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September #wrapup

I didn‘t start to get my reading mojo back until about mid month so I‘m shocked that I managed to get a #BookspinBingo for the month.

Total - 8
Audio - 2
Comic - 2
Novel - 3
Anthology - 1

Read the first book in the Barker & Llewelyn series. This was an interesting start to a series and I‘ll continue on here. For some reason, I kept getting Sherlock vibes, but Baker was really nothing like Sherlock. He‘s just a private detective.

But I really liked the characters and the setting. So I can‘t wait to pick up more of these mysteries.

#serieslove2023

This sounded like a Holmes knock off. That‘s not a horrible thing.
The writing was tolerable and the story was good. I feel like it could have been flushed out a bit more.
This is the first in a series. I will venture back to the series but I‘m not in a hurry to read book 2 right now. 3 ⭐️

Do I dare start a series?? Lol

This was my October #DoubleSpin, and I‘m so glad it came up. I‘ve been meaning to try this series for awhile, and I intend to continue on. A bit slow in parts but with a surprising twist at the end, this is an historical mystery series set in Victorian London with two very interesting leads. Barker is a mysterious, James Bond-like character and Llewelyn is his newly hired down-on-his-luck assistant (the last one died on the job). Enjoyed! 4/5⭐️

This was such a fun read! I loved it and couldn‘t put it down. On page 44 I put a hold request at my library for the next two books 👍🏻 A great Victorian-era mystery if cozies aren‘t your thing 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Finished this one a few days ago. Loved it. A duo of detectives, Barker and Llewelyn, vaguely similar to Holmes and Watson. The story is narrated by Llewelyn, the young assistant. I'll most likely read the entire series. 😍👌👍

Got this in the mail yesterday. Dropped my other reads and jumped into this one. I'm about 20% into it and liking it immensely. We'll see if it holds my interest all the way through.

#bookmail

My #winterswap package arrived today from @Betty . Can't wait to open it!! 😍 😉

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Currently reading. So far its utterly delightful.

#NewestBook
#ANewChapter
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88
I received this book yesterday, so it's my newest book! Looking forward to reading it!

Break time. Starting this - seems like a variation on the Great Detective/chronicling dogsbody theme, but a promising enough beginning.

This is the first book in a series very like a re-vamped Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel. There is more detail and more excitement in this series than the Sherlock Holmes collection, though. Intriguing enough to keep a reader hooked and very enjoyable. I am a bit obsessed with British literature, though, and this series feeds the addiction.

Classic Victorian detective tale, the skilled detective with a mysterious past, his new assistant both naive but with a hidden toughness, a gruesome murder of a young Jewish teacher. I should have enjoyed this, but the detective is just to much of a Mary Sue; a skilled detective in the Sherlock style, a master of weapons but seemingly without any flaws, no sociopathic tendency, no darkness in the personality. I wanted a twist, it did not happen.

A Jewish man, who bearing a striking resemblance to Jesus Christ, is found crucified in London's ghetto. Now a freshly formed detective duo hunt down the killer before it is too late.
This is an enjoyable book for any fan of mystery as it follows the classic detective story, but with more eccentricity. It also is well researched historically and narrates a part of European and Jewish history that is typically not covered. #Missing #MayBookFlowers