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Time to bury myself in a book. . . Um, but this one centering on a divisive, cluelessly(?) cruel speaker with a cult following might cut too close to home!

The Gamache series is one of my favorites. Love the characters, love the charming village, love the mysteries, love the audiobook narrator. Reading these books always makes me smile and takes me to my happy place…which is kind of odd for a mystery read. Lol. This book is not quite up to the standards of all the earlier ones, but still a pick for me.
First book read for #SeriesLove23 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
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Gorgeous cover! And it's the last one that's currently out! I'll be waiting for the next installment... Soon!!

I loved being back in Three Pines! 🌲🌲🌲

I had a laugh when the narrator acknowledges the omnipresence of murder in the tiny village.

The themes were fully engaging, BUT, is it just me or has Penny recently been making the solutions more convoluted and revelations more protracted? With the last two novels they‘ve felt belabored and I was getting frustrated with the stalling. Just seems more than necessary for a cathartic climax.

Enjoying this one a great deal as I‘m eager to find out how the pieces fit together. Hits a little close to home though re: the collective pandemic anxiety, which isn‘t over by any means.

Although too long and drawn out, and kind of got bored in places, no one writes like Louise Penny and the title of this book is probably one of her very best titles! How it‘s weaved into the story is fantastic. I will always run to grab the next in the series!

An overall pick for the moral/ethical questions raised and despite Penny making the mistake many of us have in thinking that the arrival of the vaccine(s) would lead swiftly to the end of the pandemic. I also think she puts too much emphasis on the lasting effects of pandemic isolation, or maybe it was just worse in Quebec. Or maybe it hit people harder who were used to interacting a lot more with a lot of people, and I'm missing that perspective.

Just started this audiobook. Great premise! Sure hope it pans out! 🤞🏻

You know what to expect in a mystery series, especially by the 17th one about Inspector Gamache. I wasn‘t disappointed: the cast of characters are cozily familiar and yet we always learn new things about them—just as we do with people in real life. Louise Penny does this by throwing in moral questions brought to the foreground by the COVID pandemic.

“It‘s about what happens when greed and fear meet gullibility and power.”
“Nothing good?” said Armand with a small smile.
“You‘re smarter than you look, garçon.”Stephen tapped the cover. “People will believe anything. Doesn‘t make them stupid, just desperate.”

Scene of urban wildlife… while #audiowalking!

Question for Canadian Littens: I‘ve always heard Abitibi pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable. The place name comes up often in this audiobook, but the narrator Robert Bathurst places the accent on the third syllable. Is this a typical anglophone Canadian pronunciation, or just a mistake made by a nonCanadian audiobook narrator?

#MadnessofCrowds #LouisePenny #BookSpinBingo

Professor Abigail Robinson will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. Armand Gamache has been asked to provide security. Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice.

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The 17th book in the Armand Gamache series❣️ the library hold is 16 weeks—can I wait that long....

As dependably brilliant as ever. This time with a post-pandemic twist. Superb. Watch for it in August.

Yey for a new #InspectorGamache coming #Aug2021 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #SavethePubDate #TBRtemptation — #LouisePenny rocks!