Sending to someone as a Summer Surprise!

thank you, camis, for this surprise book from my wishlist - this makes me very happy :)

ed. to add: I really enjoyed reading this book and now found someone to pass it on :)

I hope you'll enjoy this book :)

So far I've only read Mma Ramotswes by the same author, so looking forward to moving from Botswana to Edinburgh. Thanks Releanna, didn't even know I had won something!

Kirjakko's friend Elisabeth, 73, read this book, liked it a lot and thought it was interesting. Didn't like the little boy's mother.
Passed the book on to her daughter.

Elisabeth's daughter Micke read the book and said it wasn't easy to get into it as it was a bit shattered. The short stories were first written as articles to a magazine, all telling about the people living on 44 Scotland Street. Having previously read Mma Ramotswe stories, which are told as a whole, continuing story, this took some getting used to. Very slow pace, but when the small pieces started to click into their places you were hooked and had to read on what would happen next. So in the end an enjoyable book, but be patient at first.
The book now returns to Kirjakko, who hasn't read it yet and who will also make the journal entries for E. & M. (who do not have a computer but are avid readers).

The book returned back to home base. Will try to read it soon.

Finally I get around reading this. It was nice to read how this book came to be - life is full of little co-incidences like this. Short chapters with varying characters suit me fine. I'm currently on chapter 11, just here to tell you guys the book is not forgotten.

These short chapters make me wish I went to work by bus - very good reads when knowing to become interrupted soon.
So far Bruce and Irene are on my list of people who should be shaken before use. Get a life, you two! And stop messing with other people.
As always, McCall Smith deals with his favourite subject - ethics.
Still one third to go, but I have to say as long as I remember that his comment on poets made me smile. That people are tremendously nice to them when they are dead. And that is perhaps because some poets are rather awkward when still alive.
Then there was the question of gold teeth. I have two stories connected to them. My godmother has a gold tooth. She once ate something which made the tooth come loose and she swallowed it. Gee, what now? She called her dentist who said the tooth was worth 1000 FIM (this was before euro, so over 15 years ago). My godmother liked to endulge herself in various pleasures, so she was always hard-up. She asked the dentist could anything be done to save the old tooth. Indeed. She should keep an eye for the re-appearance of the tooth, it will be washed then and put back to its place. 1000 FIM was a lot of money back then, so my godmother collected her poop for two long days and hip hooray, then the missing item emerged. So I now know that the passage inside an elderly overweight female takes about two days. I wonder if there is a matching Trivial Pursuit question?
My other story takes us to a goldsmith's shop. I was talking to my friend who used to own one and there was some odd banging on the background the whole time we were on the phone. "What IS that noise?", I asked her. "You do not want to know", she said. Which is the best way to make me overly curious. "If you MUST know - they are taking gold off an old tooth. The relatives of deceased take us gold teeth and we separate the gold from the teeth by banging hard." "Just one question - are the tooth still attached to the deceased?" "No, the hospital removes the teeth for them." Hmm, the things one learns.

God looks down on Belgium
In this chaper Dominica mentiones that she has a list of famous Belgians, but has mislaid it. Angus Laird tells he's composed a hymn about Belgium for the Church of Scotland of all places. The verse goes as follows:

"God's never heard of Belgium,
But loves it just the same,
For God is kind
And does not mind -
He is not impressed with fame."

I wonder if I know any famous Belgian bookcrossers? Hmm. Do I know ANY Belgian bookcossers?
Edit: Silly me, Hippolein is originally Belgian, and he is VERY famous.

Finished. I liked the book although Irene and Bruce continued to infuriate me. Everything else could have happened in real life (Irene, even), but Pat's attraction to Bruce didn't seem real. Surely no woman is that stupid?
There is a BC meet-up next Sunday, I'll take the book along.

[Edit: Noticed that this is on NowInka's wishlist and she is coming to Oxford. Will surprice her]

La donna e mobile...
Oxford was just two weeks away when I noticed this was on Mecu's wishlist. Sorry NowInka, I'm glad I never mentioned that you were about to get a book 😇.

Thanks kirjakko for the wishlist book! You never know, maybe this book will reach also NowInka one day... :)

Oh, I enjoyed my time with the people from 44 Scotland Street! I didn't like "Sunday Philosophy Club", so I was a bit worried about this series. But no worries, I absolutely want to read more about Pat, Domenica, Matthew, Bertie and Big Lou!

Next reader picked this book from EVK-virtuaalipussi at Finnish Forum, enjoy!

What a nice surprise, Mecu, I'm very happy to get this book! I guess, I've enjoyed every book by Alexander McCall Smith but for some reason never read 44 Scotland Street series. Many thanks Mecu and all, including Annelis who kindly gave the book shelter. :)

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