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... I got used copies of the following books. Fasting Feasting by Anita Desai Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook I've been hauling in the used books and just loving it. Even if I can't possibly read all of them ...

... alt="Photobucket" border="0" /> Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann 341 pages / 2005 / Mystery / 4.5 stars / 10-14-09 I fell in love with Three Bags Full in it's very first pages. It's a story ...

... border="0" alt="Photobucket"> Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann 341 pages / 2005 / Mystery / 4.5 stars / 10-14-09 More later.

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann

... - animal-private eyes 27.Pantoufle- Andrea Schacht ++ 28.Die Lauscherin im Beichtstuhl-Andrea Schacht +++ 29.Glennkill- Leonie Swann +++ whodunit´s 30.Tod und Teufel- Frank Schätzing +++ 31.Der Kuß der Kurtisane - Edward Marston +++ 32.Im Schatten der Gerechtigkeit- ...

... - animal-private eyes 27.Pantoufle- Andrea Schacht ++ 28.Die Lauscherin im Beichtstuhl-Andrea Schacht +++ 29.Glennkill- Leonie Swann +++ whodunit´s 30.Tod und Teufel- Frank Schätzing +++ 31.Der Kuß der Kurtisane - Edward Marston +++ 32.Im Schatten der Gerechtigkeit- ...

>120: TadAD, the thing that I found helped with Three Bags Full was just reminding myself that it is meant to be completely odd. I can't stack it up against great literature, but I did enjoy it. Another book... Finally read Mark Haddon's A Spot of Bother, which we will call #49. Haddon, ...

#17 Qui a tué Glenn de Leonie Swann Ayant lu la description faite par grimm dans ses "lectures", j'ai suivi son avis. Même constat semble-t-il: un bon bouquin, bien marrant et rafraichissant.

#17 Qui a tué Glenn de Leonie Swann Ayant lu la description faite par grimm dans ses "lectures", j'ai suivi son avis. Même constat semble-t-il: un bon bouquin, bien marrant et rafraichissant.

>118: I read Three Bags Full earlier this year and had mixed feelings about it. I enjoyed the characters quite a bit, but I thought the plot was a bit light and the excursions into metaphysics slightly disconcerting.

... list. Let me know if you have a chance to read it -- I'd love to hear another opinion. Just finished last night -- #47: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann This is a mystery. But there is a catch: the investigators are sheep. No, really, sheep. Exceptional Irish sheep, actually. And they are ...

... by a phonecall to a surgery that just happens to have employed the murderer and hey presto! the mystery is solved.) 15. Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leona Swann 16. Found Wanting by Robert Goddard Added 6 July 2009 17. Target by Simon Kernick 18. Keeping the Dead ...

Time to break up the thread again...it's getting a bit unwieldy. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 3 (May 2, 2009, 12:04pm)

... Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella 74. Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann 75. Ulysses by James Joyce TadAD in Club Read 2009 : Tad's 2009 Reads (TadAD) (May 1, 2009, 10:44am)

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, translated by Anthea Bell The basic story is a mystery: a shepherd is ...

... height="20" src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_7.gif"> : Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, translated by Anthea Bell Mystery 341 pages The basic story is a mystery: a shepherd is murdered and the book is ...

... height="20" src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_7.gif"> : Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, translated by Anthea Bell Mystery 341 pages The basic story is a mystery: a shepherd is murdered and the book is ...

14. qui a tué Glenn ? de Leonie Swann Le berger George Glenn est mort assassiné dans sa verte prairie irlandaise. Ses moutons décident de mener l'enquête. En dehors de la recherche du meurtrier, ce qui est excellent dans ce livre, c'est la façon dont l'auteur arrive à présenter ...

37. Glenkill by Leonie Swann Despite the english-sounding title and author a german book, the trnslation is called Three bags full. Sheep investigating the murder of their shepherd, watching the human herds behaviour... and misinterpreting it. It's a lot of fun to follow the sheep's reasoning; ...

23. Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann (category 3) ** This was adorable! Who wouldn't love sheepy narration? Swann's characters are easy to like and relate to, despite not being humans--actually, most of the people come off quite poorly. ;) I found the sheeps' observations really cute. Many of the ...

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, "a sheep mystery", Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin, the second in the Inspector Rebus series, and Emma Volumes 6-8 by Kaoru Mori, a great graphic series set in Victorian England. That doesn't include the ones from the public library, Agincourt by Bern ...

There is a novel, written by a German, Leonie Swann who wrote Three Bags Full. A flock of sheep solve the murder of their shepherd.

