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“I and Pangur do each our task, and share our peaceful days.“

Join a thoughtful monk and his white cat, Pangur, as they spend their days doing what they love most. The White Cat and the Monk is a warm story about friendship and finding joy in everyday routines.

This story celebrates friendship and doing what you love. Jo Ellen Bogart‘s retelling of an old Irish poem captures the peaceful life of a monk and his white cat, Pangur, who happily spend their days side by side

Plenty here to enjoy, historical Victorian murder mystery with a subtext commentary on the British class system and emerging feminism. However I found that it stumbled over itself with too much repetitive navel gazing and no real loveable characters. Great twist to the mystery on conclusion but I doubt I‘ll ever pick up the next book in the series.

Hoooly shit!! If you‘re looking for a cozy autumn read that may make you think about something, please, please, please read this book. It‘s so sweet and hopeful, and now I‘m gonna run away into the woods, goodbyeeee!!!

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built.

#scifi #cozy #robot #monk #lgbt

Lunch break with Mr Monk and the Secret Santa, a terrible picture of my mug and organizing #wintergames2021 notes so that I actually know what I‘m trying to do 😅❄️

The story itself is a pick. I love Monk and Nurse Hester, and since she‘s now moved into a lead role, I get to count it for #Booked2021. The mystery good with a twist I didn‘t remember. The audiobook however gets a major pan for an error in the recording (see my previous post). So - read it, but read it in print. #COVIDHeroes #NurseMC

Has anyone else ever had an audiobook where the recording was out of order? I‘m 75% done and it‘s clear that it‘s now skipping around. I don‘t know if it‘s a Hoopla thing or if it‘s a defective recording by Recorded Books. 🥺 Glad this is a reread and a library book. I think I‘d be mad if I paid for it.

The story is a slower build than Perry‘s early Pitt novels, but I have always preferred the Monk series. In this first novel, Monk awakens with amnesia following an accident, & must not only solve the case he was working on prior to his accident, but piece together his identity, while trying to conceal the truth of his amnesia from his boss. It‘s an intricate mystery with great characters & Davina Porter is one of my favorite audiobook narrators.

I love the Spin the Wheel app for when I just can‘t make a decision. I‘m going to start my audiobook reread of this Inspector Monk book. It seems like a billion years ago that I read it the first time (in reality, more like 20 or so, but still). 💖 It should be good background noise while I work. (And yes, I was lazy and only put in a keyword for my options. 😂)