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Yay #BookSpin day!

I went with 1-20 of my #roll100 list again, and got a sampler that I've had for 10ish years (kinda hoping it's a quick bail) and the next Kopp book.

Doing good so far, I read both January #BookSpin picks and one #roll100. And I've already read one Feb #roll100 woohoo

@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

Second book in the historical mystery of the Kopp sisters. Constance is the first female sheriff in the early 1900s until there is a problem with her deputization. She makes a mistake costing her the job she loves and getting a demotion. We follow her as she tries to make it right and gain her badge back. I liked this book, it was fast paced and rooted in history (as can be seen from newspapers of the time) with a dash of fun. Recommend 👍🏽

Such a delight to reunite with Constance, Norma, & Fleurette Kopp. Stewart does a wonderful job weaving the facts with the fiction, and I do enjoy reading her notes at the end. June #DoubleSpin complete! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I love this series! Constance is a new favorite character... 🤓❤️📖

Feeling a little stir crazy today. Nothing that a cup of coffee and reading outside can't cure. 🤓☀️📖📚

Sending bright and cheery thoughts your way today as we all read our way through this crazy time... 🤓🌷
What are your favorite genres to read most during times like these?
I love mysteries and investigation stories like the book tagged (great series) or the Maisie Dobbs series. An all-time favorite too is the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters....📚

My March TBR Jar pick is Lady Cop Makes Trouble! I loved Girl Waits With Gun and am looking forward to another adventure with Constance Kopp, one of the US's first female deputies! Though the series is fiction, Constance was a real person and these books are based on true stories from her life. She's a spitfire and the hero I want to read about right now. 😆

1) One kid not home for spring break, the other two headed home for 2 weeks. Plans changing hourly. I'm emotionally and mentally exhausted. 😬
2) Yes. I believe we do. 🧻
3) Well, taking one day at a time. But it looks like green beer at home. 🍀
4) Lady Cop Makes Trouble
5) Ford vs. Ferrari
#randosurvey
@laurenslibrary

Another good reading month! Lady Cop was what I would consider my most fun read, A Dry White Season made an impact, and She Said was great nonfiction. I also loved my two rereads this month, The Two Towers & Emily of New Moon. I haven‘t quite finished one of my #1001books choices for February and I might read another issue of Locke & Key yet tonight, but I‘m calling these my stats for the month.

#ReadingStats #MonthlyStats

Discussion Question Number Three.

Discussion Question Number Two.

Discussion Question Number One.

Please join us for our live discussion of Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart at 2pm ET today. Link to join :

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2104086391

I finished this book late last night and was going to wait to review until after our discussion today, but we‘re postponing a week. These are absolutely wonderfully fun historical fiction books with a great message. Constance is a strong character with realistic and interesting interactions between all of the characters. I enjoyed this one just as much as the first in the series and again read it in just a few days.

#LitsyBookClub

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
🎧 2 nonfiction audio
📖 Emily & The Reluctant Dragon #ChildrensClassicRead2020
📖 Amok #Reading1001

#CurrentlyReading
📖 #FellowshipofTolkien
📖 tagged for #LitsyBookClub tomorrow 😬
📖 2 for #1001books & #ReadingEurope2020
📖 & 🎧 #ShakespeareReadalong
🎧 The Red & the Black

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
🎧 Start Odyssey #ReadingEnvyReadalong
📚 More #1001books

Repost for @litsybookclub :

New month, new book. We hope that you will join us in reading this month‘s book. #litsybookclub

New month, new book. We hope that you will join us in reading this month‘s book.

Another great Koop sisters novel ❤️ I enjoy following these adventures and will have to check out book 3! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I blame my last #lmpbc group for getting me into this series 🤣 Starting book 2 tonight!!

Cozy night with cozy book ... and cuddly cat.

I‘m taking forever to read this book but I sure do love it! Life just keeps getting in the way of my reading!

I'm sure glad they have changed the way wine is made now!!!! 😮😬🍷🍷😦😮

Starting this fun book on my way home! And the paper doll cut outs are so cool! 🥳📚🥳

A fun read, and I think the a- and b-plots were balanced better in this one than in the previous book.

How convenient that I should happen to have this pigeon drawing on my wall.

Hey all, please don‘t kill me. I tagged the wrong Amy Stewart. I‘m correcting that now.

Congrats @AmyStewart on being chosen the favorite author on Litsy in 2018.

#LitsyAwards

I loved this book so much!! I actually liked it more than the first one, the plot was so intriguing I couldn‘t put it down. I have the next one on my TBR shelf and her fourth is already pre-ordered because I wanted the paperback version. Can‘t wait to continue with those crazy Kopp sisters!

