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Such a nice surprise came in the mail this morning. Robin Brock @robinb sent this to me unexpectedly as she was attempting to divest herself of some books ?. If she's anything like me, not many books would "disappear." ???

So thoughtful. ??

I love book mail.

Last read of 2021! I love most iterations of Holmes and a Charlotte is particularly appealing. This Charlotte and Watson are teenagers with adult vices and problems. I did need to set my usual credulousness aside to accept these behaviors and enjoy the story. Cue boarding school, fast friendship, a murder mystery and our intrepid H & W in peril. Success and survival are in doubt until the end. I 😍it. 2022 may be the year of YA. 4+⭐️

What a fun take on the Holmes and Watson duo that felt new and intriguing!

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Meh. I enjoyed the plot, but I didn‘t really love the characters. I feel one of the reasons Sherlock is such a good character is because he has no recognization of social cues, and I would have liked that to be reflected in Charlotte. I also think that the romance would have been better if it slowly formed over the course of the series. I still will be reading the next in the series to though. 3⭐️

This is cute. It's a modern YA detective duo inspired by Sherlock Holmes.

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3.6 🌟
Love the premise of how the descendants of Sherlock and Watson are real in life. But for the most part of the book is quite boring, no real actions and I can't follow their search for evidence.

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I didn‘t expect to like this so much.

James Watson is sent to boarding school in Connecticut. There, he meets Charlotte Holmes. They‘re descendants of Sherlock and Dr Watson. Charlotte learned her ancestor‘s skills at an early age.

When Watson defends her honor, and the boy in question ends up dead, they come together to solve the mystery. Lots of the same dynamics as the original, but with teenage hormones and angst thrown in.

The first time I met her was at the tail end of one of those endless weekday nights you could only have at a school like Sherringford.
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Loving it! This generation of Holmes and Watson is really fun 👍❤️😉

3⭐️

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are not just stories but very influential historical pop icons. They left their mark in history and now their present day descendants are somehow going to the same boarding school together in America. In an unexpected twist, James Watson must earn the trust of Charlotte Holmes and help her solve the the murder of a student which mimics the exact crime Sherlock solved in the past.

I had accidentally read the last book in the series and finally starting with the first 🤦🏻‍♀️
Charlotte Holmes is the great-great-great grandfather of Sherlock Holmes and Jamie Watson is the greatX3 grandson of Dr. Watson. This YA novel focuses on a series of incidents at their school in Connecticut and how they solve the mystery. I enjoyed this retelling and the references to earlier Sherlock‘s stories.

#CurrentlyListening — I‘m planning to #bingeread all 4 books in this series thanks to Scribd and Libby.

I enjoyed this different take on Sherlock! In this book‘s universe, Sherlock and Watson were real, historical figures, and the story follows their descendants (like 4th generation grandchildren) Charlotte Holmes & Jamie Watson when they meet at a high school boarding school in Connecticut. I enjoyed the gender-swapped Holmes and the fact that it didn‘t shy away from being a bit dark (drug use, violence, language) which made it feel more realistic.

Am I such a cantankerous reader lately or what? This is my third bail this month. I thought this modern spin on Sherlock Holmes as a girl at a New England prep school would be fun. Instead I‘ve just been finding it unbelievable and vaguely irritating. I‘m not sure there‘s anything objectively wrong with it, it‘s just definitely not for me.

I loved this book. I‘ve loved Sherlock Holmes stories since I was a young girl, but these stories of the Holmes/Watson/Moriarty descendants bring the feel of Sherlock into contemporary life. They are engaging, fun, clever, and you root for the characters, for sure.

I‘m rushing on to the rest of the series!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

A 16 year old at a boarding school in Connecticut being asked for advice on cases by Scotland Yard? No. Too absurd for me to take seriously, so I‘m moving on. #unpopularopinion

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1. The Long Journey to Jake Palmer 3.5⭐️
2. A Study in Charlotte (reread; #yaapril) 4⭐️
3. The Road (#owlsreadathon2020 astronomy) 4⭐️
4. Her Hidden Hope 4⭐️

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Easter this morning looked very different in our house, but there was a healthy dog, over-medium eggs, and new library loans. Finding all the things to be grateful for every day currently. ❤️

Darker than I anticipated, but I enjoyed listening to it.

I love Holmes and Watson so I was excited about reading a cute teen reimagining. While I appreciated the way the author strives to give these families a “real” history, making what they are able to achieve more plausible, unfortunately this author had nothing new to say and relies on the most basic and simplest interpretation of the original characters to make their bland imitations. While not a horrible read, it was forgettable and boring.

