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OMG. @Cuilin ... you're spoiling me! Thank you for these get-well delights. I had my first PT today and was told to lie low for another three weeks (going to appointments, though), so you've given me items to enjoy while my butt is on the couch! I can't wait to dive into the book, and I love that I can read little snippets here and there. The bookmarks are so cool, too! I'm so glad you're a part of my Litsy life. Thank you, dear friend. 🧡💜💛

This mystery plot dragged a bit and was rather convoluted. I much prefer the previous Holmes and Watson novel I read by this author. (See my previous post.) I do like her portrayal of Holmes and Watson, though.

#mystery #detective #Holmes #litsylove

I don‘t get the covers of these cheap ebooks. Somehow I imagined Fernkurs Park to be more opulent, but perhaps I am wrong. It is funny to follow Poirot trying to be an average citizen cultivating pumpkins. For sure he wouldn‘t last long and a murder case would sneak back into his life and Poirot is taking it gratefully. And The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is definitely a good case for a come back.

„There‘s no doubt at all about what the man‘s profession has been. He‘s a retired hairdresser. Look at that moustache of his.“ 🤣🤣🤣 Imagine Poirot being a hairdresser. 🤣🤣🤣

Well, I lied. In my last post I said I had a stack of books I got from a LFL that were going to wait until next summer. Well, I needed a book for a long car trip and grabbed this. I loved the Wallander TV series with Kenneth Branagh and have been eager to start the books. This is no. 6 in the series but if they used it for the TV series, I don‘t remember, which is good. I usually avoid reading mysteries that have been done as shows.

Loved the Bosch TV series and I‘m from LA originally so excited to dig into these. Picked them up at an unofficial little free library outside a general store in VT, and sadly, I won‘t dig into until next summer. Ignore the pine needle basket on the top—pandemic project!

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it‘s an origin story setting up the reader‘s understanding of a character for a series, also being a series set around a black man at a time that was rare. On the other hand, it‘s a whole lot of people menacing each other without much of a through line and a ludicrous number of bodies piling up. I can‘t quite give it a pick. Pretty cool that my library has a signed first edition.

I like Kurt but he is also quite depressing. This was pretty dark and heavy to read. There were thoughts about life, death etc. and they felt realistic. And depressing. This went under my skin.

The story was good but maybe a bit too long. The last part of the book was really thrilling but otherwise pretty slow.

I took this week‘s quiz for #threelistthursday that asks what you‘ve read or seen and these are my answers. My score was 19 of 70 - 27%.

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

58/70 A decent score for once! This is my favorite time for everything, especially fall, scare, and wintry books. Three faves are shown above. No surprise with THE HOUND, right?

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