Welcome to Litsy!

I read the first book in this series years ago and finally came back to it. This is a spy novel/historical mystery. I like Maggie Hope as a main character and it was fun to read a mystery set in places I‘ve been. I‘m going to try to read more of this series— sooner this time!

Really enjoyed this second novel in the Maggie Hope series. She ends up working in Windsor Castle as a tutor for Princess Elizabeth.

There are spies, mystery, intrigue, codes and code breaking. Set during WWII.

I definitely plan to continue this series! I love Maggie.

The narrator was terrible. I sped her up (I never do that) to make her delivery slightly more bearable. If I read another in this series it‘ll be a print version. I enjoyed the characters and the plot was fun if you suspended disbelief enough, which is fine, but being full of anachronisms and weird geographical errors got a bit annoying.

Things I love about #libby — it remembers where you were when you return things unfinished and then check them out again months later! I enjoyed the first audiobook in this series last year but a different narrator for the second made me give up. Having another go...

Thanks goodness I‘ve finished this one, not a good experience at all. I think it was because of the annoying narration more than the story. Was very disappointed by this book as I really enjoyed the first book, although it was read by a different narrator! I‘m sure I won‘t continue the series.

Been listening to the audiobook of book 2 in the Maggie Hope Series. I really enjoyed the first one, but the narrator in this one (it is a different narrator) is irritating me. The dialogue she does well, but in the other narrative she has an irritating way to how she says sentences with her voice seeming to go up at the very end of the sentence. Just doesn‘t work for me.

Has anyone else read this by audiobook? Did it affect you in the same way?

Book number 2 in the Maggie Hope series was just as entertaining as the first! #Historicalmystery #secretagent #WWII

#24in48 Hour 12 Challenge: I‘ve recently gotten back into audiobooks. When I commuted more, a few years ago, I listened to them every day. Now, I listen to them when I‘m exercising, on road trips, while cooking and cleaning. I‘ve fallen in love with Libby and others forms of listening have fallen behind. Tagged and pictured is my current audiobook, which I most likely will finish during the readathon. #24in48readathon

Hour 3 Check-in: Calling it a night at 2 hours and 34 mins. It‘s just after 1AM my time, and I‘m sleepy. 😴 Setting an alarm and will resume in the morning. Made a dent in, ‘The Gown, about 200 pages left and in between (multi-tasking) I listened to my current audiobook, ‘Princess Elizabeth‘s Spy‘. I have a WWII/Elizabeth II theme at the moment! #24in48 #24in48readathon

This one doesn‘t have a very good rating on here but I loved it. The history of England and WWII is very interesting and the mysteries just keep coming.

This will probably be the last pool day for the summer. :( I ordered this book as same day delivery and it did in fact arrive the same day!

So my #mounttbrreadathon was hijacked by work yesterday. I am at my favorite local diner for breakfast with the tagged ebook to try and get some reading in today. Here‘s the starter... 😋

#WWII #historicalmystery #audiobook
Listened to this audiobook today while I did paperwork - such a pleasure. Watched the movie about Churchill‘s first months in office, Darkest Hour, with hubby last night. So many connections- timing of this book the same as movie- he & I had a wonderful discussion while he cooked dinner. Any good Churchill bios? He said so many seem too complimentary...wants a book that looks at the complexity of this man.

I decided to treat myself to a butter tart for breakfast while sneaking in a bit of my new audiobook. This tart was sooooo yummy! Not sure how the bakery made a butter tart without butter, but they did it!😋 Not pictured: the cappuccino I drank just after I took this picture. It was the perfect pairing. 👌🏽

I'm really loving this series! I love that Maggie Hope isn't perfect, she makes plenty of mistakes, but she's still determined to figure everything out and do the right thing.

I think I'm done with this series at the end of book 2. The hat I've been reworking today ended up mirroring my book feelings. #knittersoflitsy

Pet peeve: this one was much more RPF-y & I just don't care for it. Particularly when it involves people who are still alive. Palace novels are also just not my thing.

Structurally: no good red herrings, and all the solutions were heavily telegraphed except for the BONKERS stuff in the dénouement. Sigh.

I'm always amused when I get a library book that's been previously read by a copyeditor. Thanks, friend!

(I do always wonder: do folks read with pencil in hand just in case? Or was this person so perturbed by an errant "r" that they stopped reading and went to find such a utensil?)

⭐️. I was surprised at how TERRIBLE this book was as I truly enjoyed the first in the series. I kept hoping the main character (a female MI5 agent in 1940s Britain) would stop acting like a spoiled toddler, throwing tantrums and whining - but, sigh, she did not. It was painful to even finish this book. At this point, I would recommend the first book as a stand alone - and then maybe Wikipedia the plot lines of the rest of the series. 😬😏

Oh my - I'm up to 🙄🙄🙄 with this one. A female MI5 agent enters a 1940s gentlemen-only establishment, walks right up to her superior (who is in the midst of a meeting) and throws a temper tantrum demanding to be given information above her security clearance (that has nothing to do with her current assignment)?? Yeah...I'm not buying it. Blerg - but as I'm 3/4 done - I'm determined to finish!!

Also started the 2nd in the Maggie Hope series (audiobook). Ms. Hope is an MI5 operative during WWII. She is gifted in mathematics, patterns, and codes. The 1st book did a good job developing the character - but the 2nd book seems to be a tad overdramatizing. I'm half way done and holding out hope for richer story development 🤞🏻🤞🏻.

2.5 stars. I enjoyed the first in this series enough to move right into this one. But this was dull as a bridge party with your great grandmother and her retirement home buddies. No disrespect intended to great grandmothers or retirement homes. I didn't find the characters charming. In fact some were frustrating stereotypes bordering on offensive.

Longer review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1722307182. Feel free to add me!

I know the colors match, but fire as carrots just misses the mark with me. Sigh.

#TBRTuesday I'm excited about all of these, but not the deadlines that come with them! Three library books and one NetGalley. I need to stop sleeping so long!

I find myself impatient with some books lately - the kindle may actually make it worse. Anyone find the kindle (or other device) slows reading? (Shown: kid trying to get back on a sleep schedule.)