Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m in for #JoyousJanuary! My goal is to read five books, including the tagged. The others are holdovers set around Christmas that I want to finish soon; they‘re all part of a series and I want to get them read so I don‘t have to wait until next Christmas!

My January #Bookspin list! I prepared it last week, and finally transferred it into my temp book journal aka moon datebook until my Etsy shop order arrives. The book journal is a new one for me. I‘ll post pics when it‘s here. I‘m having my delicious winter blend coffee courtesy of @Kshakal in my beautiful mug courtesy of @AmyK1 and plotting my day.

1. People trying to talk to me whilst I am reading, the clue is the book I am holding up! People who turn down the corners of pages - get a bookmark!

2. Getting uniform collections of my favourite series, like Rebus.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

The first Rebus novel. Set in Edinburgh. I read it a few years ago and can‘t remember if the action ever takes him across the Firth #bridge but I think so? #savvysettings

Here are some options for #round13 #groupm #lmpbc
I can grab others if these do not work.
@Roary47 @Jadams1776 @Jerdencon

Took a while to get going... the second half would be a pick for me but I really struggled with the first half. I will continue with the series though as from the reviews I have read things pick up!

Plus a line in #bookspinbingo for March yay!

I enjoyed it course i enjoy british detective shows.
#booked2020 tartan noir
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

I thought a bit of crime might help me kick the romance rut I've fallen into & this one is on my #BookspinBingo list to fill the #Booked2020 #TartanNoir prompt. I quite enjoyed it for atmosphere & setting & the story wasn't bad. It certainly sets up the Rebus character, but there was something off about the tone. Having read the author's note about his youth & inexperience when writing, I think that was it. I might try another Rebus one day.

I thought we could all relate to this.

I recently started watching the Rebus tv series on BritBox, and decided I really should read the books. I was not disappointed! This is the first book in the series, and while it wasn‘t perfect, it was pretty darned good! I‘m hoping to find most of the series at the library. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Day 18 #Top20Series #20Series20Days

No list would be complete without the Rebus Series. A great detective series set in one of my favourite cities, Edinburgh. Love the style of the books and always leaves me feeling cuddled by the words and literary style.

Day 10 of #Top20Series #20Series20Days

Today am in Edinburgh for one of my favourite detective series, the Inspector Rebus Series. Ian Rankin has a great writing style, and helps they are set in Edinburgh. Love watching Ian talking about Rebus, always worth watching out for.

The first book of the Rebus series. Late to the party but so glad I found it

So I hated this with the fire of a thousand suns. Onward and upward. (Though not to more Rankin).

Started this for the Tartan Noir prompt in #booked2020. Also suffices for K in #litsyatoz, which will leave me with only J, Q, and X to do (all of which I have ideas for).

It‘s Djilba! (We have two springs here.) So I‘m starting the Spring portion of #booked2020, having finished the other three. My ideas so far :

Makes You Lol: maybe some Penny Reid?
Parent & Child Memoir : Wishful Drinking, or They Called Us Enemy, or Cheaper By the Dozen
Tartan Noir: Knots and Crosses
About Genocide : Tiamat's Wrath, or Maybe, or Salt
Pan Asian / Silk punk : JY Yang
Animal on Cover : Frogkisser, Flyaway, Shining Girls, Terrier

This was very different from what I normally read, I chose it for the #booked2020 Tartan Noir prompt. I liked the introduction by the author where he said how funny he finds the writing style in this first book now, and when I read it I agreed it was quite melodramatic. I enjoyed it though, and the authors intro made me want to read the rest of the series. I got through the whole thing in about 3 hours, so it was absolutely a page turner!

The first book in the Rebus series. Oh I loved this one . I took to Rebus straight away , and I‘m looking forward to seeing how his character develops.
I‘ve made a start on the 2d one .... good stuff 👍🏻❤️

Getting set up for an early start to weekend reading ....hoping for a good & easy crime read ... I only hear good things , I‘ve never seen the telly show , so I‘m glad to be starting off fresh

Read for #tartannoir the first in a series of Detective Rebus novels, I liked the strong sense of place and also the puzzle aspect of the mysteries as well as the back story of Rebus and how that tied into the murders. A good introduction to the character. I think the first in a series is always tricky as so much has to be established. This was short and fast-paced, a good one to read in a day. #booked2020

A detective mystery story set in Scotland. The first in a very long series.

Four young girls are abducted and killed and John Rebus is assigned to the case. He‘s also been receiving anonymous letters but isn‘t too concerned with them. He certainly doesn‘t think the two are related...
#booked2020 #tartannoir

Despite being set in Edinburgh, Scotland Knots and Crosses is not a fun romp in the world of kilts and tartans. In fact, there‘s nary a Highlander about. It‘s not exactly a story you want to magically transport into. Instead it‘s a flawed MC trying to solve abductions of young girls in his city‘s underbelly.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2020
#booked2020 #tartannoir
#mandmchallenge2020 #newseries

This one fits prompts on a couple of the challenges in doing. I‘ve never read a Rankin novel before, so this is an #NewToYouAuthor #AuldLangReads @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It did not really take me that long to read this book. I just read some other books in between. If you like flawed characters, this book is full of them. I think I like John Rebus, but not very much. This is a police procedural and done very well. I enjoyed it immensely for a book from the 1980s. I had never heard of Ian Rankin, but I will have to read more of his Inspector Rebus books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I've heard a lot about this author but I'm pretty disappointed. Really did not like this book. Only finished it because it was short.

