Litsy

pick

I adored every second of this book. The relationships between characters are so well fleshed out and intricate. The way in which it explored love, longing and anguish is incredible.

Bookwomble Welcome to Litsy 👋 😊 2w

6 likes1 comment

Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Puffin in Bloom Collection | Various

"But as it is, you must not let your fancy run away with you. You have sense, and we all expect you to use it." - Chapter 26

#Pemberlittens of course I bought another copy of Pride and Prejudice this year. I've had my eye this Puffin in Bloom edition but waited for my Birthday to buy. ?

#JaneInJuneJulyAndAlways
@Curiouser_and_curiouser
@Graciouswarriorprincess

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 4mo

30 likes1 comment

Eggs

Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition | Walt Whitman

#Grassy

#SummerSouls

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️ 5mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚💛💚 5mo

Eggs @IndoorDame 🧡🤎💛 5mo

See All 6 Comments

Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡💛🧡 5mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝. 5mo

Eggs @AnnCrystal 🤗🥰😍 5mo

50 likes6 comments

JazzFeathers

Bram Stoker's Dracula | Bram Stoker

Substack tells me they will soon start to read Dracula in chronological order again.

1. It can't be a year already 😳
2. I should try again 😁

So, let's try!

28 likes

dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#FunWithSherlock
@Cuilin

Finally, here is a link for some word puzzles for today's story (with answer keys) if anyone is interested. 🤩

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/4b45Gkp

kelli7990 Thank you 6mo

dabbe @kelli7990 💜🧡💜 6mo

46 likes2 comments

dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

Librarybelle I think this one was well constructed, had a sinister feel, and was a good overall mystery. 7mo

IndoorDame I loved it!!!!! But can you train snakes? And assuming you can, aren‘t there easier, less dangerous, ways to kill pesky family members or their unwanted fiancée‘s? 7mo

CrystalE02 I loved it!!!! I found it very interesting. 7mo

See All 12 Comments

Daisey This is one of my favorites of the short stories. 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Good question! I know people do the cobra-dancing thing, but I don't know that the cobras are truly trained (since quite a few get bitten and even die in the process)--plus, snakes aren't mammals, and milk is like poison to them. 7mo

dabbe I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for an excellent detective story, however, if you have time for dying words, Julia, maybe you should avoid metaphors: “Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!“ is nice and all, but in that same amount of time you could have said, “I was bitten by a damn snake! Here's the wound!“ Roylott would then have been in jail long ago. Just sayin'. 😀 I know--it might have been too quick to totally see. 😂 7mo

IndoorDame @dabbe you‘re so right! That was especially cryptic for last words 😂😂😂 7mo

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement A snake behaving this way is pretty crazy, but I suppose if an author invents a snake, an author can decide how it behaves and what it needs to survive. lol
I enjoyed this entertaining short story. 7mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement That sounds like a great game, too: Invent-a-Snake! 🤩 7mo

Aimeesue Look, ACD, I‘ve HAD a pet snake and Jeffery did NOT drink milk. He was cute when he drank out of his water bowl though. He was not about to obey commands either. Maybe I could‘ve left him a trail of crickets leading up to my intended victim, I guess. Even then, it‘d be iffy. And he wouldn‘t have come back, that‘s for sure. 🐍 7mo

dabbe @Aimeesue 🤩🐍🤩 #jeffery #perfectsnakename 7mo

41 likes12 comments

dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

IndoorDame Sherlock was WRONG! I mean only for a second, and mostly to teach us a lesson about jumping to conclusions, but still, for a second there he was WRONG! This guy is good! 7mo

Librarybelle I was going to say the same thing, @IndoorDame ! 7mo

CrystalE02 I agree with @IndoorDame 7mo

dabbe And not only is Roylott a match intellectually, but physically as well. I think Holmes is a bit intimidated by Roylott (even though his words are witty, and he hides it well)--proven by the fact that he has to bend the poker back to show he's equal to Roylott in physicality as well as mental abilities. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement Roylott gets away with the first murder for years. Roylott isn't so secure in his genius when Holmes is brought in to the mix though. He tries to physically intimidate him, but that just makes him more of a suspect. I was impressed by the poker being bent, but then Holmes straightened it and I realized it wasn't the brag Roylott thought it was. 7mo

36 likes5 comments

dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

IndoorDame The country house mystery is definitely my favorite, and this one had an especially sinister vibe… sketchy family history, renovations, mostly empty, evil stepdad type, townsfolk who keep far away, useless stuff, cheetah roaming around… 7mo

Librarybelle I‘m a big fan of the country mystery setting - it seems more isolated, and it‘s really easy to build up the isolation aspect and the suspenseful feel behind that. Also…the wild animals on the ground! Just wow…the country setting is perfect for the cheetah and the baboon to hide. 7mo

Cuilin Country house? Yes. Quasi locked room? Also yes. The setting was perfect. 7mo

See All 8 Comments

CrystalE02 The setting was perfect!!! I loved the country setting. 7mo

dabbe @Cuilin Am I right in thinking this is the first SH locked-room mystery? Or would “The Red-Headed League“ fit that bill a little, too? 🤔 7mo

Cuilin @dabbe oh good question though neither are probably true locked room mysteries. 7mo

kelli7990 The setting was perfect for this story. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement The sisters should have been able to enjoy walks together on the grounds, instead they were on guard for wild animals their stepfather imported. What an unnecessary danger to the whole community. Having so much of the house unused was creepy to me too. I would have been begging my aunt to take me in long ago! lol 7mo

33 likes8 comments

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books