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The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel | Jussi Adler-Olsen

I just found out that my favorite #NordicNoir series has been adapted into into a Netflix show. I hope its good. I'm tagging the old group; fearful they're no longer on Litsy since I have not seen any posts from them.

I liked this series, especially because it had humorous moments.

@Andrew65 @Tove_Reads @EadieB

Tove_Reads 🙌 I think someone left Litsy, I looked for them as well at some point. 3d

Tove_Reads @eanderson sadly left for better reading grounds somewhere over the rainbow 3d

Tove_Reads @Crazeedi @AnnCecilie 3d

AnneCecilie When I first saw the title, I thought it was based on the books, but then it wasn‘t set in Copenhagen and I got unsure. Do you know that Adler-Olsen has given some authors the right to continue the books, and there‘s a new one coming out now? 2d

Butterfinger @AnneCecilie I have mixed feelings. I'm glad the books will continue. I hope the authors will do justice by his creation. 2d

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Texreader

Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel | Peter H�eg

Daughter of a Greenlander mother and a wealthy Dane, Smilla is a most unusual character. In Denmark, alone, she befriends a lonely boy Isaiah. A huge stuttering man, the Mechanic, becomes her lover. Isaiah, afraid of heights, dies falling from an apartment building leaving only his footprints in the snow: Smilla‘s remarkable sense of snow tells her this was murder. This brick of a novel follows her attempt in painstaking detail with help from ⬇️

Catsandbooks

Texreader the Mechanic and a Danish company‘s accounting expert to prove it was murder. Her search takes her back to two mysterious trips to a remote island off #Greenland in the 1960s and 1990s, the death of Isaiah‘s father on one of those trips, and a new trek to the island. Smilla becomes a stewardess on the new ship crew and she takes every risk imaginable, with muñtiple attempts on her life, to discover what these people are seeking in Greenland. ⬇️ 5d

Texreader Smilla‘s remarkable sense of snow, and ice, helps resolve the mystery. The vague ending left readers upset, but I felt the conclusion was final. I struggled with all the tiny details, and the character herself, with few redeeming qualities. The narrator of the audiobook made her seem on the spectrum. I wasn‘t sure if that was the case, a character quirk, or a description of Greenlanders in general. She definitely was a no holds barred character! 5d

Texreader #foodandlit 5d

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Yenya1954

Leeway Cottage: A Novel | Beth Gutcheon

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Historical fiction about World War II and the Nazis are marching into Denmark. Sydney Brant is a wealthy young woman who lives on Dundee Island off the coast of Maine who marries a Danish pianist. The novel takes place in both countries. Not as good as I hoped it would be. 3.5/5 ⭐️

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Texreader

Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel | Peter H�eg

I‘ve also decided to start this audiobook between listening to Kristin Lavransdatter. #Greenland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

marleed Oh I read the Kristen Lavransdatter series for a college course - many moons ago. My roommate was in the class and years later named her daughter Kristen after the book. 2w

Texreader @marleed I read it about 30 years ago! Gulp! It was memorable. Looking forward to reading it again. 2w

Catsandbooks ❤️🇬🇱 2w

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DGRachel

The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel | Jussi Adler-Olsen

bailed

I reached 67% and have 3 1/2 hours at 1.5 speed to finish. I‘ve been arguing with myself about bailing all morning, and I surrender. I don‘t know if it‘s the narrator, the translation, or the source material but I dislike the characters, the author seems oddly obsessed with menstruation, and non-white male characters are not written well. I wanted to read this before watching Dept Q, but I think I‘ll skip the TV show as well.

mcctrish This is on my TBR and now I think I will take it off 2w

DGRachel @mcctrish There seems to be a lot of love for the series but @Hooked_on_books has a review here that captures some of the key things that bothered me. I might have been able to power through except I found the story itself and the main detective both tedious. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 2w

Hooked_on_books Yeah, there are big issues with this one. Bailing was a good move. 2w

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DieAReader

Downtime: Deliciousness at Home | Nadine Levy Redzepi

#WeekendReads #WeekendReading

My downtime reading plans🤓📚🎧

CoverToCoverGirl Loved

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl Had to divert it to tbr, couldn‘t stay focused🙄 4w

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BarbaraBB

Read the World | Pushpinder Khaneka

#ReadTheWorld2025

In March and April I‘ve read 7 books set in or written by author from places around the world: #Italy #Switzerland #Iraq #France #Iran #Denmark #Mexico #Argentina

I have the #InternationalBooker to thank for most of these books!

GatheringBooks

mcctrish That‘s awesome 2mo

Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 2mo

Bookwormjillk Love that! 2mo

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Lesliereadsalot So cool! 2mo

GatheringBooks Oh wow! This is a fantastic collage. I plan on doing a half year post of all #ReadTheWorld2025 posts on GatheringBooks and this just might be central to that post - it‘s amazing! Which one is the book from Iraq? Is it Fundamentally, because I already have that one. 1mo

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Thanks! Yes it is

Fundamentally: A Novel

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GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i will move it up my TBR stack, then. 💕 1mo

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Eggs

Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living | Meik Wiking

#Drink

#DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 1mo

Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you 🙏🏻 1mo

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Bookwormjillk

Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness | Marie Tourell S�derberg

#HyggeHour

I have been meaning to read this book for years!

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

TheBookHippie Oooo nice! 2mo

Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 2mo

AllDebooks ❤️ 2mo

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sarahbarnes

Mirror Shoulder Signal | Dorthe Nors

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I loved the subtlety of the story and the humor in this book. There are several phenomenally good sentences in here. The story is a simple one at its heart, but it rings so true. Turns out I‘m definitely a Nors fan.

Cathythoughts Looks interesting! Stacked. ❤️ 2mo

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