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“Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!”

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #4) by Arthur Conan Doyle

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So I’ve been reading all the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels since January now, and I’ve been having a great time with the audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry (especially since my version also has these little personal essays written by Fry at the beginning of each novel or collection). But I think I might have done myself a little disservice by listening to this one in audio. I’ve read it before, when I was in grade school I think, but the only part I remembered was SPOILERS when they discover the dog had been painted in phosphorous (except my memory […]

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8/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:105 |

“Excellent!” I cried. “Elementary,” said he. #CBRBingo

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Project: Catch Up On Review Backlog, review #4 out of 11 Of the four Holmes books I’ve read so far, this one has been my favorite. Even my least favorite stories are solid, and there are several that are excellent. For context, these stories were all published between 1892-1893, at the height of both Conan Doyle’s and his famous hero’s popularity. Conan Doyle was growing extremely tired of his creation, and he wanted to write other, newer and more challenging things (he did, almost none of which is read now by anyone other than Conan Doyle scholars and really dedicated […]

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8/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:90 |

“Crime is common. Logic is rare.”

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle

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“Draw your chair up, and hand me my violin, for the only problem which we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.”  This was a fun book to dip in and out of all month. I’m glad I did it the way I did. I think otherwise it might have been easy to grow tired of Holmes and his Watson. The stories are short and a bit slight, so they make excellent little auditory treats every couple of days or so (I’ve been listening to the Stephen Fry audiobook) in between larger offerings. Some […]

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5/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:59 |

Would have liked a lot more Holmes in this one.

The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Honestly, a teensy bit disappointed in this one. It was more fun in bits and pieces than it was as a whole. This is the novel that famously originated at a dinner between an American publisher, Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde. Out of that meeting came The Sign of the Four (which is often shortened to just ‘The Sign of Four‘) and The Picture of Dorian Gray, which I think most people would agree is the superior output (ACD thought it might be good fun to resurrect that Holmes fellow he put in that novel that one time). Maybe even […]

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3/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:36 |

“There’s a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.”

A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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The first novel down in my quest to read The Complete Sherlock Holmes by the end of 2018. Though I have seen numerous adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories over the years, I only managed to read a handful of the actual source material as a child (and The Hound of the Baskervilles is the only one I remember with any clarity). I never managed to read this one, which gives us the introduction between Mr. Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective, and Dr. John Watson, his friend and biographer. I knew a lot of the beats, though! (Mostly because this novel is […]

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2/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

Another lukewarm Sherlock Holmes adventure

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Stephen Fry

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As I slowly continue to work my way through the complete works of the world’s most famous detective through the hands of his creator, I find myself kind of grateful that so many others have attempted to capture his essence in so many different means. I say that because I have loved all Sherlock Holmes related entertainment for so long, and I’d never want to give it up. But if I’d started out with the original books, I would have certainly never wanted to keep going back for more. Alas, maybe I’m being a little extremist here. The sign of […]

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4/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:15 |

Suddenly Surprise Equus – A Phrase No One Wants to Hear

The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry

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 I like to think I mostly get British humo(u)r.  I can quote more than just Monty Python Holy Grail.  I’m aware the Hugh Laurie is more than Gregory House, M.D. and one half of the British national treasure that is “A Bit of Fry and Laurie”. But…  I did not get this on.  I had two main road blocks preventing me from liking this one.  One, the sudden surprise Equus.  (Of course, if there ever a time when you can be prepared for sudden surprise Equus?  Like, I don’t know how to tell myself, “okay, mind, we are now going […]

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12/19/2015 's CBR7 Review No:80 |

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (Narrator)

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I swear I thought I read this book, I have not. I really honestly and truly do not know how a story I know so well, with lines I quote all the time, could have snuck past me. I blame the movie. And the television show. And pop culture? I don’t know. But this has all been solved because now I have read it. Or Stephen Fry read it to me and it was delightful.  For anyone else who may have missed this one, here’s the basic idea. Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic […]

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7/25/2015 's CBR7 Review No:56 |


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