I‘m reading this book with my local book club. It‘s the tenth in the Shetland Sailing Mysteries. I haven‘t read the previous nine books. I much prefer to start with the first in a series but never mind! The theme is a story set during winter.
I doubt I'm going to get my book finished by Thursday, so I'm calling it. It was VERY CLOSE between this and Conclave, but as Turton has gone on my tentative plans for next year and Harris hasn't, I'm going with that. If it could be tied, it definitely would be!
#bookofthemonth (tagged)
#bookoftheyear is The Devil and the Dark Water
@Catsandbooks
so-soThe latest Rhona MacLeod opens with a revenge killing: but revenge for what? Set at Xmas but not at all festive!
“ Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.”
I just finished this lyrical & brutal novel, where the light succeeds & darkness recedes.
In this novel, the landscape is its own atmospheric character, which in turn shapes the characters and their lives.
#libraryfind #book1
That first sip☕️… treated myself to pancakes with Vermont maple syrup this morning. #coffeeandbooks
I'm plowing through this book. It's really good. He's a local Michigan author as well so i might look up more of his work in the future.
You know it's a good book when you start dreaming about the subject matter... last night I was dreaming of mobsters
so-soSince the previous Christmas, DI James Walker has worked hard to fit in at his new station & finally feels accepted by his colleagues. Also he & his wife, Annie, are finally expecting a new arrival & are hoping for a quiet Christmas before they become a family of three.
It's not to be however as the bodies of a local farmer, his wife, & their daughter are found in their farmhouse kitchen. (continued)
Waiting for my sister to pick me up for a trip to Northampton, MA. Meeting up with my 2 other sisters for a holiday sisters day! It‘s 27 degrees here so I am so bundled up I look like I am swaddled!
This library find reads slowly like the landscape- the land & its creatures, weather, etc. are written in a beautiful lyrical style. While the main character seems to merge with the landscape, I as the reader, do too merge. #coffeeandbooks
