Welcome to Litsy!

How do I rave about a book in this series without saying the same things I said a few days ago about the last one? How about I just highlight my favourite bits:
-Truly delicious show of power from Nightingale shutting up a mouthy lawyer/misbehaving practicioner, got all ominous in a classy way.
- Foxglove! 🥹 1/?

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Just finished this and I still have some questions so it‘s on to the next book 📖

Good, but I'm confused - does that mean book 8 and 9 will start a new arch? It resolved a lot of things, and I really enjoyed how the gallery of characters have grown to reluctantly accept the main character. Obviously still copaganda (a Met where everyone just want what's best for the public? Please.) but so delightfully orchestrated. Plus points for lots of archeology.

August reading update: Picked something off my TBR to pass time.

Another great … combines a men in black with a realistic detective concept which creates an interesting storyline love the series 🥰📖

7th in the series, not one you can realistically pick up without going back and reading the others first. Another solid entry in the Rivers collection, slightly tangled plot lines, some satisfying resolutions, genuine dread when characters I like are placed in harms way(always a sign of investment) not the best but one of the better entries- for Lesley‘s involvement if nothing else.

Book mail 🤪📖 loving the whole book in the mailbox thing 🥰📖

There is nothing as satisfying to a bookworm as when your series books all match on the shelf.

'I heard Nightingale sigh.
"Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter", he said. However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty.'

Another fun read, although I noticed I have not quite retained all the happenings in the previous books, so sometimes I was a bit clueless as to some of the names. Next up will be a novelle by this author.
TBR since July 6th. 2021; 404 pages.

Here are the fiction books I‘m hoping to read this coming month!

Lies Sleeping and The October Man are part of the brilliant Rivers of London series. I hope to read them as part of #ProgressItNovember .

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My frog friend and I are enjoying some much needed rest and relaxation on this beautiful day off.

"But you can do the job without making things worse."

We are closing in on the end game here and I can‘t help but wonder what Aaronovitch has planned next. I‘m hoping for a follow up series with Abigail- which seems to be where things are headed. In any case this one‘s a corker (to be all British-y) and my girl/goddess Beverley gets some great moments so thumbs up for me. Although physically he‘s not quite right, I‘d love to see John Boyega play Peter in the inevitable BBC adaptation.

Another stellar installment in the Peter Grant urban fantasy mystery series! I admit a lot of my enjoyment comes from the #audiobook narration by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, who is just so incredible, not only at embodying Peter, but every other character of different cultures, genders, and accents. This one ended on an important personal note for Peter, so I am eager to find out what happens! Also I love how the city of London is its own character.

Did some #AudioBaking this morning and made some pumpkin muffins. The magical action is getting very exciting!! #AwesomeAudiobooks #audiobook

Happy 6th year anniversary to me and my partner Jorge! I listened to the tagged audiobook while making this cake. It doesn't look too pretty, but it is delicious. #AwesomeAudiobooks #AudioBaking

Well hello again my future husband Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. (I actually gasped when I first heard his voice as the #audiobook began--it's been a few years since I finished the last one and I LOVE him as Peter Grant). #AwesomeAudiobooks

Does anyone else get stressed out when Libby tells you how many people are waiting for a book after you? Like, I know people are waiting don't rush me! I'm trying to finish my other #audiobook first!

Full review here: https://wp.me/p21txV-GG

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ of 5 ⭐️s

This review is based on an #ARC given to me for free by the publisher via Netgalley

After I got into it, it was very good! I had to read up on several characters in the follypedia (wikia), which annoyed me at first. But it was totally worth it! This is a very good ending to a long plot with the main villain.

Indeed! 😍😍

Christmas decorations are up! 🎄

I was so angry at this book yesterday! I couldn't remember what happened in the last couple of books and was frustrated that I couldn't place the characters.
Tonight my hubby filled me in, he has recently read this book and he recommended the wikia for the series. Finally I started reading and got into the book!

