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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Selfie with favorite gift - My husband got me an echo show - it can do lots of things, but the best thing is that it can play audiobooks!ðŸ˜ŠðŸŽ„ðŸŽ…ðŸ¼ #merryreaders #wintergames @Clwojick #selfiescavengerhunt

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Here‘s my â€œEnchanted Christmas Belleâ€ inspired selfie (I took this with a remote shutter button) which fulfills - dressed for the occasion, and book matching outfit. ðŸ˜†ðŸŽ„ðŸ“š #merryreaders #wintergames @Clwojick #selfiescavengerhunt

Gissy Love the photo!!ðŸ‘Œâ¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸ’š 4y

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aperfectmjk

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Forgot to post this also... not exactly a selfie... but I'm counting it. This is one of my favorite gifts I received. What reader doesn't love Matilda?

#WinterGames2020 #readnosedreindeer @StayCurious

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!!! â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ 4y

Gissy Beautiful!‘ ðŸ‘Œâ¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸ’š 4y

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#selfiescavengerhunt - in front of Christmas tree and lights, in front of decorated shelf. ðŸ˜ðŸŽ„#merryreaders #wintergames @Clwojick

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Selfie with holiday mask.ðŸ˜· ðŸŽ„ #selfiescavengerhunt #wintergames #merryreaders @Clwojick

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cwarnier

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#wintergames2020 #readnosedreindeer @StayCurious #selfiescavengerhunt
Selfie by my parents tree.

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Bookgoil

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Some more selfie fun:
Holiday socks
Holiday Stocking (bookish bonus)
Favorite decor (bookish bonus)
Fur baby x2
Favorite reading spot (couch)
Decorated bookshelf (bookish bonus)
In front of Christmas lights
Dressed for the occasion (see my snowman headband hehe - also in front of books)
Cozy fire

+141 points #wintergames2020 #readnosedreindeer #staycurious

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britt_reads

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#selfiescavengerhunt #merryreaders #wintergames2020

-Holiday socks (they don‘t photograph well, but they say â€œresting grinch faceâ€)
-In front of Christmas lights. This was taken at the drive-thru event that I attended last week.
-In front of my Christmas tree ðŸŽ„

Clwojick

Clwojick Love your eyeshadow! 4y

britt_reads @Clwojick Thank you! 4y

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#selfiescavengerhunt #wintergames2020 #teamrednosedreindeer #dressedfortheoccasion @StayCurious

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

My dog loves nothing more than to stick his head out in the rain when its like 25 degrees out and have the car windows down. Although I've felt so hot lately I rather enjoyed it too for a bit.

#selfie #dogsoflitsy #MerryReaders #WinterGames #WinterGames2020 @Clwojick

Clwojick I LOVE YOUR MASK! I would've needed this if covid hit in 2014 before my 3 stapedectomy surgeries. 4y

CoffeeK8 Great mask, I have a good friend who is deaf, I‘ll have to share it with her. 4y

jessinikkip @CoffeeK8 thano you! I found it on Etsy by searching "deaf face mask" and choosing one i liked 4y

jessinikkip @Clwojick I didnt know that! I love learnimg new things about friends :) I had to get it because of how many times people are all upset Im ignoring them and my wife is like "no hes just deaf 4y

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guinsgirlreads

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#selfiescavengerhunt

Dressed for the occasion / showing the weather (although it‘s worse than what this picture shows ðŸ˜‚ â„ï¸

#merryreaders #wintergames #wintergames2020

Clwojick

Chab256 Love the green in your eye makeup! 4y

guinsgirlreads @Chab256 Thanks! 4y

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kimmypete1

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Took some more selfies today! First one is a double, favorite holiday book, in my favorite reading spot! #WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer

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Allylu

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Baby Yoda is helping me with selfies tonight! 1. Wearing holiday socks, 2. In my favorite reading spot which is 3. In front of the Christmas tree - we are 4. reading by the glow of Christmas lights, 5. In front of a cozy fire 6. With our fur baby, Roxy. #WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders #SelfieScavengerHunt

Clwojick

Clwojick ahahah! i love this! 4y

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maich

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#selfiescavengerhunt
Selfie wearing holiday socks
(+bookish selfie)

#dyingforchristmas #tammycohen #thriller #holidayreads #ebook #kindlebooks #christmasspirit #underthechristmastree #countdowntochristmas #mostwonderfultime
@StayCurious @Clwojick
#ReadNosedReindeer #wintergames #wintergames2020

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Bookgoil

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Went on a #selfiescavengerhunt this morning! Four are bookish - socks, bookshelf, stocking and wrapping so bonus woot!

