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MaGoose

MaGoose

Joined June 2018

Mysteries are my thing, although I'm reading lots of nonfiction lately. I sometimes post book reviews on my blog, www.janecairns.com
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Bailedbailed

Meh. I had high hopes for this book. I don't want to sound crass and uncaring, but by the time I was about three-quarters of the way through, I found myself uninterested in Corrigan's Irish-Catholic childhood and her infertility problems. Just not the book for me, I guess.

Zelma I tried this years ago and bailed as well. It wasn‘t what I expected - more personal memoir than book-related. 3w
MaGoose @Zelma I totally agree. 3w
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Brat Farrar | Josephine Tey
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Great gift from the #santathing swap.

erzascarletbookgasm 😍👍 1mo
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This just came in the mail today and shot to the head of my TBR list. Memoir about Corrigan's life as a reader and book reviewer for NPR's Fresh Air.

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Pickpick

This is the second book in the Barker and Llewelyn series by Will Thomas. Good read. Barker and Llewelyn foil plans by an Irish faction to set off a large number of bombs in London. 👍

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Thanks to @betty for the great #winterswap gift - a book and a box of postcards with bookstore pictures on the front. Just my cup of tea! 😍 👍 👌

@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@bookhippie

Rissreads Those postcards look beautiful 💙 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love these postcards!! 2mo
Sace I just checked this out from Hoopla. Thanks for posting this and putting this book in my path 😁 2mo
MaGoose @Sace No problem. I haven't had a chance to leaf through my copy, yet. Hopefully, I'll enjoy it. 2mo
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Die Trying | Lee Child
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Mehso-so

Finished this yesterday. Meh. A bit too long and run-on descriptions in some places that could have been condensed. I'm uncertain whether I'll continue reading the series.

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I'm about one-third of the way through this. So far, it's okay, but nothing to write home about. At 551 pages, it could have been edited down some and made more efficient and effective.

suzie.reads You find this with alot of his books sadly 2mo
MaGoose @suzie.reads This is the second Jack Reacher story that I've read. Depending on how much I like this one after I finish slogging through it, I may not continue with the series. There are other series that I like more, so far, like the Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn and the Barker and Llewelyn series by Will Thomas. 2mo
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Pickpick

Finished this one a few days ago. Loved it. A duo of detectives, Barker and Llewelyn, vaguely similar to Holmes and Watson. The story is narrated by Llewelyn, the young assistant. I'll most likely read the entire series. 😍👌👍

Nute You sold this book series to me! Stacking! 2mo
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Got this in the mail yesterday. Dropped my other reads and jumped into this one. I'm about 20% into it and liking it immensely. We'll see if it holds my interest all the way through.

#bookmail

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My #winterswap package arrived today from @Betty . Can't wait to open it!! 😍 😉

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!!!! 🎉🎉 2mo
Betty Hurrah!! 2mo
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1. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Anne Perry
2. Which of their own works they liked the best
3. About 250 physical books, about 5,000 ebooks

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great question!! Thank you for the tag 💗 2mo
Eggs Thanks for joining in 💗🤗👏🏻 2mo
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This will be my first read in the readathon this weekend. (Probably my only read - I'm a slow reader.) What kind of timer do you all use to keep track of your progress during readathons?

#mrbook #litsypartyofone #24b4monday

Suet624 Hmmm...I didn‘t know about this book. 2mo
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I Tried to Write Love Poems | Shana Marlayna Chow
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I've never joined a Litsy readathon before. I may join @MrBook 's challenge. Off I go to compile my reading list and snacks...

#litsypartyofone #24beforemonday. #mrbook
@Eggbeater

MrBook 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗 2mo
Eggbeater Oh fun! Go for it! I love these! I may join you! 2mo
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Great Ghost Stories | E. F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Troll Books
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A package went out to my swap partner today for the Winter Swap. I forgot to take a picture.

