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Tears of the Giraffe
Tears of the Giraffe | Alexander McCall Smith
Irrepressible sleuth Precious Ramotswe searches for a young man who vanished many years ago on the African plains, while dealing with her engagement to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, sudden and unexpected motherhood, and her recently promoted new assistant.
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kplovesbooks
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I love this 2nd book of the No. 2 Ladies Detective Agency even more than the first! I think I read the whole thing with a huge smile on my face. 😁

Soubhiville I feel like the series gets better and better. Love these characters. 💕 1y
kplovesbooks @Soubhiville YES. It's the characters that really make this such a delightful series! 1y
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The last of my book haul today. I fell in love with this series when I read The No. 1 Ladies‘ Detective Agency for #ReadingAfrica2022. So I found books 2, 5, and 6. (BTW, who writes “5” on the cover when it‘s printed on the spine? Taking suggestions on how to remove permanent marker—otherwise it‘s in excellent condition.) It looks like I‘ll keep reading about #Botswana this year! 😁😁😁

AmandaBlaze Goo Gone sometimes removes permanent marker and it doesn't damage book covers. 2y
Texreader @AmandaBlaze thanks! I‘ll try it 2y
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Butterfinger
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I have heard of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, but didn't know anything about it. Until now. I have fallen for the main characters and the discussions they have on moral obligations to their clients and nation #Botswana I will definitely read more. #ReadingAfrica2022 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle #SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView

BarbaraBB I want to read a book from that series too for Botswana! 2y
Librarybelle This is such a popular series at the library! I read the first one with a mystery discussion group I ran at the library, and everyone enjoyed it. Great choice! 2y
TheSpineView Awesome! 2y
Tamra My favorite series. ❤️❤️ 2y
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DGRachel
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I loved the first book in this series, but I remember struggling with this one 20 or so years ago and bailing. I picked it up on audio as my book for #botswana for #readingafrica2022. The narrator is brilliant and while I felt the story dragged in places, the narrator made the difference in this being a pick versus a DNF. I‘d recommend this for the narrator alone, but I do love the main characters, too.

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SW-T
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Once upon a time, I started this series and never kept up. So now my plan is to #audiolisten to it. Just finished the tagged and enjoyed it immensely. Listened to book 1 to refresh my memory first, then dove into book 2, and just starting number 3. Love the characters, the setting, the narrator, and find myself feeling a strong urge to drink more tea! 🍵

Kristin_Reads It‘s such a good series! I‘m on #19 and still loving it. 3y
SW-T @Kristin_Reads That‘s a great endorsement! 😊 3y
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Jari-chan
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Many, many years ago I read the first book of this series and got volume two afterwards, just so it could sit on my ereader. Now that I finally got to read the second book, I first thought of dropping the whole thing.

But happily I kept on reading. After I got used to the way of storytelling, I started to like the characters and the story more and more. Learned a lot about Botswana and its traditions.

From an almost bail to a pick!

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BookishMe
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#monthlywrapup #santhiReads2020
May sees the end of novels from #ReadingMM 😔😔

5 #ebooks
Only #rereadingRamotswe20 was a paperback
Except for the NF, the rest are worthy of 5 🌟

Buechersuechtling Imagining a giraffe 🦒 crying 😢 makes me sad, myself. (Yepp, I might be a giraffe-🦒-fan …🤷🏽‍♀️🥰) 4y
BookishMe @Buechersuechtling oops! Let me check the reference in the book... The series has rather unusual titles 😉 😉 4y
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BookishMe
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That figure in her accounts would be a very large one.

🥰❣️Indeed each title in #rereadingRamotswe20 swells my Happiness column 🥰💞

It was a slowly savoured journey with Precious, who remains happily engaged while gaining 2 children. Her fiancé is glad one of them understands happiness and feelings of engines. Meanwhile the Lady Detective solves cases & brings peace to her clients.

This is my April #BookSpin & 📖 3 for #NutsinMay (as planned)

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BookishMe
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#MagicalMay Animal on the cover

#NutsinMay - 70 plus pages to go in the tagged 📙
Though I may end up completing the Agatha Christie just before this 😄😄 #rereadingRamotswe20

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You could give the children to Mma Ramotswe as a wedding present. Women love children. She will be very pleased. She'll be getting a husband and some children all on the same day! Any lady would love that, believe me.

🤣😅🤣
Mma Potokwani and her formidable powers of 'persuasion' (or manipulation 🤔😆)

Another 7 chapters, more than 70 pages before Precious learns of her new family! Oops 😁😁
#NutsinMay
April #BookSpin

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BookishMe
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#NutsinMay goal - complete these 3 books
I have several others in progress, that are too many to list with aims. So keeping it simple to focus better ;p

📖Tagged is my April #BookSpin
📖Began Jahren's #nonfiction earlier and her way with words keeps me riveted ;D
📖 Love Letter to the Planet is... Interesting in an unexpected way 😉

Let the Reading continue!

