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I chose this book because I‘d seen some good reviews and wanted to find a new ‘detective‘ series. I didn‘t really enjoy this one. I found the writing clunky and I wasn‘t drawn into the mystery. I‘ll have to keep hunting 😊

Grounded in relationships, emotions, and inner-life, this murder mystery is about what gives life meaning. The victim‘s death was one moment in a surging stream of many beautiful others, and that is recalled lovingly through the grief of her artistic community of chosen family. Every character, whose minds we skip to rapidly through the novel, is challenged to grow and learn. Some choose not to, and theirs are the “still” lives.

1. Decoding Despacito, Winter Counts, The Angel‘s Game
2. Pumpkin pie
3. Going with another Louise Penny for this (tagged)
#weekendreads

Thanks for the tag!

1. Walk in a Relaxed Manner by Joyce Rupp
2. Apple Crumble
3. Still Life by Louise Penny

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

#thoughtfulthursday

📚such a narrator can be confusing, but once I know I can have a better handle on things. Don‘t really enjoy such a narrator.
📚bookmarks, bookish apps on my phone
📚 a Louise Penny fan since Still Life was published & I discovered it in a bookstore. Wait every year for her next installment.

So late for this train but so very good. Finished it by book light so my partner could sleep.

If you don‘t over analyze this it‘s a solid read and I can understand why she seems so popular a writer in this genre. Inspector Gamache is an interesting character and I‘ll be interested to see how he grows with more books. Heavens knows she got quite the backlist to catch up on.

My first Louise Penny, and now I get what so many of you have been talking about! What an excellent book! With so many mysteries, the murder is just a way to introduce the mystery, the body just a prop, but Penny gives life to all of her characters and makes their mourning central to the story. I intended to save this for my afternoon walk but listened all this morning instead. Guess I'll have to get the next book in the series for my walk. 🤷‍♀️

I. CANNOT. WAIT. 🤩

Best news ever. The Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series remains one of my favorites and I cannot wait to see it come to life.

#LouisePenny #InspectorArmandGamache

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. Sometimes yes, sometimes no 🤓

2. The Gamache/Three Pines series by Louise Penny; Charlie Parker series by John Connolly

3. Actually I've been reading more nonfiction lately because I'm tired of all the same tropes (especially missing girls). But I do love boarding school settings, and gritty inner cities.

4. My health, and that of my family; may it continue to be good.

#Litsysummercamp #CampPorchView #LiteraryLuminary #favoriteliterarycharacter

Enthralled with this series, which I was introduced to when I found Still Life on a remainder table a year after its initial publication. So Superintendent Gamache is our literary luminary for the day. He will read an excerpt from the tagged book, & set up a challenging scavenger hunt, after which we will play the board game Clue.

Maybe I am too analytical? I have some serious questions about police procedure in Canada. This might be the first detective book I have read from there? But why on earth would a detective gather the town and tell them all about their suspensions and what murder weapons they are looking for? Why wouldn't a detective be able to search a house of a murder victim?
Spent a lot of time pausing and saying Why? What?

#weeklyforcast
Excited to try Louise Penny for the first time!
Continue to be behind on #ThornBirdsReadAlong but made some progress today!
Going to listen to Apeirogon instead of read to keep me movie on these #tbrgoals
Hummingbirds Daughter as you can see I have had forever and it is super beat up poor thing. I adore Urrea so hoping for the best here.

#julyjourneys #picnic inspiration to have one this gorgeous evening while I start this read.
*Not pictured the glass of wine I wouldn't put down long enough to take a picture

@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I think this book suffered from high expectations as I have heard this mystery series recommended quite a few times. I found some of the characterizations a bit flat.... But maybe that is because it was her first book.
I will give a few more in the series a read to see if I enjoy them more.
Read this for my #bookspin for July
@thearomaofbooks

(don't pay attention to how dirty my touchscreen on my car's dashboard is!)

This was an interesting character study,with a mystery that kept me invested in finding out what happened.I wasn't a fan of the way Nichole was treated,and also there were a few comments about makeup that implied it made a woman 'fake' that I didn't appreciate.Seemed like a fair amount of internalized misogyny.But I'll probably read the next few and see if they get better

Just finished rereading this (my 3rd time reading it!), and celebrating Caturday with my boys.

I‘m currently leading a monthly discussion of Louise Penny‘s works for my library system, and it has been so much fun re-exploring some of her books, and I eagerly anticipate continuing the series.

Penny has a gift, and I learn so much every time I reread a book. This is the first in the Gamache series - not as polished as others, but I still ❤️ it!

Ready to see what I've been missing!

I‘ve been wanting to start this series for a long time, and I‘ve finally acquired the first one!

Nice to meet you Chief Inspector Armand Gamache !

Loved this audio book! I can see why it might resonate more with older readers, and the dramatic language can go a bit too far at times, but the characters and plait are solid, and I really enjoyed the narrator.

1. Probably a couple of hours or maybe more if I could make an overnight trip out of it. Louise Penny and Jacqueline Woodson.
2. Yes, Monday.
3. Victoria, BC or Italy or ... can‘t wait to travel again.

#WondrousWednesday. If you haven‘t played consider yourself tagged.