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 3

Went off list with what I‘m referring to as Book 5a of my #12booksofsummer challenge because this library reservation came up. Not my favourite of the series but, let‘s face it, I‘d happily read any book Aaronovitch writes about PC Peter Grant.

Another rollicking installment in a fun and entertaining series. Can‘t wait to see what‘s up next! 😊

Productivity is over-rated, especially on the weekends. Know what isn‘t overrated? Reading 😍

A good instalment of the Rivers of London series. Aaronovitch always does his research and cleverly uses history to shape his stories. I like the characters and how the plot flows from one book to the next. The only thing with this book it felt a little disjointed in places and I often felt like I'd skipped a page as suddenly the subject changed or the action began. For that reason it is a 3.5 🌟 review for this book.

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Only halfway through but really enjoying it. Always fun to find yourself back in a fictional world you recognize from earlier books

"Often times the answer is not worth the question."

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What you saying about us Basildon girls Aaronovitch? Blooming cheek 🤣

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How is it Monday? Kick starting my week off with a few chapters on my way to work. I'm really enjoying the 8th book in this series, Aaronovitch mixes history, magic and police work brilliantly. I had to use my Gandalf bookmark for this book about Met Police Wizards 🧙‍♂️

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Loved this, although they‘re definitely getting more and more tied to the overarching plot. I think we‘re at a point now where they wouldn‘t make sense if you started here. I do love the nods to the graphic novels too.

Book 7 in the Rivers of London series is fast & fun! I was slumping a bit and these adventures of Peter Grant snapped me out of it big-time. The underlying magic of modern London along with major progress in the ongoing diabolical plans of the Faceless Man make this an excellent installment.
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Another enjoyable adventure tagging along with Peter and the Folly crew. I love how the magical and the mundane interact (esp. when Nightingale is using modern tech 😍), and as a process nerd I am ridiculously intrigued by the little glimpses of how they're documenting Folly processes and procedures.

Look what arrived!

📚: tagged
🎥: Robin Hood (Disney cartoon version)
🎶 : Fox on the Run by Sweet

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OMG! My fav. Now I'm all caught up!

The Faceless Man's final plans are coming together, and Peter and all his allies must rush to save London. Arthurian mythology makes an appearance and adds greater depth to the demimonde, but the story didn‘t get swamped by a ton of Arthurian history.

Enough got wrapped up for a satisfying conclusion, but also left enough for, hopefully, a new phase of stories.

ALSO! MOLLY! I love Molly so much. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

As usual, great fun read but my memory of details of events in the earlier books has faded so sometimes I don't really get what is being referenced

#breakfastandabook

It looks weird to me as well

I sure hope this is not the last book in this series; it reads like it could be. Peter and Lesley meet face-to-face and there‘s an ending to the story of the Faceless Man.

“However, should you spot a window of opportunity to deploy your undoubted talents at bolloxing things up for Chorley et al, feel free to proceed. But carefully.” - Seawoll

1 hour and 52 minutes left of this book; a couple of good walks should finish it up. We went to the beach today because it was such a lovely day. Now I feel relaxed. 😊 #audiowalk

It kept threatening to rain, but it never did — probably because I was prepared for it with my umbrella. If I‘d not been prepared, it would have poured. #audiowalk

Today‘s lesson in spells in Peter‘s world. Spells can be written as equations because each spell is actually cast by combining “forma” in various ways. For example, “Luxe” forms light; “Impelo” moves an object — Luxe + Impelo forms a fireball that‘s thrown at something. There‘s more advanced ones that use parentheses and other things. Nerdy stuff; I know — magic through math. 😊 #audiowalk

There‘s no map for my walk because I had to walk on an indoor track because of the rain. I did learn more about the history of wizardry in Peter Grant‘s world. I really want to comment on the Rivers of London narrator‘s (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith) skills — he is fantastic and deserves all the narration awards. I can easily distinguish all the characters because of the distinct voices he uses for each.