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Number One Ladies' Detective Agency
Number One Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith
Working in Gaborone, Botswana, sleuth Precious Ramotswe investigates several local mysteries, including a search for a missing boy and the case of the clinic doctor with different personalities for different days of the week. Reprint.
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Lunakay
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Very nice and original detective stories while giving lots of interesting insights into everyday life in Botswana 🇧🇼 #foodandlit
Very enjoyable and easy read for my holiday (not in Botswana, though ;))

I'm totally hooked and will definitely follow this series in future!

@Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader It hooked me too!! 2mo
Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🇧🇼 🩵 2mo
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JenlovesJT47
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I chose this for #FoodandLit as we are visiting Botswana. I thoroughly enjoyed this & the character of Precious Ramotswe. I‘m happy there are so many books in this series and I think I‘ll try the next one on audio. It‘s not a murder mystery but would very much fit the vibe of cozy mysteries so I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys those. And I‘m very excited to check out the show on HBO! 5⭐️🇧🇼

#HauntedShelf
#FrightClub
#TBRread
#Botswana

Texreader Yay! I‘m on book 2 now and it‘s still good!! 2mo
Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🇧🇼🩵 2mo
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JenlovesJT47
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Time spent reading yesterday: 7 hours = 70 points.

#HauntedShelf
#FrightClub

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JenlovesJT47
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Time spent reading today: 2 hours = 20 points. Didn‘t get much reading done today but hoping to finish the tagged book by tomorrow!

#HauntedShelf
#FrightClub

👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻

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JenlovesJT47
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Time spent reading today: 4 hours = 40 points.

Just started the tagged book today and really enjoying it so far!

#HauntedShelf
#FrightClub

👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻

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Catsandbooks
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@Texreader is hosting a quick giveaway for #FoodandLit Botswana 🇧🇼 Please see her post if you're interested!

Texreader Thanks for reposting!! 3mo
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Sace
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3.5/4 ⭐️
I saw this book described as “calm” and I think that is a good description. It is not a book with one mystery but several. The second book is available on audio via Hoopla. I liked this first one enough to give the second one a try.

Side note: my book club picks good books 😁

Ruthiella Yes. I love the calm this series provides. 6mo
BookWrym I really enjoyed this series must get back to it 6mo
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Sace
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My book club picked this one for July. The meeting is Thursday so I need to stop dillydallying. I‘m a little less than half done and really liking it. Don‘t know why it has taken me so long to finally read this one.

AlaMich You‘re fortunate, as there are so many more in the series! 6mo
SpellboundReader Love this series! You are in for a treat. 🙂 6mo
Sace @AlaMich @SpellboundReader I think I especially like how it feels more like a book of connected short stories. It‘s sort of perfect for my attention span right now. 6mo
AlaMich @Sace Exactly! And the stories are so gentle and low-stakes. 6mo
Sace @AlaMich I saw someone describe them as “calm” and that‘s exactly right. 6mo
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Blueberry
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Me Ramotswe's father.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

#SundayFunday. @BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern I‘ve heard good things about this series! Thanks for answering! 6mo
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DieAReader
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Bailedbailed

#Wardens2024 #ReadAway2024 #MarvellousMarch #BookSpinBingo #ReadMyRoom

Gave this one a shot in the overnight hours when I couldn‘t sleep 🎧📖 Sadly, I couldn‘t get into it & had to bail🙁

TheAromaofBooks I tired to read this one several years ago and couldn't get into it. 9mo
DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks 🤷🏻‍♀️Bound to happen sometimes, I guess🙄🤣🤫 9mo
Read4life Same here. Just not for me. #hailthebail 9mo
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dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
DieAReader @dabbe 😏I seem to have a lot of #HailTheBail moments this months🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ 9mo
dabbe @DieAReader Better to find out quickly and move on to some good ones, right? 🤩 9mo
DieAReader @dabbe ❤️‍🔥🤓Very true! 9mo
CoverToCoverGirl 👋👋 9mo
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kplovesbooks
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I loved this just as much the second time around! Peaceful, calming, exactly the vibes I wanted to start off 2023 with! The mysteries themselves are very light compared to the thrillers I normally read, but the solving of them is always clever and entertaining. And this also includes fantastic descriptions of African landscapes. 😊💙

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59% through my first re-read of the year. 😊 I originally read this in 2014 and I loved the peaceful, calming vibes. (Also loved the HBO series.)

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Graywacke
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I picked this up when I couldn‘t concentrate…and found it too slow. But then I kept coming back to it whenever everything else seemed to difficult. And it provided an enjoyable escape every time. So success. It‘s also thoughtful in its sort of simple life wisdom. I‘m not sure I‘ll pursue more books from the series, but I‘m glad I met Mma Ramotswe and read this one.

