A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)

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The diverse discussions among the characters remind me of an oak that sprouts numerous branches - the conversations can go anywhere. Precious Ramotswe and her life in Botswana is a place I am always eager to curl up on the couch for. Faced with more than her fair share of domestic problems, Mma Makutsi deals with it all with her usual grace. Some of the books have more substantial plots than others, and there is always a sprinkling of humor.

The agency was going through a quiet spell—several major inquiries had recently been satisfactorily concluded—and she had no appointments that day. B. Matekoni would have replaced the van at the drop of a hat, but Mma Ramotswe was as loyal to machinery as she was to people, and steadfastly refused to countenance the purchase of a new vehicle. Tea had remarkable calming properties when administered mid-crisis, and that, perhaps, was what was needed now. After his first- ever visit to the dentist, Charlie is dismayed to learn what will be needed to keep his teeth from falling out.For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

A Song of Comfortable Chairs is just that: time out in a comfy chair where the rhythms of Africa sweep over you. Parking the van in its accustomed place under an acacia tree, Mma Ramotswe walked past the entrance to the garage.Most people longed for the day when they might tune into a news broadcast and hear the announcer say, 'I'm sorry, everybody, but nothing has happened. I Ladies Detective Agency books and I thoroughly enjoyed the series on HBO several years ago which was a compilation of several books. Of course, Grace cannot accept or credit Charlie's unorthodox methods of solving the case, now concluded with a happy ending. Alexander is also the author of collections of short stories, academic works, and over thirty books for children.

This then morphs into a discussion of small and big men; of a man with very short muscular legs like tree trunks; of termites felling trees; etc. The traffic was light, as the morning rush was over, and she did not push her van beyond a stately fifteen miles an hour, a speed at which it seemed to be most comfortable and at which the fewest rattles and other worrying noises emerged from the engine compartment. The first half gathers information in bits and pieces, while the ‘solving process’ begins in the latter part. I recommend it to all cozy mystery lovers looking for a book with great characters, an entertaining mystery, and an underlying sense of kindness.

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Their chairs are futuristic in design, with modern devices to adjust the height of the chairs and enable them to recline.She shares the office with Grace Makutsi, whom she once hired as a secretary and considers a friend. I feel like I just was in Botswana visiting with my friend, Mma Ramose and all her family and friends. The experience is like sitting on a rocking chair on a front porch on a warm day, overlooking a lake filled with small sailboats. I even tried witching from ebook to audio (the Lisette Lecat's voice was sooo soothing, I kinda want her to read me bedtime stories). The real art in going through life with dignity and with a modicum of happiness was to accept what you were, and, at the same time, to accept others and to love them all equally.