Another in this remarkable series featuring Comissario Guido Brunetti.This tagged book is all in the minuscule details of Brunetti‘s home/family life,& police work life.It‘s in home cooked meals,the love between he & lhis wife, & children,the book discussions,the coffee shops,the cafes, the walks through Venice‘s streets,over its bridges, & rides in its canal boats.It‘s in each of his unique work relationships.His decisions are by guided by his ⬇️

Top two books are read alones; the rest are buddy reads.
#CommissarioBrunettiNovel #fictionaltraveler2025 #tree #wildwoman #familybuddyread #europacollective #sundaybuddyread

A leisurely read while on the train from Grand Central to New Haven, CT.- The delicate dance that he & his counterpart,Comissisario Claudia Griffoni step to when interrogating suspects,the coffee breaks, the descriptions of meals prepared by his wife, Paola, the conversations at the dinner table with their two children, the books they are both reading & discussions he has with his wife- all comforting & familiar to me.#CommissaroBrunettiNovel

From Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, MOMA. I had no idea there was a particular refugee flag. I learned so much today in such a fun & amazing way.

Designed by Margaret E. Knight in 1870s-1880s. “One of the first women to obtain a US patent. Who knew?!
From Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, MOMA.

From the exhibit Pirouette: Turning Points in Design , at the MOM, Rainbow Flag. 🏳️‍🌈

From Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, at the MOMA Such an intriguing exhibit. We had such fun! This is for you Christine!

Love this series- always relevant; always topical.

#5JoysFriday

Too busy dining & dancing last night at a fundraiser for a local University to post!
1) river walk
2) Marcella Hazan‘s beef bolognes
3) Poe & I reading
4)Cut flowers still blooming ever after a freeze
5) my sister & I at last night‘s dinner dance!

Off to NYC today to view 2 exhibits at MOMA: Pirouette:Turning Points in Design:

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5756

Odili Donald Odita: Songs from Life

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5794

Songs from Life Playlist for listening

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/1194

Listening to this while cooking tonight. An enjoyable “cozy” set in post WWI countryside. A nice break from the intensity of the last two Joyce Ellis audio novels.

Listening to this because it was free until 10/7. Hoping to finish it, but…on 22/33 #audiobook

#weeklyforecast
Catch up with Mona‘s Eyes, #EuropiaCollective, continue with Twain,#familyread, read Women who Run with Wolves #wildwoman, Death Climbs a Tree #fictionaltraveler #tree,read next section of #sundaybuddyread, listen to Hunted on the Fens, #audiomystery; Trace Elements, #CommissarioGuidoBrunnettiMystery

Sunday afternoon coffee & a book. It‘s beautiful on the porch-quite the juxtaposition of summer & autumn. Blue cloudless sky, 81 degrees but no humidity, the leaves on the trees turning.Loving this peaceful time. #beautybreak #75Soft

My bedtime reading companion. Back in Venice with Commissario Guido Brunnetti.

#serenesaturdays #beautybreak
View from my side yard.

Beatrice Steele has ventured into London society with a task set by her mother:to find a wealthy suitor. Accompanying her is her fashionista & playwright chaperone Miss Bolton.Steeped in the world of Regency London this is a wild romp is a witty page turner. Beatrice & her PI partner, the one eye patched the inspector Drake sleuth in dance halls,theaters, underground tunnels,urbane gardens with flying squirrels while rooting out the murderer.

Picked up my pre-order book (tagged) for September from Riverbend Bookshop. Could not resist John Boyne‘s new book. #preorderbookclub #blameitonlitsy #porchlife

#bookreport #September28toOctober4
Still reading the first 4 books from the top. Finished the last 5 books. #sundaybuddyread #wildwoman #MarkTwain #familyread #ABeatriceSteeleNovel #audiomystery #ElectraMcDonnell #5 #GabrielAllonThriller #readyourkindle #NF #ColdCaseUnitMystery #TimeTravel #librayfinds

1920. Wanna be reporter Poppy Denby comes to London to assist her physically ailing Aunt Dot,a former suffragette & actress.When Poppy gets a job at the Daily globe as the editor‘s assistant,she does not envision that investigating a murder will be on her to-do-list. Definitely a page turner! #thePoppyDenbyInvestigatesSeries #1 #audiobook

Art historian & spy Gabriel Allons & a master international thief work together to find an invaluable missing painting. Their mission becomes a race to stop a deadly conflict between the US and Russia. #readyourkindle #September

A police procedural set on Nantucket, this book is a must read for mystery buffs. Character driven, the ending‘s revelations shocked me. Triggers: child sexual & physical abuse. #readyourkindle #September

Ali Dawson & her cold case team investigates a murder that involves Ali traveling back in time to 1850. I admit, whimp that I am, that while reading about her adventures in 1850 at night, I had to wait until morning to continue. Too scary for me! A deviation into new territory for author Elly Griffiths, this novel is absolutely gripping. I hope there‘s another book to come!