SqueakyChu Sort of light reading for you, isn‘t it? 😉 2y
fredamans I read this years ago and loved it. I wish I had read more now the series has so many books. 2y
Graywacke @SqueakyChu one day I‘ll actually read mysteries. 🙂 This was the lightest book in reach on a bad day, so yes. But also it‘s pretty well done. 2y
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Graywacke @fredamans yeah, it‘s a huge series long series now. 2y
SqueakyChu @Graywacke One of my best friends is so devoted to books by this author. I tried one once, but they‘re not for me. 2y
Graywacke @SqueakyChu I‘m not surprised. It‘s actually a quirky kind of thing, this first book. 2y
DisneyFan I bought books 1-20 at a library sale for only a few dollars. It was an impulse purchase and I read all twenty over the years. They are charming and the characters and style of writing grows on you. 2y
Ruthiella I find this series to be very comforting. I‘m up to book 6. 2y
Graywacke @DisneyFan ok, if i had 1-20 sitting around, i would read more. 🙂 (edited) 2y
Graywacke @Ruthiella I can see that, and I should keep that in mind 2y
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Graywacke
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I‘m struggling mentally with covid rebound. I have all this dead time and I‘m just not wanting to concentrate. I spun my isolation chair around looking for the easiest possible book to read and grabbed this. 35 pages in its (1) really nicely written but also (2) my brain won‘t settle in. ☹️ Still I think I‘ll keep trying.

CarolynM Hope your concentration improves - it must be very frustrating. 2y
Graywacke @CarolynM thanks. I‘m being peevish, but yeah, it is frustrating. 2y
BarbaraBB That sounds tough. It‘s a nasty disease. I enjoyed this book earlier this year, it really is such an easy read. I hope you‘ll be able to read it soon. Take care 🤍 2y
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Tamra Good pick for taking it easy. This is a comforting series and the characters really grow on you. 2y
Cathythoughts Oh that‘s upsetting, I hope your concentration comes back in spades and very soon 👍🏻♥️ 2y
batsy That sounds super frustrating! I would be struggling with it, too. I hope things ease up for you very soon 💕 2y
Graywacke @BarbaraBB @Tamra @Cathythoughts @batsy you all are so thoughtful. Thanks. Hopefully today will be a better day. 2y
LitStephanie That really stinks. This virus is so random in who gets stuck with longer acting symptoms. It will get better, and I hope it happens soon. Maybe you should try reading something trashier to hold your attention? 😆 2y
Bookwomble @Graywacke I just did a lot of sleeping when I had COVID earlier this year. If that's an option for you, I'd recommend it. 💖😌 2y
Graywacke @LitStephanie I think my using paxlovid backfired, but yes, it‘s very random. Something trashier? Suggestions? 🙂 2y
Graywacke @Bookwomble i did wake up this morning feeling a lot better. Thanks! 2y
LitStephanie @Graywacke Dark Fever by Karen Marie Moning and A Court of Thorns and Roses are fun, don't require a lot of concentration, and are just trashy enough. Philip Roth's Operation Shylock is just bonkers and trashy in a hilarious way (of course, I have kind of a dark sense of humor). Not trashy, really, but sexy and very fun without needing brainwork are Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach and Night Chaserby Amanda Bouchet (space operas). 2y
LitStephanie Oops, Court of Thorns and Roses is by fantasy trash author Sarah J Maas. 2y
Graywacke @LitStephanie ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ thank you! Through the power of Kindle, i may try one of these. (Well, i‘ll pass on Roth. 😁) 2y
LitStephanie @Graywacke haha, I understand. Roth isn't for everyone. There are probably plenty of reasons to dislike his writing, may I ask what you dislike? 2y
Graywacke @LitStephanie i read American Pastoral and felt that was enough. In that novel he‘s very self-centered (many authors are or need to be to write, so a mild complaint), and obsessed with making the reader uncomfortable from his perspective. (edited) 2y
Graywacke @LitStephanie (i hit send by mistake, was still writing) Anyway, I felt very trapped in his mindset and it felt very constraining. I haven‘t read him again. 😁 2y
LitStephanie @Graywacke interesting! I love Roth although never read American Pastoral. Can definitely see your point--The Human Stain feels a little that way, too. 2y
AnnR @Graywacke Glad to know you are feeling a little better this morning. 🙂 Just being inside in isolation must also be giving you some brain fog on top of the covid yuckiness. I hope you can go out & about to get some fresh air and non-strenuous exercise soon. I was going to suggest a 'light' audiobook if your concentration is waning but that might make things worse. Not sure. Sometimes it works for me though. 2y
Graywacke @Ann_Reads thanks. I got a walk in today and I felt the most normal since this started. So that was encouraging. Unfortunately with audiobooks I have to be doing something mindless. So walks and drives are ok. Sometimes breakfast. But not much else works. (This walk I listened to an rap album my daughter recommended to me.) 2y
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AmyK1
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Mehso-so

I didn‘t really like this one. Nothing really stood out as bad…just not for me I guess. I did like Mma Ramotswe.

