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Another entertaining reading week.
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #BakerStreetIrregulars #Roll100 #readyourebooks #readyourTBR #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #SeriesLove2024

Cuilin, TheBookHippie, StayCurious, Andrew65, CatLass007, TheSpineView, CBee, dabbe, PuddleJumper

TheSpineView Great job!🤩📖📚 12h

Andrew65 Another great week. What did you think of Crocodiles on the Sandbank? 12h

dabbe I thoroughly enjoyed CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK! 🤩 6h

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3h

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kelli7990

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - Unabridged - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the Return of Sherlock Ho | Arthur Conan Doyle

I‘m currently participating in the #noplacelikeholmes readalong hosted by @dabbe and @Cuilin . They‘re doing such a good job hosting this. Everyone is welcome. If you‘re interested, feel free to join in and participate in the discussions at any time. I‘ve been enjoying reading these stories in between reading other books. I think it would be too much if I tried to read all of the stories at once so I‘m taking my time.

CatLass007 I agree. They are doing a great job hosting! I also think that spreading out the stories is a good idea. 23h

dabbe Well, this just made my day! 🤩 I am having a blast with this group, and I know @Cuilin is as well. We're lucky that you're a special part of it! And yes, please, anyone who'd like to jump in and join us is more than welcome! #NoPlaceLikeHolmes 💙🩵💙 23h

dabbe @CatLass007 💙🩵💙 23h

Cuilin Oh wow what lovely things to say. I love this group. Thank you so very much for your kindness and participation. 10h

Cuilin @CatLass007 thank you, 😊 10h

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dabbe

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents
#TheAdventureOfTheNobleBachelor

Fabulous posts AGAIN, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor! 🤩 Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion with @dabbe on 5/4.

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/44jfmFC

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

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Librarybelle Thank you! 1d

Sace I just pulled out my old Barnes and Noble copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes in anticipation of reading and lurking in the discussion 😂 1d

kelli7990 Yay! 1d

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dabbe @Sace Would you like us to put you on the #NoPlaceLikeHolmes list? No pressure; join in whenever you want! 🤩 1d

dabbe @Librarybelle 😘 1d

dabbe @kelli7990 😘 1d

Sace @dabbe I would like that, yes. I‘ve asked to be tagged on alllll the things 😂 I‘ll have lots of reading inspiration for sure! 1d

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Daisey

Complete Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

Happy Saturday! This morning‘s book and breakfast includes catching up on this week‘s Sherlock Holmes story and probably listening ahead for next week. “The Adventure of the Engineer‘s Thumb” is not one of my favorites, but I am loving revisiting these stories each week.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #Sherlocked #BookAndBreakfast #audiobook

Cuilin, dabbe

Cuilin I listen to Stephen as I follow along in my book. 🫶 1d

tpixie Oh! How fun to see your #CoverToCover mug!! The paint chipped away on mine so fast. I miss it.. 1d

Daisey @tpixie I don‘t use it a lot and always hand wash it for that very reason. It makes me smile! 1d

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tpixie @Daisey 💚💚💚 1d

dabbe I am, too! They're my cozy reads for each week! 🤩🤗😀 1d

5feet.of.fury What is for breakfast? Looks delish! 1d

Daisey @5feet.of.fury Breakfast pizza! This was a frozen one that I added a few chives to for an easy breakfast. 1d

Daisey @Cuilin @dabbe Yes, I tend to listen on Saturday morning, and it‘s a great way to start my day. 22h

dabbe @Daisey 🤩🤗😘 19h

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Cuilin

Sherlock Holmes: The Engineers Thumb | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@dabbe

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious

IndoorDame Some jobs (like this one) are clearly sketchy, but whether people walk into them anyway because they‘re too naive to notice or too desperate to pass I think they still deserve justice when they get burned. 1d

Cuilin @IndoorDame Right? That seems fair. He was clearly targeted. Stark knew he had no family. No one would miss him. (edited) 1d

CogsOfEncouragement When someone confirms you are an orphan and a bachelor maybe realize they are saying “So no one will go to the police to report you missing? Cool cool cool.” And extract yourself from the situation. Also, he was given a story that this fellow wants to cheat his neighbors out of what was theirs. Despicable. To go along with this for high pay is abhorrent. I‘m not saying he deserved death, or a missing thumb… 1d

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CogsOfEncouragement …but the engineer is seeing the injustice of not being paid for his help and the loss of his thumb rather than seeing he was willing to work for wicked, greedy men. Escaping to tell this tale at parties seems fine compensation. 1d

