My first impression as I opened the door was that a fire had broken out, for the room was so filled with smoke that the light of the lamp upon the table was blurred by it. As I entered, however, my fears were set at rest, for it was the acrid fumes of strong coarse tobacco which took me by the throa...
“And what do you think of it all, Watson?” asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning back in his chair. “It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business.” “Dark enough and sinister enough.” The Speckled Band is one of the stories in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and one that shows...
My impression of what a Sherlock Holmes' story is actually like.I came down to breakfast one morning to find my dear friend, Sherlock Holmes disembowelling a gerbil with a teaspoon."My dear Holmes," said I, "is that really necessary?"Barely glancing up from his gruesome task, he told me that it was....
I will need to reread this again, perhaps, if I am smart, after I finish the fourth volume...
When asked to review Dead Man’s Land by Ryan Roberts, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. I’m a big history lover and love anything fiction or not about the two World Wars. Heartbreakingly, I was very disappointed.Though initially drawn into the book, due to its premise, I soon found myself bec...
What an incredible book. Just soaked, saturated, full-up with beauty and heartbreak and life.Full review (and its a long one) here: http://wp.me/sGVzJ-justine
A posthumous collection of the remaining Bond short stories: "Octopussy", "The Property of a Lady", "The Living Daylights" and "007 in New York". Having read this far it would be a shame not to complete the set...
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