Selfie with fur baby
Selfie doing your fave holiday tradition - giving away my holiday cookies
Selfie online shopping
Selfie wrapping a gift
Selfie in front of a decorated bookshelf and wow just realized doubles as with holiday stocking!
Selfie with holiday socks

+166 points â¤ï¸ @StayCurious #wintergames #readnosedreindeer

StayCurious I love these pics! 4y

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BarkingMadRead

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

StayCurious Fun picture! 4y

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Texreader

The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

I think this was the best in the series, but I also think it is best to have read the previous books in the series first before reading this one. Ebook on sale today for$1.99

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AnneCecilie

The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

pick

The trio is investigating the murder of an elderly women when an other elderly women is killed. Before they now it, they‘re investing several cases. For someone is also killing young women by driving them down. And someone robbed a disco.

In this book we get to know more about Rose, who has a meltdown and about her past.

#NordicNoir

Crazeedi, Tove_Reads, Andrew65, EadieB, Butterfinger, Marina_h

EadieB Nice review! 5y

Andrew65 This review makes me want to read it! 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Crazeedi, AnneCecilie, Andrew65, EadieB, Butterfinger, Marina_h

Butterfinger Assad definitely. He just seems to be the most interesting. I would ask him about the camel proverbs. LOL!! 5y

EadieB I think I would have to have Assad to dinner too as he is the most interesting. Rose is too much in a funk these days so I would have to do most of the talking. Carl would be interesting too. I would ask Carl about he ex-wife and what he thinks went wrong with his marriage. 5y

Tove_Reads Assad is the most interesting one indeed. Carl would also be an interesting dinner guest. 5y

AnneCecilie I think Assad too. Rose and Carl are a little too moody for me. @Butterfinger @EadieB 5y

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Butterfinger I really like the three characters. I like the supporting characters - Hardy and the person who lives in the basement (can't remember name). But I don't like introducing a mystery: attack on Carl and Hardy, Carl's uncle possible murder, and Assad's history and then the storyline doesn't move forward. 5y

EadieB The characters are the best part of this series. This series is starting to grow on me. Lackberg series I like the best and this one is second. Kepler series is a bit too full of sex and grit for me. 5y

AnneCecilie I like the characters too. 5y

Tove_Reads The strength is definitely that it‘s character driven, because they are great. 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Butterfinger I didn't like it at all. 5y

EadieB Not the best of plots. Very dysfunctional family! 5y

AnneCecilie It‘s been a long time since I have meet so many selfish people in one book. And it‘s highlighting a trend among younger people where they would rather receive benefits than have to work. In Norway this was a trend a few years ago among kids just finishing high school, they didn‘t want to study and they didn‘t want to work, so they got benefits to do what they wanted. It even got its own name NAVe @Butterfinger @EadieB 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Butterfinger That was extraneous information and it was not needed. I think the commissioner and the chief were trying to undermine Carl. And, I think Rose was not on top of her game which caused the numbers to seem low. 5y

EadieB I think they are just trying to close down Department Q and acquire the money set aside for them. 5y

AnneCecilie I didn‘t quite get that, but Carl seemed to think it was done to force the TV team on him. And maybe it was? An with Rose not up to her usual, it was easier to do it 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Butterfinger I think both were worried about Rose. I'm glad that Assad finally had enough of Carl correcting him and said something. I enjoy Assad's stories and not understanding idioms. 5y

EadieB I think Carl just gets annoyed at Assad because he just doesn't understand where Assad is coming from. 5y