It required some brain gymnastics on my part to consider Holmes and Watson to be real people who somehow had descendants, but as soon as I got over that this was pretty good. Some neat mystery, a lot of character development and quite the exciting ending.

I was really looking forward to this. @Sarah83 gave it to me some time ago.

I read it with the kids and was underwhelmed. Totally blame the translation though. Unfortunately the other books were translated by the same person. *huge_sigh*

My daughter gave it 5/5 stars, with the caveat that The Girl Who Drank The Moon got 10/5 stars. Means, we agree on a So-So because of the translation.

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A little after work reading 📖 📚 🥰

We had a day off yesterday thanks to the storm that's blowing across western Europe. Since it was my daughter's birthday this was perfect. No reading for me though.

I read with the kids.
VE Schwab's ADSOM has a very good translation. Minor continuance mistakes due to two translators, but it's easy to read aloud.
Cavallaro's Charlotte Holmes story is testing me. 👇🏻

Best gift: a projector with rotating LEDs creating wave-like images.

I thought this was cute! I liked the Holmes and Watson characters, and the fact that the murder mystery was at the forefront, rather than a possible romance between the two.
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Spending this rainy, nasty day reading.

I borrowed this book from @BennettBookworm a while ago. I‘m not sure why I waited so long, but I just read it in 24 hours and it was awesome! In this world, Sherlock Holmes and Watson were real people (and Doyle was Watson‘s publisher). Descendants of H and W are at the same boarding school and end up needing to solve a crime at their school, but it looks like THEY might be in danger! Charlotte and James are a delight. I want to read the sequel!!

Reading this with the young detective in my house.

I don't get the hype about this book. I cannot relate to the characters and have trouble following their relationship.

The translation is awful, which adds to the unpleasant reading experience. Clunky sentences, old-fashioned words. It makes the story seem to be set in the 80s with futuristic devices called smartphones. 😬

When I arrived at Stevenson at half past eleven, the basement kitchen was already overflowing with people. Some freshman boys had spun off a #satellite game of five-card stud in the common space, and I had to push past a group of giggling girls to get through the kitchen door. #QuotsyJan20

I always love twists on classic characters like this. Hard to put down and full of the fun characters I love. Definitely need to buy the next few books!

I read this before but it's been a while and I've forgotten pretty much everything about this series. I remember I enjoyed it, though.

Just as good as I remembered.

Reread and snuggle kind of Saturday

New book and new project.
#bookandcrochet

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This was a really neat read! Cavallari did a great job of recreating that Watson and Holmes relationship in a new, unique way. It's clear that these characters are descendants of the famous Sherlock and Watson (therefore sharing characteristics), but also their own people (younger and in a different time period).

I'm looking forward to picking up the next in the series!

LOVED this story! Couldn‘t put it down. It was fast-paced and witty and the characters were fun to root for! I definitely want to read the others in the series now!

I love the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I love mysteries with a sassy lady detective type, so I thought this book would go down a treat, and it sure did. I loved Charlotte and John‘s weird relationship, I loved the parallels between the original Holmes and Watson, and I just love watson, in general. Hanging out now to read the others. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I found this gem on @VioletMoonBooks page and had to share it, because *drumroll please* my story name is “The Tragedy of the Persnickety Waffle.”
It couldn‘t be more perfect 😂😂
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This was an entertaining imagining if Holmes and Watson‘s many great grandchildren met at an American boarding school to fulfill their familial destiny by becoming friends and solving a murder. Told from the voice of a very melodramatic Jamie Watson, I laughed a lot and was kept interested by his interaction with a very pithy Charlotte Holmes. Pick. A survey at work says Cumberbatch and Freeman are the only Holmes and Watson that matters. I‘ve👇🏼

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2.5 ⭐
Maybe my expectations were too high going in to this one, but I didn't really enjoy it at all. I didn't connect with the characters. I didn't understand their thoughts or reactions, or how the relationships between them were built and changed. I also felt like there were some really serious topics (murder, rape, drug use, self harm, trauma) that were flippantly dealt with. I'm gonna give the rest of the series a miss.

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Volunteering at the used book store AKA three hours of mostly uninterrupted reading time

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A follow up to my best camp novels, these are my most favorite boarding school novels for teens. Something about the atmosphere of the boarding school and the drama! 😊 📕

Noticeably missing is Harry Potter. For some reason I don't actually consider those boarding school books. I adore Harry & his adventures, but they are a thing all in themselves.

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