{"id":11401,"date":"2019-01-17T18:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T23:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11401"},"modified":"2021-06-02T19:09:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:09:37","slug":"inspector-hobbes-and-the-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11401","title":{"rendered":"Inspector Hobbes and the Curse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W2esJV\">Inspector Hobbes and the Curse<\/a><\/em> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/Martin_Wilkie.php\">Wilkie Martin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W2esJV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Inspector-Hobbes-and-the-Curse.jpg?resize=189%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Inspector-Hobbes-and-the-Curse.jpg?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Inspector-Hobbes-and-the-Curse.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>This is the second Inspector Hobbes book.<\/p>\n<p>Weirdly, I still can&#8217;t decided how I feel about this series. It&#8217;s very silly, but it sometimes feels like it&#8217;s trying too hard to achieve that silliness.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wolfifesting is the process whereby a werewolf transforms into wolf form; it\u2019s the opposite of manifesting.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>OK. That bit was clever. But other bits are just a bit much.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t want to read the next book, it just means I have no interest in pay more than a dollar or two for the next book.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: The Witcherley Book<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspector Hobbes and the Curse (2013) Wilkie Martin This is the second Inspector Hobbes book. Weirdly, I still can&#8217;t decided how I feel about this series. It&#8217;s very silly, but it sometimes feels like it&#8217;s trying too hard to achieve that silliness. Wolfifesting is the process whereby a werewolf transforms into wolf form; it\u2019s the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,292,2,8,42,16],"tags":[349,348],"class_list":["post-11401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-mystery","category-police","category-supernatural","tag-inspector-hobbes","tag-wilkie-martin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-2XT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11834,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11834","url_meta":{"origin":11401,"position":0},"title":"Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers","author":"Michelle","date":"April 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers (2014) Wilkie Martin The third Inspector Hobbes \/ Unhuman book. 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