I was just so bored by this one! 😳 I needed the Three Pines characters. Did read the last couple chapters so I'd know what's going on heading into the next book.
#SeriesLove2025
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This is the story of two Cree soldiers who travel from Canada to fight in the trenches of WWI. I found the beginning very slow and didn‘t enjoy the stories told from Xavier‘s POV about the war until it got to the end but I did like Niska‘s stories about life in the bush and Xavier‘s childhood.
I think I just done like historical fiction much.
The book is good in the last third and I‘m glad I stuck with it.
#OhCanada @Jess861
pickFOUR KINDS of SECRETS-Plain-Weak-Appealing-Mythical, that come together to help Gamache investigate a mysterious death.
This novel is character heavy,however, all help in interesting ways and all add to the investigation.
Be prepared-each time you think you have this solved-you are wrong!
Moving on to book 7 in the series
pickThis volume of jaye simpson‘s poems is turbulent, capturing the hard and soft edges of being trans, woman, and indigenous. The collection is intriguing, varied in form, and interesting to read. I‘m glad I picked it up. #Poetry #LGBTQIA
pickPreviously, in The Brutal Telling, Three Pines‘ beloved Olivier was accused of murder. Bury Your Dead wraps up his storyline and introduces two new storylines. In the time between Chief Inspector Gamache‘s last visit to Three Pines and this book, the chief and his team are pulled into a very scary plot involving the kidnapping of a police officer. In this book, he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir relive the event that has left them both with terrible ⬇️
pickHaving read all the books in the Inspector Gamache series that have been written so far, it was interesting to go back to the beginning and revisit the characters as they were introduced to us the first time.
#gottacatchemall (Smeargle: art or artist as the central theme or character) @PuddleJumper
pickI enjoyed this second book in the Emily series, in which Emily has a number of difficult decisions to make while various member of her friends and family try to exert their influence. I'm noticing the many ways in which Emily is different from LMM's more famous character, Anne Shirley!
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread @BarbaraJean
