A Journey to Three Pines: a Deep Dive into Louise Penny's Mystery Series
A Journey to Three Pines Episode 9 - How The Light Gets In
17 Jun 2025
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you've read the book before listening to the episode. As you've come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. 1:43 - Putting the Book Into Context How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny Published Aug 27, 2013 by Minotaur Books 4.48 rating on Goodreads Seasonal setting - Winter Book Awards: Edgar Award nomination for best novel, Publisher's Weekly Best Mystery/Thriller book of 2013, one of Washington Post's top 10 books of the year, one of NPR's best books of 2013. Critic Reviews Meredith's and Roxanna's encounters with the book 9:24 - The Setup 11:21 - A Deeper Exploration First paragraph The pacing of the novel Dual plots that compliment each other perfectly Themes: how the light gets in, community and resistance, Subtle light vs dark - Surete vs Three Pines Dogs Ruth's addiction not a problem to solve in the series Canadian aspects Article about corruption in Quebec Dionne quintuplets wiki The ending 1:21:52 - Superlatives Character MVP Biggest loser Best food description Is this book skippable? The next book will be The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
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