@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #winterswap
@betty

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 🖤🖤🖤 3mo
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Pickpick

Loved this book of short stories about Sherlock Holmes from a variety of authors. I am generally a short story reader as well as a novel and nonfiction person. I'm not so much into biographies.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool cover!! 3mo
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Pickpick

Absolutely loved this book of essays. This gets two thumbs up. 👍👍👌😍

jb72 I read that book this year and absolutely loved it! She is my new best friend even though she doesn‘t know it. 3mo
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On a Holmes binge. I'm about halfway through the book on the left, which is an anthology of short stories. Just got the book on the right today - a supposed "biography" of Holmes. I'll start the biography sometime in November.

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Book haul (like I don't have enough books!). I'm not sure which I want to read first. I'll probably begin reading the top three in the stack as I'm in the habit of reading a few books at once. I've already begun the tagged book.

CoffeeCatsBooks I love Anne Fadiman! 3mo
MaGoose @CoffeeCatsBooks I think this is the first thing that I've read by her. Ex Libris is a slim book of essays - I haven't gotten too far into it, but so far I'm enjoying it very much. 3mo
Linsy I loved the one on top! And now I really want the second one 3mo
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Maisie Dobbs (Anniversary) | Jacqueline Winspear
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Pickpick

As I said in a previous post, this was a re-read for me. I think I enjoyed it more this time around. I'm not sure if I will continue to read the rest of the series, as I've read the majority of them already, but I might consider it depending on what else I have in the offing on my TBR list. But, this book is definitely a thumbs up pick, especially if you like mysteries with a smart, savvy female detective as the protagonist. 👌 👍

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Maisie Dobbs: A Novel | Jacqueline Winspear
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This book has moved up on my TBR list. Although I read it quite a few years ago, as well as most of the rest of the series, I think it's time that I revisited this one as I enjoyed it. I was gifted this book by @Amanda61 as part of a Litsy book swap a few months ago.

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Pickpick

Great overview of things Holmesian. Enjoyable reading for fans of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Thanks to @UwannaPublishme for gifting me this tome a few months ago.

UwannaPublishme 🤗❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
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Pickpick

This is the first book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Fairly good, easy read but a bit dragged out in places and chunky at 524 pages (paperback edition). This is the first thing I've read by Lee Child other than a Jack Reacher short story in the 2018 The Best American Mystery Stories anthology.

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Pickpick

Great nonfiction book about Frances Moore Lappe's take on the current state of American democracy.

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Pickpick

This is the first book in a mystery series about Bernie, a private investigator, and his dog, Chet. Together, they solve a missing person mystery. The story is told from Chet's point of view. Chet is almost as smart as Bernie, who's no slouch intellectually. But pass the crullers, both Bernie and Chet are addicted to them. I'll most likely continue reading the series in the near future. 😍 👍

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The Epics Collection | Abdiel Le Roy
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Chrissyreadit ❤️🥰👏🙌😍 5mo
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Thanks to @Amanda61 for the great #staycationintimeswap package. I'll have a good time opening my gifts!

#staycationintimeswap #sits @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit 🥰❤️👏 5mo
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Pickpick

This audiobook was between a so-so and a pick. It was okay. The woman reader was fairly good. This is one of a series and is the first book I've read by Anne Hillerman. I wonder if I would've liked this one better if I had begun at the beginning of the series. Although there were some things that carried over from previous books, there were enough hints that you could pick up what had happened previously. Overall, an okay pick.

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Swap Club | Lauren Wise
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My #staycationintimeswap package is on its way to @amanda61. It should be to you before Wednesday's opening day.

@Chrissyreadit #sits

Chrissyreadit ❤️🎉🥰👏🙌 5mo
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Pickpick

I finally finished this doorstop of a book. Good overall, although I did skim some essays. Dirda's essays introduce and discuss writers and books that he thinks should be on everyone's TBR list. I picked up several books to add to my list. Some books mentioned will never be on my list of things I've read. To each his own.