Aimeesue @CogsOfEncouragement Definitely. 1d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Also when he complains at the end, he reminded me of Jabez Wilson in “The Red-Headed League“, complaining that he lost his good job of copying out of the encyclopedia, and Holmes rebuffs him by saying he gained at least some knowledge along the way. 😂 1d

Librarybelle Agreed, @CogsOfEncouragement ! 1d

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe LOL these men are not that sharp. 1d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Too true! The villains have to be as smart as the detective but not the clients! 🤩😂😀 1d

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Cuilin

Sherlock Holmes: The Engineers Thumb | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@dabbe

The things I do for littens! Seriously the minute I read about the missing thumb I felt nauseous. This is when I would normally DNF (I know the clue was in the title) But I‘m glad I pushed on. It‘s definitely one I will remember.

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IndoorDame Haha, personally I have a thing about those the room will crush you setups. 😱This one was definitely higher on the horror scale than usual. 1d

CogsOfEncouragement That injury even made Watson shudder, so we are in good company to be repulsed. The moldy hallway was creepy. And yeah, @IndoorDame I would not have been so comfortable to go back into the roomsize press on my own to poke around. No way. 1d

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Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement Definitely darker vibes in this one. 1d

eeclayton Did anyone else get Dracula vibes: journey in the middle of the night, someone waiting at the train station, long ride through unknown regions, arriving at a big house, lady trying to convince man to run away? 1d

Aimeesue Somehow, scenes of attempted murder are more disturbing than the actual murders that take place off stage. 1d

Aimeesue @eeclayton Yes! And this story was published first, oddly enough. 1d

Cuilin @Aimeesue agreed, I like my murders off stage. Lol 1d

Cuilin @eeclayton now that you mention it!!! Creepy 1d

dabbe @Aimeesue Maybe DRACULA borrowed from it? 🧐 1d

dabbe I got major claustrophobia in the almost-crushed-to-death scene. It kind of reminded me of the trash-compactor scene in the original STAR WARS (Harrison Ford again, @Aimeesue!) 🤩 1d

Librarybelle @eeclayton Yes! Total Dracula vibes! 1d

kelli7990 When the thumb was missing, it made me shudder. It made me squeamish. (edited) 1d

Aimeesue Is this the right time to tell you all that I once sliced the side of my thumb off? Or should I not mention that? 👍🏼 1d

Cuilin @Aimeesue love the thumbs up 👍 😆 hope it healed well. I get squeamish due to a horrific news story in my teens about the IRA kidnapping a dentist for ransom and sending his fingers in the mail when his family didn‘t pay up. He did get free, but the kidnapper was on the loose around Ireland for months. It was a big story in the 80s. 10h

Cuilin @kelli7990 I was hoping I wasn‘t the only one. So many enjoy horror. I need all the trigger warnings. 10h

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Cuilin

Sherlock Holmes: The Engineers Thumb | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@dabbe
What did we think of the deductive reasoning skills in this one?

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IndoorDame I liked how out there it looked at first, and then how reasonable it all was when it was explained. Covering up a major counterfeiting operation is one of the soundest motives for murder we‘ve seen yet, and it definitely explains the police jumping in with no evidence and all the rest. 1d

CogsOfEncouragement The fresh horse was certainly an important detail Holmes asked about. I enjoyed this one. 1d

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement when he asked the question I remember thinking, that‘s gonna be important. 1d

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CogsOfEncouragement @Cuilin lol Right? But then I didn‘t think about until he woke up so near the station. Then I figured that long ride had been a ruse. 1d

eeclayton I felt like Sherlock was kind of unnecessary in this one. Even though he pointed out what he pointed out, the police would have found the house without him (they could see the fire from the train station), and the culprits completely disappeared. Even so, I enjoyed the story. 1d

Aimeesue I particularly enjoy the Indiana Jones style escape from immanent peril! Or Star Wars. Something about Harrison Ford being crushed 😉 1d

dabbe @Aimeesue And exactly at the last possible moment! It reminded me of the miraculous escape of the narrator in Poe's “The Pit and the Pendulum“--again at exactly the last possible moment. 1d

dabbe @eeclayton Agree 💯. Holmes was basically along for the ride. Still a fun story, though. 1d

Librarybelle It was a fun story, more adventure than mystery in my opinion. 1d

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 1d

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kelli7990

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - Unabridged - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the Return of Sherlock Ho | Arthur Conan Doyle

I‘m ready for this week‘s discussion of the short story “The Adventure Of The Engineer‘s Thumb”.

#noplacelikeholmes

Cuilin, dabbe

Cuilin 🎉 1d

dabbe 🤩 1d

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