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Thought I would try listening to an Ian Rankin book, but I think reading his books are better for me
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pick#21
Thought I would try listening to an Ian Rankin book, but I think reading his books are better for me
pickIt started slowly for me. The main character, Miles Flint, was into espionage and was enamored with beetles. The moment I was pulled into the story was when Miles's boss, the MI5 leader, tried to assassinate him.I don't know why, but I kept picturing Charles Bronson in the lead.Who were the double agents? Which spy would be a dung beetle in the insect world? My first #TartanNoir. I didn't think I would like it, but I really did. #Booked2020
I'm focusing on challenges for #JoysofJune @Andrew65 Thanks for organizing.
Finish Watchman #TartanNoir #Booked2020
Finish The Story of My Life #ReadwithMrBook (Helen Keller's autobiography)
Finish The House of Closed Doors #bookspin
Finish Henry and Ribsy ReadAloud with Chaya.
Read King of the Wind and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh #NewberyEpicChallenge
Read Anne of Windy Poplars #heycarrots
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Yesterday I gave my parents a box of books to take back to their place. This is the bag I received in return. It's mostly Ian Rankin and Agatha Christie duplicates, including my fave cover of The ABC Murders. I'm also borrowing Inspector Morse, a couple of le Carrés, and Edith Pargeter's Brothers of Gwynedd quartet.
pickThis was an interesting early book written by Ian Rankin that he was planning during his honeymoon! At first moving along quite gently and you are trying to work out who is behind things and why, but when it moves to Northern Ireland and Ireland it really takes off, grabs you by the threat and doesn't let you go until the end. Also one or two good links in the book to the Rebus series. Very glad I read it!
