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My family and I were planning a trip to Montreal next month. Plans changed, so now I‘m armchair travelling to Three Pines with Chief Inspector Gamache. I wouldn‘t say it‘s an amazingly gripping book. It is interesting and cozy enough for me to look forward to the second in the series. #Quebec

Giving this a try tonight. Has anyone watched it?

#coverstories #barn
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I don‘t remember a barn in the story, but it sure looks like one or two on the cover!

Finished what's technically my 2nd #AuldLangSpine as it's the first of the series and @kspenmoll suggested I read it first. Loved it and already have books 2 and 3 on order from Thriftbooks! Thank you for the recommendation! @monalyisha

My first Penny book. Set in Quebec, making the the story more interesting to me because I can armchair travel. Armand Gamache he has to investigate an older woman‘s murder in a small village. Interesting characters in the village, one trainee detective who you can love to hate, & a good mystery with a satisfying ending.

#12BooksOf2024
@Andrew65

Chief Inspector Gamache and the bucolic community of Three Pines, Quebec, has enchanted and engaged me with an intriguing murder of a beloved member of the village, one whose death shatters all who loved her. I look forward to learning more about the characters and this enchanting town.

Thanks for helping all of us revisit our year of reading, @Andrew65. 🩶🖤🩶

I mistakenly read #2 in this series last December and decided to start from the beginning this December. Happily, I believe I have found a new series to explore. Chief Inspector Gamache and the bucolic community of Three Pines, Quebec, has enchanted and engaged me with an intriguing murder of a beloved member of the village, one whose death shatters all who loved her. I look forward to learning more about the characters and this enchanting town.

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! ❣️🎄❣️)

1. My best start to every day is having the girls (aka Kate and Pippa) wake us up. It is always the ultimate joy as they really do live in the moment.
2. In the tagged book, Inspector Gamache is one of the most methodical detectives I've ever read--maybe even more than Holmes.

Play? @IndoorDame @Sleepswithbooks @TheBookHippie

“Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war.“

Not for the first time Beauvoir was at a loss for words with Gamache. Was he serious? Was he, perhaps, a little touched? And who was Abbé Offman? A local cleric? Sounds like exactly the sort of things some Christian mystic would say.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Not having children to come home for the holidays, we really don't have many traditions. Mine are steeped in my childhood. One I do have, though, is to reread all of my mom's Christmas newsletters from 1974 until she died. I put them together in a spiral book and gifted them to my sisters the year she passed. She loved Christmas. How I miss her. ❣️🎄❣️
2. Tagged. I hope to read the whole series.

All are tagged! 🤩

#BookSpin2024 #bookspin24 #bookspin
@TheAromaofBooks

Happy reading, everybody! 🎄

Dull ride home yesterday but my loan on this fortuitiously came in, so I read the first chapter aloud to my husband to keep him entertained.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks @StayCurious
#earlybirdpoints
#mostanticipateddecemberread
+10 points

I've only read one of her books (out of order! 😱) last December. I'm hoping to start anew with Book #1 and actually read the whole series! #readinggoals2025

I‘m going through some reading trauma right now apparently. I‘ve read this one five years ago! And I remembered it once I realized the plot. So I checked out book 2, and turns out, I‘d read it too! And reading my review I remembered it as well. So, I‘ve returned books 1 and 2, and now I‘ve put a hold on book 3. I‘m just a mess with my reading this week!! #Canada #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

I‘ve been wanting to start this series for ages. I‘ve read 2 or 3 of it out of order. Finally my library hold came in so I can read it for #Canada #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

This book introduces Inspector Gamache and the residents of Three Pines, a small town in Canada. The mystery kicks off when a beloved resident turns up dead under mysterious circumstances. The quirky cast of characters and cozy setting are what really sell this series. The audiobook format wasn‘t ideal for an intro to so many characters though. I‘ll stick with reading this series in print for now and look forward to more Three Pines. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 ❤️📚

So freaking good! This series has been on my #tbr for a while, but the size of the series was daunting… It has so much more depth than I expected. I love Penny‘s take on the bookish detective with Chief Inspector Gamache. Plus the village of Three Pines is swoon worthy! Lives up to the hype!

I‘m in Three Pines, a tiny hamlet in Quebec. Happy #CanadaDay
#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12
#24countriesin2024

#Two4Tuesday

Fav meal: Turkey soup after Thanksgiving,

Tagged book has descriptions of Autumn & hot cider etc.
in the village of Three Pines.

Littens, consider yourselves tagged!

I can‘t believe I waited so long to start this series! I love curmudgeonly detectives. 🙂

Pic is how I imagine Three Pines in the winter. ❄️

I'm not sure why I've never read Louise Penny before (other than that mysteries aren't my first genre choice). However, this did not disappoint as the writing is so descriptive and the characters are intriguing. I plan to continue reading the series.

