The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

Well, Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," of course, and Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales," too, but the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" always gives me the Christmas feels ? ????️‍♂️

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

LeahBergen I read it this year, too. 🥰 5d

dabbe That's my 2nd favorite! 🤩🤩🤩 4d

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s a fun pick! Thanks for posting! 4d

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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@Read4life

One of my fave SH stories. Loved rereading it. Again. 🤩

Read4life Great choice. 💙💙 8mo

dabbe @Read4life 💙🩵💙 8mo

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Read4life

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#BookSpinBingo #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #readyourebooks #readyourTBR #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

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DieAReader 🥳❤️‍🔥🤓 8mo

TheSpineView 🤩📖📚 8mo

Cuilin ⭐️🫶🎉 8mo

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dabbe WOW! One l'il SH story fits all of those hashtags. BRILLIANT! 🤩🤩🤩 8mo

CBee Isn‘t a carbuncle another name for a boil? 😂😳🤷‍♀️ 8mo

Read4life @CBee Yup! 😆 8mo

CBee @Read4life hmm. Maybe my next #weirdword 😂🤓🤪 8mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 8mo

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@dabbe @Cuilin

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CogsOfEncouragement Holmes seems to care foremost about the brain teaser. He finds satisfaction in unraveling the answer. In these short stories of not pursuing penalty for the perpetrators he always gives a list of logical reasons for doing so. It doesn‘t seem that he doesn‘t care at all, it seems he finds himself adequate judge and jury in these particular cases. He convinces Watson with his logic and I kinda trust Watson to do the right thing. 8mo

dabbe Holmes says it best: “I am not retained by the police to supply their deficiencies. If Horner were in danger it would be another thing; but this fellow will not appear against him, and the case must collapse. I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just possible that I am saving a soul.“ As the world's first consulting detective, Holmes is not required to work within the constraints of the police, which was a new organization as well. 8mo

Cuilin @dabbe I loved the saving a soul line. 🫶 8mo

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dabbe @Cuilin 💙🩵💙 8mo

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe @Cuilin Good points. Holmes is sometimes reimagined for tv as lacking in the humanity department and I feel this points to the opposite. 8mo

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement agreed. He sees things which others do not. 8mo

Librarybelle I loved that line, @dabbe . I agree, @CogsOfEncouragement …Holmes lays out his reasonings and does seem to make judgments as “judge and jury.” And very true about the personification of Holmes on TV…we don‘t necessarily his more humane thinking in some of these adaptations rather than in the stories. 8mo

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

CogsOfEncouragement Well, I sure like Watson as our narrator. He‘s necessary. I think Holmes really needs Watson in his life too. Watson is essential. 😉 We are so far removed from men dressing this way, but I had thought that possibly a man could wear an old hat for a reason, not that the hat was his only or best hat he had. Of course not the case, just a thought I had while reading. 8mo

dabbe Agree 💯 with @CogsOfEncouragement. Watson is essential. As Holmes puts it, Watson is his “Boswell.“ Watson humanizes Holmes. Holmes's deductions re: the hat are a bit far-fetched today, but back then ... maybe not. My favorite deduction is when Holmes claims Henry Baker is intelligent just because his hat is big (bigger than even Holmes's head). Phrenology was a big deal back then--now reduced to a pseudoscience. 8mo

Librarybelle I said to myself “you can tell this is the age of phrenology” when I read about the large hat size, @dabbe ! Completely agree with @CogsOfEncouragement that Watson is essential. He serves well as the narrator. 8mo

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

CogsOfEncouragement Goose chase! LOL I liked this one. Clever fun. The crime is definitely significant. Alas, the criminal is one who thought he had a spectacular plan but managed to blow it. 8mo

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement I thought this one was fun too. It‘s nice when authors don‘t take themselves too seriously and can have a little fun. 8mo

Read4life I enjoyed it, too. @CogsOfEncouragement it went from spectacular plan to plan blown spectacularly. 🤓 8mo

