#BookedInTime @Cuilin

In February we head out into the wild seas and against all rational advice we search for pirates. 🏴‍☠️
Q1. How is the Tudor times going?
I read Dissolution and loved it. Cromwell made an appearance.
Q2. Do you have a book in mind yet for Pirates?
I‘m bringing a list to the library, Libby.

Answers in the comments. As always, everyone is welcome.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #TheGameIsAfoot

Fellow Sherlockians, in a blend of Sherlock‘s encouragement and rationality I will say as you embark on this challenge to remember that success often favors the prepared mind. Approach with your keen intellect, and you shall navigate through the obstacles with clarity. I have every confidence in your abilities.
Click on the link, first highest score wins

https://forms.gle/AHEhXXU3gwmSsvph9

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The game is afoot!! General thoughts and impressions?

(I will be attending a class today so may not have much access to my phone but will check in with discussions later).

I‘m just getting around to some thank you notes and wanted to say thank you @dabbe for this lovely holiday gift. I‘ve had it on my TBR and I‘m really looking forward to reading it. I have a whole Shakespeare shelf and this will be a wonderful addition. Thank you so much not just for this perfect gift but also for your friendship. 🤗 PS the candle smells divine.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Fellow Sherlockians, we continue the cannon with a fun game to kick off our reading in 2025. Look out for a link to a quiz this weekend after our discussion for tAo the Abbey Grange. Prize will be sent to the person with the first highest score. 🎉 🏆 🥇 🏅

#NaturalLitsy #ATreeADay @AllDebooks

For those reading tagged book and got excited about the tree and location, (Sherwood Forest!!) I went down a rabbit hole and sending a link if you care to join me. There‘s drone footage! 🌳 💚

https://visitsherwood.co.uk/explore-the-forest/the-major-oak/

#WhatTheDickens Hard Times Buddy Read

Hard Times is the 10th novel by Dickens published in 1854. With themes, including the consequences of unchecked capitalism and the importance of empathy it‘s still relevant today. All are welcome! We will check in mid month and post a discussion question at the end of January.

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeJanuary25 #BookedInTimeTudors

In the wake of the War of the Roses, the House of Tudor succeeded the Plantagenets. They ruled 118 years from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, succeeded by the Stuarts. The most well known Tudor being Henry VIII, with his six wives, and his daughter Elizabeth I, who reigned for 45 years. I‘m reading book 1 of Shardlake series. You? Comment, post or review at the end of the month!

#WhatTheDickens

Any last thoughts?

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#WhatTheDickens

I‘ve always pondered these questions. 🤔 @texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
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#WhatTheDickens

This was the first Dickens I had ever read, and I was surprised at how humorous he was. I remember being completely moved at Scrooge‘s transformation. It still gets me. 😢

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#WhatTheDickens
I was so tempted to look this up, but I wanted to hear everybody‘s thoughts first.

#WhatTheDickens
My first encounter with a Christmas Carol was reading an excerpt at age 10, the exchange between Scrooge and his nephew. And for weeks afterwards, my friends and I went around saying Bah, Humbug. A few years later, during a storm, I sat by the fireside and read the whole book. I remember thinking how humorous that opening paragraph actually is. Was this your first read?

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Gift searching has me ramfeezled!!! My new favorite word.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

I think I missed something regarding the poison.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

It‘s Sherlock so possibly but so much information was gleaned from one object. Thoughts?

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

Interested her hear what other people think of this one. It fell a little flat for me but it may be a me issue. Thoughts?

My #FiveJoysFriday Thanks for the tag @DebinHawaii

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#WhatTheDickens

For many of us, this is a reread every year. Have you read it this year yet? If you have or if you have not and want to join in a gentle buddy read, with a quick discussion Christmas Eve, December 24th, let me know and I will tag you. This is open to all, but I will tag members.

#BookedInTime
I don‘t care about the controversy surrounding this novel. Was a page or two plagiarized? Writers get inspiration from many sources including real people. Putting those pages aside (which the author literally did, and rewrote them) this novel is beautiful and it deserves all the stars. ⭐️

#BookedInTime

I personally love this time period. So much drama and so much to choose from. Thanks to @rubyslippersreads for suggesting this prompt.

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I‘m just putting it out there for all to see. I will still do a monthly post. As a reminder, all are welcome to join this very low-key Buddy-read. All genres are included from graphic novels to spy thrillers, horrors and actual history books.

#MiddleGradeMonday @Karisimo

Mr. Tom technically is not William‘s grandfather, but he certainly loves and protects him like he is. Beautiful classic novel.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

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Thoughts?

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Thoughts?

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#BookedInTime

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

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

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I thought this was an interesting statement by Watson

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

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

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#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

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#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

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#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.

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“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.

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This one made me uncomfortable.