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@Robotswithpersonality's post reminded me that I'm in the middle of a Rivers of London re-read. That's why I'm spending my morning with Peter Grant and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

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Finished this in the am I really enjoyed this one great read 😊

That definitely felt like a 'to be continued' ending, but I'm deep enough into the series that I don't mind. I want to follow these characters around no matter what they're embroiled in. Standard features apply: great banter, wry observations especially regarding the process of law enforcement, violence, a death you wish didn't happen, magic in action, attempts to apply science to magic, mysteries getting solved.

I feel like maybe the books in this series are getting less complex? This is what, 4? Only a few surprises, but I'm enjoying the quick reading and it's not like they're bad.

Finally getting back to this series after a long hiatus, and rediscovering why I had liked it so much. It's excellent urban fantasy mixed with police procedural, set in modern-day London.

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Yay - this audiobook was available in the Libby App so continuing on with my Peter Grant weekend .💚🐉

It's been a while since I spent any time in the Folly, so breakin' with this volume of the series 🙂

Really enjoying the world BA is building and spend a lot of time during this read looking at brutalist architecture as a result of some of the locations included.

Just finished reading this great work. Love reading Ben Aaronovitch‘s books on to the next book now 🤨📖

Decided to read this instead

More book mail to continue this series loving it 🤨📖📚

I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous one, mostly due to the certain secondary characters not appearing, but the surprise ending makes me want to start the next one straight away.

I love this little penguin corner bookmark! 😍🐧📖 I'm really enjoying Broken Homes so far and I'll be looking forward to read more today. 😁

I'm hoping to start the next Rivers Of London book tonight! A certain someone wants me to play fetch with him instead though... 🙈😂🐶📖

Day 1 - #winter #christmasquotes

“In the winter, she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.” Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes

Another fun installment in the series. With a twist.
TBR since June 12th. 2020, 357 pages.

Things got off to a very slow start but eventually things took off at warp speed. Everything started spiraling and I couldn't put the book down. While I may "understand" it I was not expecting that betrayal at the end. Fingers crossed things aren't necessarily what they seem.

None of my library/book apps have these on audio anymore so I had to break down and request a physical copy. I was really enjoying the audio versions so I am slightly bummed. Hopefully I will still be able to enjoy the books this way.

I believe this was the last book I read from this series before I kind of fizzled out. This one involves Peter Grant trying to solve a case that originally looks like a suicide; a man throws himself in front of a train. But Grant quickly learns that the man may have been coerced into committing suicide. He continues to try and find the Faceless Man, the villain in this series I liked this book a bit more than the second and third books. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

@MittenGirlPeach @QuietlyLaura #ispy yellow covers. How about a teapot/teacup/coffee cup? (Hard one I know!)

Another great read. Good police procedural. Some nice humor and the story travels along at a good pace. Thanks again Ben Aaronovitch.

“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.”

It‘s officially winter! I love this season. I decided posting my most anticipated book releases would be a great way to celebrate. If you want to check it out click on the link. https://readinginthewildwood.com/2019/12/21/my-most-anticipated-winter-releases/

What are your most anticipated releases?

#WinterGames #ReadNosedReindeer #TBRRead (15 points)

Finished today on the train (lots of trains this weekend). All of the London Rivers are on my TBR list - but have to take a break & wait for my library queue!

Enjoyed this one almost as much as n1 - groovy architecture lessons this time - I'm fascinated with the history of council/public housing in the UK & elsewhere. Great twist at the end as well!

It's going to be that kind of night... 3-0 🐧 against Philly. In the first 10m.
#readingandwatchinghockey

I‘m off in Europe for three weeks, starting in Edessa, in northern Greece. So for the first time ever, I‘m trying out a kobo. I have always resisted using them before.

