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KarenUK
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This Aussie mystery was a lot of fun! Think ‘Knives Out‘ meets Richard Osman, with a healthy dose of meta-ness and a big old nod to classic era mysteries. I loved how each section was framed around a certain family member, and how the narrator broke the ‘fourth wall‘ giving the reader extra stuff along the way. I also didn‘t see most of the twists coming. Really looking forward to number 2 after seeing @Hooked_on_books review!

julesG Oh, I like your edition's cover. Mine has a pigeon and a knife on the cover. Really liked both books and hope there's going to be another one. 10mo
KarenUK @julesG I hear that HBO picked up the rights, so there‘ll be a tv show too I think…. 10mo
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Hooked_on_books Oh good! These books are both so much fun. I like how cheeky the tone is. 10mo
squirrelbrain The more reviews I see of this, the more I think I need to read it for #readingoceania24 for #australia 10mo
Librarybelle I loved both of these! They‘re so fun! 10mo
Crazeedi Ok, you convinced me!!! Another add! 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! This one is on my TBR! 10mo
Bette Just finished his next one, also very entertaining. 👍🤭 10mo
BarbaraBB How are you Karen? Missing you here! 5mo
KarenUK @BarbaraBB Aw thank you Barbara. I really miss it too. I‘m just really struggling to read this past year…. And don‘t feel I have much to say on here at all. Barely making it through a book or two each month… not sure what‘s going on except my panic attacks and anxiety are flaring up terribly. Just can‘t seem to relax 🤷‍♀️… sending you lots of love and hope all is wonderful with you. Xxx 4mo
BarbaraBB So sorry to hear that, that must be hard. Will you be coming to Gladstone in October? That would be lovely but I don‘t know if you‘re up to it and made a reservation? Xxxx 4mo
KarenUK @BarbaraBB not going to make it this year. Wish I could, but I‘m overwhelmed at work with so many new stores opening near me. 🙁 4mo
BarbaraBB I understand! Would have liked it a lot to meet you! 🤍 4mo
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kspenmoll
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alisiakae
Piranesi | Susanna Clarke
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Susanna Clarke has woven a unique story quite unlike anything I have ever read. It took me about 50 pages to truly become engaged with the story, but then I was immersed. You can‘t help but love Piranesi, and root for him. The type of book you don‘t want to read anything about before starting it. Let the strangeness unfold and eventually it all starts to make a bit more sense.

#bookspinbingo
#pop21 #lockedroom
#booked2021 #instrumentoncover

Cinfhen Gorgeous review 💜 the audio was beautifully narrated with strange lyrical harps and flutes / very melodic 4y
alisiakae @Cinfhen ooohh, that sounds good on audio too! 4y
BarbaraBB Wonderful review. Quite a special book! 4y
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Kalalalatja I felt the same way 👌 4y
TheAromaofBooks I keep going back & forth about reading this one. I see a lot of glowing reviews, but I was not a fan of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. 4y
erzascarletbookgasm Lovely review 👍 4y
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BookishMarginalia
Calamity in Kent | John Rowland
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#CurrentlyListening to a second Inspector Shelley mystery #lockedroom #BritishCrimeLibrary

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Christy2318
Transposition | Gregory Ashe
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Entertaining twist on the #lockedroom mystery albeit with a couple of plot weaknesses. The #slowburn enemies to lovers #romantsy plot continues. A lot could be resolved if Hazard & Somerset communicated better but the reasons they don‘t make sense with the characters & their history. I rolled right into book 3 & accomplished exactly nothing yesterday. It better be epic when they finally get together. 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