This book was WONDERFUL. I‘ve planned to read the series for awhile, but wanted to start with the first book. My library had it but there were holds, then they couldn‘t find it (mysterious!) and finally I caved & bought it used via Amazon. I practically inhaled it. It‘s literary, kind, unsettling, thoughtful, and intelligent. What a character Gamache is. What a writer Penny is. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

Our snow is gone! Book crossed off my #BookSpinBingo card.

My #BookSpinBingo card! #Bookspin is Future of Ice, #Doublespin is Cover Her Face. I‘ve started Still Life and I‘m loving my first Louise Penny. March has sprung!

March #Bookspin list! Can‘t wait! @TheAromaofBooks Lots of mysteries, some new historical fiction, and a couple of nonfiction titles that I want to read while it‘s still winter.

Ohhh 😯 how exciting is this?!?! 👏🤩

Snow days call for piles of quilts and cozy reads.

I loved this book. That‘s all I have to say. The subtle poetry, intrinsic metaphors, and overall message of the story was beautiful. Louise Penny is so talented and I‘m so happy I‘ve met Inspector Gamache

snippets of serene silence in the morning are the moments most worth living for

Less than $5 at the local used book store and it‘s never even been opened.

I had a rough start to the week...work again tonight. But at this moment I thought to myself “what can I do to calm down and get by?????” I decided nothing would make me happier than a warm coffee and getting some reading done. So here I am. One bite at a time 💛

a little behind schedule but about to embark on my second journey of the year..:✨ #newbook #bookworm #myhappyplace

Mystery set in a small town in French Canada. Enjoyed both the detectives and the various characters in town who all felt fully realized. The mystery was quite good with enjoyable twists and turns. Several characters were artists and I loved how that played into the story as well as the descriptions of their art.

This was on my tbr for months. When I saw it on a librarian‘s post of Thanksgiving books, I decided it was the perfect time. This book is set in Canada so Thanksgiving is early/mid October rather than November when I celebrate in The States. BUT it is autumn and a well written murder mystery. I enjoyed learning a little more about Canada as well. I plan to read more in this series.

slightly disappointing ending but definitely a smooth read and perfect for a little mystery

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘m now rather fond of Inspector Gamache and his band of Sureté investigators. The whole time I was reading this book I heard it in a voice that I couldn‘t quite put my finger on until Inspector Gamache sat on a bench to watch the sunrise. It was Tom Hanks. ? The plot is intriguing, quaint, funny, and surprising. It was a fun mystery that had me chuckling and guessing until the end. I‘ll definitely be reading more of this series!

Louise can add another fan to her fanbase! I loved this one and didn't get the killer.

Book 25 #murder2020
#Quebec for #readcanada @Book_Fiend_Melissa

5 ⭐

#bookreport week 26/9/20 @Cinfhen

Finished HHhH & Akata Witch
Continued Stasiland & Pride and Prejudice
Started Still Life & Money for Nothing

Murder mysteries are not usually my cup of tea, but this gentle mystery was a pleasant diversion and a fast read. I didn‘t love the fraught relationship between the established detective and the young rookie detective, still a bit puzzled by it.

🎃 I barely decorate for Christmas, much less any other season/holiday!
🍎pumpkin spice
📚I‘ve only read four so far...
#thoughtfulthursday

What do you do when a tropical storm is upon you? You read!

Just not for me. I thought I would give it a shot. I was told that it was slower than the following books written by Louise Penny. I finished it, but I‘m not sure if I‘ll read other titles by her.

#Top20Series #20Series20Days - FIVE:

I have read only the first book, Still Life, in the series, but I can already tell that it will become a favorite place to revisit. I love the feel of the quaint little town of Three Pines and the quirky community inhabitants. And Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has captured my heart!

These are the titles that I have collected so far. I think that there are fifteen books to date.👇🏽

‘Oscar Wilde said that conscience and cowardice are the same thing. What stops us from doing horrible things isn‘t our conscience but the fear of getting caught.‘ #StillLife #louisepenny #quotes

#20series20days Three Pines

For a tiny village that isn't on the map there is an awful lot of nefarious activity around Three Pines, Quebec. I love the characters and also the ongoing moral questions these books pose.

This was quiet a story. I really enjoyed the setting in Three Pines and look forward to getting to know the quirky residents. I already have a soft spot for Chief Inspector Gamache. I hope to see more of the relationship he has with his wife. I have just become a mystery lover! Highly recommend. I‘m on to the second in the series.

Because of what often felt like overwhelming dullness to me, I likely would have DNF‘d this if it hadn‘t been our book club pick. I‘ve abandoned far too many of our picks and wanted to see this one through. My three star rating might seem generous with that in mind but the things I did like balance it out enough to warrant a middle of the road perspective.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3485384352

Day 8 of #20series20days

Louise Penny‘s mystery series is a favorite of mine. It‘s a police procedural series set in a small village outside Quebec that is filled with a group of quirky characters I have come to love and enjoy spending time with book after book. I can‘t wait for the next one..I want to find out what all the villagers are up to and I know there will be a great mystery to be solved. I highly recommend the audiobooks.

@Andrew65