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There was silence before Myrna spoke again. “Fucking Ruth.“

It struck Gamache that maybe that was Ruth's real name. It was certainly her given name. He considered the christening.

“What do you name this child?“ the minister asked.

“Fucking Ruth,“ her godparents replied. It would have been a prescient choice.

And we're back! I suspect Penny saw all the “the monks are so boring, I want Twin Pines!“ comments and decided to give the people what they want. 😂 This is an action movie of a book, with tremendously high stakes, both personal and global. The Twin Pines characters provide a moral center and much needed comic relief. I'm not convinced the author wasn't messing with us, but it was a great pageturner and tearjerker of a read, so I don't care. 😂

#10 in the Chief Inspector Gamache series had me laughing like the others but also crying hard. Crying hard over a duck at that (#iykyk)! The main plot would have seemed inconceivable to me 10 years ago. However,after seeing blatant corruption in the highest levels of our government embraced in the real world, it feels sadly plausible. Another great read by Penny—entertainment with heart that makes you think. 👩‍🍳💋

This was definitely a brilliant installment in the Armand Gamache series! So much going on! If you‘ve read the previous books you will like this one! I was so pleased with the ending! I thought this had a good balance of the case being solved and the background plot coming to the forefront. I am eager to read the next one!

New month new #friendsPick and #ClassicsCountdown.

It‘s hard to imagine where the series goes from here! This was the best one yet- so intense! The two cases and the overarching story came together so well.

The first book I finished for this year‘s #WinterGames

This is my favorite Gamache book. It‘s set at Christmas and all the pieces come together so beautifully.

I think this is the 6th time I‘ve read this.

My holiday reading plans, plus the tagged book (Three Pines at Christmas). #seasonsreading #tistheseason

This one was a roller coaster ride! I read a review that said it felt like the series could have ended with this one, and I can totally see why. But I'm glad it didn't! What a twist at the end, though!

32/23 This is as my favourite for a while. And if I didn‘t know better I would assume it was the end of the series. Everything seems wrapped up. But glad to know I have many more hours in three pines still to come!

#joysofjune #readathon
Buddy reads: read prescribed sections #janeandtheexcellentreadalong #adventuresinphilosophy#sundaybuddyread #nunlit #14books14weeks
Louise Penny marathon( finished): #gamache #threepines

This is the ninth book of the series. Our power has been out all day. I finished this with what little light was still coming through the windows and a lantern I was awarded from the summer reading program at the public library.

My new planner! It doesn‘t have pockets like my beloved PeanutButterTaco planners, but I love that I can put my Bookspin list on the same page as the “bingo card.” It‘s from Emily Cromwell Designs on Etsy. #BookSpinBingo #BookSpin (pens were a Christmas gift from my husband)

Mugs! And since it‘s winter, I‘d like it to be winter themed. I have many mugs but I love them all, and I rotate seasonally.

Blues/greens

An Old English Sheepdog named Murray and a torby cat named Eddy Charcoal. (Eddy is a girl kitty, fyi).

Columbia or breakfast blend coffee (love beans), green and white tea (I love all teas, generally), herbal teas. Love pretty much all kinds of coffee it must be admitted.

I didn‘t do very well at the #WinterReadathon, or post that much, but I loved following along. Thanks so much, @Andrew65 and @GHABI4ROSES ! Here we are in a new year, with all kinds of fabulous reading ahead. Getting started today! Yesterday we had 60F in my corner of Michigan. And SUNSHINE. Happy Winter indeed!

So good! This series just gets better and better! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Wowza. The last 100 pages are a wild tense ride! Loved this one (even though the interesting murder plot is almost incidental) because it brings SO much together from the previous long arc storylines for a very intense journey toward resolution. Stunning. Kind of exhausting too - but that may be my fault for reading 9 #Gamache books within 2 months🤦🏼‍♀️😆
Interestingly it felt finale-ish, though we know it isn‘t. Plenty more #ThreePines TK!

A perfect day off #pluviophile

Finished the tagged - one of my favorite of the series. 💜🤍💙

And started a Familiar Tail… (heh 🤭). Good so far!

Now if I could only have more days like this one …
(she said while living in the desert…).

This was my favorite Inspector Gamache book by far. The author‘s writing at the end heightened the tension (even though we all know how these things end). The book held me from start to finish!

It took all I had not to stay up and finish this one last night. So, I had to finish it this morning!

Without going into too much detail, as this builds on so much that has happened in the Gamache series, this has to be one of my favorites thus far in the series. So much emotion is conveyed in Penny‘s writing, and so many built up layers fall into place. She really could have ended the series with this one, but we all know it continues!

My favorite book from my favorite series- I couldn‘t not re-read this one after reading The Quintland Sisters since the Dionne quintuplets inspired both.

Always love a bit of time with Gamache. Tough one, though. That light barely made it.

Next in the series! Pretty dark opening.

This is an interesting one. I found it gripping (to the point that I ignored many responsibilities today to listen to this audiobook) but at the same time unlikely and convoluted. Things just fit together a little too perfectly, and I am almost positive that the days in this book contained more than 24 hours each. I might take a break before the next in the series. But then, I've told myself that lie before.

