It's an on the couch with a favorite writer sort of Sunday 🙂
Ruthiella I love Atkinson‘s Jackson Brodie novels. ❤️ 1y
quietjenn @Ruthiella I‘d forgotten how good they are! But, at least that means I can now binge if I want to 😃 1y
Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel | 
It's an on the couch with a favorite writer sort of Sunday 🙂
#12booksof2021 #March @Andrew65
As with other months looking back on my reading year is curious. In March my one 5* read was henry marsh's excellent story of life as a neuro surgeon but I am going for my visit back to Kate Atkinson and her detective Jackson brodie which are great reads and I plan early in 2022 to get up to date with the series. The photo suggests that I was still finishing off last Christmas's snacks.
pickMy pre work walk with barney & I could not resist taking a photo today to match the books title.
Jackson brodie is trying to find out the true identity of a woman in NZ who knows she was from Yorks & born in the 70's. In these bks we meet series of characters with interlocking stories and Jackson finds himself delving into areas in which police from that era don't want him to go. Gr8 sense of the county from Leeds to whitby & gr8 storytelling.
So after a passage in Munich, now there is a mention of a serial killer from Leeds in the 70s and the real guy died yesterday of Covid... It was the right time to read that book even if I realised too late it is book 4 of a Serie...
When in the 2nd chapter a character is in a city you know staying in the hotel where you stayed for a year! #München
Starting off #ProgressItNovember by reading book 4 in the Jackson Brodie series, only one more to go in the series after this. I picked up this book in July 2014 from a charity shop. Only had over six years on my bookshelf waiting for this moment.
No definite plans beyond this book and series yet. Watch this space!
Audio stitching while my husband conducts Skype class in the living room. (Because Halloween will eventually arrive.) Let‘s hear it for Libby!
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Loving these cosy Christmas evenings, spent reading in bed 🎄♥️
And in other news, when I'm not reading my book club selection, I'm currently struggling with the fourth book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series. I will admit that I want to love these more than I actually do. I'm still in the very early chapters of this one. I'm curious to check out the television adaptation of these.
pickShe can honestly do no wrong. The way she weaves a story is remarkable. I so want to meet her one day.
pickFinished my first book of #24in48! I had under 100 pages left so was easy to get this one done. Atkinson continues to be maybe my favorite writer ever and I absolutely loved this fourth installment of the Jackson Brodie books. Can‘t wait to read Big Sky, and I need to figure out how to watch the tv adaptation. 5 hours, 7 minutes done and going strong!
pickWell, I enjoyed the fourth installment of the Jackson Brodie series- though this one left a lot more unanswered questions than the others that makes me very thankful that I didn‘t wait almost nine years before getting to start the next book!! This one is a bit darker and not quite as funny, but is still an engaging and hard to put down read! #DogsOfLitsy
It‘s been a whirlwind of a weekend. My husband has been in Florida for 3 days and my panic disorder has been in full swing. I‘m finally calm enough to enjoy reading, so I‘m taking full advantage of this quiet morning and reminding myself that, through it all, I‘m still a good mom, even when I have to push past the panic to love on my kiddos.
Happy reading to all on holiday, today! I hope it will be peaceful and enriching.
“Tracy wondered if her own parents would have been willing to sacrifice themselves to save her. Her mother had lingered on after Tracy‘s father died and in her final days gave the impression that she wasn‘t going unless she could take Tracy down with her. Her mother had the DNA of a scorpion, built to outlast a nuclear winter. The cancer got her in the end, though... The diamonds and cockroaches were free to inherit the earth now she was gone.“
After finishing a disappointing read, settling back in with Kate Atkinson‘s clever & lively storytelling is a delight!
This one (as the title hints) is teeming with Emily Dickinson references. Every little allusion and connection in her books is like a chocolate Easter egg, waiting to be discovered.
There is about to be an epic and elaborate Harry Potter themed, magical-egg-gathering treasure hunt ‘round here...but first, coffee and a bit of Kate Atkinson.
Happy Easter, friends!
#startedfromthebottom #timbittunes
First one that came to mind. Love Jackson Brodie and can‘t wait for the new one!
so-soThis was just okay- it didn‘t really hold my attention & there were some unsatisfying loose ends left. #MountTBRChallenge #33
I live in quite a small place between some towns and cities in Yorkshire. Best entry I can provide for #SetInYourHomeTown is this book by Kate Atkinson which is set in the nearby (25 Miles) city of Leeds, or could look at the DI Joe Plantagenet books by Kate Ellis set in Eborby (fictional version of York - 39 Miles). Two excellent female authors. #ReadingWomenMonth
Vacation reading. 🌊🌊🌊
#challengecheckin
#mounttbr
I made it to Pike's Peak! 12 TBR books down ... Hopefully 88 to go 😮📚
so-soI'm disappointed in this series. I loved the first one, Case Histories, so much that I got the other 3 to read all at once. But while reading One Good Turn, I couldn't remember what I liked about it. When Will There Be Good News? redeemed it; I was thrilled again. But this last one... I actually fell asleep during it - twice!😧. If there is more Jackson Brodie to come, I won't be along for the ride.
PS - Jasperkitty is not impressed, either 😏
Started this book and it seems like I was missing something; by page 17 I discovered it was the 4th book in a series. My question, continue or pause and begin at the beginning? Thanks in advance.
pickThe fourth and final (so far) Jackson Brodie mystery, which kind of gives the poor guy a back seat to the main character of Tracy Waterhouse, who makes some surprising choices that leave the reader questioning what the ethics of certain situations really are.
pickI hadn't realized this was part of a series but worked as a stand alone. This kept both me and my teenager entertained on a long car trip. Great characters and enough twists to keep us guessing until the end.
I wasn't paying attention to the series sequence and this is book 4 where I'd only read book 1. Still a winner though and now I can go fill in the gaps with glee.
The $5 book sale of English books at the Tokyo book store is almost over!
I am LOVING Life After Life so far, and want to read more by her!
pickLove Kate Atkinson and her Jackson Brodie books never disappoint
