Litsy

I‘m a bit late for #5JoysFriday (and #4 isn‘t true today, although it gives me the joy of an excuse to stay in and read. 😸)

Thanks for the tag, @DebinHawaii 😘

DebinHawaii A great & joyful list! 💛💛💛 And while sunny days are full of joy, I like the joy in a rainy day to read too! Thanks for joining in! 🤗 4d

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mcctrish

Being Henry: The Fonz ... and Beyond | Henry Winkler

Snow White bag #4, dinner is ready

TheBookHippie I am loving this build!!! ♥️ 5d

mcctrish @TheBookHippie ☺️☺️ 5d

Mollyanna I love seeing your builds! They make me want to go get a set. 😊 5d

mcctrish @Mollyanna you should treat yourself ( the first set is the hardest to choose aka the gateway 😆) 5d

Mollyanna I bet. I may take a look at what‘s out there. 🤣 5d

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Bookwomble

Weird Walk: Wanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year | Weird Walk

I read a review for this album last week in Weird Walk #4 zine, and listened to it on Bandcamp. It captures the artist's (Charles Vaughan) impressions of walking through the British countryside near or in sight of electricity pylons.
The listener may either find this a pleasantly relaxing and atmospheric experience (me) or "about as musically interesting as listening to the compressor pump on the fridge" (my wife).
#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

Bookwomble
Bandcamp link: https://digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/pylon-reveries
1w

TieDyeDude I like it! Relaxing, but it has a little bit of an edge to keep it from totally fading into the background. 1w

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude That's it! I really like it - I'm glad you do, too 😊 1w

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Gissy

A Study In Scarlet: Sherlock Holmes Collections | A. Conan Doyle

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I think that this story focused more in the introduction of each characters, their personalities, background, and to be familiar with Holmes‘ methodology than the mystery per se. Maybe that‘s why the conclusion of the mystery was like something rehearsed not spontaneous, like telling us, “this is the way Holmes will resolve his cases”🤷🏽‍♀️I still enjoyed it. 3.5/3.75 ⭐️

Gissy March 2024
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Andrew65 @Ghani4Roses
#BookSpinBingo #4 (late reading) @TheAromaOfBooks
#ISpyBingo (notebook)
#NoPlaceLineHolmes @dabbe @Cuilin
#ItTakesAllKinds Day 19 2w

dabbe I agree. It does prepare us well for the relationship between Watson & Holmes and the methodology of how Holmes will solve most of his cases. 🤩 2w

DieAReader 🥳Awesome!! 2w

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2w

Cuilin Agree, it‘s sets up the rest of the canon for us. 😊 2w

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CoffeeNBooks

Royal Blood | Rhys Bowen

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The Royal Spyness series book#4: Lady Georgiana is asked to attend a royal wedding to represent the Queen, and finds herself trying to solve a murder in a creepy old castle in Transylvania that she's convinced is full of vampires.
#LitsyLoveReads
#MarvellousMarch Readathon @andrew65
#ISpyBingo @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick
#TwinPeaksReadingChallenge: Twin Peaks @Yuki_Onna

kspenmoll Love this series! 3w

CoffeeNBooks @kspenmoll I'm really enjoying this series! 3w

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 This is a series I want to get to. 3w

julieclair This series is so much fun! 3w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w

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CoffeeNBooks

Untitled | Unknown

#BookReport
📚 Royal Blood- a little over halfway through, and I'm really enjoying this one, book #4 in the series
📚 The Change- almost done with this one
🎧 Resurrection Walk- just started, mostly listening to the audiobook while working on a puzzle
🎧 Austenland- finished, it was a great book to listen to while working on a puzzle!