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Pickpick

I am a fan of almost anything Sherlock Holmes-related. This is an anthology of 14 modern stories involving Holmes written by mystery writers Edward D. Hoch, Anne Perry and Loren Estleman, among others. All the stories were good. 👍 👌

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I just picked up the tagged book from the library. I'm hoping to squeeze it in among all my other reads. I haven't started it yet, so not sure if I'll get into it or not.

@amanda61 I just sent you an email from a different email address - janeacairns@outlook.com. Hopefully, you'll get this one. 😊

Amanda61 @MaGoose I received this one!! That's so weird. 7mo
MaGoose @Amanda61 Yaay!! 7mo
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Reading this and finding MORE books to add to my already bulging, overloaded TBR list! 😜😝

P.S. @amanda61 Did you ever receive my email about the upcoming #staycationintimeswap swap? I never received your email.

Amanda61 @MaGoose I still haven't received an email. I sent you an email so if you get that one, hopefully you can just reply to that one. 7mo
MaGoose @Amanda61 I received your email from earlier today and sent you a reply. 7mo
Amanda61 @MaGoose No idea why but still haven't received anything. Checked the email I sent you as well and Google isn't showing any reply. That's so weird! 7mo
MaGoose @Amanda61 Have you checked your junk and spam folders? 7mo
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I'm looking forward to hunting for bookish things for my #staycationintimeswap swap buddy.

@amanda61 - I sent you an email about our upcoming swapping.

@chrissyreadit

Amanda61 Hey @MaGoose I haven't received an email yet. Just to verify, my email address is amandahutson06 at gmail.com 7mo
Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️ 7mo
MaGoose @Amanda61 i'll try resending it by Noon today. I'm not at my computer right now. 7mo
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Beware the Spider | David L. Haase
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Just starting this book/ebook - I'm about 37 pages in and so far I'm liking it better than the first book (The Mark of the Spider) in the Black Orchid Chronicle series by David Haase. It's a supernatural/thriller/mystery story about Sebastian Arnett, who became possessed by a demon while he was in Borneo. When I'm finished, I'll post a short review on Litsy and a longer one on my blog, www.janecairns.com 😎

@tigerlily @eggbeater #books

Eggbeater It does sound like something I would like. 7mo
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Mehso-so

My least favorite of the Cliff Janeway series. Janeway now has a silent partner in his bookstore, his new love, Erin D'Angelo, a corporate lawyer. Of the women Janeway's been involved with so far in this series, I don't think I would have picked this woman to become his main squeeze and partner in his business. But anyway, I'll say little more than that I truly disliked the ending.

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Mehso-so

Meh. I may read more of this series, then again...there are other books on my TBR patiently waiting to be read. Doc Ford investigates the apparent death of his friend and neighbor, Rafe Hollins. But was it Rafe who died, or someone else? Fairly good, except for the gratuitous sex involving Doc Ford and two women he barely knows.

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Pickpick

An interesting mystery if you like books about books and book collecting. I think I liked this one (#3) best of the four I've read. I will read the fifth and last (I think) in the series later this summer. This story deals with the disappearance of an elderly woman's library. She claims that someone “stole“ her books when she was young-bought her grandfather's library for a pittance from her mother. Can Janeway prove anything after so much time?

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Bookman's Wake | John Dunning
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I've read 4 out of the 5 books in the Cliff Janeway series and they all seem to improve a bit over the previous one. This book deals with a series of deaths that are unconnected until Janeway pieces together that they all owned a specific, numbered copy of The Raven from Grayson Press. But, why were these collectors being targeted? Will I commit a spoiler and reveal why? Quoth the raven, “nevermore.“ 😁 Enjoyed this one.

