Welcome to Litsy!

I am happy that #AuthorAMonth gave me an excuse to finally read this book that has been on my Kindle for probably more than a decade. However, I am not loving it as much as I expected. Is it just me?
@Soubhiville

Lord Peter Wimsey is definitely no Sherlock Holmes, despite his comment that he feels like Holmes as he works to solve the mystery. Thank god for audiobooks as I‘m not sure I would‘ve finished the book if I‘d read the physical text. I found that the flow of the book wasn‘t the greatest and the ending was quite abrupt. I may give the next book in the series a try just to see if the writing improves. #AuthorAMonth

Had a doctors appt today so decided to take a full “mental health” day from work, treat myself to brunch and a mani, and start in on my #AuthorAMonth pick on audio.

Peter Wimsey‘s gleeful singing about dead bodies & murder investigations is…something else. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh my! I hated this book so much. It was the longest 6 hours of my life at 1.75x speed. It was racist, it was a lot of talking and singing? It was a lot of just telling. So many characters and the narrator did not differentiate them at all.

I‘ll just stick with Agatha Christie.

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Very much a soft pick for me. Overall I enjoyed it but it dragged at times and Wimsey sure does prattle on. I‘m not opposed to reading more in the series but it‘s definitely not a reading priority.

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I went to my favorite indie bookstore to order something then stopped in for a late lunch and early #hyggehourreadathon at the local brewpub. While I read another chapter of this silly book, I‘m enjoying a spiced winter ale and some loaded nacho fries. There‘s football on the TV, but every time I look up it‘s in commercial.

7th book read for #Read2025 and #JumpStart2025 @DieAReader @LizPixie

Read the first book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Series for #AuthorAMonth. Overall I enjoyed this book, and a good start to the series. However I felt it was a tad slow for me and the type of crime fiction that tends to be written now. I would consider reading more but won‘t be rushing to, Quite a complex plot that took some working out by the lead character. 3.5 ⭐️ Soft Pick.

This was just okay for me. The mystery was pretty solid but slow (could have been the narrator) and it wasn‘t good enough to make up for the pretty consistent racism all the way through. I recognize that some of that is the time period in which it was written but, still no. #AAM #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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Word 4/5 #bicycle

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This is a good mystery with a lot of problems: the investigator Lord Wimsey‘s dialog is too whimsical for me (“what?”), there are racist references (subtle anti-semitism and reference to a man who had the “tar baby” in him), and I prefer mysteries being wrapped up by showing, not a lengthy “telling” as here. Not the greatest start to a series. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

When I click on “reely” there is no definition or translation… is it a typo? Or is that how really used to be spelled?

I was listening to the audio but decided to switch to the print and see if it‘s better.

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Starting Whose Body. The first book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Series by the January #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

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I have missed posting a weekly forecast so decided to start again with the new year. Hoping it helps keep me on track a bit with so many things going on.

2.25/4 ⭐️ (the lower end between ok and good)

Started with the audiobook but finished up with the kindle edition. Lord Wimsey is one to run on. What? The antisemitism and racial slurs make it hard to say I liked the book, but it I did enjoy the mystery and the wrap up. I might even give more Lord Wimsey books a try. I‘m glad this author was chosen for #authoramonth.

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I‘ll definitely be reading the tagged book as it works for #AuthorAMonth as well.

Thanks @CBee

Lord Peter Wimsey is too long-winded to follow any of his deductions. This man loves a soliloquy. Also, the random singing is weird.

First DNF of the year. I wanted to like this book because I love a good old school style whodunit.

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I'm glad to be back home after the holidays. A tired Pixel is helping me read the tagged book. It's interesting, but the flowery language makes it a little hard to parse out what exactly is happening.
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And, my first book of 2025 is a DNF. 😂 Tried this one for #Authoramonth, but just couldn't get into the dated language, etc. Not usually an issue for me - I adore Sherlock Holmes - but I long ago decided that if a book doesn't grab me quickly, I move on. On to other things until February! @Soubhiville

I‘m giving up on the audiobook. The narrator is very high-pitched and her accent is such that I often cannot understand her. So I slow her down and heavens that‘s just dreadful. So I‘m switching to the ebook. But Lord Wimsey is getting on my nerves with his long-winded irrelevant speeches and odd ways of speaking. “What?” I also detect a strongwhiff of anti-semitism. I‘ll make it to the end; it‘s short but not making a good start of it. ⬇️

I‘m listening to this audiobook for #authoramonth. @Soubhiville

I‘m ringing in the New Year with the January #AuthorAMonth hosted by @Soubhiville. I‘m listening and reading the kindle edition. I‘m loving the narrator on the audio, but some of the attitudes of the 1920s (when the book was first published) are a little jarring. Still, I think I‘m going to enjoy this.

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My guess is most people have already read this one since it‘s the first Peter Wimsey, but I thought I‘d share since it‘s such a great price. I also had the option of adding audible narration for $1.99.

This dreary September is the perfect time for getting back into cosy crime I think 🥰

#ItTakesAllKinds Day 16 I think I misunderstood the prompt. It was with the ? In the title but I posted a book with the word “with” in the title🤷🏽‍♀️ #TitleWith?or anyway, I read this book already December 2023

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#LunchAndABook I have four hours to kill between my morning shift and an afternoon meeting (seriously, who schedules meetings on a holiday weekend!?!?!). Spending my time with a burger and a murder. 🔪 🍔 📕

Very good.