Onto my 2nd read of 2019 🎉🎉Revisiting my favorite sisters in the next book in the Kopp Sister‘s Series 😁

Just a reminder that I‘m giving away all four Kopp Sisters novels to Litsy readers only! This one‘s just for you. Go here to enter by Dec 20:

https://mailchi.mp/amystewart/litsy

I didn't go *too* crazy at the library book sale. I was hoping to find some Louise Penny and Nicci French but alas.... None. Still feeling good about the three I did snag though. 🤗 Settling in to try and make some progress on #24B4Monday.

Thank you @Amanda61
The first book is on my shelf and I‘ve been meaning to read it. Love the bookmark as well. #JustABookSwap

Got my #JustABookSwap book from @debthmpsn . Loved the first one and really looking forward to starting this one. Thanks so much @debthmpsn 😃

Finished this one today! I give it 3.5 stars. The first book in the series was fantastic! This one was okay. I'll be starting the 3rd book soon!

Started listening to this the other day. I love this series!

Another great romp with Constance Kopp! I actually enjoyed this book better than the first and I felt like it moved at a much faster pace. Fleurette was definitely less annoying in this book, but that‘s probably just because she‘s not in as much, haha. I definitely plan to pick up the next book!

Enjoying the fact that it‘s FINALLY not raining by reading for a bit on the balcony. This book is a lot of fun so far!

My airplane read today!

In this sequel to Girl Waits With Gun, Constance Kopp is determined to earn a deputy‘s badge, but a con man escaping under her watch has Miss Kopp and Sheriff Heath on a wild goose chase to put him back behind bars before the sheriff is jailed in his place and Miss Kopp loses her job. Although this features less of the other Kopp sisters than the first book, I still enjoyed it. Fantastic writing and characterization. I‘m hooked on Constance!

There‘s a $2.99 ebook sale on if you‘re so inclined...

I really enjoyed this second installment of the Kopp Sisters series. It‘s based on the real life exploits of Constance Kopp, one of the first female deputy sheriffs in the country. She was a real trailblazer, and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

The second Kopp Sisters book made a much-needed change of pace for me. I like Constance's narration and the author's note that explains how fact and fiction are blended in this book.

The question I had in the previous post turned out to have a satisfactory answer in the end. Constance is hard at work proving herself in this book and I admit by the end I was sympathetic to the Sheriff‘s exasperation! Definitely a leaner book than the first one, less backstory-heavy.

Ok, I can‘t be reading this right. So the old Italian lady says she shot the boarder, ran away on a trolley and then came back to the scene of the crime; but the cops have witnesses that the shot happened at the time she said she was on the trolley. Constance interviews her and discovers that she was trying to shoot her husband and hit the boarder by accident; she came back to the scene b/c if she was arrested she‘d be protected from her husband >

While not quite as good as the first one, this was still super fun to read. I love all the characters- the sisters, the sheriff, and the photographer. 2/6 #Sixby6/6

There is a plot involving the capturing of an escaped criminal. However, the part I liked about this book were seeing Sheriff Heath a little more flawed. In the first book he seemed the perfect sheriff. Here we see that he has flaws and can be insensitive. Enjoyed watching Fluerrette continue to come into her own. Because of a charade that was set up in the first novel, Constance cannot discipline her as she likes,creating conflict for Constance.

Stanley Cup finals and a book. Who says you can‘t have it all? 🏒 📚 📖

💋 Ha Ha.

1. Book club read.
2. My plans today should be to read the tag book. It‘s due on Sunday. I have 200 pages left. However, I only feel like watching down my DVR pile. It‘s rainy. It‘s humid. Tropical storm is on its way.
3. Hotdogs. It sounds so pedestrian, but I enjoy a good grilled hotdog with some relish and mustard. That will not be happening today because it‘s raining.
#MANICMONDAY @JoScho

I did a Google search for "Constance Kopp" just now, and one of the links brought me to this website, which I was previously unaware of. The link I'm posting below corresponds with the screenshot above... with links to historical topics and figures (good and nefarious) who have been in the news. ? If you're a fan of true crime or historical fiction, this is an amazing resource!

https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/topicsAlpha.html

1. Tagged book. Second in a series. Reading it for my book group. We read the first one last year and really enjoyed it.
2. We always had books in the house, but the Hardy Boy/Nancy Drew TV series made me want to read the books. I was hooked on books and the library from there on out.
3. Morning before work/evening after work.
4. Recently - characters in Desperation Road. In the past Sherlock Holmes, Jane Eyre, the DeWinters, Scout.
#manicmonday