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Starred Review Readers who haven’t discovered Louise Penny and her Armand Gamache series yet are in for a treat. In …
@blauschrift ah, ich werde den Eintrag mal anpassen. Good Catch :-) Ich bin mir sicher die Quirkiness dient einem Zweck, er erschloss sich mir nur nicht weil mir war die ständige Analyse der Sternzeichen und allgemein ihr Verhalten irgendwann auf den Keks ging.
Starred Review Readers who haven’t discovered Louise Penny and her Armand Gamache series yet are in for a treat. In …
Maybe it's me and most murder mysteries are not all that fascinating? Three main character is a quirky woman and people around her are dying. She is not only very quirky but also into astrology and that became really annoying really quickly.
THE HELL SEASON Thomas Wright awakens to discover that his family has vanished. None of their possessions are missing. The …
I read this book while spending a week in the Great Bear Rainforest in Bristish Columbia, an area of unbelievable beauty and wilderness the size of Ireland. The only way to explore this area is by boat and yet, there are indigenous communities striving here, living with the land for thousands of years. This book tells the story of Cecil Paul. It is his memoir recorded on this very boat I spent the time on, telling stories of struggle, fables containing age old wisdom and very personal experiences during a life that included unbelievable tragedy and hardship. Cecil was taken early in his life by force from his family to be educated in a residency school, then struggled through addiction and loneliness but found step by step back to his roots and ways to bring others on the journey. It is a short book but it leaves you speechless and …
I read this book while spending a week in the Great Bear Rainforest in Bristish Columbia, an area of unbelievable beauty and wilderness the size of Ireland. The only way to explore this area is by boat and yet, there are indigenous communities striving here, living with the land for thousands of years. This book tells the story of Cecil Paul. It is his memoir recorded on this very boat I spent the time on, telling stories of struggle, fables containing age old wisdom and very personal experiences during a life that included unbelievable tragedy and hardship. Cecil was taken early in his life by force from his family to be educated in a residency school, then struggled through addiction and loneliness but found step by step back to his roots and ways to bring others on the journey. It is a short book but it leaves you speechless and in thoughts. It is beautiful and touching and I can highly recommend reading it, especially maybe in combination with a trip to the place he keeps talking about which I had the fortune to watch passing outside the window while holding this book.
This book tells the history of Canada and its people through maps, the earliest passed down to us from Vikings and then drawn and re-drawn by a diverse group of adventurers. And maps - no matter if drawn by a Cree warrior or refined by a mixed-descend fur trade are in the end always telling the stories of those struggling and striving in a vast and monumental landscape. This book did more than to tell the story of Canada's exploration, it gave me a deep appreciation for the vastness of this place and how impressive it was how humans navigated this continent.
Starred Review. Chief Insp. Armand Gamache and his team investigate another bizarre crime in the …
Inspector Gamache investigates a mysterious death during a seance and faces betrayal from his best friend. I personally did not find the murder mystery all that gripping or the side plot very believable but I truly enjoy Louise Penny's style and the characters she created.
Starred Review. Chief Insp. Armand Gamache and his team investigate another bizarre crime in the tiny Québec village of Three …
A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny, published in Canada as Dead Cold, is the second …
I can't say I'm a murder mystery fan but Louise Penny writes really engaging and I love the immersion in quebecois culture and the characters I meet. It was sun to read and I decided to read the next one too for good measure...
Starred Review. Chief Insp. Armand Gamache and his team investigate another bizarre crime in the tiny Québec village of Three …