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Tattooedteacher
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Bailedbailed

Obviously, not my cup of tea. #readingafrica2022

Librarybelle Oh dear! At least you tried it! 3y
BarbaraBB Oh really? I wanted to read this one too for Botswana. What made you bail? 3y
CarolynM Too twee for me. 3y
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Andrew65
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One of my favourite #cozy series.

Mma Ramotswe has to be one of the greatest characters out there.

#GratefulHarvest

Jerdencon Great series! 3y
AlaMich I love that boxed set! The bright colors are just the thing for that series. 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚👍🏻💛 3y
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Eggs I like Alexander McCall Smith ❣️ 3y
Andrew65 @Eggs He writes great,but very different, books. 3y
Andrew65 @AlaMich They are 😊 3y
Andrew65 @Jerdencon Totally agree. 3y
PageShifter I have read 16 of them xD 3y
Andrew65 @PageShifter I thought I‘d read them all then noticed three have been published during the pandemic so some to catch up on. 3y
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rachelk
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This book was recommended to me by my mom and I‘m so glad I didn‘t miss out on it. It‘s an entertaining, first in a series novel about a very charming and extremely clever African woman that starts a detective agency in Botswana. Fans of Agatha Christie, Nancy Drew and cozy reads should check it out if they haven‘t already — I‘m a little late to the party 😅

Ruthiella I love Mma Ramotswe! ❤️ 3y
rachelk @Ruthiella I do too! 3y
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Nute
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Finally...
This book
Friday night
Perfect place
Right time
No interruptions
Reading

BiblioLitten I absolutely love this series💛 4y
Tamra All the love for this comfort series. 4y
Ruthiella I also love this series. 😍 4y
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Deblovestoread Lovely! And it‘s a great series. 4y
Nute @BiblioLitten I‘m excited to finally start reading this series!🙂 4y
Nute @Tamra I can‘t believe it has taken me this long to finally arrive here!🙂 4y
Nute @Ruthiella I‘m excited to finally be on the same page as so many other readers who love this series!🙂 4y
Nute @Kdgordon88 Thank you! Now I will finally know what everyone else knows about this series!🙂 4y
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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
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I recently won the latest installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series (#21), so I decided to read the number one of the series.

I knew that it would be a comfort read for me, and I was 100% right. I remember seeing some episodes a while back, so I watched the first episode again on YouTube, and I must admit preferring the book.
Now that I have the last installment, I'm looking forward to reading the whole series, a book at a time.

Soubhiville I love this series! The audiobooks are great too, if you like audio. 4y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader @Soubhiville Thanks for the recommendation ;) I don't personally do audiobooks, but I have friends who do, and it's always nice to be able to recommend them a well-narrated audiobook. 4y
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TheEllieMo
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Why did it take me so long to get around to reading this book. It‘s a delight - not wholly what I was expecting (despite the book being 22 years old, I had managed to avoid any spoilers regarding Mma Ramotswe‘s backstory) and probably all the better for that. I love Mma Ramotswe‘s love for her country, I love the descriptions of Botswana, I love the characters. So that‘s another 20 books added to the TBR pile...

Scochrane26 They‘re really good on audio. 4y
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TheEllieMo
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 11
#BooksToRead #TBRPile

Libby1 You‘re in for a treat with this series. 😊 4y
TheEllieMo @Libby1 I heard great things about it, and genuinely don‘t know why it‘s taken me so long to read this one!! I‘ve decided it‘s going to be my next read😊 4y
Scochrane26 I like them on audio. 4y
Libby1 Excellent! 4y
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Bojo2006
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This book was recommended by a librarian so I gave it a shot, besides the cheesy title. So glad I did! I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Botswanan culture and really, really enjoyed meeting the main character, Precious Ramotswe. In fact, I saw a quote from the author that he didn‘t intend to make this a series but he came to love Precious so much that he had to continue her story. Agreed - delightful all around!

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Soubhiville
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I absolutely love this series about a lady who decides to become a private detective in Botswana. She has one instructional book she draws wisdom from, and an assistant with less than the best people skills, and very good intuition.

