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A Morbid Taste for Bones
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Start date
August 15, 2019
Finish date
September 7, 2019
Why we're reading this
Some members wanted to read a historical mystery, so we have gone for the first in this popular series.

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Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂
I read some of the Brother Cadfael books years ago & found them just ok. May have been my age or (more likely) that this is a series that needs to be read in order. Clearly there is more to the good brother than his skills as a herbalist! No doubt more will be revealed about his past in later books.

I don't know anything about 12th century Wales or England, but certainly Peters had given the narrative & dialogue a very authentic feel. & monastery politics feels like modern office or school staffr
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Gillian Kevern
Shame on me for not reading this sooner! Thoroughly enjoyed this, my first Brother Cadfael mystery.
David Thompson
Jul 20, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Cheryl Bell
Nov 14, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Laurel
Nov 27, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Suzanne Robertson Moutis
Jan 02, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Jamie
Jun 16, 2014 marked it as to-read
Alison Harrison
Aug 03, 2014 marked it as by-the-side-of-my-bed  ·  review of another edition
Gillian Kevern
Jul 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Jan 08, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: tbr-mystery
SewingandCaring
Sep 20, 2021 rated it really liked it
Clare Skeets
Jan 22, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-2017
Jess Penhallow
Nov 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: libby, read-next
Vanessa
May 23, 2019 marked it as murder-mayhem
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Nov 02, 2019 marked it as to-read
Infosifter
Jan 15, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Darcy
Apr 30, 2021 marked it as to-read
Wayne Jordaan
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Donna
Aug 06, 2023 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition