The Full Cupboard of Life: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

As always, these books give me such a different perspective that I am drawn to re-think what seems normal! I love the narrator's ability to inject each voice with such individuality! It is as though I can see that person as well as hear!! These are stories to cherish....

These books are proving to be a happy read. You know that book that feels like it could go wrong, but there's always a happy ending. Each book builds on the other, but the author was smart to recap the main characters for us in a way that's not boring. I'm totally into the story telling parts of the book as well. What I mean by that is, each time characters interact they tell each other the entire story as to how they got o be in the situation that they are in or whatever the case my be. And, initially I thought, serious who talks like this, and I realized that I do. :)

Yes, I am quite sure I would read it again. Such a joyful read with so much goodness and wisdom at its core.

Precious Ramotswze is at her best in this very witty novel. If you were to want an example of a person with excellent values she is perfect. Her charm and sense of compassion is boundless. She is a gem of a character.

Lisette is one of my favorites. As usual her performance is impecable.

Experience life, love, and courage at its best.

Lisette is excellent in the way she brings the characters to life. She is one of the reasons why audio books are my favorite way to read or should I say listen to a book. Makes the story so much more vivid and compelling.

Yes, Why not? The performance is worth multilple listenings.

The complex multiple parallel story lines keep me interested from beginning to end.

Lisette Lecat's use of different voices really brings the characters to life. Perfectly portraying each charcaters' personality.

It is very easy to become engrossed with the story lines and want to keep on listening to find out their resolutions.

I find this reader's voice and accent very relaxing to listen to and the stories in this series are equally lovely. Highly recommend. :-)

Top 1/4....always sweet, suspenseful, yet full of heavy topics, good morals and chuckles.

I love the quirky repetitiousness of the characters personalities and names...it adds a unique humor and lightness to even some very serious topics.

Her accents are gorgeous and she makes the Botswanan atmosphere come alive.

Mme. is back!

The #1 Ladies Detective Agency series is pretty uneventful with not much sluthing or who-done it. The books are a slice of life from a part of the world that is very different from white-bread America. The characters are moderately engaging but there's not much plot line. The narator is supurb and it's interesting to hear how the names are pronounced. I've listened to about a half dozen of this series and I enjoy them for what they are and don't expect real mysteries or detective work.

They are all about the same. The characters are all about the same. The detection work is all about the same. 'Nuff said!

I couldn't spell any of the names if I tried.

Yes, but I like British comedy too, so that may not be a recomendation to many people.

The books are worth listening to if for no other reason that we live in a big diverse world. Learning about how other peoples and cultures thrive in this less than perfect world is enjoyable to me. I'm halfway through all 13 books and look forward to hearing the rest of the series.

Yes, in fact this is my second listening

Mma Ramotswe, of course. She has the ability to do what she thinks is best even when it looks wrong to others or someone is telling her to do it. She sees past the immediate situation to a better end result and acts accordingly

She is able to tell you who is speaking by her voice; she sounds like she's submersed in the story as well.

Don't know.

As usual, Alexander McCall Smith delivers a beautiful book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. I am always amazed that a man has written these stories, and a white, non-African man at that! This is a wonderful look at the culture of Botswana and the vivid, funny, and poignant characters Smith has created and keeps fresh and alive.

The narrator of these books has a beautiful array of voices at her command. She easily deserves five stars. The characters in these books are in some odd way fascinating. Now for a leap into the impossible: the sentences are mostly atrocious. The author repeats himself ad nauseam; his seeming inability to use a personal pronoun to stand in for any character's name is pedantic and, one begins to imagine, paternalistic. To echo the formality of speech in Botswana is one thing, to fill pages of a book with mind-numbing guilelessness is quite another. No reference or irony or pun goes unexplained, either. Full marks to AMcS for bringing us this beautiful country; it's time he let them exist in all their potential complexity. I would venture to guess that a good copy editor could pare down the whole ten (?) volumes (maybe 15 audio hours) to two without losing a scintilla of subtlety.