LP
10. No
11. 2016
12. Peter James
13. No I just started
14???
15. This is the 12th book in the series

Another cherished escape to Three Pines. I'm in such an escapist place in my reading right now. I can't believe I only have one more left in this series! Is it just me or do these books just keep getting better?

#audiobookwalk

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Morning Reading view 😍

Now reading this too! I keep heading back into Three Pines! #escapistreads

Louise Penny's books are always filled with wisdom, morality and life's hard earned lessons. She has created wonderful characters and I'm glad she gave the majority of the residents of Three Pines a rest from being murder suspects.

Today is Louise Penny's 60th Birthday. I will admit that I'm a Johnny Come Lately to the Inspector Gamache Novels. But...better late than never. I've only read three of them so far but I bought all the novels and will get to them soon. Hope she has a great birthday and thanks for writing these wonderful novels.

Might be my favorite one so far.

Just when I start to feel confident that she can‘t break my heart again.....

Heading back to Three Pines.

I haven‘t read any of the other books featuring Detective Gamache, but I‘m interested in their story.

👍🏾👍🏾 for this ending. I had almost given up thinking I‘d missed the key to an important character identity. As readers have mentioned, this series grows on you as the characters develop.

At first I was disappointed the narrator wasn‘t the one I had become accustomed to, the one with the French accent. He is able to differentiate the characters‘ voices so well, especially Gamache.

“Don‘t believe everything you think.”

“Sneak home and pray you‘ll never know the hell where youth and laughter go.”

As I read, I jotted page #s so as to revisit descriptions, dialogues,etc. On p.179, a stained glass church window becomes a clue. WWI soldiers are depicted & under the window it says “They Were Our Children.” And then the list. No ranks. Just names. In death they were equal. As a history major,I regret that most know little about The Great War.This image “stays” with me even now that I finished the story.

Starting my first Louise Penny book. I didn‘t even read the summary before checking it out 😂 I‘m always amused at the beginning of audiobooks, when the narrator states the book‘s title and author, followed by “Read by .”

Here‘s the new book I‘m starting tonight! And, my new bookmark, courtesy of Mark Twain! Plus, apple-cinnamon tea! I believe I‘m ready to read!

Each Louise Penny book moves one deeper into the mystery of the little village of Three Pines.

Another great book in the Inspector Gamache series, with the familiar, quirky cast of characters in Three Pines you can't help but love. Gamache revisits some old ghosts in his new position as head of the Police Academy, where murder and mystery are at the head of the class.

Rather than review, I thought I would include some cool comments from the author. She sounds like someone I'd like to meet.

My first Louise Penny and I‘m loving it!

Loved it. Finished it in hardcover format because I was really into it and couldn‘t wait for the audiobook to end.

Another #goodwill #bookfind... #bookscore.

Even though I swore I wouldn‘t listen to another Louise Penny in audio after Ralph Cosham died, I found I was missing the comfort of having the Gamache series read to me. Robert Bathurst is no Cosham, but I‘m getting used to it. It‘s great to be back in Three Pines again!

Blue skies, finally! 100% of Puerto Rico without power, 75% without water, communications spotty at best. Long road to recovery ahead. #AfterMaria

I miss you, Littens!

🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 I am such an idiot! I read Louise Penny's first book and then read the 12th book because I read the order of them wrong on a website!! At least I wasn't confused because I was familiar with Three Pines from book one. Now back to book two....for real this time! Ugh!

Today's bookstore booty 😎📚

#bookrainbow #fallintobooks a little rainbow 🌈 of my books. Armand Gamache, has to be one of my #heroes #septembowie in the Three Pines mystery series.

I'm becoming a great fan of Louise Penny's Chief Homicide Inspector, Armand Gamache, and the cast of characters that inhabit his world. I love Penny's style, what I might call "gentle" murder mysteries - well written and intriguing with interesting characters, and just enough tension that you find it hard to put the book down. Enjoyable light reading.

If you are not a fan of Louise Penny's Armand Gamache mystery series, why not? Join the rest of us Three Pines fanatics and you will fall in love with Reine-Marie, Jean-Guy, Ruth, Clara, Gabri, Olivier and many more. Along with that, you will be treated to a great mystery and all the feels. From the first book through to this one, we have been there for the drama, chills, thrills, heartbreaks. Louise Penny is a master of the mystery.

When you're reading a good mystery by a woman writer & find out that a funky cafe near you is showing "Half the Sky" soon! #goodread #importantfilm #womenwriters

Louise Penny is a genius! Beautiful and deep the Inspector Gamache series makes me feel like I'm at home. Start with Still Life, A Great Reckoning is the 12th book in the series.

Another artful Insp. Gamache mystery from Louise Penny! Reading it for my new mystery/thriller book group. Her books always make me want to move to Quebec! #Gamacheseries #greatwriting #mystery

Another fine tale of Detective Gamache.

#Sundayafternoonreading #porchreading #LouisePenny #ThreePinesEscape #Mystery
#coffeeandbooks #paradise

This has been on my wish list / TBR list for awhile. I bit the bullet and purchased it yesterday during Amazon Prime Day because of their promotion (40% off your next book purchase with the purchase of an ebook). 🤗

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-world-of-mystery-author-louise-penny/

#myownworstenemy #90sinJuly I can't stop going down the book aisle in Costco. And when a fellow book lover says I have to buy the book, well I buy the book 😂 The Obsession sounds like a #getawaysgonewrong book #sizzlinsummerreads the blurb reminds me of The Witness.

I LOVE YOU, LOUISE PENNY! Every one of her books. I've never been disappointed, and this one lived up to my very high expectations. Armand Gamache was as enigmatic as always, and I love that the poet Ruth featured quite heavily in this installment. She's brilliant. Anyone looking for cozy mystery novels, check out Louise Penny. Can't wait for the next one!

What a fantastic way to describe the color of eyes, by assigning them a calendar month.

Starting a Louise Penny book is like climbing into a warm bed with clean sheets with a steaming mug of tea. I always save her latest book for when I need it most. Today is the day.