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The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Volume I
The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Volume I | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
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Hi, Sherlockians!
This week's guide is short and sweet! *Spoiler alert: There is a summary, too! Discussion questions will be posted by @Cuilin on 3/9. Have a lovely week!
Here's the link: https://bit.ly/49TCdsU

CogsOfEncouragement Awesome. Thanks! 4w
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Thanks for the wonderful idea, @IndoorDame! 🥰

Not surprised my #1 was mystery, though detective fiction is my all-time favorite. I am #sherlocked!

#MagicMarch #FavoriteGenre
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤗

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I pulled this off of my shelves randomly a few weeks ago. I have previously read Adventures of SH, but as this contains the memoirs & Hound of the Baskervilles I have been making my way through it over the past few weeks. It's been wonderful revisiting 221B Baker Street. Sherlock has always been a comfort read for me. Also, Hound etc feels like a gothic masterpiece that subverted audience expectations.

LeahBergen I‘ve always loved the Holmes stories. I should revisit them one day! 2y
vivastory @LeahBergen They're a lot of fun! I plan on reading vol. 2 eventually 2y
batsy Spot on about Hounds. I read it long ago while spending a few nights at a friend's place on a farm and it well and truly creeped me out 😆 Like Leah, I want to revisit the stories and catch up with those I haven't read. 2y
vivastory @batsy I can only imagine how creepy that would have been. I was getting a bit unnerved by it reading it in the middle of the day 😬😂 2y
Branwen Sherlock is one of my comfort reads as well! 💕📚💕 2y
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The Final Problem was published in The Strand Magazine in the UK & in McClure's in the US in December 1893. Yikes! What a Christmas gift. It is also interesting to me that Doyle doesn't introduce Moriarty until The Final Problem.

Richryan52 Are you a fan of pastiche? 2y
Bookwomble I read the tagged yonks ago about the real life Victorian criminal mastermind who inspired Doyle's Moriarty. Fascinating read, made more so for me as I was reading it while at a training centre in a former stately home which I learnt was the scene of one of his most notorious crimes! 2y
vivastory @Bookwomble I had no idea about this case! Thanks for the recommendation. Book synchronicity is always fascinating. I recall years ago finding out that Bonnie and Clyde were nearly captured about 10 minutes away from where I live. After finishing the book I drove to the spot and there was a commemorative plaque 2y
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Bookwomble @vivastory There's a fantastic photo in the Napoleon of Crime book of Worth's bodyguard and hired muscle, a former circus strongman! It's little wonder Doyle was fascinated. And cool being able to take your book along to a site associated with Bobby and Clyde. It must have given a real connection. 2y
Bookwomble @vivastory Bonnie, obviously! I don't think "Bobby" would have survived Bonnie's jealousy for long ? 2y
vivastory @Bookwomble Bonnie & Clyde were quite the pair 🤣 2y
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Sherlock trivia: This is the story where Doyle introduces Mycroft.

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Thanks for all of the Birthday wishes, friends! It definitely brightened my day 👏👏
Further Holmes trivia: according to the footnote from The Crooked Man, this is the sole instance in Doyle's writings of one of Holmes trademark phrases.

sarahbarnes Happy Birthday! Fellow Virgo! 🍻 2y
vivastory @sarahbarnes 🍻 Thanks! When's your birthday? 2y
sarahbarnes It was 8/28! 2y
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Librariana Happy belated birthday, fellow Virgo! 😁😊 I'm sorry I missed sharing good wishes yesterday, but I do hope you had a very enjoyable day! 🎉🎂🎁📚🍺 2y
batsy @sarahbarnes Happy belated birthday! 🎉 2y
vivastory @sarahbarnes Happy belated Birthday 🎉🎂 I hope it was a good one 2y
vivastory @Librariana Thanks, Ana! My birthday is today 👍 I have plans for eating out, drinks & book shopping. No complaints! Has your bday passed? 2y
sarahbarnes @batsy @vivastory thank you!! 😊 2y
Librariana Oh gosh, then ¡Feliz Cumpleaños to you today, my friend! I saw the previous post and thought I had missed it. My birthday is actually a few days away... the 14th, to be exact 😁😊 My plans will likely resemble yours - dinner out (sushi!) and book shopping 🥳 2y
vivastory @Librariana That sounds delightful! I hope that you have a fantastic day! 🎉🎂📚 2y
Megabooks Happy birthday Scott!! I hope it‘s wonderful and full of books! I hope you had a great birthday too @sarahbarnes !! 🥳🥳🥳 2y
sarahbarnes Thanks so much @Megabooks!! 😊 2y
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 2y
Leftcoastzen Yay to dinner , drinks & book shopping!🎂🎉 2y
Bookwomble Happy birthday 🎂🍷📚 Hope you got the books you wanted 😊 2y
Gissy Happy Birthday 🎂 🎉 🎊🥳 2y
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I love when you reach a passage in a book where the title is revealed. Far rarer is when a title is based on the work of another author & not a story that is well known, as is the case with the above inspiration for Haddon's book.

LeahBergen I love this, too! 👍 2y
Megabooks Same!! 2y
Branwen Oh WOW! I somehow never realized this is where Haddon got the inspiration for the title of his book! 2y
Suet624 I had no idea! 2y
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