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Ddzmini
Homicide in Hardcover | Kate Carlisle
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Pickpick

Really enjoyed this and I‘m happy to find another author that I can get more books to read

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BookBr
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Mehso-so

This was a pretty good mystery, right up until the end. I just didn‘t buy the way it wrapped up, with the guilty seeming to have little motive and some things never really explained. The “Scottish-isms” felt forced and awkward rather than charming. But the characters were somewhat engaging and the setting was beautiful. Probably won‘t read another in the series tho.

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BookBr
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The husband picked this out for me by his own self, so I shall love it no matter what it‘s like. But it looks cute and cozy and just the thing for a chilly winter holiday🙂

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Skeeterisme
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Pickpick

Love it

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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1 year ago I made a book Christmas tree 🎄📚💚

#BookLove #LibraryLove ❤️💚

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

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OutsmartYourShelf
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Eggs So cozy 2mo
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mrsmarch
The Paper Caper | Kate Carlisle
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I‘m really excited for The Paper Caper and eager to get Woman of Light off my shelf — either by reading or DNF‘ing! #bookspin

rockpools Good luck! A very important question: Is it you that I‘m friends with on DuoLingo? (I know it was a Litsy Rachel - just can‘t remember their Litsy name!) If it is you, I‘d love to know how come you‘re learning Scottish Gaelic. (If not, apologies for weird random questions!) 11mo
mrsmarch @rockpools LoL, that‘s meeeee! As for how come — I was bored with burnishing my Italian and keeping my French fresh, so I wanted a non Romance language. I figured the native language of my ancestors was a good place to start. 11mo
rockpools Honestly, I‘m a disaster at answering people (& social media generally) these days. Sorry! But so pleased I‘ve matched the mystery Duo person to a real Rachel 😊. That is so cool. I just started back again with Duo (as you may have gathered) and started Gaelic for the first time (before I took a peek to see what you were learning). Love it!My niece (age 4) has just started Gaelic-speaking nursery, so she‘s teaching me. Need all the help I can get! 10mo
mrsmarch @rockpools I‘m sure my pronunciation is a nightmare, but the chances of me ever being in a place where I need spoken Gaelic are infinitely small. Writing/reading it suffice for me. I‘m actually keenly surprised how much I feel it shares with *French*. The Auld Alliance with France makes so much sense. Word order and some vocab overlap. Eaglais/église anyone? (edited) 10mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Panpan

Finishing up my Christmas Stack.

I love books and Scotland, you would think I would love this book. But it was incredibly inane. Plus I know about First Footing, the way it's used here is silly. You're going to let someone disrupt your wedding because you like to keep the old traditions? And the caviler attitude of 'we'll just move the wedding'.

But hey, managed to get pretty much every Scottish stereotype in.

Crinoline_Laphroaig I feel like I've been very snarky lately about what I'm reading. 13mo
LeahBergen I read one book in this series and it irritated me to no end. 😆 13mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig @LeahBergen I'm glad to know it was just me! 13mo
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Traci1
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Pickpick

Cute and festive mystery. My only real complaint is that the narrator is different from the last one of these I read, and while she does a fine job, it was a little jarring, the difference in the secondary characters particularly.
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Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 14mo
Ruthiella Sounds cute! 14mo
BookmarkTavern I love the cozy cover! 14mo
bthegood 🎁🎄 14mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 14mo
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Aimeesue
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Fun, but also disappointing in that the Twelve Books conceit doesn‘t actually tie in very well with the rest of the mystery.
Drink a lot of scotch while you‘re reading it, I guess. Plenty of opportunities if you drink along with the MC!

I did enjoy the descriptions of how the MC repaired the books, so that‘s a plus.

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