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Flavia is sent off to Toronto, Canada, to attend school, the same school her mother went to. She has hardly entered her room at school when a body falls out the chimney in her room.

It was nice seeing Flavia in a different setting and meeting new people.

There‘s several twists and turns and I did not see that ending.

I have a few minor complaints, but they're spolier-y so I won't bother writing about them. Overall, another fun Flavia book.

Flavia has been exiled to Canada 🍁 , forced to attend her late mother‘s old school. Naturally there‘s a body in the chimney. Flavia must battle homesickness while unraveling the mystery. Go Flavia! 👍👍💚🐉

Just finished listening to this enjoyable audiobook, Flavia is exiled to Canada 🍁 forced to attend her late mother‘s old school. Naturally there‘s a body in the chimney! Flavia must conquer homesickness while unraveling the mystery. Go for it Flavia 🇬🇧

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1. I guess its in my soul, my mom said as soon as I learned how I never stopped. I used to drive her nuts reading everything as we drove by. But I don't have any other book fanatics in my life.
2. I'm kind of an all over the place reader. But if the tagged Author ever writes anything else I'm snatching it up.
3. No, I don't really had many bookish friends.

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Do yourself a favor and snatch up this ebook deal! It‘s one of the books in a series about a 10-year-old chemistry enthusiast who solves crimes in 1940s England. I have every book in the series, and they are all awesome.💙 #mystery

This was between a pick and a so-so for me. Flavia is now in Toronto at the boarding school her mother went to so a whole new cast of characters were brought into it. But there were some nice memory flashbacks to when she was at Buckshaw.
However, the mystery itself was a bit complicated and I think I lost track of how it actually occurred about 3 times during the audiobook - I rewound the first 2 times and then sorta gave up the third time. :)

I‘ve really been enjoying my reread of the Flavia series. I forgot how complicated and confusing this one is! But I love the Toronto setting and seeing Flavia outside of Buckshaw and her family.

Happily finished this in time for the #flaviabuddyread during the #JubilantJuly readathon.

Coming up - the seventh book in our #flaviabuddyread

Coming up this Saturday (or possibly Sunday - I‘m out of town on Saturday again...) - the next instalment of our #flaviabuddyread!

“My whole life had been lived in doubt — doubt about my mother, doubt even about my own identity ... I was quickly learning that I couldn‘t live in a world of shifting shadows and whispered half-truths ... If ever I had met a kindred spirit, it was the hard-hearted Mr. Gradgrind in Dicken‘s Hard Times.”

We learn more about Flavia de Luce in each of Bradley‘s tales. I love her, and him!

I enjoyed this, but maybe not as much as the previous books in the series. I think it‘s because, in this book, Flavia has been sent to boarding school in Canada. Yes, there‘s a murder for her to solve, but the miss the characters that populated the earlier books, as well as the setting. Buckshaw, Flavia‘s home, is practically a character itself. Still, it‘s fun and interesting. Looking forward to reading the next one.

Hubby decided not to wait until Friday to bring me Valentines flowers, so I have these beauties to look at while I read.

“If you‘re anything like me, you adore rot.”

Of course it‘s Flavia 😄

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I borrowed this from our son and DIL‘s library a few weeks ago. I think a little Flavia de Luce is just what I need on a gray, rainy day while I‘m waiting to hear from the AC repairman.

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Sunset walk tonight. It had cooled down to 90⁰ F 🙃
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In book 7 of the Flavia de Luce series, Alan Bradley moves Flavia from her beloved home village and her ancestral home, Buckshaw, transplanting her to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Toronto, where she quickly is pulled into a new murder mystery. Again, in As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, Jane Entwistle is a brilliant narrator, imbuing each new character with a distinct voice. (continued in comments)

I love Flavia, but was finding that the books were becoming a little less exciting as the series progressed. Book 7 finds Flavia in a new location: Canadian boarding school. It was a marvelous refresh!