AnneCecilie I‘m not sure. @Butterfinger You might be on to something regarding Rose. But I also think that it‘s a cultural thing and that they just don‘t understand each other‘s references. 5y

Marina_h Some of Assad's references are really strange so I'm guessing Carl just finds it frustrating not knowing what Assad means 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Butterfinger @Crazeedi @AnneCecilie @eanderson @Tove_Reads @gradcat @Marina_h @EadieB 5y

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Butterfinger So incredibly sad. I wish more people would ask for help shortly after a traumatic experience. She had so much guilt and then the abuse would have come out during treatment. I wished the whole book was about Rose. 5y

EadieB It was so sad that her father treated her so badly. 5y

AnneCecilie Me too @EadieB @Butterfinger But the accident happened late 90s and the abuse in the 90s and I‘m not so sure how much this was talked about then. A lot have happened the last years regarding openness around these sort of things, at least in Norway and Denmark isn‘t that far away. Also we don‘t tend to talk to professionals 5y

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Butterfinger @AnneCecilie yes, you are right. I have family members who refuse counseling. 5y

Marina_h It certainly explains a lot about Rose and what she is dealing with. The abuse in itself is horrible but then seeing her father get killed like that must be so traumatic. I can't believe anyone would set her up like that. I know her father treated her bad and the colleagues did it to sort of help her, but was this really the way to go? @Butterfinger @AnneCecilie @EadieB 5y

Tove_Reads I liked it that her sister was quite open about it. Rose was quite the tough girl trying to protect the others. Still, her sisters seem very sane and normal, based on what we know about them, compared. 5y

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Butterfinger

The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

so-so

It seemed like a maze. Too many cases and it seemed like Adler-Olsen came up on too many blocked passages so he took the easy way out and connected the cases by having a major character be neighbors with a murdered person.

So convoluted and then oh, all six murder cases are connected. Easy Peasy. Just not realistic to me. Too coincidental.

#SummerFun -translation @4thhouseontheleft @StayCurious

#NordicNoir

Tove_Reads My least fave in the series. 5y

Butterfinger @Tove_Reads mine too. I don't understand why the author can't narrow his thoughts to make a smoother read. I think he has ADHD. 5y

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EadieB @Butterfinger I agree with everything you wrote. My lease favorite too. 5y

gradcat @Butterfinger I believe we have truly established that I am in the minority regarding these books...oh, well! ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ Great review! â™¥ï¸â™¥ï¸â™¥ï¸ 5y

Butterfinger @gradcat don't worry. I stopped reading Lars Kepler. I hope I didn't spoil anything. 5y

gradcat @Butterfinger I‘m with you on the Kepler books...can‘t stand them! And I‘m quite sure you didn‘t spoil anything!! ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ 5y

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EadieB

The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

so-so

The body of an elderly woman is discovered. More attacks seem random, but could they be related? Plot revolves around Danish welfare system & its abuses. The team are uncovering the dark and violent truth at the heart of Rose‘s childhood. I do love all the characters in this series but this was a slow read as the book is too long and needs editing. I did enjoy getting more information about Rose's past. Here's hoping the next one is edited better.

Crazeedi, AnneCecilie, eanderson, Tove_Reads, Andrew65, Butterfinger, gradcat, Marina_h

EadieB #TheScarredWoman #JussiAdlerOlsen #NordicNoir (edited) 5y

Tove_Reads I think this one is my least fave. The plot didn‘t really move me at all. In the next one we‘ll get to know more about Assad, and I hope it‘ll be interesting! 5y

EadieB @Tove_Reads It will be interesting to learn more about Assad too! 5y

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Andrew65 Similar issues by the look of it. This is my least favourite of the three series. Great review @EadieB @Tove_Reads 5y

Tove_Reads @andrew65 Indeed! If it wasn‘t for the three quirky and great main characters I would not read this series. 5y

EadieB @Tove_Reads The characters are the best thing about this series. @Andrew65 5y

gradcat Rose is hilarious! And I (and my mother) are precisely in concert with you guys about the characters...they make this series for sure...ðŸ˜‚â™¥ï¸ 5y

EadieB @gradcat Just need to be shorter and not repeat stuff so much. 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#NordicNoir Discussions: July 5 Adler-Olsen, July 12 Läckberg, July 19 Kepler.