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vonnie862

The Dry | Jane Harper

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Yay! I finally had the time to finish this one. It was a good mystery. I do admit that I was often confused distinguishing the present with the flashback scenes. However, it had me guessing who the murderer was.
3.5 @TheAromaofBooks

#authoramonth @Soubhiville #bookspinbingo #4 @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w

Melismatic Co-sign the timelines were a little jarring but I‘m guessing it was bc it was the audiobook? 🤷🏻‍♀️ That‘s how I listened anyway. (edited) 4w

vonnie862 @Melismatic that's what I'm thinking too. It probably reads better on paper. 4w

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dabbe

The Red-Headed League | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#TheRedHeadedLeague
#DiscussionTime

What did ya'll think? 🤩

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Librarybelle It‘s very rare that I figure out the solution to the mystery by the end, so I cannot speak to that. Benjamin Stevenson brings up similar rules with his Ernest Cunningham “Everyone Is A…” set of books. I personally am drawn to characters with flaws, so that plays a part in my liking the mystery. The story flow plays a huge role for me too…is it thrilling, does it unfold plausibly??? 2mo

Read4life #2 will always get a ✅ when Sherlock is on the case. 🤓 2mo

5feet.of.fury To the 5th point I think there are so many small details admitted that the real trick is figuring out which one is important. Holmes will just be saying as many things as possible 😂 like the tattoo with the pink scales being particularly Chinese, oh plus that Chinese coin right there 2mo

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IndoorDame 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣&6️⃣✅ I‘m also bad at solving the crimes myself so 4️⃣&5️⃣are murkier for me… there weren‘t really multiple suspects, and the bank manager seemed to come out of nowhere, but I was getting to the idea that it was a ruse to get him out of the shop, so I expect someone good at solving mysteries ahead of the story would have enough clues to figure out most of this one? 2mo

SpellboundReader The Red Headed League gets a C grade for #4 & #5 especially concerning who the prime suspects are. Holmes has past knowledge of people/places that the reader isn't aware of and he doesn't really reveal that information until the end. For #2 & #3 the story passes the test with flying colors. Well, for #1 maybe the crime is more significant to Jabez Wilson than anyone else. Holmes finds it amusing and Watson initially seems perplexed. 2mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Same here; I rarely solve it. To be truthful, I really don't want to. I want to be stunned until the brilliant unfolding at the end. I think quite a few detective novels leave out some stuff because we all want the thrill of the solution at the end. 2mo

dabbe @Read4life Without a doubt! 🤩 2mo

dabbe @5feet.of.fury It is challenging to sift through what's important and what isn't. That's the fun of it, too, right? 🤩 2mo

dabbe @IndoorDame It is amazing when you reread the story to see that the clues are there (like looking at Clay's knees), but you just don't pick up on it the first time around. Even when they looked at the street behind Wilson's shop and when Holmes mentioned a BANK, I didn't get it the first time around. 😂 2mo

dabbe @BeeCurious For #1, if you mean the crime of Wilson losing his cozy job, totally agree. The bank heist, though, I believe was definitely a worthy crime worth our time. Totally agree on #s 4 and 5. So, Holmes has been “bested“ by Clay before (so have the police), but we're privy to none of the specifics. That makes me also wonder why Watson doesn't include that info? 2mo

SpellboundReader @dabbe Yes, I meant the initial mystery of Wilson losing his sweet paying gig. 🙂
Adding:
Without the investigation by Holmes, I doubt if Wilson would have pieced together the bank heist tie-in, even after it occurred. Well, maybe if someone discovered the tunnel. 2mo

Aimeesue @dabbe There‘s a whole list of cases that Watson didn‘t write about which are mentioned in the books or short stories. Watson explains at some point e point that this is because Sherlock didn‘t solve the case, or people involved wanted it kept private, or SECRET GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), and so on. The brief references are tantalizing. http://www.bestofsherlock.com/ref/untlist.htm (edited) 2mo

dabbe @BeeCurious 💯 agree! 🤩 2mo

dabbe @Aimeesue Thanks for the link! They're so good they even sound better than the stories he did put down on paper! 🤩 2mo

kelli7990 I think it succeeded. 2mo

dabbe @kelli7990 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

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Lizwarnerpdx

The Magician's Diary: Book 4 of the Glass and Steele series | C.J. Archer

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Book #4 in the series. So much happens in this book! Some mysteries, big ones, are solved. New mysteries are discovered that need to be solved. I‘ve already got the next book on hold!

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