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Glorious Exploits: A Novel | Ferdia Lennon

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This reads like Greek tragedy. It's very clever actually. And I love the goofy cover.

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Pub date was 3/26/24
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Death at Sea: Montalbano's Early Cases | Andrea Camilleri

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This collection of short mysteries featuring early cases investigated by Inspector Montalbano is a low pick, as the quality of the stories are mixed. However, I always enjoy spending time with Montalbano and friends.

The setting on Sicily is perfect for prompt 8 (“Features the ocean“) of #52bookclub24.

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Librarybelle This series is on my to read list. I‘m slowly working my way through the Donna Leon books first. 4mo

Hooked_on_books That cover is really cute! 4mo

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Crazeedi @Librarybelle Leon is soooo good, but I have to rate Camilleri even better! You will love!! If you can find audiobooks you will laugh, the reader is excellent!! 4mo

Crazeedi I love love love Montalbano!! Have you listened to any of his books? They are hilarious!! And there is an Italian TV series too! Subtitled but really fun 4mo

Librarybelle @Crazeedi Good to know!! 4mo

kwmg40 @Librarybelle @Crazeedi I too love the audiobooks! Grover Gardner is great. He also does a fantastic job with the sci-fi Vorkosigan series. And I second the TV adaptation recommendation! 4mo

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A House in Sicily | Daphne Phelps

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This is the house, Casa Cuseni, I stayed in last year when I visited Taormina, Italy. It has a very interesting history. I stayed in the room that Greta Garbo frequented. This house was the perfect place to stay, with its antiques, art and gorgeous gardens. The view of Mt Etna from our terrace was amazing! The house also has a dining room that contains a mural painted on the walls of its original owner Robert Kitson, his lover and their adopted ⬇️

Rissreads Child. Homosexuality was a crime at the time. To protect the men portrayed in the paintings, and to protect the paintings themselves because of the subject matter, the room was closed for 100 yrs and only opened in 2012. The book details the rich Sicilian lifestyle of the niece of the original owner Kitson. She became the guardian of the house and spent her lifetime preserving it. 5mo

Jeg I just read The 7 husband's of Evelyn Hugo. A fictional account of hidden gay Hollywood. So interesting to read your account of your visit. 5mo

Reggie Always having to hide.😢 great review! 5mo

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kwmg40

Death at Sea: Montalbano's Early Cases | Andrea Camilleri

I probably won't get through all of these, but here are my picks for the #CloakandDaggerChristmas challenge hosted by @Ruthiella:

1. An English Murder by Cyril Hare
2. The Maid by Nita Prose
3. Stockings and Spells by Nancy Warren
4. The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
5. A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
6. 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
7. Death at Sea by Andrea Camilleri
8. Peril at Owl Park by Marthe Jocelyn

kwmg40 @HardcoverHearts @quietjenn @LeahBergen @elkeOriginal @Larkken @batsy @merelybookish @jlhammar @RaeLovesToRead @bthegood @kspenmoll 5mo

Ruthiella Ah, but I see you have cleverly used a few planned group reads! Great way to make the books do double duty! 👍 I was thinking if I fudged it, I could use the next Nancy Drew title for the “child detective” prompt. After all, she was only 16 in the original books. 🤔 5mo

kwmg40 @Ruthiella I too considered using the Nancy Drew title for the 8th title, but wanted an excuse to read the next book in the delightful Aggie Morton series. This one has a Christmas setting too! 5mo

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quietjenn @kwmg40 the Aggie Morton is one of my possibilities as well, especially when I saw it was set at Christmas (and I already have it checked out from the library). 5mo

kwmg40 @quietjenn I had planned simply to read the next Aggie Morton book and it was a nice surprise to me too when I saw it was set at Christmas. Good timing! 5mo

jlhammar Oooh, nice list! I was also considering counting Nancy for the child detective prompt, but I‘ll hopefully get Flavia in. The Aggie Morton series sounds great! 5mo

LeahBergen I‘m hoping to get to An English Murder, too. 5mo

Texreader I am so looking forward to playing #wintergames with you for the #snowangels! ❄️ 👼 5mo

Emilymdxn This is amazing and I ABSOLUTELY want to join in, thank you fellow snow Angel! 5mo

kwmg40 @jhammar Flavia is a great option too! 5mo

kwmg40 @LeahBergen Very convenient that this was chosen for the #goldenagecrimeclub. It's actually going to be a reread for me. 5mo

kwmg40 @Texreader @Emilymdxn I'm so looking forward to #wintergames with the #snowangels. It'll be fun if a number of us are doing this challenge together. 5mo

Emilymdxn I‘ll be having a go at it for sure! Winter is a great time for murder mysteries 🥰 5mo

kwmg40 @Emilymdxn Couldn't agree more! 5mo

CogsOfEncouragement Woo HOO! #NancyDrewBR 5mo

Larkken I've never triedthe Aggie Morton series, maybe I'll try this one! I'm liking that it's set at Christmas... 5mo

Nessavamusic Very fun! 5mo

kwmg40 @CogsOfEncouragement It's certainly nice to be able to fit #NancyDrewBR into this challenge! 5mo

kwmg40 @Larkken I hope you enjoy it. I found the first book charming and fun. 5mo

kwmg40 @Nessavamusic Thanks! I'm really looking forward to this challenge. 5mo

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NatalieR

The House by the Sea: A chilling, unforgettable read from bestseller Louise Douglas | Louise Douglas

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Set in an idyllic Sicilian seaside village. A setting so easy for me to imagine and mentally escape. Edie‘s former MIL, Anna, has died and left her property in her will. Edie and her former husband, Joe, divorced years earlier following a tragedy. Edie has to travel to Sicily where she and Joe will meet with an attorney to resolve the will. Anna left Joe and Edie the family villa.

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

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The House by the Sea: A chilling, unforgettable read from bestseller Louise Douglas | Louise Douglas

#titlesandtunes #Islandvibes
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

I don‘t know much about this book other than it‘s set on an island and it‘s been on my tbr for ages!
I chose the song as it was the first song I thought of for the prompt and Blondie are one of my favourite bands

TrishB I thought of this song too! (edited) 12mo

Cinfhen My kids just saw Blondie preform at Coachella 🤩the 21 year old had no clue who she was 😂😂 we‘re getting ancient @TrishB 🦕🦖🦕 12mo

TrishB @Cinfhen mine have both been dragged to see them over the years 😁 I still think she‘s great, but that‘s because I‘m old too!! I love the 🦕 emojis 12mo

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