I‘m not ready for fall! But I‘ll give this a go.
1. Tagged
2. High Country Fall
3. Cider
4. All day!
5. City of Ghosts
6. Cozies
7. Cookies 🍪
8. I don‘t burn candles very often
9. Leaf peeping
10. So many!

Thanks for the tag

I listened 2 the 1st book in the Gamache series & perhaps bc of that I had problems following at times. It changed perspectives so many times it was hard to keep track. I think I‘ve been reading/listening to just thrillers that it was challenging to listen to a slower paced mystery. I liked the reveal at the end & more of the pieces came together. I will give the 2nd in the series a chance. Most likely on audio.

Lovely to start from the beginning again. Three Pines and Gamache are two of the best characters in fiction.

#NationalEggMonthChallenge @TieDyeDude Thanks for the tag!! 1) Tag a favorite mystery you‘ve read: This is the first book in the brilliant Armand Gamache/Three Pines series. Her writing is so poetic! 2) What is your favorite way to prepare eggs? If I‘m eating out, I enjoy Eggs Benedict or a good omelette. I‘m not really much of a cook but I will occasionally scramble up some egg with my cheese. Also deviled eggs or egg salad. Join in!

Next audible.

Catch-up post #5: I was very happy to get around to reading this. It was a top notch murder mystery and I am happy there are so many in the #Series to catch up on!

I only managed the first two books in this series this year so hoping for more in 2024! @Andrew65 @TheSpineView #serieslove2024

This is interesting enough for me to continue the series even if I didn't like some things in the plot.

I liked this book well enough. I‘ll definitely read more. I don‘t get the one star reviews on Goodreads. I really enjoy Gamache as a character. #audiowalk

I love that Gamache is afraid of heights! I can relate. Because I watched the Amazon show, I picture Alfred Molina as the inspector. I hope Nichol gets better. Right now, she‘s annoying. #audiowalk

This book seems to get mostly “meh” reviews, but I do want to read the series, and this is the first one. So far, it seems fine to me, but I‘m only a few chapters in. #audiowalk

“‘You described a personality type. The ones who lead what you called “still lives.” Do you remember?‘”

“‘Yes I do. The ones who aren‘t growing and evolving. The one‘s who are standing still. They‘re the ones
who rarely get better.‘”

Rereading Penny‘s Still Life which is just as good as I remember! Going to read the series ( on Libby during appointments) to catch up on the one‘s I‘ve missed.

Finally starting last month‘s #doublespin while Gatsby naps. Just a tad late. LOL! #serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

#SmallTownSetting

#BookBinge

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It was a little boring and pretty easy to guess the killer mid way in.

I‘m caught up with the paper books, going back to listen to them. Three Pines is my happy place.

🎧 Starting a new police procedural series. This was a solid start.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is our MC. There‘s a mysterious death of an artist to investigate. I look forward to the next book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

I somehow thought I needed to start another long series …

Finally getting around to this. First book was decent but will continue as reviews say the series gets better. #serieslove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

A murder mystery set in the tiny French-Canadian village of Three Pines outside of Montreal. When a beloved member of the community, Jane, is murdered the villagers help Chief Inspector Gamouche find out who among them is the culprit.

Currently on the fence about continuing in the series, and about whether the better category would be cozy mystery or cheesy mystery (but cultured 🧀...camembert? Brie?).
It introduces characters that you can see will have room to develop, some in dire need of growth, and it certainly gives charming autumn village vibes. Smidge melodramatic, people with secrets, doesn't feel ugly like a thriller...but a lot of regrets. Just too much? 🤷🏼‍♂️

I sense a pun. It's been decades since grade school French, but wouldn't Malenfant => Mal | Enfant => Bad Child => André Bad Boy?! 🤔😄

Curious what would happen if I found some tea drinkers to poll. Is this an inherent truth? What would a barista recommend in such circumstances? 🙃

Book 26

I read it for a book club, the 1st in a series of mysteries w/ Inspector Gamache, the antithesis of the stereotypical detective.There are an overwhelming amount of mostly-dimensional characters, and the whodunit is surprising. However, there are so many red herrings and plot points left unfinished that I felt confused.Apparently these issues will be elucidated in succeeding novels, but I'm uncertain I want to expend the energy. 3.75 ⭐️s

Wow! Hundreds of Littens are not wrong! This one was fantastic! My only regret with reading this book is that I didn‘t read it sooner. I see a series binge coming. So happy when I discover a series I love and there are so many books in the series.

I feel like I‘m in the minority, because I thought this was only meh. The writing felt a little self-published to me, like it could be cleaned up. There would be scenes between characters, then someone would talk and I was like “that person been there the whole time? Where‘d they come from??” There were jumps in time and action that were very abrupt. But I did laugh a few times, and I appreciated the French jokes. And I did not guess the end!

After a LONG week, this is all I wanted to do with my Friday night🍷📚❤️

I was very pleasantly surprised by this first of the series. Loved it and can‘t wait to read more. Bonus that this is a (until recently unknown to me) 🇨🇦 author.