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****Second read, 2018****
3.75 stars. I have raved about this author here on Goodreads for years. Suffice it to say that he is the cure for what ails ya. His books are medicine for the soul. His The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is my favorite, followed by this one.
If my mood, and corresponding need for comfort reads remains the same, I may finish this series this year. In a way, I don't want to because I like to have lots of his books out there I haven't read, but I've read the Ladies ...more
3.75 stars. I have raved about this author here on Goodreads for years. Suffice it to say that he is the cure for what ails ya. His books are medicine for the soul. His The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is my favorite, followed by this one.
If my mood, and corresponding need for comfort reads remains the same, I may finish this series this year. In a way, I don't want to because I like to have lots of his books out there I haven't read, but I've read the Ladies ...more
Another excellent read in McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series--this is Vol. 4. Lots happened to the various characters connect with the 44 Scotland Street apartment--and Bertie, the young & precocious boy who plays sax and speaks Italian, continues to struggle heroically under overbearing plans of his rather eccentric mother.
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While the stories of the rest of the residents of 44 Scotland Street are reasonable, the ones about Bertie are clearly superior.
Oct 26, 2019
Ann
marked it as dnf
Maybe I needed to read the previous books. I wasn't invested in the characters.
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Nov 16, 2009
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
Mar 14, 2010
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
Jun 12, 2010
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
Feb 20, 2019
Pam
marked it as to-read
Jul 16, 2019
Megan
marked it as to-read
