#The Swifts

[blogthefiresidechats]

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Well, as you can guess, I made another run at the bookstore. Today I actually got to visit two different bookstores….came home with 10 more books to add to the collection. My hubby and I didn’t really get to do anything for Valentine’s Day because we were both working. So much hubby took the day off from work today so that we could spend the day doing fun stuff.

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#Beth Lincoln #Bora Chung #Come Closer #hardcover #Hollowthorn #Kalyn Josephson #Megan Lally #Michiko Aoyama #ND Stevenson #Nimona #Our Lady of the Mysterious Ailments #paperback #Ravenfall #Sara Gran #T. L. Huchu #That&039;s Not My Name #The Mystery at Dunvecan Castle #The Swifts #What you are looking for is in the library #Your Utopia

[detectivereads]

The Swifts A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

5/5

This review is fan entertainment, I’m not being paid.

If you looked up “amazing” in the dictionary you would find a picture of this book.

This book gave me high hopes that it would give me a challenge to enjoy reading, and for a middle-grade book, it has given me the run around. Halfway through the book I had so many emotions, a lot of the time I was feeling a lot of frustration towards some of the characters, which I will get into in a bit. What I want to say is this is one of the best middle-grade books I have read this year.

We have a very quirky family that is getting ready for the annual family reunion. This family has unique names, and some (if not most) believe that what your name means in the dictionary is how you turn out to be.

For example: one of the characters (one that frustrated me to no end and kept me questioning myself and the book of how they heck did this man get his job or clients) name is Gumshoe Swift, as his name entitles, he is a “detective” but seeing how he views matter that pertains to a crime and not really listening to advice (or use common sense). He doesn’t wear gloves when handling evidence, he is so sure that women can’t be criminals, he even questions the scientist of the group of why she was going to get fingerprint powder, now I will give him a point that the criminal could easy wipe the evidence, but he still should have checked.

 Our main character is named Shenanigan Swift. She is the youngest out of her family (not the whole family out of her immediate family) she has two older sisters, the eldest is name Felicity Swift and the middle child Phenomena Swift. 

The whole of the book is about a treasure on the family land that was hidden by their ancestor after he murdered his brother for his part of the inheritance, and when the first brother died, their sister comes back and started a family reunion to find the treasure. So, the family would get together led by either a Matriarch or Patriarch of the family.

Shenanigan is then led on the adventure of a lifetime. Where relatives are slowly being bumped off and fingers are being pointed at other family members. Family bonds between family members and Shenanigan are tested.

When I got half way through the book, my mind went into overdrive of whodunit, I was thinking about this one particular character because the clues led back to them, but when the reveal happen it wasn’t the person I originally thought but a completely different person. I was one shocked but had an inkling that it was them, and two I wanted full on deck this guy for what they have done to the people around them.

I digress, this book is an amazing read, a prefect closed door mystery where you won’t know what will happen, there is an array of characters that finding the criminal does make it a challenge.

I am hoping and praying that there is going to be more books in the series I want more thrilling mysteries!!

#the swifts a dictionary of scoundrels #book review #book recommendations #mysteries #detective #middle grade #the swifts #a dictionary of scoundrels

[bookbaran]

Of course a narrative about how names and labels don't define you needs to include a nonbinary person who has chosen their own name.

#the swifts

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Middle School Monday: The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln, with illustrations by Claire Powell 

Shenanigan Swift is a little sister and a troublemaker. Growing up with her sisters Felicity and Phenomena, plus Uncle Maelstrom and Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, Shenanigan definitely lives up to her name by making lots of mischief. But since everyone in the Swift family was named by a random word in the Family Dictionary, is it possible that Shenanigan has no control over what kind of person she is?

Shenanigan is obsessed with finding the treasure that was rumored to be hidden in their house by her Grand-Uncle Vile. Unfortunately, everyone else in the family wants to find the treasure, too. And when the Swift Family Reunion begins, there will be many more family members all searching at the same time. But when one of those relatives pushes Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude down the stairs, things get a lot more complicated. Will Shenanigan be able to locate the treasure AND find the criminal in their midst?

Give this book to older kids and younger teens who enjoy smart protagonists, twisty mysteries, and suspenseful stories!

#Middle School Monday #The Swifts #A Dictionary of Scoundrels #Beth Lincoln #Claire Powell #Kid Lit #mystery #kid detective #Kingsbridge Library #NYPL

[a-frog-in-a-bog]

#anti taylor swift

[lady-raziel]

i'm sorry but this is the only submission to this trend that i'll consider giving any thought to

#taylor swift #RAW AS FUCK #oh my god monica lewinsky with a steel chair oh my god

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#taylor swift #music #twitter #tweets #tweet #meme #memes #funny #lol

[willgrahamscock]

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

#it was an era #superwholock #is that even a tag #taylor swift #supernatural #doctor who #bbc sherlock

[randomfansstuff]

crying

#misha collins #taylor swift #twitter #supernatural

[hollowboobtheory]

really? another album? didn't she just make one??

#beck rambles #anti taylor swift #not really but i don't feel like getting my head on a pike right now

[paper-mario-wiki]

i love to make fun of notorious white woman Taylor Swift and all of her embarrassing attempts to appear deeper than a plate of soup.

#text #random thought #taylor swift

[uchihaculture]

#one piece #jujutsu kaisen #bungou stray dogs #naruto #good omens #satosugu #vashwood #zosan #soukoku #sasusaku #destiel #bakudeku #makoharu #gruvia #inuyasha #genshin impact #barbie #taylor swift #red white and royal blue

[mens-rights-activia]

#meme #taylor swift

[bookbaran]

I bought The Swifts by Beth Lincoln, The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton, A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar, Fairy Tale by Stephen King, and A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Plus I just started by library book, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake. And I'm still reading What If? 2 by Randall Munroe.

There are too many good things! I don't know what to read!

#the swifts #beth lincoln #the marvellers #dhonielle clayton #a million to one #adiba jaigirdar #fairy tale #stephen king #a psalm for the wild built #becky chambers #astrid parker doesn't fail #ashley herring blake #what if? 2 #randall munroe

[iridessence]

rich people are so boring. Private jets for intra-US travel? if i was a multimillionaire I’d have my own old timey gilded train car and take my sweet ass time going everywhere. sorry, you won’t see my ass for 5-7 business days while I’m going through the mountains with no cell service but a well paid private chef that specializes in gluten free cuisine, bye

#Taylor swift #is boring af on all fronts #every single one #text post

[the-swift-tricker]

jonathan harker on may 12th: i witnessed with abject terror as the count descended the sheer stone wall of the castle face first as a lizard would. the unmitigated horror of the spectacle haunts my waking hours like an inescapable nightmare. this man or this thing shall surely be my undoing.

jonathan harker on may 15th: saw the old bastard do the crawling trick again and honestly fuck him it's not even that impressive i don't even care anymore i hope he falls.

#dracula daily #dracula #jonathan harker #swift-tricker's posts