#BookBracket
@CSeydel
How does one choose a better Sherlock? #toughchoice
I love completing 2 brackets; they will definitely turn out differently! 🤩
#BookBracket
@CSeydel
How does one choose a better Sherlock? #toughchoice
I love completing 2 brackets; they will definitely turn out differently! 🤩
I read it for the first time. I had no clue that the story was connected to India. Though it is hard to think about the colonialism, racism, and aftermath I admire the author's appropriate incorporation of historical events. I just finished this book and now enjoying reading the discussion. Thank you for hosting #noplacelikeHolmes @dabbe and @Cuilin
In this second novel Mr. Holmes is contacted by a young woman who has been receiving some strange letters and she wants his help. This leads to an investigation into her dad‘s disappearance many years before and into a present day murder.
A book about greed, colonialism and war
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@dabbe @Cuilin
Enjoyed this for the #NoPlaceLikeHolmes BR. I read it years ago and chose to do the reread with an audiobook. I give it 4⭐️. Again.
Still time to join us for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which is a short story collection. We discuss the first one Saturday 2/24.
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
The 2nd story immediately introduces Holmes's needle dependence on cocaine, which he uses when overcome with ennui at the absence of a case to solve. One finally comes in the form of Mary Morstan (Watson's future wife), and we are taken to the outskirts of London, to flashbacks in India, and on a suspenseful boat chase down the Thames, all while viewing the negative effects of Victorian social status and colonialism. #whataride
I enjoyed this more than the first book. The mystery wasn‘t too difficult to guess, but it was fun to see Holmes‘ deductions. A couple of things surprised me - the quick romance and the casual depiction of use of cocaine by you-know-who! And Toby made me smile.
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
Though I struggled with the story at the end, I overall enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes story. The reader gets to learn a bit more of the idiosyncrasies of Holmes that are so well known. Poor Watson…not picking up the clues like Holmes! 😂
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheSignofFour
#dd #discussionday @Cuilin
We can't wait to read your thoughts, Sherlockians! 🕵🏻♀️🔎🕵️♂️
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheSignofFour
#dd #discussionday @Cuilin
We can't wait to read your thoughts, Sherlockians! 🕵🏻♀️🔎🕵️♂️
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheSignofFour
#dd #discussionday @Cuilin
We can't wait to read your thoughts, Sherlockians! 🕵🏻♀️🔎🕵️♂️
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheSignofFour
#dd #discussionday @Cuilin
We can't wait to read your thoughts, Sherlockians! 🕵🏻♀️🔎🕵️♂️
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheSignofFour
#dd #discussionday @Cuilin
We can't wait to read your thoughts, Sherlockians! 🕵🏻♀️🔎🕵️♂️
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheSignofFour
#dd #discussionday @Cuilin
We can't wait to read your thoughts, Sherlockians! 🕵🏻♀️🔎🕵️♂️
Received my #NoPlaceLikeHolmes Sherlock merch! 🤩🔎
Thank you for all the hard work @dabbe @Cuilin
Will be starting the tagged book for our monthly read 👌.
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 I came across the word chaplet in chapter 4 of the tagged book. I had heard the word before from Mom and a friend of hers referring to the Divine Chaplet of Mercy. But I‘ve never heard it in any other context. I think definition 2 is the meaning intended by Conan Doyle, a necklace.
Love this one. Our #NoPlaceLikeHolmes discussion is still to come so I‘m waiting for it to share my thoughts.
#BookSpinBingo #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #readyourebooks #readyourTBR #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024
#weekendreads
@rachelsbrittain
Almost finished with THE SIGN OF FOUR [#NoPlaceLikeHolmes]; still slogging through THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV [#pemberlittens/#hashtagbrigade]; hoping to start and finish THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN [#NancyDrewBR].
What's everyone else reading this weekend? 🤩
#MotivationalMonday
Thanks for the tag, @Cupcake12! 😍
1. Get an ultrasound (fun!/#notreally), write #LitsyLove letters (definitely fun!), clean & organize the house (not so much fun), read (always fun!).
2. I barely do. Crap is everywhere! Hence my plans in #1. 🤩
3. Currently on the seedy side of London in the 1880s with Holmes and Watson in the tagged book.
Play? @AmyG @aroyse @AnnR @CBee @Eggs @TheSpineView @The_Penniless_Author
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
“SHERLOCK HOLMES took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. “
Sherlock's getting ready to do some cocaine. 😳
from @dabbe Hi, Sherlockians!
Time to go on another adventure with our favorite dynamic duo, Holmes and Watson. Below is a link to some interesting background information re: this story with lots of cool photos. Note: There is a summary, too, so *spoiler alert! Discussion questions will be posted on 2/17. We're also working on a calendar for the entire canon, so stay tuned!