Part cozy mystery, part examination of human nature, part love song to Africa and Botswana, every book leaves me with a warm feeling.

I highly recommend audio if you can- the narrator is perfect.

#20series20days

Andrew65 I love these two, read them all except the most recently published one. 4y
Deblovestoread A favorite of mine as well. Great choice! 4y
Ruthiella This series was part of my 20 too! I ❤️ Mma Ramotswe. 😀 4y
Soubhiville @Ruthiella she‘s the best. ❤️ 4y
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barbwire
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OMG, AMS! You really wrote this! 😆

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BookishMe
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#Favs

The Hungry Tide, ADSOM series, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Storied Life of A J Fikry, any title from tagged

Will stop now 😁😁

hannah-leeloo Just 3? 😱 OK erm.... ACOTAR series, Jurassic Park and Jurassic World books aaaaand...... Either splintered series or lunar chronicles series........ I don't know 😅🤣 its too hard 5y
BookishMe @hannah-leeloo tell me about it ;p 5y
hannah-leeloo @BookishMe i had to settle with choosing between my favourites of the recent ones ove read hehe 5y
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runswithscissors007
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Morning! @Cuilin #litsybitsy
Another 4ish k.
Busy day ahead. Take care!
Full disclosure... when people say “no filters” I often think.... show off! But now, with this pic, I see that they probably only meant to marvel at what an amazing world it is. #leavingcynicalbehind. 💗💗💗💕🐰

BookishMe 😍For the tagged 😍😍for the stunning scene 😍😍 5y
Cuilin Beautiful picture. 💕Thank you for posting. 🙏 5y
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BookishMe
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I was introduced to Precious Ramotswe, and the rest is history 😍❣️😍
#7Days7Books - 3
#rereadingRamotswe20

Kimzey Love this series! Audiobooks are terrific! 5y
BookishMe @Kimzey I have only heard the BBC dramatised version - hilarious 😁😁 5y
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BarkingMadRead
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Finished it up, in the blanket fort I built in my library. #socialdistancing #24in48

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alexa_d
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Cozy! If Mount TBR wasn't so high, I'd probably pick up the next one (and still might, down the line) but it's not an urgent need.

Curious about whatever discourse there probably is around a white guy writing about a Botswanan woman, though.

Geenie Read it! Loved ❤️ it! 5y
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BookishMe
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#rereadingRamotswe20
Each time I read a title in this series, I can't help hugging the book.
Mma Ramotswe is 💗❣️💗

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BookishMe
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#santhiReads2020
After completing the 20th title in this beloved #series I am going back to the very beginning
#rereadingRamotswe20

BiblioLitten Welcome back!😌 5y
BookishMe @BiblioLitten thank you 😊 😊 5y
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FountainOfWords
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Almost half way through and really enjoying this. Easy read however offering food for thought.

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FountainOfWords
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And here it is - contents revealed. Any comments on the books therein appreciated. #bookbox

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FountainOfWords
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My first book box has arrived - super excited - will reveal all the contents later on.😻

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gradcat
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#WanderingJune

(Day 22 - #AfricanLady)

*Are there any Precious Ramotswe lovers out there (besides me, of course)? I love, love, love these books, plus I also loved the HBO show starring Jill Scott & Anika Noni Rose. Honk if you love Botswana‘s most revered lady detective!! ♥️

BookwormM I love this series but have fallen behind with reading it 6y
NeamhainHughes The series with Jill Scott was soooo good now I wanna rewatch lol 6y
LibLib I grew up in Gaborone, Botswana and enjoyed the accuracy of the books in how it describes the places and people. Nice to read about landmarks I know and been to, makes me miss home! 6y
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Aimeesue Mma Ramotswe! And Grace Makutsi and her 97%! 6y
Dragon 💕 I would love to have some bush tea with the lady detectives 🍵 6y
gradcat @BookwormM I have also fallen behind, but I do possess all of them (19 up to now?). I‘d like to get back to them, but so much to read (and so little time, alas)! 📚 6y
gradcat @NeamhainHughes I haven‘t seen the whole series yet—just the first two episodes. Now that I‘m reminded, I think I‘ll try to finish it. I‘m taking it that you dug the entire series...♥️ 6y
gradcat @LibLib Oh, this is fascinating to me. I want to go to Gaborone so much—and only because of the book series. Well, mostly because of it, because that‘s where I formed my mental image of the place. I‘m so intrigued by your growing up there, plus it‘s nice to think that you believe Smith represents Botswana well. I‘d love to hear more about your home...so interesting! ♥️ 6y
gradcat @Aimeesue Omigosh! You make smile just thinking about Grace and her graduation from Secretarial College...love it! ♥️ 6y
gradcat @Dragon Have you ever had bush tea? I haven‘t, but I agree with you—tea with the ladies on the porch would be too fantastic! 🍵 😂 6y
NeamhainHughes @gradcat don‘t remember if I quite finished it but I watched a bunch of it and read most of the series. 6y
LibLib @gradcat you should definitely make Botswana a must see on your travel list. Kgale hill where the agency is located, I used to climb that all the time growing up. It is a beautiful country with so much to offer. Has diverse range of wildlife and the only inland Delta in the world! It is also one of the more developed and stable countries in Africa with great tourism. Couldn't recommend it more highly! 6y
gradcat @LibLib I really wish I could do that. But in the meantime, I‘m so happy to know about you and your growing up there—so cool! 6y
Dragon I‘ve had Rooibos tea which is bush tea I think. 6y
gradcat @Dragon You‘re right—it is! But I haven‘t had that kind either 😂 does it taste good? ☕️ 6y
Dragon I had it mixed in a Starbucks rose drink that was yummy 😂 6y
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BookishMarginalia
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Finally decided to tackle this series on audiobook. Love the narrator!

