#BookedInTime

Those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it!!

Thanks to @PathfinderNicole and @majkia among others for suggestion.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I thought this was an interesting statement by Watson

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Apologies for some basic questions this week. I had a hard time concentrating.

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

#PoetryMatters #villain @TheSpineView

Can‘t tell you how much I love this poem.

#WhereareyouMonday Ancient Egypt @Cupcake12

I started this on audio this morning the story seems interesting. Not sure about the narrator. We‘ll see if I‘ll continue.

#BookedInTime #TimeofthePharaohs @dabbe

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView #villa

#DaysDedicatedTo #candy

*This looks like a good cozy mystery.
* Anytime anyone from Ireland visits me this is the candy I ask for. When my sister came in May, she brought so much candy and between my daughters and I it is all gone.

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView #vile

I‘m probably not the only one that will think of this sonnet.

#DaysDevotedTo #Sandwich

* Sandwich MA on Cape Cod is beautiful.
* Apparently I am the target audience for this novel about a menopausal woman with grown-up children. I have not read it.
* I had the most delicious mozzarella, tomato, pesto sandwich on a baguette at an Orchard farm café called Pippin‘s in Vermont yesterday.

#DaysDevotedTo #Authors

An author I always enjoy.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Oíche Shamhna Shona daoibh!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!! Anybody else break into the candy already? Just me?

#ThreeListThursday @dabbe

I was surprised I got 9! Love these 4 choices. Recognized some other writers I‘ve read but not the book chosen. I thought Dracula would be on a most influential list but maybe that‘s characterized as a Gothic Horror novel not mystery. Off to add some to my TBR 🤦‍♀️

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @RamsFan1963

Answers highlighted in green

Care to play? @Cupcake12 @Deblovestoread @julieclair @SamAnne @dabbe

#MiddleGradeMondays @Karisimo

Of Course Roald Dahl would have a collection of scary stories. Love this cover!!

Care to join in @TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks

I feel like we get two seasons in one. First we get autumn, the leaves changing color with beautiful scenery and then fall, which happened last night. All the leaves on my tree made a pact counted to three and dropped. I‘m playing catch up #WhatTheDickens My #HyggeHour will be spent on my couch reading tagged book drinking cocoa.

@BarkingMadRead

Interesting article about missing/found Stoker stories. The hospital mentioned in the article is the one I was born in, so I found that kind of cool too. ⬇️

Tagging #HashatagBrigade

@indoordame @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine
 @bookwormahn

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

It‘s so interesting to look up a biography of Arthur Conan Doyle. It gives a really good insight into these stories and Sherlock himself.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

“it is part of the settled order that such a girl should have followers” Sherlock Holmes. He sends Watson because he‘s too busy with important work. Got it.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

This one made me uncomfortable.

#LitsyLove

✍️I‘m still playing catch up and having fun. Now to catch up on buddy reads.🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️ 📚

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @dabbe

I don‘t think there is anything on this list that I don‘t like except maybe football as I know nothing about it. 😬 😆

#Hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

🤣🤣🤣

When your dr appointment takes you near a fabulous second hand book store #BookHaul 🫶 📚

#LitsyLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

I think the last letter I wrote was in February 🤦‍♀️ I‘m catching up with regular letters and also birthday cards from May 🤦‍♀️ If I forgot your birthday it‘s on a list and I‘m sending Halloween/Autumn cards instead. Rereading letters and feeling so grateful.
🤦‍♀️ 💜🤷‍♀️ ❤️🫶🧡😬🩷🎃❤️💌💚📨🩵📫💙

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I found a lot of humor in this story especially between Lestrade and Sherlock.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I thought we were given lots of clues. I had many solutions but not the right one 🤦‍♀️

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I really enjoyed this one.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @Read4life

🎃 scenic leaf-peeping drives
🎃 all the cozy mysteries,
🎃Jacket/Baked potatoes and apple crumble

Care to play?

#HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

I‘m ready!! Too much??? This is what you find around your house when most of your family is Catholic. Lol.

#HauntedShelf #DeadSerious

I highlighted my answers.

