Litsy

The Purity of Vengeance | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It‘s been a minute since I‘ve read a Department Q novel!

These books don‘t disappoint! Great characters along with very intricate storylines that weave and tie end nicely throughout. This one explores the oldies in Denmark when the right wing nationalists wanted to keep Denmark “Danish” and explored the lengths some crazies will go to keep in that way.

The relationships between Carl, Assad and rose gold deeper.

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Butterfinger

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. 3w

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

Tove_Reads @Crazeedi @AnnCecilie 3w

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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? 3w

Butterfinger @AnneCecilie I have mixed feelings. I'm glad the books will continue. I hope the authors will do justice by his creation. 3w

Crazeedi I don't have Netflix but I enjoyed the books! 3w

Butterfinger @Crazeedi oh, how I have missed you. 3w

Crazeedi @Butterfinger 😘💗💖💕 it's been a very tough few months. I miss you all so much too. Im really trying to get my groove back!! 3w

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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. ⬇️ 3w

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! 3w

Texreader #foodandlit 3w

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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. 1mo

Texreader @marleed I read it about 30 years ago! Gulp! It was memorable. Looking forward to reading it again. 1mo

Catsandbooks ❤️🇬🇱 1mo

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DGRachel

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

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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 1mo

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. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 1mo

Hooked_on_books Yeah, there are big issues with this one. Bailing was a good move. 1mo

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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

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DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl Had to divert it to tbr, couldn‘t stay focused🙄 1mo

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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. 2mo

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Thanks! Yes it is

Fundamentally: A Novel

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GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB i will move it up my TBR stack, then. 💕 2mo

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