Bookedintime

A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Novel | Philip Kerr

so-so

This book was brutal. I can‘t say I enjoyed reading it, but I did learn a lot. It‘s a dual timeline novel, set in 1930s Berlin and 1950s Buenos Aires. Both locations were written with a strong sense of time and place, and the novel was well-researched, particularly the sections that took place in Argentina. ⬇️

julieclair (cont.) The main character was a famous police detective in Berlin before WWII, became an SS Officer during the war, and was one of the many Nazi officers who escaped to Argentina after the war. He continued his detective work there, investigating some truly horrific murders. Reading this book helped me realize that I‘m not a fan of hard-boiled detective stories. I much prefer cozy mysteries. 5h

julieclair This was my #BookedInTime pick for August. @Cuilin 5h

AlaMich I‘m a big fan of this series, though I think the books set only in ‘30s Berlin before and during the war are the more interesting. 4h

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AllDebooks

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

August #Bookspinbingo list is to maximise mood reading.
#Buddyreads for #NaturaLitsy #VirginiaBloomsberries #BookedinTime #LiteraryCrew #Losersclub #SheSaid #RiseUpReads #QueerBC

Happy summer reading 🌞

📷 Sunset across the fields from my home, July 2025.

TheBookHippie Pretty!!! 1w

kspenmoll My God, how gorgeous! 1w

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LitsyEvents

Imagining Argentina | Lawrence Thornton

Repost for @Cuilin

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeAugust25
#BookedInTimeArgentina

I spent some time researching this one as it‘s not a location or period I‘ve read much about. I recommend Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín. I‘m still deciding what to read. Thoughts?

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Singout Have you looked at “Bad Girls” by Camilla Sosa Villada? I found that compelling. 2w

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Cuilin

Imagining Argentina | Lawrence Thornton

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeAugust25
#BookedInTimeArgentina

I spent some time researching this one as it‘s not a location or period I‘ve read much about. I recommend Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín. I‘m still deciding what to read. Thoughts?

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47 @LitStephanie
2w

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 2w

Suet624 Can‘t go wrong with Toibin. 2w

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rwmg You might enjoy this one about what happened to Evita Peron's body after her death:

Santa Evita

Cuilin @Suet624 Agreed!!!! 2w

Cuilin @rwmg macabre but certainly intriguing 🤔 I guess it all adds to the myth and mystery of her life. 2w

Amiable @rwmg Intriguing! 2w

Itchyfeetreader I am so far behind on this challenge this year and this is a super intriguing prompt ! 2w

Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader oh there‘s no pressure here. I‘m a mood reader so even though certain prompts are assigned to particular months I just read a prompt whenever the mood hits. Though I am intrigued by this one

The Confessional

AllDebooks I have picked about 4 books for this. But now I want Toibin as well. 📚 2w

Cuilin @AllDebooks oh share your four books, please 🙏 2w

AllDebooks

In Patagonia

AllDebooks

The Real Odessa: How Peron Brought The Nazi War Criminals To Argentina

AllDebooks Out of timeline but it's been on my tbr forever

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

AllDebooks

Our Share of Night

Cuilin @AllDebooks thank you. These look great, especially In Patagonia. Just added to my TBR. 🤦‍♀️ 2w

AllDebooks @Cuilin 😊 2w

Mollyanna I was thinking about The Real Odessa but now I‘m intrigued by the Toibin book. 2w

julieclair I‘m going to try

A Quiet Flame: A Bernie Gunther Novel

BarbaraBB I can highly recommend all books by Claudia Piñeiro for example

A Little Luck

Cuilin @BarbaraBB Looks great. Thanks for the recommendation. 2w

Cuilin @julieclair I‘ll be interested to hear your thoughts on that one. 2w

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LitsyEvents

Camelot: The epic new novel from the author of Lancelot | Giles Kristian

Repost for @Cuilin

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeJuly2025 #BookedInTimeCamelot

So much to choose from: poetry, graphic novels, mythology, retellings, travelogues, seriously the list is endless so it begs the question what will you read?

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Cuilin

Camelot: The epic new novel from the author of Lancelot | Giles Kristian

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeJuly2025 #BookedInTimeCamelot

So much to choose from: poetry, graphic novels, mythology, retellings, travelogues, seriously the list is endless so it begs the question what will you read?