Andrew65 Good luck. 😊👍 4y
BookishMe @Andrew65 thank you ;D 4y
PaperbackPirate I want to read Tears of the Giraffe in June. It‘s been so long since I read the first! 🦒 4y
BookishMe @PaperbackPirate the first time I read the series, there were long gaps between the books. And now I am not reading them as regularly ;o 4y
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Pondering over Freud... 😂🤣LOLOL🤣😂
#rereadingRamotswe20
#KeepLitsyPositive

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BookishMe
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1) tagged, my #BookSpin for April plus the 3 #ebooks ⬆️
Let's see if I complete one by tomorrow, Monday (along with work to be cleared 🙄😑😏)

2) I avoid adding to TBR but there are always exceptions 😉😉
Hope Jahren's is on hold (I got to know about it yesterday ;))

3) My 2 faves for the month (haven't seem to read all that much though ;o)
#weekendReads

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This diamond is going to be for me. It is nothing to to do with other people.
- Precious Ramotswe

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One of the million reasons why I adore her
😍😍 #rereadingRamotswe20

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BookishMe
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#Two4Tuesday
📚 Not necessarily though I did reread Vicious before Vengeful. It was absolute thrill (again)

📚 I am glad to return to various series, after a brief break of distraction the last couple of years.
Currently #rereadingRamotswe20 (tagged is 2nd book) to celebrate the 20th title in the series. Miss Marple books tho they're standalone novels
#heyCarrots tbc ;p these among other series

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😀 4y
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BookishMe
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Only reading the first #BookSpin as I haven't kept up with last month's Doublespin.
back to the good company of Mma Ramotswe ...

It's been a long day in many ways... Hoping for a restful nite with proper sleep to get over today

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Rachel.Rencher
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Yay! Finishing Tears of the Giraffe put me at the half way mark for my reading goal. 🤓📚 I'm really hoping I can keep up this pace for the rest of the year.

How are everyone else's goals going?

ItsAnotherJen Good job! I just checked! I'm sitting well right now. 👏✔ 5y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Way to go! I'm at 88/100 but I review a ton for netgalley and I have no social life 😂 5y
InBooksILive Mine's going pretty well. I'm at 44/75, so I should reach it by the end of the year just fine! 😊 5y
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Rachel.Rencher
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Wellp, Lucas and I have food poisoning, so a day in bed it is. 🤢😷 I had to cancel two of my classes today, and I feel utterly awful about it considering I only get 5 sessions with these kids.
Anyway, I'll probably get through this book today, and I'm thinking if starting Cujo next. It's super random, but it's been calling my name. 🤔

CouronneDhiver Boooo! That‘s awful 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 5y
cobwebmoth Hope you both feel better soon! 5y
Megabooks I‘m so sorry! 5y
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LibrarianJen Food poisoning is the worst. Hope you guys recover quickly. 5y
kezzlou85 Food poisoning is awful, feel better soon. 5y
Rachel.Rencher Thank you everyone... finally starting to feel normal again! 5y
BookishMarginalia Feel better soon! 5y
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Rachel.Rencher
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Starting my 50th book of the year! I'm super excited to read more about Precious and her adventures. 🤓
Today's my last day off, so I baked some cookies and am going to enjoy them with a cup of Pike Place orange spice tea. ☕🍪

Clare-Dragonfly Mmm, those cookies look delicious! 😋 5y
Aimeesue Mma Ramotswe! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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aa_guer2021
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The story continues. New mysteries, new challenges and new philosophical dilemmas to be faced. Still the same enjoyable level of humor and unique style of writing, still the gorgeous setting, and with further character development. A gem of a series. #recentlyread #nospoilers #femaledetective #dilemma #beautifulsetting #seriesfiction

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Sammidnightsun
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Was good I‘m really liking these

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Sammidnightsun
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Next one lol

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bookishdawg
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Soubhiville
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Readathon book 2! I love this series! #24in48

Tamra Me toooo! 😍 6y
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Holliamaz
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Halfway through this book, and I am trying to not read it because I don't want it to end :/

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Soubhiville
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#augustofpages #booksthatmakemesmile #bookphotochallenge
I love the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series! Especially the audiobooks. The characters are endearing and the situations often absurd, and I always laugh a lot reading through each book. I highly recommend these for a lighthearted and usually uplifting good time!

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Sammidnightsun
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It's gonna be good to start these only a few more to get