I read and enjoyed, Three Bags Full, in English also. I talked about it way back at the top of this thread, message #7.

Has anybody read or listened too Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story ? I was surprised to find that it was written in German.

... fad, although I do read those I feel are well written, and those with a fair modicum of wit. Thanks for suggesting Three Bags Full, it does sound intriguing. I doubt I'll find it in the local used book stores, but I will add it to my wish list! One of the most original of the cozy " ...

... her nose into murders that happen on her doorstep) has kind of kept me away from mysteries lately. But I did just pick up Three Bags Full which is of all things, a murder mystery where the sheep are the detectives. I know it sounds a bit theme-y, but it's really not, and the sheep are great.

Three Bags Full sounds like fun if only for the novelty :) Nice reviews.

Thanks for your review of Three Bags Full, it made me interested in reading it. Have you tried Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocolypse? It's a very offbeat mystery.

... target="_blank"> Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann I loved the idea of this book - the murder of a shepherd solved by his flock of sheep. However, I didn't find the execution of the idea as ...

I read Three Bags Full in German (Glenkill) and loved it. I do wonder if the translation could be an issue as I'm finding that when I read a book by a Scandinavian author (I have a thing for Northern European crime novels) in English it's often much less satisfying than another book by the same ...

I'm reading Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann which is a murder story involving sheep as the crime-solvers.

... ** 2. In the Woods, Tana French (completed 1/07/09) *** 3. The Likeness, Tana French (completed 1/27/09) **** 4. Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann (completed 3/16/2009) ** 5. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Kate Summerscale (completed 4/26/09) *** 6. Notes on a Scandal, Zoe Heller (com ...

Just started Three Bags Full b Leonie Swann, the sheep detective novel. I also have Right as Rain by George Pelecanos to read over Christmas.

I'm currently reading The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe. Then my reading over the Christmas holiday will be: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Right as Rain by George Pelecanos Fat Man in History by Peter Carey (I've read the title story already but not the rest of the collection) ...

... reading 9 books from different countries. Here are a few I've come across. Out by Natsuo Kirino Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Ice Moon by Jan Costin Wagner Naked Came the Manatee by Hiaasen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The ...

... Who Couldn't Sleep was counting sheep when he discovered a Wolf in Sheeps Clothing. The Big Bad Wolf was found to have Three Bags Full of stolen wool, so was Hanged for a Sheep.

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann

92: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann - 10/22/08-10/24/08-4.40

... of 'what does this really mean'. Interesting setting and story. This isn't genre, though it has a fantastic element. Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. About a flock of sheep in rural Ireland, whose shepherd is murdered. The sheep try to solve the murder. They aren't alien or magical, ...

... year progresses plus any new authors in book club reads if it is something I'm actually intersted in reading) 1. Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann 2. Underground Man by Mick Jackson 3. The Flood by David Maine 4. The Man who ...

Three Bags Full All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Pappy Boyington Who Killed Cock Robin? Kevin O'Malley Alive, Alive Oh Osbert Sitwell

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

Three Bags Full. Although, I think something was, literally, lost in the translation.

I finished Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann and enjoyed it. The sheep POV was very well done - not cutesy at all. I am debating whether to start The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox, an almost 700 page whopper for a local book group due in 11 days or try to sneak in a book of my own: Le ...

Well I finished Three Bags Full. I enjoyed it, especially the sheep POV. Not so crazy about the solution to the mystery though. I looked on the net, at her English-Language publishers, and on Amazon.uk (where an English version would show up first). Didn't see anything about any new ...

... the problem of translators. In any event, I personally couldn't recommend those books. #147 FicusFan: I really loved Three Bags Full! I haven't checke recently--does she have another book out?

... (NF) Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny (NF) Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith Ovid by David Wishart *LT Inspired Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Used from Borders.com, and *LT Inspired Death at the Crossroads by Dale Furutani Jade Palace Vendetta by Dale Furutani Kill The Sh ...

It was On That Dark Night that those unwitting knitters, after making Three Bags Full of tomatoes for The Good Fairies of New York, met up with The Princess and the Goblin (a.k.a., The Witch Child), who were celebrating The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy (a.k.a., The Little Prince), ...

... Farm by Bill Willingham Cows of our Planet: a Far Side Collection by Gary Larson The Three Pigs by David Wiesner Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

A novel I read last year, Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann was quite funny. It was written in German, but the setting is Ireland. The characters are all sheep. I also think that Jorge Luis Borges could be funny.