Tired and happy to be back home. Spending the day at the National Library is fun but exhausting. 🍁 and 🦈 in TO. It's Patrick Marleau's return. Almost at 40% of my reread of this one. #readingandwatchinghockey

Back to back games are hard. Tampa is a tough opponent. #readingandwatchinghockey

This is a reread. I love this series and i fell for Peter and the gang all over again finishing Whispers. So I'm jumping right into the next reread. 🐧 in Florida, 🍁 in Boston. #readingandwatchinghockey

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! (Immediately borrows next audiobook.)

😱😱😱Well. That was definitely an ending. It's a good thing my new Audible credit is coming soon!

At the center of this mystery is an apartment tower, designed by a practitioner and targeted by Faceless.

I love that we get a glimpse of the magical world outside of the U.K., with the introduction of Chinese practitioners and a Russian witch.

And my delight in learning the author fancasts Paul Mcgann as Nightingale knows no bounds. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

This series gets better and better! Feel for poor Peter and Nightingale. So close to their foe and then to be betrayed...ouch. Ready for book five!

This series just gets better, but it‘s also getting darker. I love the rules and history of magic that Aaronovitch has created. I finished this book and started the latest Miranda James book, Six Cats A Slayin‘. #audiowalk

One more walk should finish this book. It was chilly outside; next time I‘m bringing gloves! #audiowalk

Took a break from Becoming Mrs. Lewis to go on a walk. Quite a change to go from a novel about Joy Davidman, C.S. Lewis‘s wife, to one about supernatural wizard detective, Peter Grant! Technically, the moon in this pic was not from my walk, but I liked it. #audiowalk

More Peter Grant. I can‘t figure out why my weather app says the air quality today is unhealthy; it‘s a beautiful day with a blue sky and a nice breeze. #audiowalk

New Peter Grant for my walk. We get even more of Inspector Nightingale‘s background, although he threatened to stop telling his story if Peter didn‘t quit calling his magic school Hogwarts. 😄 #audiowalk

“That which does not kill us,” I said, “has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.”

But I have to say that recently I hav Elise faith in the word impossible.

When you start nerding out because all that time watching 'Forged in Fire' is starting to pay off when forging is mentioned in the book you're reading...
They're talking about Damascus steel! LOL 🤓 #nerd

Excellent book and narration by K. Holdbrook-Smith.

Celebrate your small victories. 🖤
#currentlyreading #book4PeterGrantseries

I think this was my favourite of the series since the first: the different elements of magical London really fleshed out and coming together now and a juicy twist to set up the next book. As ever, London is the main character but I particularly liked the focus on estate architecture (right up this town planner‘s street).

"In 1666, following an unfortunate workplace accident, the city of London burned down."

Otherwise known as the Great London Fire. For three days the city burned destroying nearly 70000 homes of the 80000 inhabitants. But really if you think about it, yes "an unfortunate workplace accident"

Thumbs up for the fourth entry of the series. This one is more serious and dark. Peter Grant still has funny comments but stuff happens and it‘s dark and it‘s shocking. Still reeling!

The great thing about ebooks: you finish the third book in the series and you immediately want to start the fourth book but it‘s raining, it‘s cold - so download ebook! Instant book gratification 😂

🎧 I‘m giving this a pick because of Kobna Holdbrook-Smith‘s amazing performance that has cemented him as *being* Peter Grant; And Aaronovitch‘s writing of a couple of glorious action scenes. BUT the pace was significantly slower than others so far in the series, there were some fantastic leaps of “logic” and I still don‘t understand *how* the Terry‘s Chocolate Orange-like thing worked in the climactic scene :-/

🎧 Tomorrow I‘ve got an hour+ commute each way to Sanctuary One (animal rescue farm) where I volunteer on weekends. It‘ll be the perfect time to start the next book in the Rivers of London/Peter Grant series.

I‘ve been devouring this series all weekend. I love Peter‘s scientific experiments and secret architectural knowledge, mixed in with magic and a British police procedural.

Kicking off #24in48 by finishing one of my current reads. I live in London and I get so excited when I know the places that are described in the books! Does anyone else do this?!

I have been enjoying the PC Grant series and the supernatural creatures he deals with. Did not see the ending coming even though in hindsight it was a possibility.