Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m absolutely loving this series. Can‘t believe I just found out about it this summer, but here we are. I‘m on book three right now, and they keep getting better. Terrific characters, somewhat Byzantine plots (especially the first book) and laugh out loud lines. I‘m buying them used through Thrift books, and it feels like I‘ve constantly got an order in to them. Probably because I do. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It‘s a beauty weekend here in Michigan.

#TheTerracottaDog #AndreaCamilleri #WinterReadathon

The Terracotta Dog, the second book in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, opens with a mysterious tête-à-tête with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers dead fifty years and still embracing are watched over by a life-size terracotta dog.

I noticed on GR that I rd bk1 of series in 2012 so #24B4Monday seemed a gr8 reason to read a page turner & it certainly was that as montaldo faces 2 threads, a supermarket robbery +gun smuggling, as well as 2 bodies which hark back to ww2 in a curious burial rite. Plus a gangster on the run handing himself over to the inspector. He is a great character but the description of food + drink had me yearning for a glass of red in a sea front cafe.

#24B4Monday
In honour of @Andrew65 who i think ranks this series very highly i at long last am starting book 2 after many years. I think it may be because I'm never keen on two books in volume 1.
I am 4 hours 45 mins into the challenge and just finished my last bk which I will post about later.

#audiobook #StarCrossedLovers #InspectorMontalbano #book2
While listening to this I wished I had the book to capture the author‘s writing & some of the descriptions of Sicily, its food, its cafes, its streets, its countryside, its characters. Thank you Diane @Crazeedi for introducing & encouraging me to read this series. I am in love!!! ❤️📚🥰

#weeklyreport

Finished:
The Glass Room #ReadingEurope2020 #United Kingdom
Emily of the New Moon #childrensclassicread2020 💕💕
Terra Cotta Dog #audiobook
A June of Ordinary Murders #historicalmystery

4⭐ Second in the Montalbano series. 2 lovers are found in a secret cave, dead for 50 years. The cave was hidden behind another cave full of weapons. So the mystery, who put them there, with a few coins in a bowl, a pitcher of water and a terra cotta dog watching over them. Montalbano is on the case, he wont rest till he solves the mystery. Excellent!!

This is my audio book! 2nd in the series. @TheSpineView #SeriesRead
@Andrew65 I'm listening to them! Thanks for recommending this author!!

RIP to Andrea Camilleri.

Goodbye Andrea and thanks......

#thanks #montalbano #andreacamilleri #litsy #goodreads #bookly #italianwriters #italiannovel

This was my #LetterT for #LitsyAtoZ in translation. I am still really enjoying this series - quick reads, good on audio, and funny despite the dark material.

Sitting pretty like a Martian with a mud-pack on my face. It‘s only apt that I pick this book from the TBR. #unwind #Sunday #mysteries

Not what I expected, but once I adjusted my expectation, I really enjoyed it! The writing style is very masculine and it took me a bit to get used to it. Very much a story within a story. Fun and fast, and I will read the other books in the series.

So what do you do when when you've been working like crazy for 2 months, and your body finally gives out? You get comfort treats, drugs and restart a fun book that you started at the end of January. My own personal #bookpartyofone.

The last two weeks have been really busy, and my reading time was nada. I think I will sneak in an hour before we head out to watch "the game." I love a good mystery.

Finished this incredibly fun book tonight. I will definitely be returning to this fantastic series of books soon.

Not sure if it was because it's an ebook or a translation but some of the translations seemed jumbled and a little hard to follow. Also a bit of a mix of which crime to focus on till the back half. Overall I loved that it was set in Italy and the final reveal was rather heartwarming even despite the horror behind it.

I have found my sweet spot with audiobooks, I think. It's in series- murder series, fantasy series, sci-fi series. When it's a series I can drift off and not really lose too many key details. This is the second in a series set in Sicily with a cranky, sneaky, introvert of a detective who takes on crime in his town. It's not a cozy murder series, by any means. I love the little Italian cultural details that appear in the translation.

Just started the second Inspector Montalbano book. Love Camilleri's characters and the feel of Italy he presents.

Keeping in the crime genre! This has been on my Amazon wish list for years - decided to make a project of reading through the list starting with the oldest items!