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Strawberry-lemonade and The Cuckoo's Calling. Reaching the end of my book and my summer.

@Nataliepatalie

Thanks for the tag @DaveGreen7777 😀
1. Flan because I'm allergic to eggs. So I always keep antihistamine with me.
2. Hmm, maybe my ninja foodie or my Fire 4 tablet.
3. The Cuckoo's Calling
4. @NataliePatalie

@WonderousWednesday. @Eggs

I enjoyed this line 😀

This is making me reminisce about our time in London last fall.

I‘m definitely on a JK Rowling kick right now. Just listened to A Casual Vacancy on audio book and it was mediocre. I‘m currently reading the Harry Potter Series out loud to my baby in the womb. Now I‘m listening to The Cuckoo‘s Calling which is the first book in JK‘s mystery series written under her pen name Robert Galbraith. I am actually enjoying this book and the mystery and the characters she‘s created. Have you read this series?

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oy, the writing was super tedious at times. Way too many mundane descriptions that almost read like stage directions. I kept thinking “just get on with it already,” and considered bailing, but because I liked Strike immediately, I kept on. In the end, it was solidly entertaining, but could‘ve been amazing if 100 pages shorter. Not that JK Rowling is worried about my nitpickiness. Starting The Silkworm on audio next.

I was initially very engaged by this book, by the back and forth between Robin and Cormoran and their individual characters. But as it progressed, I found it to be rather tedious and too long. Much of this is probably my general blasé toward mysteries, but I think the other part of it was too much interviewing of witnesses - too much telling.

I‘m an outlier but I thought this was disappointing. There‘s probably a good cozy crime in here, with some serious editing. It‘s too long, too rambling, I had the solution figured early doors and the author is clearly still annoyed about all those complaints about lack of diversity in Harry Potter and is determined to make sure you know that she can do diversity.

I firmly believe J. K. Rowling has another story to tell. This was not it. So dry, and yet seemingly unending. I muscled through the book because I wanted to love it, but I will not be picking up the sequel.

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#manicmonday @joshco

The Cuckoo‘s Calling is one of the many books I‘ve started & not finished. I‘m trying to get back to some of those books and finish them up before starting something new.

Finally started this series. Read the first book, then had to immediately watch the TV adaptation. (The book was better.)
I liked the book, but didn‘t love it. Thought there was almost too much excessive detail. Started kind of slow, but the characters grew on me. Initially reminded me a lot of Kate Atkinson‘s Jackson Brodie series, though not as quirky.
But I‘m a sucker once I start a series. Already into The Silkworm!

Definitely a pick, well written. I loved the characters Strike and Robin. Story is slow initially but then picks up pace and of course one keeps wondering who possibly could be the culprit. it's interesting.

Just finished this on audiobook. I went out of order and read the 4th book, ‘Lethal White‘, first a couple months ago—and it was fantastic. I hesitated between saying Pick or So-So for this one. The mystery was interesting, and had a satisfying conclusion, but there were more than a few parts that were pretty dull and could have been excised. But it seems the series gets better, so I‘ll probably check the next one sometime.

I picked this up out of sheer curiosity secure in the knowledge that if I hated it I could send it to my sister (the mystery reader in my family). This book was not really what I expected but I still had a hard time putting it down for it some reason. Cormoran and Robin were intriguing and I really did need to find out whodunnit. I think I‘d even be interested in reading the next book in the series. I could turn into a mystery reader after all.

Strike has his office in Denmark Street. The Sex Pistols are somehow connected to Denmark St, but I can't remember whether they lived there, or had a studio there.

#AnarchyInTheUK

#marchintothe70s @Lizpixie @Cinfhen

My first thought for #disabilityreads was the Cormoran Strike series. He lost part of his leg in the military, and that's a big part of his characterization. My next thought is there should be more books about people who are differently abled because I haven't read many. #literaryluck @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Greetings from the snowy north - Montréal is expecting 6” tomorrow so we got miles of walking tourism in today (and several coffee stops to warm up)!! I did not read at this adorable café, but I started this book last night and I‘m enjoying it so far - it is SO not Harry Potter, which I expected but was still surprised by, you know?

Gave up after reading about 75%. Just never got any traction with the story. Is it worth checking out the others in the series?

Happiest gal ever right now!!! Got off work 7 hours early (unheard of!) and am going to work on round 2 of initial #litsylove cards. 💌📝. I can‘t think of a better way to start my weekend 💛

#royalty #literaryluck @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Kate and William's wedding features in this book.

Some great reads on today‘s #KindlDailyDeals

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OH. MY. GOD!! This book was AMAZING!! I am so in love and I think I am really going to enjoy the series (thankfully, my dad got them all for me for Christmas lol)

This book kept me on the edge of my seat and had me guessing all the way through! Just when I thought I knew who the killer was, another twist was thrown into the mix!

I HIGHLY recommend this book!!!

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I love this book so much. I forgot that Comoran is a little much for me in this first one, but will strengthen the way Robin has changed him as I do my reread.
The prose is this book is so carefully chosen, the description of setting marvelously used to strengthen the mystery. 5 out of 5 on GR.