#137 FicusFan: Three Bags Full is a kick in the pants! The sheep are really terrific.

... ordered it in the store last night and I picked it up tonight !. I was there to get another book we talked about here, Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, the translated German sheep-detectives mystery. It was released today in paper. Still reading the Barbara Nadel book though, so I can't ...

I've also read Glennkill by Leonie Swann, and pretty much liked it, though I was quite skeptical about it beforehand. That makes four for this year so far (plus the books I don't remember ...) - not that much. Then there have been several anthologies of which I've read just some texts - do ...

Three Bags Full, where a flock of sheep, led by Miss Maple, solve a crime, could be considered literary.

... Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott Medicus by Ruth Downie After Dark by Haruki Murakami Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

I guess Three Bags Full about sheep who become detectives when their shepherd is murdered is in this category.

I would consider the Three Bags Full : a sheep detective story, as it is funny. There are medical aspects to The bonesetter's Daughter that would tend for me not to want to read it in the hospital.

I had this problem (Safari) with Three Bags full. So, when I edited, I decided that the problem was with the arrow return page button, and instead I hit a tab like Blog or About to make sure that it stayed and it did. (i.e. I figured I shouldn't go back to Adding Books or go to the catalog or ...

... but reminiscent of the Newfoundland I know (as The Shipping News, set in NW Nfld, is a place I don't know). Three Bags Full : a sheep detective story is set in Ireland, in which the sheep, led by Miss Maple do the detective work. Smilla's Sense of Snow is a detective story ...

In the process of editing my works page of Three Bags Full, the work got expunged from my libary -- not sure how. So, I've re-entered it (the original entry was from at least 4-5 months ago).

... The Rabbi's Cat and I'm sure would like it to. Kafka on the Shore has some cat narration in it (set in Japan). And Three Bags Full is entirely narrated from the sheep point of view - written originally in German, but set in Ireland. And I did read this in 2007.

My favorite books this year were: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami translated from Japanese Three Bags Full : a sheep detective story by Leonie Swann, translated from German And I did like The Yacoubian Building.

16. Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. A hilarious mystery with a flock of sheep detectives. What a hoot! 17. The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa. A masterpiece. There is a section describing a ball, towards the end, that is as superb a bit of writing as I have ever read.

Leonie Swann's Three Bags Full : A Sheep Detective Story is very funny, although not great literature. It tells of a flock of sheep in Ireland, including Miss Maple, who try to solve the death of their shepherd.

... walk into a bar: understanding philosophy through jokes. I chuckle every time I pick it up. Earlier this year I read Three Bags Full : a sheep detective story by Leonie Swann. A flock of sheep solve the mystery of the death of their shepherd, led by Miss Maple. Ingenius and funny. ...

Three Bags Full : A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann

60. Three Bags Full : a sheep detective story by Leonie Swann What does a flock of sheep do when their sheperd is murdered? They go out of their way to solve the crime of course. At least that's what these smart sheep from Glennkill do... A fantastic tale told from the viewpoint of the ...

I've finished Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. It's about a flock of sheep who are intent on solving the mystery surrounding the death of their shepherd. I'm still reading The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge. I manage a couple of chapters a week. I'm about to start Middlesex by Je ...

~ September ~ Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann - A murder mystery where the sleuths are a flock of sheep intent on solving the murder of their shepherd. Easy to read and quite entertaining. Total read to date: 33.5 books

Just finished All Mortal Flesh too, which was amazingly good. Now starting on Three Bags Full.

... the book. The author did a wonderful job of skewering all the diet/food fads people are into. I think I'll tackle Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann next.

My wife is 3/4 thru HP7, then I get it. I did read a very funny detective story, Three Bags Full in which all the detective work is done by sheep, particularly Miss Maple {sic}. Baaah!

Lisa Goldstein has written two novels under the pen name of Isabel Glass. The author of Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story, writes under the pen name of Leonie Swann. I am reading it now, and it is very funny. I don't know Swann's real name, except that she is German.

I just started reading a very funny detective story, Three Bags Full : A sheep detective story, by Leonie Swann. The back cover states, "the internationally bestselling novel of crime busting sheep." Very funny and clever, even though I'm only up to page 12. My wife obtained it but she ...

Funny I am waiting for a sheep book in the UK to go into mmpb. It is called Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. It is a mystery story with a sheep detective. It is originally published in German and a poster from Germany mentioned it on another site I am on. It is supposed to be funny as ...