Link to guide: https://bit.ly/3HGTqtF
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
Hi, Sherlockians!
Time to go on another adventure with our favorite dynamic duo, Holmes and Watson. Below is a link to some interesting background information re: this story with lots of cool photos. Note: There is a summary, too, so *spoiler alert! Discussion questions will be posted on 2/17. We're also working on a calendar for the entire canon, so stay tuned!
Link to guide: https://bit.ly/3HGTqtF
Our next read for February, Discussion date 2/17/24
Thanks @dabbe for the amazing questions.
@LitsyEvents
@AnneCecilie @PageShifter @IndoorDame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @Tineke @Larken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @CatLass007
Received my #NoPlaceLikeHolmes packet of goodies on the same day that I got my next installment of my Sherlock Holmes Penguin Library collection, so that felt like kismet!!
Thanks for the fun and for organizing our readalong @Dabbe @Cuilin !!
My great-grandmother came from Ireland in the 1800s and settled in Marylebone. Across the road was a work house; close to where Madam Tussaud‘s is. She had a hard life growing up. She eventually moved to the Cally in Islington. I used to visit when she lived in the flats next to Pentonville prison. She often told me how kindly Mr Holmes would give her and her street-urchin friends a shilling to run some errand or follow some rascal, up to no good.
#MayMontage
#Author's2ndBook
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
56 short stories and 4 novels = the canon of SH by C-Doyle. The second book of the four is this one. 🔎
Such an incredible exhibit of 221 pieces of Sherlock memorabilia at the Lilly Library at IU. So many beautiful editions, illustrations, and original pages of manuscripts. 📚
Haven't done any language learning all week but glad to get back into the groove and why not in the hot sun 🌞
#BookCoverChallenge
Day 239.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.
Classic Sherlock Holmes novel which mixes all the things we love about him with the more than questionable attitudes of the time.
Much better transitioning in this one. I wasn't left feeling like I had whiplash with the drastic changes in scenery the way Study in Scarlet did.
I finished this just in time to go see a stage resting of The Sign of the Four tonight! It‘s a good book, but it was very racist. I understand that it‘s a sign of the times and all, but very racist. I liked the plot and the story telling, but I have to give it 3⭐️
I have to say Dr. Watson cracks me up. Oh, I adore his character. 🤗
This was another very interesting read about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Through their journey in discovering the meaning behind the Sign of the Four and the lost treasure, I laughed and explored all theories along side them.
A must read for any true crime and mystery fan. A bit dragging at times but overall great story telling.
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Another brilliant Holmes and Watson adventure. Like a Study in Scarlet it's something that I've come back to time and again over the years.
Loved this little mystery set in London and yet having prolific connections to India particularly Awadh which is where I hail from!
#OutstandingOctober been busier than usual this week
3) 1 audiobook
4) 6 1/2 hours total
@TheAromaofBooks #BookSpinBingo #15
Warning - angry, sorry not sorry... I can not condone this. My issues lie with the plot which is heavily influenced by the British Imperialist setting. The exoticism & generalization of the East enforced by the West's othering agenda is all over this. Full review/rant on #Goodreads
Honestly somewhat bland as far as Holmes stories go. I kept thinking, when will the intrigue come in... and then it ended.
A novel I had not read. I think Sherlock Holmes is always a good choice. I really like the Watson and Holmes characters as individuals as well as their friendship.
A good read, this second Sherlock Holmes story has it all: a mystery, murders, a treasure, a damsel in need of assistance, talk about Sherlock's cocaine addiction, some bad racist talk. Now I know why they're called Adventures and not just Mysteries. I enjoyed it but not a lot so not a strong pick but still one.
Another square on my #BookSpinBingo card in a strange month with less reading than I wanted and still haven't finished my book spins.
I find this not as enjoyable as A Study In Scarlet or the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. There‘s a missing treasure, poison darts, a one wooden-leg suspect, & Dr Watson fell in love! Some racists remarks/portrayal which I frowned upon, decent mystery, good characterisation. The most memorable part is Holmes‘ use of cocaine in the very beginning, said to ‘stimulate his brain‘ as he was bored with no cases.
#Booked2020 #EccentricMC
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another great Sherlock Holmes story! This is the one that Holmes‘s cocaine addiction is first discussed, and Watson was not happy about it. The mystery was very involved. Now the only thing I did not like was that it does read as racist in parts and there is a slightly boring part when Holmes is looking for a boat. It‘s still a good pick. #novelwatchingcrew #NWC
Recommended by a friend because it was recommended to read Sherlock Holmes books for this month's #NovelWatchingCrew (#NWC) book club reads. So again me and my Bingos :) I like to amend them to my benefit!
#MayBookBingo #Challenge #LibraryBingo