Continuing #mountTBR
“I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees; all times I have enjoy‘d
Greatly, have suffer‘d greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore and when
Thro‘ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea: I am become a name...”

As stated from various reviews from other people, it does begin slowly and only captured my attention 3/4ths of the way through the book but I still want to see what happens in the next installment. This was a good read and kept me guessing about the identity of the killer until the very end. Four out of five stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

So I decided to break from reading...only after my mom won tickets to a London Knights game tho!

#LondonKnights #OntarioGirl #DateKnight #IdRatherBeReading #BooksOverHockey

A little slow at times but the ending was SO satisfying

I've had this on Nook for ages. Time to get to it!

Starting this one tonight. I heard the the first one is slow but that they get better with the next two books so I have my expectations set pretty low with this first one as not to be disappointed. #Mystery #JKRowlingPenName

Hey, Littens! How has everyone been? I'm back (again) from a few months hiatus. My depression and anxiety was very severe, and I needed a lot of time to heal. It's manageable right now.

In other news, this is my third book of the month I'm starting! I picked up Silkworm but thought best to start with this, the first detective novel for Cormoran Strike ;)

Has anyone read it? Thoughts / opinions? And Happy Sunday as well 😊

Murder mysteries then and murder mysteries now...some things never change!

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!

I‘ve been reading and so far LOVING The Cuckoo‘s Calling! You might say I‘ve been living under a rock because I only just found out that it was made into a show! So naturally, I went on the hunt for it! With ZERO hope of finding it, but a multitude of determination, I walked into our local movie store and I FOUND IT! This will be just the fire I need under my ass to finish the first three books!

#CBStrike #RobertGalbraith

This is the first thing I've read by JK Rowling that wasn't Harry Potter. The book moved kind of slow and there are some major plot holes, but I didn't really mind reading it. It was still able to keep my attention. I have book 2. Hopefully it's better.

1. Teleport. I've wanted this to be my superpower my entire life.
2. The Cuckoo's Calling. The Silkworm just got delivered inbox (library e-book)!
3. Not really. Always things I'm striving for, but no true resolutions.
4. The West Wing. Haven't watched it since it was originally on nearly 20 years ago.
5. 👍🏻

#friyayintro @howjessreads

A life without wine, chocolate, and tacos is going to be a hard one.
I'd be miserable without my the 3 I picked though.

#Pick3 @GypsyKat

Old fashioned campy whodunit. Interested to see what book two brings.

I finished my first #NewYearWhoDis pick, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks @CareBear for including it on your list. I do love a mystery that involves pure, old fashioned detecting. It was so readable, right from the beginning. I probably would have never picked it up on my own, just due to the hype it got previously. I can't wait to continue the series!
@monalyisha

Former MP turned PI Cormoran Strike is asked to look into a suspicious suicide to determine if it was really murder. I loved the HP series and enjoyed A Casual Vacancy, so I know what JK Rowling can do, so I was frankly disappointed with this book. It‘s clunky and slow and the reveals are know by the character but hidden from the reader, which drives me crazy. I already have the next two books and will try them, but this was a bummer.

Will definitely continue the series!

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A Christmas gift from my colleague 😍😍😍😍😍

Starting my first #NewYearWhoDis pick from @CareBear ! Looking forward to delving into some reads this month I may not have considered on my own. #GettingOutsideOfMyBox #currentlyreading
@monalyisha

Coffee, a new book, & a grooming cat cuddled up on my legs. Bliss. #currentread #currentlyreading #catsofLitsy

1. One 2018 highlight for each of my kids. My younger daughter played Annie in Nashville & my older daughter went on a school trip to England, Ireland, Scotland, & Paris.
2. 70 books, #mmdchallenge, #pop19
3. Best: hubby & daughter exploding onto the local theatre scene. Worst: nothing stands out. We had a good year. 🎉
4. NEED to get healthier this year.
5. Tagged! Just came in on my ebook holds.

@MinDea #humpdaypost

great mystery.

Excellent book by JKR

I‘d delayed reading this - half compulsive gratification delay, half fear of being disappointed. Unsurprisingly, not disappointed in the least. Now to gobble up or taunt myself with the next one...??

So 2018 was a sucky year of reading for me! I had promised I would read more this year and disappointingly, I did not stick with that promise to myself! However, I‘ve decided to take much more time out for myself this year...you know, spend less time worrying about everyone and everything else, more time worrying about me! I‘ve got a great reading list to tackle and for the first time in a long time, I‘m really excited about this! #2019ReadingList

🎉🎈Happy Birthday @gradcat !!!🎈🎉

Congrats on your litfluence!
1. The tagged book is the first in its series and I just love the series. I‘m still waiting to get Lethal White (4th book in the series).
2. Here‘s the link to the Apple cider sangria I love to make. https://pin.it/axaprb2cjvb27i enjoy!

#birthdaygiveaway #giveaway