The Hanging Tree | 
pickMarvelous. Peter continues to have a hazardous but fascinating time encountering the fantastical and magical in London whilst solving murder mysteries, attempting to apply science and police procedure to the absurd, and introducing the reader to snippets of London's history and architecture. The overarching plot that has continued through the series has some appreciable momentum in this entry as well. 1/2
Thaaaat's right, Peter, you want the pretty car because it's magic-resistant, not because it's pretty.
I sense ulterior motives...😏
Not a verbatim quote, but I want to believe it's a Big Trouble in Little China reference. ☺️
Peter, honey, I've read the previous five books in this series, it is TOTALLY fair! 🤦🏼♂️
When the levels of shallow pretence and wasteful spending are high, you need another word for objet d'art. 😏
Ouch. Architectural critique and esoteric description in one.
pickOkay I‘m really enjoying this series… but this Leslie character is something else smh I mean come on already… even though it‘s a great read talk about slippery characters … now I just have to finish the series because I have to know ..
pick(Nelly wanted to be in the picture)
If I hadn't started this at eleven at night, I would have finished it in one day. Really enjoying the wit and history tidbits as before, appreciate that the themes are finally connecting up from earlier books. This just overall reads really smooth and I can see myself coming back to comfort read. Did see the twist a while before the mc though, and wasn't sure this one properly resolved the main case?
pickBack to form after a few OK entries, things really ramp up in this book. As always, I enjoyed the little nods to ancient london wrapped into the plot, as fantastical as ever and Im a little bit in love with Nightingale and his casual badassery. Also, i stole the kids crayons and drew a picture of a tree worthy of a primary school art project. If the kids ask, the circles are apples. : )
pickWell the fight continues… and I can‘t wait to read the next book 📖🤗🤨
My next read … can‘t get enough of Peter Grants character in this series 🤗📖
Book mail…I haven‘t been reading because I‘m trying to get my last paper for this course done 😰 … but then I‘ll have May off so I will be reading next month then my last course starts June… so excited to get this done 🤪
Jeremy Beaumont-Jones had been lucky enough to be born rich. He wasn't in the mad oligarch class but once you're past a certain point, the sheer weight of your money sucks in wealth like a financial singularity. If you're sensible enough not to blow it on race horses, cocaine or musical theatre, then it becomes a perpetual-motion money making machine.
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Prompt: a magical realism book
pickRead this one while sick as I couldn't concentrate on anything serious. Always a joy to visit this world, but my, this one is plot HEAVY. A lot happens - maybe too much. Or maybe I need to reread it with a non-fevered brain. In the + column, more about non-Newtonian magicians (i.e. women!) &, as mentioned, real plot progress. But not enough Beverly or the rivers in general. And not as atmospheric as some of the others. Still a cracking good read!
Listening to audiobooks while putting together notebooks. Quite a chill afternoon. #newts2019
Need to do something while listening to audiobooks, so time for some diamond painting while “The Hanging Tree” is on. This one‘s a bit of a chew what with the constantly changing colours. #audiobookproblems
pickManaged to get another book read between uni assignments. Not as good as the one with the invisible killer unicorns, changelings and faery realms, but a very worthy addition to series and it did progress a plot thread continuing from the first book. Aaronovitch is consistently good and I love his wry wit.
pickOkay, so there was another novella first! And it's not in the database, so this is tagged as The Hanging Tree although it takes place between that one and the next one.
A delightful little romp searching for a magical disturbance in the British Library.
I was left charmed and with so, SO many questions about the lives of magical archivists. And wanting another side series. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
pickA drug scandal and a long lost ledger combine in unexpected ways for Peter Grant.
We get to meet different types of magical practioners, including a matrilineal line (also hello, I would like a side series just of Caroline please and thank you) and of course the American ones are entitled dicks. 😂
And the Faceless Man is finally unmasked. I can't wait to jump into the next one. Except I'll be all caught up! 😭
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Stress baking because I really, REALLY, just need someone to explain to me how a health insurance program can have taken part of every paycheck since the middle of December, but not actually have me in the system when the dentist calls. #audiobaking
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pickAnother stellar entry in the series! It just keeps getting better 🙂
pickI love these books; the narrator is fantastic! Unfortunately, once I listen to the next one, I‘ll be caught up. 😞 In The Hanging Tree, we meet the American version of the supernatural police. They are, of course (sigh), Ugly Americans when they‘re in London. We also learn just a tad bit more about Nightingale, whose name, I suspect, isn‘t actually Nightingale— other magical people refer to him as The Nightingale; maybe that‘s a title? #audiowalk
I have 1 hr and 42 minutes left in this book, so a couple of good walks will finish it for me. I‘ve been sick since Wednesday and finally felt well enough to walk today. Finally! #audiowalk
Peter‘s in trouble here; as a consequence of something that happened in book 3, he owes Lady Tyburn (a river goddess) a favor, and she‘s just called it in. #audiowalk
Since I wasn‘t ready to leave Peter Grant yet, I got this for my next audiobook listen. Aaronovitch is determined to make me love him; this book is dedicated to all librarians everywhere. 😊❤️ #audiowalk
1 point for science... in a series with living rivers, ghosts, and talking foxes and where Isaac Newton is the founder of English magic.
@Callemarie thank you so much for the #coffeebeanbookclub package! I‘ve had a craptastic week and this definitely made me smile! @Marmie7 I‘m crazy jealous of that journal! Love this club!!!
To The Jag 🚘😁
Has anyone read the Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch? Really want to read it, but our library only has the sixth book in the series...🧐
How important is the reading order? Can I start with this one to see if I like his writing? Or should I start at the beginning? Thanks!!
pickAnother fun entry in the Peter Grant series. I enjoy his narrative style and just following the police routine at the Folly. Also as always 😍😍 for Nightingale!
Ben Aaronovitch, a former writer for Doctor Who, would be remiss in his Who alumni duty if he didn't include Whovian jokes 😁
😂😂 Pret references!
pickJust finished the latest in the series that‘s available as an iBook. I really enjoy Peter Grant and his exploits. Peter is back in London and on the hunt for the Folly ‘s archenemy, The Faceless Man. Needless to say magical stuff happens. Two thumbs up 👍
pick🎧 The sixth book in the Rivers of London/Peter Grant series is a fix for those who love the series: All the usual suspects are here and there is, of course an exciting scene involving massive property destruction, but the author has toned down the architectural stuff.
Lady Tyburn calls in her marker from Wizard/PC Peter Grant (ref ‘Whispers Underground‘ Book #3) and sets the plot into action
And of course the audiobook narrator is perfect.
🎧 Next up in my TBL2Q (To Be Listened To Queue) is a return to Ben Aaronovitch‘s urban fantasy series featuring PC Peter Grant (who is also a wizard novitiate.) Judging from the book‘s cover, it looks like we‘re heading to the Hyde Park/Knightsbridge area of London!
Kobna Holbrook-Smith is the audiobook narrator who has achieved the distinction of having *become* the lead character🙂
pick🦊🦊🦊🦊 I really like this series. This wasn't the best one of the bunch but it was enjoyable.
The sixth in the PC Peter Grant series finds Peter trying to honor a “favor” for Lady Tyburn, a river goddess with major attitude and serious connections. His nemesis must be dealt with and he‘s putting together a procedural manual for what other officers should do when confronted with the supernatural. A fun and witty story.
