The Fifth Heart | 
pickThis was an interesting book, and quite ambitious! I really enjoyed it! It does get a little meta. Henry James teams up with Sherlock Holmes to solve a mystery, but the true mystery, according to Holmes, is whether he is fictional or not... and if James believes he‘s fictional... what does that make him? Only Simmons can think up something so crazy. 😂
Now that I‘ve tackled The Abominable, I‘m switching to reading this one! The audio helped me keep the books separated but now I‘m diving in! #currentlyreading
I‘m not good with Roman Numerals but I feel like this is wrong.... 🤔🤔#currentlylistening
so-soThis was a pefect example of "the idea was good, but too ambitious". Nice characters, interesting plotlines, some cheeky meta comments, but all together Simmons couldn't make it work. This was good for falling asleep with, since there was so much going on that missing a few minutes didn't hurt.
Just what i needed, spent the day in bed after a long weekend putting on our local music benefit. Sore feet & happy hearts. The left one on stage is me ?
Book haul from ThriftBooks.com Yay! #spookathon
Treated myself to a Starbucks, Chapters, Home Sense visit today and found he two books on the right and a Hogwarts Mug! Got home to find part of my birthday Amazon order has arrived! Can‘t wait to use my new Hedwig mug tomorrow #HarryPotterNerd
pickSimmons is one of my favorite writers and this did not disappoint. A humorless Henry James with a less than stellar opinion of Sherlock Holmes is a fun read.
And one more bargain find today. #BookHaul #SeptemberBookHaul
pickI came into this with high expectations based solely on other genre reading of the author and the synopsis. I warned the book to not disappoint me. It absolutely did not. I had expected it to focus more on the quest of Holmes to determine his fictional status, but the story was compelling enough on its own to not need any more attention than was given and there was just enough there, and in other quirks from the narrator to really make it shine.
I have entirely self generated high expectations going into this one. Best not disappoint me!
Summer reading, cottage edition. This novel has been a fun and entertaining vacation read!
This is my commute listen. So far I'm a little disappointed and bored with it. I feel like too many liberties are being taken and it needed a good thorough editing again. The concept introduced was quickly abandoned and it's a neat concept!
Went to the library and got a new book today but still mourning finishing this book today. It was so good, and I'm sad to leave Mr. Holmes and Mr. James behind.
pickA sensationalist premise that is surprisingly (or perhaps not surprising if you've read Simmons before) slow and steady, with a wonderfully meta Sherlock questioning his existence, and a fully realized Henry James questioning his. Historical fiction done right.
This book features a Sherlock Holmes who has realized he is a fictional character... I'm kind of super interested?
