Reading: Let the dreidel choose a book for you: נ Nun (miracle): Christopher Paolini - Eldest (audio version read by Kerry Shale) ג Gimel (great): Arthur Conan Doyle - The Valley of Fear (audio version read by Simon Vance) ה He (happened): Ian Rankin - Even Dogs in the Wild ש Shin (there, i.e. Isra...
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...
~~Moved from GR (BTW, I have ~45/300 left and I'm DONE!)~~ The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes started out as Doyle's steady-money potboilers, a series of stories ground out in exchange for a paycheck. But they caught the public imagination, and Holmes' fame grew u...
What? I'm a Sherlockian. I spent many of my formative years reading these with my grandad. I love them then and I love them now. You don't like it? Kindly go forth and multiply. You don't like the book? Your prerogative, but fact remains, this is the grand daddy of modern mystery thrillers. So don't...
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 admit that I have not read all the novels and short stories in this collection yet. However for those that I have read you can find the links to my reviews below:A Study in Scarlet: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/266975057The Hound of the Baskervilles: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29...
A Study in Scarlet: 4 StarsThe Sign of Four: 4 StarsThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 4 StarsThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: 4 StarsThe Hound of the Baskervilles: 5 StarsThe Return of Sherlock Holmes: 5 StarsThe Valley of Fear: 3 StarsHis Last Bow: 3 StarsThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: 3.5 Stars
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