The intrepid,Most Private Investigator Puri,works under the raider as always,to solve a most unusual case.The Hindu goddess Kali appears in a New Delhi park & plunges a sword into an Indian scientist,who dies in a fit of laughter.Along with Puri‘s undercover sidekicks,Facecream,Tubelight & Flush,this master of disguise unravels the case. #AVishPuriNovel
Emm approves.#catsoflitsy

Cold this morning so Em & Poe did not wake me up till 7:00 -a luxury! My Saturday morning treat: a maple donut. And of course, coffee! Errands this morning, including my local Indie bookstore that has a book I ordered- 🤞🏻I do not buy another book….
#coffeeandbooks

#FridayHappyReadingHour #HappyFridayDrinks. Started this #sundaybuddyread before dinner. We have read so many of her books & I have enjoyed them all.

My joys:
1) our local library
2) the 20th Anniversary edition of Louise Penny‘s Still Life.
3) the Art Gallery at Yale University
4) Em & Poe
5) spaghetti & Texas Toast

#5JoysFriday

I started reading the tagged book ages ago- after viewing Martin Johnson Hearde‘s hummingbird paintings in the early American Art Gallery at Yale‘s Art museum yesterday,I pulled it out of a stack to begin to read again.

Starting this tonight. #ElectraMcDonnellNovel —2nd out of 4 “ new” library books I need to read.

The top: beauty in the streets near Yale University‘s Art Gallery: a painted utility box & street side flower pot. Bottom: magnificent windows in the Mediterranean Gallery. #BeautyBreak #75Soft

Today my son & I drove to New Haven CT to see a George Rommey exhibit at Yale University Art Gallery.Gazing at his artwork/use of color was an experience.We also spent time viewing the early American Art.This was followed by lunch,a brief stop at the Book Trader Cafe for coffee,a walk through the area.Gorgeous day-blue skies,soft breeze,sun on our faces. https://artgallery.yale.edu/exhibitions/exhibition/romney-brilliant-contrasts-ge...

Saturday morning coffee and a book with Em & Poe. #coffeeandbooks #catsoflitsy

This beautiful 20th Anniversary edition of Still Life by Louise Penny arrived from Barnes & Noble tonight. I think I need an easel to display it so the edges can be seen. 💙🩵💙

#storygraph stats. September 2025.

Our district has tomorrow off, so tonight is my #WednesdayHappyReadingHour
We do not care that Friday has become Wednesday! #WDNCW
We also do not care that my “new” library books must be read before other designated October reads.

#weeklyfavorites

Murder at the Gull‘s Nest was my 2nd choice for best book of the month. Just loved everything about the book!

Tonight‘s after dinner treat while reading the tagged library book. Trying to get my “new” books read before I have to return them.
“DEAR MOUTH, ENJOY”
#75Soft

Finished 2 books, The Collector & I Seek a Kind Person. The others to the left I am still reading. #TurnThePage
#readyourkindle #audiobookmystery #BeatriceSteeleNovel #libraryfind

Thank you for hosting! Love these readathons!

September stats:
16 books in total
~HF-2
~M - 11
~F - 2
~NF - 1
Best Book: I Seek a kind Person

This book was so much more in depth than I expected. In an effort to understand his father‘s suicide (his father was sent through an ad to a family in England at age of 11) the author dug deep & retraced the fates of both the children in the adverts & their families. For me his journey elicited contradictory responses in that it was both fascinating & heartbreaking. #NF Highly recommend.

October hopefuls.
#wildwoman #EuropaCollective #sundaybuddyread #Bookedintime #coldwar #NF #WhatWeKnew #fictionaltraveler #tree #AgathaChristieBookClubR3 #ChristieCapers #thematiccozies #paranormal

Mark Twain joined The Quaker City, a ship heading for a tour of Europe, the Mediterranean, & the Middle East. His trip was paid for by the Alta California, in exchange for 50 letters. Many of the Quakers on board were “wounded” by his irreverent take on all things religious. #familieswhoreadtogetherstaytogether #familybuddyread

Before dinner book & libation. #porchlife

In Mark Twain‘s biography by Ron Chernov, the author gives extensive attention & coverage to Twain‘s eight months in Vienna.

I had no idea that 20,000 Jewish refugees from Vienna traveled to Shanghai to escape the Nazis.But in 1941 the Nazi‘s arrived in the face of the notorious Colonial Josef Meisinger, the “Butcher of Warsaw.”His ideas for the solution of the “Jewish problem” scandalized the Japanese, despite the fact that they committed atrocities themselves. Instead they created a 3/4 square mile ghetto fie the Jews,where they were starved & exposed to typhoid.

Sunday morning coffee & a book. Leaves fell off the trees during a recent avalanche of rain. It‘s the in between time, when summer‘s humidity remains, but cool mornings are a harbinger of the turn into Autumn. It saddens me that my beach themed porch will once again be a memory until seasons change again.

#bookreport
Finished Cold Island & A Front Page Murder. The rest are in various stages of reading.

Det. John Stone,who has the best rest record in his precinct,is a “dinosaur”in his investigative practices.The caustic Det. Carmen Dehan has such a bad attitude that no one wants to work with her.So the Captain gives them the cold cases no on wants to pursue.1st case: a poker game, a shoot out-too many suspects—the mob, gangs from NYC, a bent cop.2nd case:the detectives find two bare arms with no body parts in a storage container.A bizarre case.

From ch. 3. Loved this chapter with its stories & lore. #wildwoman