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Thanks for the rec @jenlovesjt47 - what fun! 🤩

#Series firsts are hard -- the author has to hook you on the characters AND tell a good story. Greenwood deftly uses the dancer Sasha and the impressionable Dot to help show us Phryne's character, but also as pivotal plot pushers. Phryne is hedonistic, yes, but not just that, and it is ultimately a pleasure to get some insights beyond her roaring 20s persona. The whirlwind sometimes overwhelmed, but overall I'm happy to continue with the series!

Let‘s channel Phryne
as often as possible —
life‘s less dull that way.

Phryne Fisher is my favorite book character and I‘m due for a reread of this series soon. Also love the show Miss Fisher‘s Murder Mysteries. Highly recommend both if you haven‘t read/seen them!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #PhryneFisher

The guests were silenced by a painful mixture of Schoenberg and Russian folk song, derived from musically obtuse Styrian peasants, who had absorbed their atonality along with their mother's milk. The sound hurt; but it could not be ignored. Too much of it, Phryne was convinced, would curdle custard. (69)

Tonight‘s #hyggehourreadathon selection.

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs

1) I always wanted a name people know how to spell. Like Jane. Easy Peasy.

2) My first pet a dog named Frisco I was 5 and named him after my favorite General Hospital soap opera character 🤣

3) I always loved the name Phryne Fisher from Miss Fishers Murder mystery

Pretty sure I found these on a midsummer night. It‘s started to get 🥶 like it does every yr after the Writer‘s Festival & every yr I hate it! I ❤️ the mags at the bottom of the pile. They‘re from the Art Gallery of NSW & my State Library. I collect the tagged 📕 series. The covers are so pretty. I‘m a big fan of Inga Simpson & got to meet her at the SWF. She isn‘t as serious as she seems on stage. We spoke about her new book set where I grew up.

I‘ve loved the Phryne Fisher series, and have now read all 23 books in the series. This one isn‘t the best, it feels like the author, being aware of the limited time she had left, wanted to ensure that the series cameto and end with no loose ends - Greenwood passed away in March this year.

Book 36/60 Page 11.715/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Not the best in the series, but still an enjoyable “cosy” read. Phryne is such a wonderful character.

Book 22/60; page 6,468/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

This was awful. It's supposed to be a mystery, but I kept forgetting what Phryne was supposed to investigate. It's all muddled in non stop descriptions of her clothes, sex (without any eroticism) and comments of people admiring her? I'm surprised it has so many books in the series and even made it to the tv. I wonder if the whole book is just an introduction to the character and then the series improves...but let's be honest, I'll never find out⬇️