@Sarahreadstoomuch @shananiganreads @cuilin @LibraryRyan @originalcyn620 @bookwormjillk @skygoddess1 @vonnie862 @ladycait84 @coffeeNbooks @samanne @patchshank @thearomaofbooks @puddlejumper @katiekat311
@amandablaze

#WhatTheDickens @Cuilin @Texreader

Thoughts on September‘s section? We have been introduced to a wide range of characters both friend and foe in David Copperfield. We meet David, his mother, his aunt, his stepfather, Peggotty, Mr. Peggotty, Emily, Steerforth, the Micawber family, and Mr Dick. All leave an impression on David and us readers, who stood out, what did you notice? Favorite villain, favorite character?

#BookedInTime #TimeOfThePharaohs

Thanks to @Mollyanna for suggestion.

All are welcome, choose your own novel, review and tag @Cuilin and @dabbe

#BookedInTime South Africa Apartheid
@Cuilin @dabbe

It was more of a me problem than a book problem. It‘s a great book. Just probably not the right time for me.

It‘s not Covid thankfully but got hit with a virus. I‘ll check tags over the next few days.

#TLT @dabbe

I did much better than I thought I would. I think Erin Brockovich is my favorite hero. I loved juror #8 in Twelve Angry Men, and of course, Humphrey Bogart playing Rick in Casablanca. I added in Michael Collins, Irish hero played by Liam Neeson, who also played Oskar Schindler. These are fun, thanks Denise.

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Both of these words were in the same paragraph in chapter 14 of the tagged book we‘re reading with #ThehashtagBrigade. I think they‘re both of German origin.

#TuesdayTunes Compilation Albums @TieDyeDude

This album started my love affair with 80‘s music. My sister got it for Christmas when I was 11.
Big in Japan by Alphaville
Like to get to know you well by Howard Jones
Purple Rain by Prince
Hard habit to break by Chicago
Apollo 9 by Adam Ant
All through the Night Cyndi Lauper

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Yf5FeOSXxSUE9p721P1Xa?si=2ANANeZkQPmNjtygL0pj...

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I think one of my favorite scenes is when Watson discovers Sherlock!!!

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

You can see how this novel influenced atmosphere and location choices in so many murder mysteries. I‘m looking at you, Mrs. Christie.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I can definitely see myself rereading this one.

Recent #ThriftFinds

The Holmes was perfect timing!! #NoPlaceLikeHolmes

And it‘s also like the universe knew I was reading Dickens again and sent two more my way. #WhatTheDickens

@dabbe @Texreader

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1 Attended a wedding and got see my daughter as bridesmaid. Did I dance? Yes, did it hurt? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
2 Signs of New England fall 🧡
3 Coffee tastes better now the mornings are cooler
4 Remembered a BBC TV play I watched in the 80s and I found it on Prime!!!! “Abigail‘s Party”
5 Tracking a hawk in the sky.

#SchoolSpirit #Apple

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I couldn‘t find a book in my collection with an apple on it so here‘s something a little more decorative

#TLT @dabbe

This was fun!! The bottom three are villains that frightened the life out of me as a child!! I‘m sure they meant the singular man in Bambi, I‘m using it to mean mankind. Also, if you‘re playing a fascist/Nazi automatic villain!! Missing from the list are my two favorite villains, Moriarty from Sherlock and Loki. (if you get redemption arc, are you still a villain?)

Care to play?

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

On chapter 7, I will stop but I don‘t want to. This is by far my favorite. Looking forward to Saturday‘s discussion.

There‘s no doubt that Elizabeth Gaskill is a beautiful writer. Ruth appears to be a cautionary tale for young women. Women are the guardians of virtue because boys will be boys. And I think that is to malign men and women. Though it fits with Victorian values, the redress of “the fallen woman” to make it palatable in 1853, is excessive. It‘s definitely a pick, but I will not one I‘d easily recommend.
#HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @Texreader

1 I‘m struggling a little bit with purpose right now. I spent 27 years as a preschool/K teacher and I retired due to auto immune issues. Feeling a little lost.
2 Husband and daughters, reading, days when my energy is good and of course Litsy has got me through some rough days.
3 Tagged, read with #LiteraryCrew @Librarybelle
Care to play? @Bookwormjillk @Deblovestoread @rwmg @Bluebird

September covers, starting all these today and Two Stories by Virginia Woolf on Kindle with #VirginiaBloomsberries @AllDebooks

The Hotel #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead
Cry, the beloved country #BookedInTime #ApartheidSouthAfrica
The hound of the Baskervilles, #NoplaceLikeHolmes @dabbe
David Copperfield #WhatTheDickens