Litsy

Meet Me in Malmo: The First Inspector Anita Sundstrom Mystery | Torquil MacLeod

I‘m currently reading this one. Written by a Scotsman and set in Sweden… lots of Swedish atmosphere and talk. Some good characters… this has been on my kindle forever.. first in a series. Im excited , it‘s easy reading and very good. 😊

Tamra I love the anticipation of a good series.😃 1d

Cathythoughts @Tamra Isn‘t it great 😁❤️ 1d

LeahBergen I love a good series. 😄 1d

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Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Fingers crossed Leah 😬🤞🏻❤️ 1d

youneverarrived Sounds good 🤍 1d

Cathythoughts @youneverarrived I‘m enjoying it 😁❤️ 19h

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RAS27

The Answer Is No | Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma (Translator)

Back online after a long long time

Well I was in a slump, insta slump, reading slump and what not.
Finally 1st read of 2025 , though a short story, it felt like a hug we need.
Backman's stories starts where I don't feel like continuing but by the end it's all smiles.

#ReshamMusings #ReshamShaktiMusings #ReshamMuses #ReshamShaktiMuses #FredrikBackman #shortStory #read #TheAnswerIsNO

2025 Book 1

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Robotswithpersonality

The Invoice: A Novel | Jonas Karlsson

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Nope. When I go into a book knowing there's a semi-absurd premise, something where you're going to work extra hard to suspend disbelief and not think too hard about the details, I'm looking for the result to be charming or meaningful. I feel like this book didn't manage either.
Started out thinking it could have been a novella, now convinced that amount of plot and original rumination minus the redundancies would have fit in a short story. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? And even at 200 pages, I'm not sure you have a completed text. Case in point: The consequence being built to was just removed at the last minute without a clear picture of what it actually would have been!
I think it's among the scientific literature nowadays that people's natural happiness level varies person to person, something to do with genetics and brain chemistry, beyond what outside factors could modify it, and this story felt like a 3d

Robotswithpersonality 3/?cul-de-sac, a dead end just proving that point. Where we find this one person who's outlook/personality makes them more content with their life.
The text just barely grazes against the whole, 'many types of privilege, reasons why he's actually very lucky even if one might not rate his life spectacular' which at this point feels so well covered in attempting to gain a more intersectional understanding in non-fiction of how various minorities 3d

Robotswithpersonality 4/? are attempting to navigate the limiting systems in place, that it just made me tired to read the surface-level acknowledgment here.
And really most of this book, wherein one might assume the author wants us to recognize the many sources of contentment and simple joys in our lives, is chock-full of anxiety-generators: a large unpaid expense coming out of the blue, the idea that 'the best things in life are free' is no longer a reality, and you 3d

Robotswithpersonality 5/? might not get to enjoy them anymore, and then there's this guy who once he gets a customer service contact's direct number feels entitled to call her at all hours of the day and night!
Maybe there's an unconvincing romantic thread that's supposed to be blossoming in those phone conversations but for most of it he's being a whiny, entitled ass.
3d

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 [Sidebar: If you want an all night phone conversation that actually rests comfortably within a burgeoning relationship, watch Elizabethtown.]
I just - if the author was sincere then I'm sorry I didn't receive whatever he was trying to get across. If this was actually a cynical cash grab in the YOLO/self-help adjacent/contemporary feel-good genre than I'm not surprised and also very comfortable with the fact that I basically just roasted it. 🔥 (edited) 3d

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Lenamarcela339

Beartown: A Novel | Fredrik Backman

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ReadingOver50

The Answer Is No | Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma (Translator)

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A good story, about an introvert being dragged into interactions with his neighbors. Lucas loves his life, but when the apartment board wants him to get involved, it all goes to hell. Not a whole lot of action but a lot of introspection. Parts were funny, especially the way he solves his problems at the end.

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve had this on my tbr list simply because it keeps appearing on my”Recommended for You” lists. Now that you‘ve described what it‘s about, I‘m moving it to the top of the list. 👍 1w

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BoleyBooks

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter | Margareta Magnusson

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #thegentleartofdwedishdeathcleaning #margaretamagnusson #bookbeast #bookbuds #bookclub #letsread #libby

BoleyBooks #thegentleartofswedishdeathcleaning 2w

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kspenmoll

The Ice Child | Camilla L�ckberg

Reading with Em-cat tonight.

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3w

dabbe 🖤🎶🖤 3w

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3w

Darklunarose ❤️😻😻 3w

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ShelleyBooksie

Wild Shores: The bestselling atmospheric police procedural that has taken the world by storm | Maria Adolfsson

Thank you for the tag @dabbe . Wanna play @DinoMom, @AshRob22 ?

1. Tulips - I adore them.
2. My family (hubby/kiddo/doggo)/dear friends/ my new wheels!

dabbe Same as @TheLudicReader! What's with tulips and Canada? Oh, and plan on a get-together this summer! 😍 3w

ShelleyBooksie @dabbe - I would LOVE a get together!!! 3w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie Between 7/29-8/5! We'll be in touch! 3w

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ShelleyBooksie

Wild Shores: The bestselling atmospheric police procedural that has taken the world by storm | Maria Adolfsson

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Randomly picked this one from the bargain table at the bookstore and so glad I did! Police procedural filled with interesting characters, a vivid and atmospheric setting and an interesting "whodunit.".

Lori_taylor ❤️❤️❤️ 3w

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