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1. Tagged

2. My favorite way to prepare eggs is in the microwave. My mom taught me how to do it. I crack open 2 or 3 eggs in a cereal bowl, stir them up with a fork, heat them up for 1 minute, take them out and stir them up again. After that, I cut them up so they‘re scrambled, heat them up again for a minute and take them out. After that, I season them with salt and pepper or hot sauce.

#nationaleggmonthchallenge

Periodically, I get a short book on Serial Reader that I‘ve always meant to read. The Hound of the Baskervilles was my choice this time. I didn‘t guess the solution at first, but looking back on the story, all the clues are there. I enjoyed it.

#NationalEggMonthChallenge
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1. Tagged. IMHO, the greatest mystery ever written.
2. To eat? Eggs Benedict. To make myself? French toast. Drop that egg, some milk, some great bread ... grill to perfection. Serve with real butter and authentic maple syrup. #beyondyum

Another Holmes, another pick.

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I‘m so excited my library hold came in for this…Starting it immediately!

I‘ve been searching for this book for years and I know that we have found each other at the right time.

The first Sherlock Holmes (#SeriesLive2024) and how can you go wrong. Doyle does an excellent job setting up the relationship between Holmes and Watson (and subsequently their relationship with Scotland Yard), as well as giving us an intriguing mystery. The second half of the book doesn‘t work quite as well, but it serves its purpose. Looking forward to reading the canon with #NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Ugh… I‘ve slogged through this long enough. I don‘t want to read this depressing book anymore. Done. DNF

#WondrousWednesday Thanks for the tags @Eggs and @dabbe -

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2. above for all

Make a great day everyone 🙂

I think what's most remarkable is how much of this book can still be full of (fictional?) wonders for the average modern reader, the bottom of the ocean has not become less remote a prospect for most to explore despite 150 years of scientific and technological progress. 1/?

Sadly as telling now as it was when first published in 1929. Nella Larsen‘s own life as a mixed-race woman informed her writing, making her an important part of the Harlem Renaissance. American author Darryl Pinckney wrote of Larsen: “No matter what situation Larsen found herself in, racial irony of one kind or another invariably wrapped itself around her.”