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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

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Another excellent instalment of the Flavia de Luce books. I‘m loving doing this re-read on audio. Jane Entwistle could not be any more perfect as a narrator. Flavia gets up to all her old tricks again, bumbling the investigation and generally causing a ruckus. Love it!

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I do enjoy this series except this one seemed to ramble a bit too much and I lost a bit of interest in the plot at about the two-thirds mark.

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Question 4

#flaviabuddyread

BridgetteM I‘m not really surprised that the Bishop‘s Lacey folks didn‘t have a bigger reaction to Brookie‘s death. I think they knew he was bound to meet an untimely end. As to Flavia‘s remarks to Brookie‘s mom, I think it could probably apply to almost any villager since it‘s such a small place. 5y

Smarkies Generally most of the comments around the village was that he was generally a good for nothin' and therefore his death did not really affect many people. 5y

janeycanuck @Smarkies @BridgetteM Yeah, it didn‘t seem like they cared much about him when he was alive so not surprised his death didn‘t change things. 5y

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Question 3

#flaviabuddyread

BridgetteM I thought it was a bit awkward for the other members of the family. After a while I thought Flavia‘s dad was a bit attracted to her by the end of they dinner. 5y

Smarkies I didn't understand this bit at all.... It all seemed to be a bit awkward but this family seems to have a really stiff upper lip in dealing with things like this. 5y

janeycanuck @BridgetteM also, totally weird that this young woman just went into a random closet that she wasn‘t invited into... 5y

janeycanuck @Smarkies it was weird, wasn‘t it? For some reason, I thought she was quite young but she must not have been if she could fit into Harriett‘s clothes. 5y

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Question 2.

#flaviabuddyread

BridgetteM Good question... maybe because it‘s predictable, unlike a lot of other things in her life. It also connects her to her family‘s past. 5y

Smarkies It connects her to her family's past. I think this book mentions how she has decided to sleep in this part of the house when she found out about it 5y

Smarkies Also, the rest of her family seems to have hobbies so this may be how she has decided to pursue hers. 5y

janeycanuck @BridgetteM it gives her a sense of control, I think. She knows what will happen, it‘s dependable and constant, unlike so much else in her life. 5y

janeycanuck @Smarkies yeah, sometimes I wonder if part of it is because she felt reading and music were already “taken” 5y

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Question 1

#flaviabuddyread

BridgetteM People tend to underestimate her@or they assume she is too young to understand what‘s going on. The inspector, I can only remember that his wife‘s name is Antigone, has learned that the hard way. He seems to be coming to respect her quite a bit. 5y

Smarkies Definitely! As @BridgetteM mentioned - they let down their guard against her because of her age and her supposed naivety. Only her family and servants really seem to know her depths. 5y

janeycanuck @BridgetteM @Smarkies So sorry - I‘ve been having a tough go this month with reading (like everyone else...) so am super late getting back to these posts... but yeah, agreed, Flavia is definitely underestimated because of her age. And she‘s able to get away with so much! 5y

Smarkies @janeycanuck no worries Janey. It has been a very odd few weeks and nobody is really certain about the future. 😞 5y

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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

#flaviabuddyread questions coming up!

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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

Join me on Saturday for the third instalment in our #flaviabuddyread!

janeycanuck @LitsyHappenings 5y

emz711 Yess! 5y

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WanderingBookaneer

A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

Lynnsoprano This reminds me that I have to take the most recent Flavia that I‘ve read back to my son‘s when we go to his house on Thursday for Thanksgiving. Then I‘ll check the next book out of his library 😂 I love this series. 5y

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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

Happy #readathon-day! Starting out with some Flavia de Luce, but moving on to an absolute PILE of Giant Days I've been collecting for the very purpose of readathoning later on. Happy reading, folks! 📚 ☕ 🍪

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A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel | C. Alan Bradley

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#audiobook
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From yesterday.
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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

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Overall this is a pick, but I did find it a little busy. Still great fun. I love that Flavia is smart and figures things out while still being portrayed as an 11 year old girl that‘s sometimes silly, insecure, sister hater/lover and who also talks to her bicycle!

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Sometimes Flavia makes me wonder if there isn‘t any mishap or unusual situation she hasn‘t gotten into. At times this story was over the top, yet it was so much fun. I‘m looking forward to the next book in the series, but I‘ll wait a bit, as there‘s only so much of an 11 year old, chemistry-loving amateur sleuth I can take at a time 😄

RaimeyGallant Lol, love the pic. 5y

Lynnsoprano @raimeygallant Thanks! I haven‘t staged a book in forever, but this one was a natural 😄 5y

MaureenMc That is an impressive array of mustard. 😁 5y

MayaB1226 Wow, I‘ve been wanting to read this series! 5y

alanacristin Yes to all the above! 5y

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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

Lots of reading time in the doctor‘s waiting room. Hubby just has a follow up appointment but the doctor‘s office moved, so I came along as human GPS😂

Lizpixie I know how you feel. If you gave me a $1 for every hour spent reading in doctors offices, I‘d be a very very rich woman!👩🏻‍⚕️📖💰 5y

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Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel | Alan Bradley

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#cottoncandy #audiobook

A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

1. A Red Herring Without Mustard and A History of Modern Europe, volume one.
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#weekendreads

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A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley

I started this over a week ago, put it down to read the #earlyreviewer book I received, then got distracted by the release of the new Lady Darby book. Time to return to Flavia and her exploits.

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