Milo hasn't appeared in my posts in a very long time, so he's helping showcase tonight's book. He listened to parts of it with me during our play & cuddle time. 🐍 💙 #SnakesOfLitsy #ComfortSnake #ZenPython #WellReadSnek

#cottoncandy A bit of a weird location switch. #audiobook

I LOVE Flavia de Luce! Yaroooo! And Jayne Entwistle (could she have a more perfect name?!) has the perfect voice AND acting chops to truly BE our most incorrigible young sleuth! It took me more than a year to finally read this one because I knew Flavia was facing a real change in her life, and as I was in a rough patch myself, I just couldn‘t bear watching her new struggles. But of course, this was perfectly delightful & satisfying! As always.

Really good! I love the Flavia books and really enjoyed the Canadian setting here.

I am on vacation in lovely Arizona and enjoying the warm weather while reading book number seven of what has become one of my favorite series.

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I do love me some Flavia!

Another delightful installment in the Flavia de Luce series. I love these books! ❤️🤓🔬

This is book 7 of the Flavia de Luce series, and represents a series of transitions in the life of the main character. As such, I didn‘t find this book as joyful as the rest of the series, but it was still a clever journey.

I want to see where you go next, Flavia my dear.

(No books were harmed in the creation of this photo. The fireplace was completely cool. It was the closest I could get to a chimney!)

SEVEN books into the series, and I discover that I have been saying her name ALL WRONG!

Who else has pronounced it as FLAH-via in their mind instead of FLAY-via? 🙋🏼‍♀️

You‘re playing tricks on me, Mr. Bradley.

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Flavia de Luce is a young wannabe chemist/detective that is #headoverheels with dead bodies and I‘m #headoverheels with Flavia. I‘m listening to the ninth book in this series now and Jane Entwhistle does a wonderful job bringing Flavia to life with her narration.
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It pains me to mark a Flavia story as so-so, but there it is. I really don‘t like this one as much as the earlier versions. Perhaps Flavia doesn‘t work in beyond Buckshaw and Bishop‘s Lacey. I just seemed to find her too overblown in this new setting,the mystery was just meh, & the other characters never really came alive. I still loved the character of Flavia, but I‘m hoping the next books will get back to what makes this series so delightful.

"A hissing in the garden is a sound that cannot be ignored by any human female since the time of Eve, and I was no exception."

"I WAS STANDING AT the bow, the wind whipping my hair and what might have been sea spray wetting my face. Banished! I thought. Banished again! Was I doomed, like the Flying Dutchman, to spend all eternity sailing the seas in search of salvation?"

Another delightful entry in the Flavia de Luce series. I love listening to these on audio - the perfect escape! Flavia is witty, with just a tad bit of condescension and is a bit of a smarty pants.

Finishing this audio takes me to 11 read this month. I also desperately need to finish some of these books I started. Yikes!

When a series hits book 7, it's time to shake things up. And so in this installment of the Flavia de Luce Mysteries, Alan Bradley sends his young heroine to a boarding school in Toronto. Naturally she finds a death to investigate, because shaking things up doesn't mean abandoning the formula. Dropping an entire supporting cast that has developed over six books is a bold move, but one that pays off in this incredibly entertaining novel. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

I resisted the powerful urge to tell him that this corpse was not my first: that in fact, cadavers were my calling card.

Modesty, though, prevailed.

I needed something a little lighter after finishing Too Like The Lightning and I'm several books behind on the Flavia de Luce series so I started this one last night.

Two hour flight delay setup. Not too shabby.

Be more than that... 👊🏼

Weekend was busy so I‘m digging into this one again! I love this series! 💗

Love love love this series! Started as a random pick off the library shelf years ago!

Flavia is so much fun. This one was really good, though I missed Dogger.
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Review
I have pretty much loved all of the previous six books in Alan Bradley's Flavia De Luce book series. This seventh book fell flat, though. Upon closing the book and going to sleep I was left thinking, "What? What just happened?” I could not reconcile how he had chosen to wrap up the story. I was bewildered by many points. Relationships among the girls never develop; neither do great antagonisms, though one would expect both.