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dabbe I also believe it's the only SH story that is a close-to-Christmas caper. A fun one with quite the comic relief! 8mo

CogsOfEncouragement @Read4life haha Exactly! lol 8mo

CrystalE02 I enjoyed reading this one. I thought it was fun!!!! 8mo

Cuilin @CrystalE02 it certainly had some humorous qualities. 8mo

Cuilin @Read4life not exactly a criminal mastermind. 8mo

CatLass007 It was light-hearted enough but I still don‘t like the way Holmes just seems to know things that are not known to the reader. 8mo

Librarybelle This one was much better than the story from last week, in my opinion. It was fun and a bit light. 8mo

Cuilin @CatLass007 I understand that. I‘m one of those readers that always think they can solve the mystery themselves. So I love it when a writer provides all the clues. At least give me a chance. Lol 8mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle agreed. It‘s wonderful to see the variety in the short stories. 8mo

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 8mo

Aimeesue @dabbe True! It‘s one of those seasonal stories I read year after year in December. 8mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin #LitsyEvents

Fabulous posts today, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.“ Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion on 4/13 led by @Cuilin.

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3JaHroI

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

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CogsOfEncouragement Thanks for continuing to host this! I enjoy hearing what other people think about these stories. 9mo

Librarybelle Thanks! 9mo

CatLass007 Much thanks! 9mo

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tpixie Profound quote- blood diamonds 🩸 💎 9mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement You're welcome! 💚🩷💚 9mo

dabbe @Librarybelle You're welcome! 💚🩷💚 9mo

dabbe @CatLass007 You're welcome! 💚🩷💚 9mo

dabbe @tpixie 🤩😱🤩 9mo

curiouserandcurioser @dabbe thank you for this❤ 9mo

kelli7990 Yay! 9mo

Bookwomble This is one of my favourite Holmes stories, which I often re-read at Christmas 🌲🪿💎 According to my annotated edition, Doyle makes a couple of errors that might make a poulterer roll their eyes, but it doesn't spoil the story at all 😊 9mo

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser You're welcome! 💚🩷💚 9mo

dabbe @BeeCurious It's one of my faves! You're welcome! 💚🩷💚 9mo

dabbe @kelli7990 💚🩷💚 9mo

dabbe @Bookwomble I think it's the only one set at Christmastime, too! 🤩🤗😃 9mo

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MariaW

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Switching from Pratchett to British detective novels and back. This version is a radio drama and is very well made. The Sherlock stories are perfect for my commute because the last one way.
Does anybody else see Mark Gatiss in the drawing?

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Bookwomble

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

The gales of Storm Arwen have passed over our bit of North West England, bringing a fall of snow. Kid-me was delighted to get out for a walk while it was coming down. Adult-me is delighted that it is already melting and won't affect my work commute tomorrow. Cat-me is cosying up with The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, a spicy sweet potato salad, and a hot Vimto. Did a glug of red wine fall into my glass? Only Holmes could say 🔎🍷

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Charityann

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Finished this one last night. #merryreaders #wintergames @Clwojick

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BookmarkTavern

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

Out helping the sisters run last minute errands and listening to one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes stories.

#WinterGames #TeamFestivus @wanderinglynn @Clwojick @StayCurious

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wanderinglynn 🙌🏻❤️👍🏻 5y

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Linsy

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Excellent! A Christmas goose and a ridiculous criminal. 💎
#HolidayRead #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

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ladym30 Nice photo!❤️ 5y

Linsy @ladym30 Thanks! This is my first time getting a fresh pine bough for my house. I‘m having fun! 5y

rather_be_reading 21pts🍬 5y

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EliNeedsMoreShelves

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

Last one for tonight...my grown-up #HolidayReads for tonight was a little visit with Watson and Holmes. Can't go wrong with a little Sherlock on a chilly evening!