Crazeedi, AnneCecilie, eanderson, Andrew65, EadieB, Butterfinger, Marina_h

Andrew65 Just started book 2 in Department Q series, way behind on this one. Finished book 5 in the Joona Linna Series last night, Book 6 next week to catch up, and read first 4 Camilla Lackberg books (hope to catch up over the next month). Note to self, don‘t get behind in Series where the books are so long. ðŸ¤£ 5y

Tove_Reads @Andrew65 Sounds good! Not too far behind with Läckberg and Kepler. 5y

Marina_h I'm a bit behind with both Kepler and Jussi but I hope to catch up these last days in June ðŸ˜Š 5y

Andrew65 @Marina_h Good luck ðŸ˜Š 5y

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Getting there! Need to catch up before we get to new authors. 5y

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The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

so-so

Hmmm... slow motion. Should have been shorter and there could have been a lot more suspense. An elderly woman is found murdered. Someone is running over young women with a car. Rose‘s secret, her background, is revealed. I expected more. #NordicNoir

Crazeedi, AnneCecilie, Andrew65, EadieB, Butterfinger, Marina_h

EadieB Reading this soon. Looking forward to Rose's secret. 5y

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christacarb1

The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

ðŸ“š #ReadYourSign Challenge prompt 1 for Libra: Read a book that was published between September 23rd and October 22nd. ðŸ“š

The book I chose for this prompt is The Scarred Woman. I'm excited to dive into this book! It has been on my #tobereadshelf
for a while now.

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StayCurious

Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#WinterGames Team #ReadNosedReindeer #Selfiescavengerhunt Selfie with a present. This beautifully wrapped gift was from my sister-in-law. It turned out to be beautiful stationery and stamps for #LitsyLove!

Sleepswithbooks What a great picture! And what an awesome gift!! 5y

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Texreader

The Scarred Woman: Department Q 7 | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Another top ten author‘s ebook is on sale today! I think this is his best book so far. I do recommend reading them in order, though.

Crazeedi Ooo, we're doing a buddy read of his books in order, I'll have to check this out, thank you! 5y

Crazeedi Thank you Karen, its book 7, so I purchased kindle copy!! Whoohoo!! 5y

Crazeedi @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads @EadieB @gradcat dont know if you all have this one.. 5y

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Tove_Reads @Crazeedi Thanks! Luckily Nordic authors are easy to get ahold of here in the Nordics in pretty much every library. 5y

Andrew65 @Crazeedi Thanks for the tag, even better value in the U.K. only 99p for a limited time. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 @Crazeedi My library seems to have all the books. 5y

gradcat @Crazeedi Thanks for the tag, Diane! It‘s nice of you to think of me. I have all of this series, plus I‘ve read all of them. But I love a bargain, so feel free to tag me about them anytime! ðŸ˜˜ 5y

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

One more selfie for the #wintergames eating a poor decapitated gingerbread man. Gingerbread and peppermint are my favorite snacks

@LibrarianRyan

LibrarianRyan Hope it was yummy. ðŸ˜ 5y

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

Took a picture in a santa hat today too. I think this was made for babies as tight as it was on my head!

#selfiescavengerhunt @LibrarianRyan

Crazeedi Love the pic!! 5y

jessinikkip Thanks @Crazeedi !! 5y

Crazeedi @jessinikkip ðŸ¥°ðŸ¥° 5y

LibrarianRyan love it. +16 5y

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

A reindeer cup!! You know, if it had a red nose, I probably woulda bought it. Plus my wife @anewton91 is staring down jumping chickens in santa hats

#selfiescavengerhunt @LibrarianRyan

LibrarianRyan hehehe +16 5y

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Selfies | Jussi Adler-Olsen

#selfiescavengerhunt #teamelectricsex

Holding an ornament
With Santa

Look what I found in our local dollar store today, a motion activated santa ornament!
@LibrarianRyan

LibrarianRyan yeah +16 5y

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