Hello friends! It has been awhile. I've been slowly picking up the pieces of myself that got discarded during shut down when I became the defecto full-time educator of my 7 year old. He's back to school for now and I'm trying to get as many projects completed while I can. I've been listening to a lot of audiobooks as a result. I adore the narration for the above books, especially for the Louise Penny!

#armandegamache #bookquotes #louisepenny #howthelightgetsin

Rating: 5 Stars.
Any other Louise Penny fans? I am OBSESSED. When I started reading this series, fellow book lovers told me it only got better and boy was that the truth! Highly recommend.
#books #louisepenny #reading #bookobsessed #armandegamache #cozymysteries

Definitely the most intense of the Gamache murder series I‘ve read: tightly written with a historical theme based on the story of the Dionne quintuplets that I found intriguing. A finale that makes it hard to imagine what‘s going to come next.

1. Tagged book takes place around Christmas, so that makes it a holiday read, right?🎄🎄🎄
2. Driving, walking, sometimes chores or crafts. I also once finished an audiobook while playing with the cat. 🚗🥾😺

My favorite book from my favorite series. This time I had to switch between book and audio because life got in the way. #TeamReadNoseReindeer #BookspinBingo #WinterGames2020 #CrushTheRush #ReadYourWay #LittenListens

Enjoying a pre-dawn book and breakfast so that I can be at Target when it opens at 7. Hoping to avoid any crowds. Cookies, fruit, and cheese- the breakfast of champions!

Reading and enjoying the Christmas tree on this stormy morning.

I‘m thankful for coffee and for headphones plus lots of listening content.

Tagged book is the “Goblet of Fire” of the Armand Gamache series.

Thanks to @wanderinglynn for the tag!

#wondrouswednesday

Wow, up all night with this one. I absolutely love Louise Penny‘s books. I am reading them in order, and spacing them out a lot because I don‘t want the series to ever end. This one was really, really good. 5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I wanted to read Carrie and Mexican Gothic for the #readyourway readathon. I read Carrie and How the Light Gets In, and I started Mexican Gothic. I also pushed all the books from Libby to the Kindle so everything is in one place and I can save my phone battery for Litsy. 😎

This series just keeps getting better and better. I raced through this one, interested in the mystery of a murdered woman with a famous past but even more riveted by the overarching storyline of Gamache‘s investigation of corruption in the police force. I am taking my time with this series as I like having more to look forward to, but I may pick up the next one sooner rather than later as I really got sucked back in to life in Three Pines.

Oh Gamache!!! And Rosa.

This was an excellent installment in this series! The village of Three Pines was a centerpiece of the book (oh, how I would love to visit there!). In addition to a good mystery with an interesting background, many pieces of the ongoing saga involving the Surete fell into place.

I love the feeling I get when I begin to read the next book in this Inspector Gamache series! I feel as though I am checking in with old friends, so I space the books out-like special treats!

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have been so neglectful of Litsy lately! I have stuff going on in my life that I can't get into here, but it's meant that after work I listlessly scroll Facebook and don't read. I hate it! I'm so far behind on posting stuff here (including the #agathachristieclubR2 questions - coming tomorrow!), but here is my #bookspin for the month! @TheAromaofBooks

This was an excellent Louise Penny month! Three books of hers read - two 5🌟 & one 4🌟! And still making my way through the Series of Unfortunate Events series.

The Beautiful Mystery ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How the Light Gets In ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Long Way Home ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Carnivorous Carnival ⭐⭐⭐

Very emotional stories in this one; you even wonder if there is any hope for a good end. When Arnot was convicted, the root wasn‘t found and evil tentacles have spread everywhere.

For a sleepy little village, Three Pines sure has a lot of crime. 🥺 Ha!

It‘s curious there haven‘t been screen adaptions of this series. (Not that I‘m aware of anyway.) My most anticipated casting would be Ruth‘s character! 🦆 Love her caustic wit.

I had no idea Ralph Cosham produced his narrations cold. That‘s impressive.

Lots of new plays (because of the committee I‘m currently serving on), so that skewed my reading this month. There was some great nonfiction in their too!

Each book in this series gets better. I could not put this one down! Lots of action and character development.

I have a confession. It‘s a little silly and I know it‘s fiction. After finishing book 8, I was upset and disappointed about something that happened between two characters. So before starting this one, I glanced at spoilers. It wasn‘t enough to spoil the story, but it alleviated the worry I carried over from the previous book. 🙂 I really enjoyed this one. The story arc that has been going on for several books is wrapped up. In fact, if I ⬇️

Books 7-9 in the series prove that the series just keeps getting better. Each contains a murder, but the larger plot is more interesting. Gamache and his second in command come to an impasse. A conspiracy with the higher ups in the police force grows larger. I was completely enthralled. The 9th book wraps up many of the outstanding plots, so I‘m curious where the next book will take us, but I‘m already looking forward to returning to Three Pines.

I have a question for everyone. How do you count a book you read majority of in 2019, but know you won‘t finish until 1/1/2020? I‘m slightly over three-quarters through this book as of now.

I love, love, love this book and since it takes place at Christmas time I figured it was perfect for a #WinterGames re-read. #elfies