false 7061 43 826298 book 1998 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) total:20859|5:4068|4:8040|3:6400|2:1813|1:539| 20859 75860 25396 3276 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 5 21 false Tue Sep 11 08:42:52 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 10:03:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 5 12 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 24 11:40:55 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:49:31 -0800 2008 Ten Little Niggers gave me chills (since renamed And Then There Were None, for obvious reasons - but I've got an old edition).

...more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 1 8 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 06 20:06:24 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 20:11:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 4 7 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Oct 09 19:07:23 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 30 18:33:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 3 false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 13:42:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 14:20:27 -0700 2008 for "ladies," but one to be enjoyed by readers of both sexes--and enjoy it I did.

In its simple and conversational manner, this book taught me a little bit about many things: Botswana, African...more...]]> 816167 034911675X 9780349116754 407 64 3.64 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/816167.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 4 3 false Mon Mar 03 09:59:03 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 12 08:44:44 -0700 2008
I learned that you don't have to write elloquently to write a book. Marcos keeps telling me I should write children's books. This book was so simple and yet so enjoyable that it makes me wonder if I really could write a book too.
...more...]]> 958368 140009688X 9781400096886 35 6 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179806057m/958368.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958368.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 4 2 false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 22:06:18 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 18:54:36 -0800 2009 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 2 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 11:32:44 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 08:14:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 5 4 false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 09:18:40 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 09:56:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 5 2 false Fri Mar 14 23:29:21 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 14:49:13 -0700 2008 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 2 2 false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Mar 10 13:40:26 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 13:41:59 -0700 2008 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 13:26:38 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 13:40:04 -0700 2007
The book has charm, especially the main character, Precious Ramotswe. (When her much beloved father is on his deathbed, he summons her and says that he is leaving her money for her to start ...more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 1 false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 18:46:04 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 16:23:30 -0700 2008
The heart of this novel is its feminist protagonist, Mma Ramotswe who lives in a precious town in Gaborone, still untouched by technology or South African cosmopolitanism. This book is extremely f...more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 1 false Fri Mar 27 14:00:14 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 08 09:47:14 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 14:00:14 -0700 2009
It's my impression that mystery novels are part puzzle and part vehicle for depicting a cross-section of life in some locale. The puzzle part in No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was never very elaborate. M...more...]]> 3790278 0307456625 9780307456625 29 11 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248993016m/3790278.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3790278.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 5 1 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 13:17:31 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 13:21:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:55:08 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:58:08 -0800 2009
It has nice short chapters with different cases, so it can be picked up and put down easily and can be read while read...more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 2 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 09:24:13 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 11:10:45 -0800 2009 1
This is my first foray into literature set in Africa, and Botswana in particular. Others have mentioned, as does the cover's blurbs, that this is story has hilarious elements in it. While some of Mma Ramotswe antics and detective techniques brought a smile to my f...more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 4 1 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 06:43:07 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 06:45:16 -0800 2009 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 2 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 17:08:28 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 17:20:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7061 1400034779 9781400034772 19579 3035 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255582960m/7061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7061.The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency 3 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 18:53:28 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:05:09 -0800 2009
I liked it. Somehow, the writing came across to me almost as if someone were te...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=816167