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getting old in mke

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2. The Mma Ramotswe series

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:36 PM

Jul 2012

are gentle and pleasant. Sounds a bit like damning with faint praise, but I've enjoyed them and love the audio readings with Lisette Lescaux. Even the ones I've read in Book 1.0 have had her voice going in my head.

Of course, I hear her voice when I'm reading Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu books because they're also set in Botswana, and that is way, way less appropriate because the duo-using-the-psuedonym is far from gentle.

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Alexander McCall Smith - Anyone familiar with his books? [View all] fadedrose Jul 2012 OP

Smith's books are more like Beaton's than like Cotterill's Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #1

Some describe Cotterill's as dark humor fadedrose Jul 2012 #3

Beaton's books are not like McCall's... fadedrose Sep 2012 #9

Forgot to add, I agree with you fadedrose Sep 2012 #10

The Mma Ramotswe series getting old in mke Jul 2012 #2

I had to look up Michael Stanley in Fantastic Fiction fadedrose Jul 2012 #4

Ah, yes, I love the Mma Ramotswe books, and the readings by Lisette...wonderful! classof56 Aug 2012 #5

Just ordered the first two Det. Kubu books... fadedrose Sep 2012 #11

I have not been able to get into his books, although they are wildly popular SheilaT Aug 2012 #6

I've tried books from three of his series Retrograde Sep 2012 #7

I had to look up the word "twee" fadedrose Sep 2012 #8