One day late. #oops
When you're rereading the entire canon of SH with #NoPlaceLikeHolmes, and these are your favorite stories/books of ALL time, how can you not pick them again as your favorites? For me, this is the definitive book with the definitive stories. Most of the classic Holmes' tales are in this one. #sherlocked
#12daysofchristmas @Andrew65
Got in a few more hours today for #20in4 #Readathon Still taking my reading slower than usual, especially considering a large concrete based snow globe fell onto the crown of my head Xmas night. Didn‘t help the brain issues much! Hopefully I‘ll finish this tomorrow 🤞 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #YearEnd
These audiobooks are honestly such a comfort to me. I listened to this series during a personal rough period (health problems - my husband). Listening to them again reminds me I am a survivor.
panTwo thumbs down. I've never read Chandler, so I didn't realize I would have to muddle through blatant misogyny. The hostility with which he writes about his female characters is nauseating. And don't give me the "he's a product of his time" garbage. I've read plenty of literature from the time that doesn't normalize slapping women around and make every female character insipid and ridiculous. It's gross.
pickWith only one mystery to solve, most of this book 5 in the series is about Mma Ramotswe‘s feelings about her fiance Mr JLB Matekoni‘s failing to set a wedding date and his inability to stand up for himself. He faces the biggest fear of his life when he fails to say no when the orphan farm manager Mma Potokwane tells him he must jump from a plane with a parachute for a fundraiser. And it makes headline news in the Gabarone newspaper! ⬇️
pick20-23 Dec 24 (audiobook)
I particularly enjoyed this longer Holmes story. The historical aspect of the operation of the freemen‘s lodge and the Pinkertons was fascinating.
pick15-9 Dec 24 (audiobook)
This collection contains more stories about Moriarty, including how Holmes managed to survive their clifftop fall. My favourite is the Six Napoleons, which was quite faithfully recreated for the Sherlock series.
pick12-3 Dec 24 (audiobook)
Listened to much of this whilst putting the endless lights on the upstairs Christmas tree. Quite the task this year as the tree is enormous.
Having recently watched Sherlock, I was completely confused by my vague memories of reading the book as a teenager and the modern TV retelling.
Not really spooky but Fry‘s story about Conan Doyle‘s superstitions and fascination with the occult was interesting.
pick5-12 Dec 24 (audiobook)
Another collection - the last Conan Doyle wrote before killing Holmes off. I particularly enjoyed Silver Blaze, the Yellow Face and the Naval Treaty. And the reader is introduced to both Mycroft and Moriarty. Fry‘s forewords are particularly interesting. He has clearly been a fan all his life.