rretzler Love this series. I‘ve never tried the audiobooks though. 6y
Scochrane26 I‘ve listened to about 7 or 8 of these. They‘re fun, even though not much happens in most of them. Love the narrator. 6y
AutumnRLS I love this series. It's so calming. Like a cup of hot tea :) 6y
Aimeesue Lisette Lecat is wonderful. She's got the perfect voice for this series. ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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thea-block
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Finally read this modern classic. Found it similar to the Isabel Dalhousie series in the middle-aged female perspective, the slower pace, similar multiple small story arcs, and the unique vocations of the characters. McCall Smith certainly has a type!

I enjoyed the book generally but nothing felt really special to me, except for Precious‘s strength, forthrightness, and her cleverness.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

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CogsOfEncouragement
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I am re-reading Jane Austen novels for the first part of the year with the #ArdentlyAustenBookClub I decided to read more diverse books in between. I had heard great things about this series, but it was not as clever as I had hoped. It is set in a culture I am not familiar with though, which was my aim.

I gave it three stars on goodreads.

Tamra The characters develop as the series progresses. The mysteries aren‘t profound, but lots about human nature and relationships. 😊 (edited) 6y
Rachel.Rencher I didn't know this is a series! 6y
Tamra @Rachel.Rencher it is and I‘m a crazy fan girl of it! 6y
CogsOfEncouragement @Tamra I had my family watch the first episode of the HBO series with me over the weekend. We plan to watch every episode together. 6y
Tamra @CogsOfEncouragement I wish that had continued on with it! Enjoy! 6y
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SconsinBookyBadger
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Little Free Library “check out” of #newtomeauthor that I meant to read months ago, but didn‘t happen until #maymadness challenge.

@Clwojick @RadicalReader @TheReadingMermaid

Clwojick Yay! I‘m loving this weeks theme! Especially for audiobooks. I‘m flying thru them. 🤓 6y
SconsinBookyBadger @Clwojick awesome job on your progress! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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wordzie
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@Klou thx for the tag 🙌 I'm late 😒☺
🌸 birds 🐦, the UCCC (⛪ convention), water in Africa and Iraq
🌸 telemarketer at 14
🌸 The Glister
🌸 tagged
💝 to all

Klou You're welcome 💝 6y
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LaraReads
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith
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Great book. Mma Ramotswe opens her own private detective agency and solves the crimes of her African city. She finds that a woman's missing husband ran off with a church and was eaten by a crocodile while being baptized. She finds that a doctor who is incompetent half the time, endangering the lives of patients, and brilliant the rest of the time is not on drugs but has been switching places with his twin. Plus a child stolen by a witch doctor.

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Are you saying that I am not an educated man? Is that what you are saying? That I have not read this Mr. Christie?

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Its says here under your occupation you are a detective. How can a woman be a detective?

Many women are detectives. Have you not read Agatha Christie?
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He's guilty, she thought. I was right all along. Of course he can't go to the police and tell them that his stolen car has been stolen.

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It was curious how some people had a highly developed sense of guilt, she thought, while others had none. Some people would agonise over minor slips or mistakes on their part, while others would feel quite unmoved by their own gross acts of betrayal or dishonesty.

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Girls talked about their boyfriends in an easy, conspiratorial way

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He was undoubtedly one of the wealthiest men in the country, if not the wealthiest, but amongst the Botswana this counted for little, as none of the money had gone into cattle, and money which was not invested in cattle, as everybody knew, was but dust in the mouth.

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