#12Booksof2023 day 2: for 2023 I had intended to go through more classics and "classics" than I did, but I at least started diving into some classic mysteries thanks to @Mitch and the #goldenageofcrimeclub and I've really enjoyed the experience. I found this one to be particularly clever and funny, maybe esp for a debut, and look forward to reading the rest of the series.

I started late in this series, and it's interesting to go back to the beginning. I really like how Sayers tells stories. They take some patience and focus, but the payoff in complex characters and multi-layered plots is worth it. And so far, there's always some interesting social commentary. I'm too United Statesian to understand the significance of dropped H's, though. I get how it sounds, just not what it means culturally.

It took me a long time to reread this - because of life - but I finally managed to complete this, several months past the #GoldenAgrCrimeClub discussion of it! I like Peter Wimsey‘s humor and his deduction practices. He kind of reminds me of Christie‘s Tommy and Tuppence for his spunk and go-get-them attitude, but I admittedly like him more than Tommy and Tuppence. It‘s my goal to continue reading the series! #192025 #1923

August review A super late reading for ##GoldenAgeCrimeClub(February)
This was an interesting reading but since I read the book so late I didn‘t participate in the book discussion. However, reading the comments now, helped me to understand better the story and the characters since you find many racial/stereotypes comments that today could be very offensive. But as one of you mentioned it‘s difficult to evaluate it with our current values/beliefs

Have enjoyed this. Put it on my tbr when it was read in the #goldenageofcrimeclub and this month it was my #bookspin. I haven‘t read an old school crime story for a while so this was a nice choice.

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Two of these were very very short, and one is an audiobook that I listened to in the car with my son on our weekly drive. My favorite is probably The White Mosque, but I enjoyed all of them!

This was the #goldenageofcrime buddy read hosted by @Mitch for Feb. it was a solid mystery- but definitely problematic in terms of anti Semitic views and racial slurs. It was difficult to overlook, but as an adult reading it also kept thinking this is why Desantis in Florida is evil.

Didn't finish rereading this before yesterday's #goldenagecrimeclub discussion, but don't think I would've added much to it. It's ok, I guess, but later books are so much better. Glad it wasn't my actual intro to Whimsey & co.

A light pick for me. Not among the best of the Lord Peter Wimsey series, but it was interesting to reread this first book and see how Wimsey, Bunter and Parker were initially introduced to us.

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The discussion for the tagged book in the #goldenageofcrime is up and running. This is open to anyone interested - see @mitch to join discussion

And finally…… anything left unsaid in previous discussions that you‘d like to finish on?

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#BookReport - Another week of doing a good job reading a terrible job reviewing 😂 Finished the Chesapeake Shores series (finally!). Read Girls Made of Snow & Glass for #LMPBC (so-so; I found the characters annoying). Tagged book was fun but a little disjointed - I'm still going to read the next one in the series, though! Not the Witch You Wed was a #TrappedonanIsland pick and was just the fluffy, silly read I needed. Just started The Girls at ⬇

I‘ve not read any P G Wodehouse but it‘s been said he has some Bertie Wooster vibes. Sayers described Bunter as part Wooster part Fred Astaire! Are you on TEAM BUNTER??
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I struggled at first with Lord Peter Wimsey - his class and language just didn‘t sit well with me! What did you make of him and how he begun to develop?

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Sayers has written some truly awful antisemitic La gauge and stereotypes- what did you make of this? How do we read the past from the present ?

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Naked body in a bath tub wearing nothing but Pince - nez! How did you like the opening ? Sayers originally wrote the body in the tub as a woman‘s - how would this have changed the book do you think?

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Welcome everyone to our second #buddyread! And this one was hugely more problematic for me that the first ( more on that in later discussion prompts!) But let‘s kick off with your journey to finding Sayer, relationship with the books and their relevance 100 years on.

A light pick. I found I needed to take it in small doses. Lord Peter and Bunter had their moments, I was quite touched by the PTSD episode. While I was happy with the resolution of the mysteries, I can‘t say I liked the way Sayers chose to explain it all in so much detail. This is my first Sayers. My husband is a fan, hence the Folio edition. #GoldenAgeCrimeClub

“it was a cruel shame a girl couldn‘t ‘ave a bit of fun without a nasty corpse comin‘ in through the window to get ‘er into difficulties.” Poor Gladys 😂

My first Sayers and for the most part I enjoyed it. Very dialogue-heavy! The courtroom scene was my favorite—the serious Coroner opening windows, the testimony quoted above, the commentary from the Dowager Duchess—funny stuff. I also really liked Wimsey and Bunter as a dynamic duo.

I‘m with @batsy on this one. First of all it took about 40% to get into the book. Some attitudes made me squirm. There were a few moments I liked, especially the Jeeves and Wooster-esque relationship but they were few. Looking forward to further discussions with #goldenagecrimeclub @Mitch

It's a shame; I expected to like this a lot more. I've read some of the later Wimsey (+Harriet Vane) books & enjoyed it. This one does read like a first book, though. Structurally, it has the plot of a hasty thought experiment. There's the antisemitism, which sadly is prevalent in a lot of British fiction of the era, & the classism. I wasn't sure if Sayers was depicting it to partly skewer the nobility or not. The vibes were off, as the kids say.