tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post2374246621059938553..comments2024-03-28T21:14:53.088-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: A Study in Scarlet WomenBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-9591639408831779632020-08-30T14:02:46.714-04:002020-08-30T14:02:46.714-04:00I understand. Well, I know how you like audiobooks...I understand. Well, I know how you like audiobooks (as do I-when I am not isolated by the virus, my work involves long drives, so I listen to audiobooks then), and the first 4 books were released unabridged on audiocassette. They were never put on CD, but I digitised them some time ago. If that is something you would like, let me know. Books 5 & 6 are part of the same story (it ends on a cliffhanger) and I think each book is around 500 pages, so there is some time involved. I read them a few times, but again, it took awhileSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582845368766619225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-15552022236040305942020-08-30T13:56:34.439-04:002020-08-30T13:56:34.439-04:00Sean: As far as the Douglas books go--just a case ...Sean: As far as the Douglas books go--just a case of "too many books and too little time," I think. I'm sure I just got distracted by some other awesome-looking book and went down a rabbit hole of reading that led me elsewhere. It was around the time I was heavy into my science fiction reading phase as well.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-33583214167819437172020-08-29T21:56:36.377-04:002020-08-29T21:56:36.377-04:00Please let me know when you read Enola; I would ve...Please let me know when you read Enola; I would very much enjoy "hearing" your thoughts! And if you liked the Douglas books, why did you stop with 2? (If I may be so bold to ask?)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582845368766619225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-88705154104537699722020-08-29T20:58:33.456-04:002020-08-29T20:58:33.456-04:00I read two of the Douglas books back when they fir...I read two of the Douglas books back when they first came out (long before I wrote any reviews) and enjoyed them very much. I just recently found out about the Enola Holmes books, but haven't managed to read one yet. I like the idea of a younger sister to Holmes WAY better than what happened here.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-72565002834147439592020-08-29T09:54:28.190-04:002020-08-29T09:54:28.190-04:00If you like female pastiches for Sherlock Holmes, ...If you like female pastiches for Sherlock Holmes, there are two that I heartily recommend:<br /><br />First is the young adult Enola Holmes series. This deals with Sherlock's younger sister. She is quite a bit younger than Sherlock and Mycroft (I think she is 13 in the series, while Holmes is in his 30s, and Mycroft might be close to 40. Their mother goes missing, and she has to fend for herself while kind of staying a fugitive from her brothers as they want to send her to a finishing school to "be a lady". She proves to have the intelligence of the Holmes boys (the "Homies"? **That's just my little joke; they are NEVER called that!**) It really is a wonderful series.<br /><br />The other is the Irene Adler series by Carole Nelson Douglas. Adler was THE WOMAN to Holmes; the heroine from "A Scandal in Bohemia" It is one of my favourite series of books, and I think you'll love it!<br /><br />Both series have very little or no cursing, no real violence (The Irene series does have murders, but nothing gruesome) and no sex.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582845368766619225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-53529906624753540932020-08-20T09:56:29.214-04:002020-08-20T09:56:29.214-04:00I do like the twist on character here, but I agree...I do like the twist on character here, but I agree there can be too much of a good thing when there are endless reimaginings of the same thing.<br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts shelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.com