I‘m currently in Scotland, and this is the view from the motor home window (the orkneys in the background). #LetsTravelAugust
These are books from some of my favourite series set in Scotland. Love books set in Scotland.

Frankie was having a good sniff at this second-hand copy of the first Rebus novel. I don't know if he just likes the book smell or if a previous owner left some feline-friendly aroma on it. Anyway, something rustling in the bushes behind me distracted his attention! 🌳🕊🌳
#catsoflitsy
Off to a good start - Rankin's description of an Edinburgh pub persuaded me that a little glass of Talisker whisky would be atmospheric 😋🥃

Love the Rebus Series by Ian Rankin, so wonderfully written.
The tagged book is the first book in the series.
#QuotsyMay19 #Foul

Today at the National Library of Scotland we announced that Ian Rankin has gifted his literary archive to our collections and to the nation. Everyone is very excited! https://www.nls.uk/news/press/2019/05/ian-rankin-archive

Nobody at #bookclub loved this, but I liked it well enough to read more-just maybe a little later in the series. I liked the setting of Edinburgh and Rebus has potential, but the pacing was odd. Interesting to note that the group started in August, and this is the first male author we‘ve read.

Also the bookmarks I ordered for the group from @That-Bookish-Hiker were a big hit!

Gorgeous Christmas Eve in the Lakes today where I finished the first ever Rebus book for #whodunituk. Written in 1987 it feels a bit dated and Rebus isn't necessarily the same character as in later books either! But still a great thriller. I'm now going to follow @Tove_Reads example and read them all - including the ones I've already read as I haven't kept a record!

Next! This one for #whodunituk, the first ever Rebus novel, what a treat! In the introduction Rankin says Rebus was originally supposed to die at the end - very glad that changed!

#productivetrainjourney

Small book - with a slow start. I don‘t know why I‘ve never read this series it just seems to have passed me by! Will add to the series to read eventually list.
This is the next #whodunnituk - apologies it‘s a bit late @ShookBelf I‘m behind with stuff at the moment! Will be on its way soon.

Whereas I think the exact opposite!!

This book starts with the kidnapping and murder of young girls, as the police investigation begins, Rebus receives letters with a piece of string with a Knot tied in it or Crosses made of matches. However, he doesn‘t link these to the murders, at first.

Ian Rankin has created a superbly drawn, trouble character and catches the atmosphere of Edinburgh and the slightly misogynistic 80‘s brilliantly. A thoroughly absorbing read.

A little breakfast reading

Ian Rankin posted his new author‘s picture for his next book on Twitter today. I think he looks pretty good here. That‘s because it‘s the German football coach who looks like a younger Rankin. If you haven‘t read his books, you need to start with this tagged book. He‘s a great Scottish author and you won‘t be disappointed!

#ianrankin #knotsandcrosses

Is this the first #whodunituk book with a spoiler sticker?! @LoveToReadLiveToRead I'm sending it on tomorrow!

Also sorry @Libby1 but the elastic broke on the notebook after I took this photo, but I couldn't mend it so it's a bit destroyed now - sorry again! ☹

Thanks @Caroline2 for the next round of #whodunituk! Looking forward to reading the tagged book.

Finally finished the June #whodunituk and what a cracker! Gritty, dark and grimy! There‘s a rawness to the characters and writing that is refreshing, the best Detective book I‘ve read for a long while! I‘m gutted I‘ve run out of time to read ‘In the name of the rose‘ but I‘ll be posting them out to you tomorrow @jenniferw88

Yep...bout sums it up! (From Audible FB page) 😆 #whodunituk

“Rebus was no painter. His eyes beheld beauty not in reality but in the printed word. Standing in the waiting-room, he realised that in his life he had accepted secondary experience - the experience of reading someone else‘s thoughts - over real life.”

‘I never had a brother.‘

‘Neither did I, not in the proper sense. I had an adversary.‘

The “grass percolating water”?

Um, OK.

As a crime fan I don‘t know why it has taken me so long to read this series. I am however, pleased that I have now embarked on my journey with Rebus.

Rebus is the perfect leading main. He is intriguing, engaging and flawed everything you want in a leading man. The story is fast paced and keeps you guessing right to the end. The book also introduces a number of supporting cast who I hope we meet in future novels.

Love this quote. I tend not to read books unless they grab me immediately

A selection of my favourite crime series, but were so many other series I wanted to included as well. Can‘t beat a good crime series and a great detective! #BelovedCrimeSeries #MarchMadness
What‘s not to love about these authors!

Detective Sergeant John Rebus is a complex character. Working in Edinburgh, he finds his life turned upside down when he‘s assigned to a task force to catch a serial killer preying in young girls. At the same time, he‘s receiving anonymous letters. There‘s a lot going on in this book including a couple of really interesting subplots. This is the first in the series and it won‘t be the last that I read. Thanks for the recommendation Andrew65!

One of my favourite Detective series which is set in my favourite city, Rebus and Edinburgh respectively, currently has #21 books in the series. It all started off with Knots and Crosses, and the 21st book is Rather Be The Devil. Knots and Crosses is a great introduction to the series! Definitely a 5 star series, I hope Ian Rankin still writes more. #NovemberByTheNumbers #Twenty-One