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The Colors of All the Cattle - Smith - 3 stars
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I need to catch up. I think I'm 2 behind. I usually like to stay one behind so that I know if I really need to read one of these, there is one in the wings to read.
I'm 3 behind, I think (Maybe now, 4...) Love this series. Like visiting old friends.
Book Concierge wrote: "I'm 3 behind, I think (Maybe now, 4...) Love this series. Like visiting old friends."I discovered I was 3 behind as well. How did that happen? I may open up 2019 by catching up.
I’m 3 or 4 behind too - definitely need to catch up. I love this series so much. McCall Smith obviously adores Botswana, where he’s lived and spent so much time in since. And apparently he’s got the delightful nature of the people and their warmth and values down to a T. My former boss had to go to Botswana for an international meeting and she loved it too. I insisted that she brought me back a photo of the Tlokweng Road (no garage belonging to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni though)...
Audio performance by Lisette Lecat
3 stars
An antidote for United States election agony, to be taken with several cups of Trader Joe’s Rooibos & Honeybush Tea.
It’s election time in Gaborone. Violet Sephotho is the only candidate running for an open city council seat. THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN. Mma Potokwani is on a mission to stop the construction of The Big Fun Hotel right next to the cemetery. (So disrespectful to the late people. So contrary to the old Botswana morality). Mma Ramotswe is not interested in a political career. Mma Potokwani says that it is her duty. We all know how that will end.
There seemed to be more turmoil in this book, a bit more of an edgy message from the author. But, not too much of an edge. This is very much a fictional Botswana. I wonder just what the actual residents of the real Gaborone think of this white man’s rendition of their country and their culture. I find it restful. Even this book which ramped up the real world tension a tiny bit, was still hopeful and peaceful at the end.