Amiable I read “The Mists of Avalon” years and years ago in college —I remember liking it a lot. 1mo

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LitStephanie How does bookedintime work? Is there a schedule of prompts for the whole year? 1mo

Cuilin @LitStephanie hi, I tagged you in another post for the schedule and explanation. Would you like me to add you to the tag list? 1mo

Cuilin @Amiable I loved that book and reconciling that with the author‘s abuses is difficult. 😞 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @Amiable @Cuilin I have had it on my shelf for years and each time I pick it up I just think about how awful she is and can't get myself to read it. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I think I am finally going to tackle

The Once and Future King

1mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures a classic!! 1mo

rubyslippersreads @ChaoticMissAdventures One of my favorites. 👑 1mo

Bookwormjillk I need to find something still. This is not a time I know much about so I don't have any go to titles. 1mo

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures @Cuilin Monstrous. ☹️ My niece struggles to reconcile her love and absolute devotion to the Harry Potter series against the horribleness that is JK Rowling as well. 😖 1mo

Cuilin @Amiable yeah, another tough one. I loved that series too. My daughters were huge fans. Ugh 😩 1mo

julieclair I think I‘m going to read

The Squire's Tale

1mo

julieclair Or possibly

The Seeing Stone (The Arthur Trilogy #1)

1mo

AllDebooks I am going with one of these, still haven't settled on one, as per usual. Tolkein's The Fall of Arthur, The Once and Future King or

Le Fay

1mo

Cuilin @julieclair both look great. 👍 1mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks I have Le Fay ready to go as I just read Morgan is My Name but I also own

The Guinevere Deception

1mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin I read Morgannis my name and immediately bought Le Fay. So good! There's so much to choose from this month. 📚📚📚 1mo

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julieclair

Gould's Book of Fish | Richard Flanagan

bailed

Nope. Not for me. Too weird. #HailtheBail #BetterBooksAhead

julieclair This was my choice for the June #BookedInTime prompt, 1800‘s Australia. I‘m going to try this one instead (not in Litsy Catalogue) Search for the Light, by Rosemary Noble. @Cuilin 2mo

Cuilin Yes 🙌 #HailTheBail Hope your next one is more enjoyable. 2mo

kspenmoll Your new choice sounds good. Do you have a kindle/app? It‘s free on kindle ( much as I avoid ordering from Amazon, I still use my kindle) 2mo

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dabbe YES! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

julieclair @kspenmoll Thanks for the kindle hint! Just downloaded it. And I agree about Amazon. I‘m trying to cut down, but boy, it‘s hard sometimes. Every time I make a different choice, I pat myself on the back. 2mo

julieclair @Cuilin Thanks! Fingers crossed!🤞 2mo

julieclair @dabbe 💙💟💙 2mo

kspenmoll @julieclair it is a constant challenge. I am Glad Blackwell‘s is back shipping to the US. It helps. 2mo

julieclair @kspenmoll Thanks for the reminder about Blackwell‘s! I tend to forget about them unless I want to buy a book that‘s unavailable in the US. 1mo

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AllDebooks

Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place | Kate Grenville

The June prompt for #BookedinTime is Australian colonies 1800s. I have chosen Kate Grenville's exploration of what it means to her to be descended from colonisers.

@Cuilin @dabbe

Cuilin I think this is the one I‘m going to read also. Though I‘m still trying to finish my book from the Spanish Civil War prompt.🤦‍♀️ 2mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin it's very good so far. It would be a great read for #NaturaLitsy too. Her descriptions of landscape are beautiful. I've yet to finish

Penguin Classics Homage to Catalonia

2mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks Now I‘m really interested. 2mo

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Bookwormjillk

The Time In Between: A Novel | Maria Duenas

pick

Finally finished this chunky book for #BookedInTime #SpanishCivilWar @Cuilin

When I saw last month‘s theme I wanted to re-read this book. I wasn‘t sure if my fond memories of it were because it was a good book or if it was the book I brought with me the first time I traveled without my kids. Sometimes just being able to think makes a book better.

Happy to say it held up and I was just as into this spy novel in translation as I was 11 years ago.

Cuilin Oh I love when that happens!! Yay! ✅🎉 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I remember really loving this too. So glad to hear it held up! 2mo

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Bookwormjillk

Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

It‘s Friday! I‘m putting my non-fiction away and jumping in to some mysteries. I also want to read something for this month‘s #BookedInTime @Cuilin

#ShelfSweeper @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads #JumpStartSummer @TheSpineView

kspenmoll Enjoy! 3mo

TheSpineView Looks good. 🤩📖📚 3mo

AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 3mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 3mo

Andrew65 Always love jumping into mysteries. Enjoy. 2mo

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