#WinterGames #TeamFestivus
@wanderinglynn @StayCurious @Clwojick

+21 points (Sunday total = 147 points)

wanderinglynn 🙌🏻⛄️ love Sherlock! 5y

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Malisa

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That was freaking hilarious 😆
#sherlock #sherlockholmes #arthurconandoyle #finished #completed

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Anneblythe

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"A man with so large a brain must have something in it." ?? #serialreader

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ferskner

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

I'm late posting this because December has been out of control stressful, which wasn't helped by the fact that I decided to make a giant cake for my book club holiday party that had six distinct components and took twelve hours start to finish. But it was gooooooooooooood. Hells yeah I made those trees! Black Forest Dome Cake + the tagged short story = #bookclubbakes

SassyBookworm WOW!!! Looks delish 😋 7y

LeahBergen Wow! That‘s a thing of beauty 😮 7y

JacqMac Beautiful! It looks very tasty, too. 7y

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mcipher Wow!! 👏👏 7y

Smrloomis Impressive! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 7y

DebinHawaii Gorgeous! 🎄🎂❤️ 7y

Reggie Wowza!!!! That‘s awesome!!! 7y

Amanda.T Nice work! 👌🏻 7y

JazzFeathers 😱😍😍😍😍😍 7y

TrishB Wow 🌲 7y

Godmotherx5 Well done!!! 7y

mabell Wow! That's impressive! 7y

Librarybelle That looks delicious! 7y

AmyG Amazing! 7y

MiyakoBunny 🖤😭😱😍🤤🤤🤤🤤 7y

bookwrm526 I‘m getting ready to make my first ever Black Forest cake, but my recipe isn‘t nearly that involved!! That‘s so pretty! 7y

Linsy Beautiful!!! 5y

ferskner @Linsy thank you!!! 5y

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Ke633

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

I found this beautifully illustrated pop-up book at book sale. The colors are amazing and the Blue Carbuncle is a favourite of mine. #sherlocked #sherlockholmes #drwatson #illustration #love #toast #blue #jewels #acd I'll post some of the pop ups so you can see it's awesomeness.

JazzFeathers 😍😍😍 7y

Moray_Reads I love The Blue Carbuncle and this is a lovely edition 😍 7y

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Johanna414

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I've been enjoying some Sherlock Holmes stories on serial reader lately. I've found that I don't always have the attention span for longer novels in this format, but I like reading shorter stories this way.

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jpmcwisemorgan

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It's too bad we didn't know about this one for Christmas. We could have had #spirited and #Sherlocked at the same time. I liked the twist, and the Sherlock isn't quite the jerk he usually is.

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AdaChivers

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That one was really light read and I quite enjoyed It!
#sherlocked #readalong #socialreader

Mdargusch Did you read it on serial? I need a light one after reading Twelve Years a Slave. 8y

AdaChivers @Mdargusch yes! I've been Reading all the short stories using the app! 8y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk This was a favorite of mine. Basically A Very Sherlock Christmas. 8y

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InLibrisVeritas

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Another fun short story down! I really liked the little twists of this one, and Sherlock actually took a break from being too overbearing. 😉 #sherlocked

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Kathrin

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I enjoyed this one... it had a nice twist to it! #Sherlocked

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InLibrisVeritas

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So far I'm liking it! It seems like it'll be another relaxed story.
Also apparently "jollification" is a word and I'm appalled that I did not know this. #sherlocked

mhillis I remember liking this one! Looking forward to rereading 8y

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InLibrisVeritas

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The next #Sherlocked adventure is The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle! The @SerialReader #readalong starts today!

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jpmcwisemorgan

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

Next up in the #Sherlocked #readalong with @SerialReader is this 3-issue story, which is involved a Christmas goose. Maybe we should have read this one for the holidays? 😀

moranadatter, Daisey, InLibrisVeritas, Kathrin, Theresa

Theresa Once again I'm behind. But it's so easy to catch up with these short stories. I love that! 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @Theresa I'm frequently behind too! 8y

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