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Booked to Die | John Dunning
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Pickpick

This is the first in a series about Cliff Janeway, a cop-turned-bookseller. Once he opens his used/rare bookstore, Janeway gets involved in three murders in the Denver neighborhood around his bookstore and puts his former policing skills to good use. A fairly good beginning for a series that only gets better. 👌 👍

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LURE | Jeff Marschall
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Meh. This story is told in close third person, meaning, the plot action follows John's movements. We learn too much about John's indecisiveness. John forms a love interest in Julie, who he meets in Paris. He then tentatively reignites his love interest in Stephanie, his ex-girlfriend, when he gets back to Canada. Julie is nondescript; Stephanie is self-centered. Not enough action around the main story line. Could have been better from another POV.

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Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern
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Thanks to @Jee_HookedOnBookz for such a great belated birthday present!! The green tote says "reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." I am thrilled. ???? #birthday

Jee_HookedOnBookz Yayyyy it arrived! You're welcome! Hope you enjoy the book as much as I did! It's one of my fav reads! ❤️ 📚 8mo
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Pickpick

This was a re-read for me; I'd read it many years ago. It's the first Poirot story. An okay read, a bit contrived. I usually like Christie's books as a whole.

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Pickpick

I've become somewhat interested in collecting first editions of books. So, this nonfiction title was a good pick for me. It discusses what to look for as far as the condition of the book (mostly hardbacks, but also some paperbacks) and how to discern if it's a first edition. To a lesser extent, the book goes into how to judge if authors are collectable and/or have staying power. Enjoyable read for me.

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Booked to Die | John Dunning
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Pickpick

A good read for those interested in book collecting. Cliff Janeway moves from being a cop to owning a used/rare book store. He gets involved in the deaths of his store clerk and two book scouts who search for used and rare books to sell to bookstore owners. Janeway has strengths and foibles as a cop (he has it in for a grownup bully) and a person (he's protective of the clerk and wants justice for the scouts). Fairly good pacing and read.

Kdgordon88 I really liked this series when I read it years ago. 8mo
MaGoose @Kdgordon88 That's good to know. I'm starting the second book in the series and find there's a lot of exposition about book collecting and the Grayson Press and the two brothers who ran it. I'm fairly interested so I'll read on, but it may be kinda dull for someone who just wants a good mystery. 8mo
Annl I really enjoyed the series. I still have one book left to read. 8mo
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Great! Litsy now has a website. I'll be updating my profile and sharing posts later today.

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The Shadow of the Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A huge thank you to @Soubhiville for this delightful and unexpected gift for my birthday. 😎😃👍👌💕😍 You can never have too many books, right?!

#thankfulforbooks #litsylove #postal #bookmail

AmyG Wonderful book! 9mo
Soubhiville Never!!! Happy Birthday! 🎁🎈🎂 9mo
BlameJennyJane My absolute favorite book of all time! 9mo
Jee_HookedOnBookz Lots of love for this book ❤️❤️❤️ 9mo
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Yikes I'm still getting birthday cards from the crazy loveable #litsylove group of friends!! Thank you so much @nelehelen for the card and cat and dog stickies. 😍💕👌👍

nelehelen Happy belated!!! 9mo
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1. Mystery, lit classics, some nonfiction
2. Memoir
3. Romance
4. Don't watch movies or TV much, so no opinion
5. Hmm, I'm drawing a blank--maybe because I don't read much in genres I dislike. There's too much out there to read and too many books on my TBR list already
6. Little Women - hated it
7. @WeeziesBooks @phatsallylee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#bookishquestions @Clwojick @Eggbeater

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for the tag 💞 9mo
phatsallylee Thank you for the tag! 9mo
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Hyde | Daniel Levine
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#book #books #postal #bookmail

A new book from B&N to add to the ever-growing stacks of books to be read...I'll probably reread Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson first.

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True Mercy | Idelle Kursman
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you (and @thebookhippie) so much for the bookmark.
Thanks for the very cool postcard, too! True Mercy will be on its way to you later today or tomorrow.

#litsylove #postal
#books

gradcat Love that bookmark! ❤️ 9mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww you‘re welcome and thank you!!! 😘❤️ 9mo
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