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With the demise of my favourite bookshop in Southport, I've taken advantage of giving my wife a lift into Preston to visit my next favourite: Halewood & Sons (there's two shops, same name, same street, NOT associated with each other - don't ask!). They specialise in Holmesiana: photos of display window above. Inside, it's one of those shops in which you take your life in your hands, what with the tottering book piles and what must surely be a ⬇️

This is the classic Sherlock Holmes story. A giant glowing hound connected to a family curse is spotted, and only Sherlock can solve the mystery and save him.
#DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#ReadOrDonate Read and will keep @julieclair

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@CSeydel

Overall book from January-June: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES ... #surprisesurprise #sherlocked

July pick: DISSOLUTION by C.J. Sansom.

Can't wait to see how the rest of the year unfolds. 😊

#CoverLove
Day 17. Grey
#grey

Look what just arrived, @Cuilin! I adore it! I can't imagine this Holmes and Watson journey without you. Thank you, dear friend. 🤎🖤🤎
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#sherlocked

Picked up this lovely edition of Sherlock Holmes at B&N last week. 🤎
#brown #coverlove
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I‘ve been back to work on the family farm all week, mostly doing maintenance with my dad, and haven‘t listened to an audiobook since last Saturday. Today I did a bit of work around the sheds by myself and listened to “The Adventure of the Yellow Face.” I didn‘t remember this one at all, and appreciated the explanation of a story Sherlock didn‘t solve.

#BooksOnTheFarm #audiobook
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #Sherlocked

As some of you have learned about me, I am a “little“ obsessed with Batman...😂, I know, more like a little, overly, obsessed with Batman.

And this remains my absolute favorite story about my favorite superhero.

The first “reread“ of a book without a single, pretty illustration 🤔, and I loved just the same as I had the first time reading this book. 👇

Even though Doyle wrote two novels before these twelve stories, for me, it all begins with this book and the first short story “A Scandal in Bohemia.“ If you're new to the world of Holmes and Watson, this is the book to start with. Twelve masterful short stories that have most of the best of the Holmes canon. I don't know how many times I've read these, but I keep rereading and will keep rereading for as long as I can. I am truly #sherlocked.