Admirable Things for the Observer

[seshathawk]

It's too long for Facebook, and I am in the mood for it.

"To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to

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[laviniaspeaks]

I just love him so much. He was my first literary love and will never leave me. I still remember reading that illustrated classics version of Hound of the Baskervilles at the age of 8 or so...in fact, I remember standing in the Seta's basement with Molly and showing her the picture of the hound and saying, "See?? It's so frightening!"

I guess that means I have Wini to thank for him. Which makes sense.

I am two books behind with Laurie R. King. I need to play catch-up this summer. I also want to read Caleb Carr's The Italian Secretary, as I'm currently reading The Alienist and it's excellent.

[seshathawk]

What I love is how I haven't even read all the books and I'm like a secondary fan because I absorbed your love/knowledge like a sponge. Also, I am fascinated by the fan following.

I'm reading them chronologically right now and am rereading A Study in Scarlet. I think I'm...one behind on Laurie R. King? I plan to track down A Garment of Shadows at the library this week. (The Pirate King could be read for completeness but did NOT read like a Holmes or a Russell novel AT ALL, could be easily skipped.)

Ooh, The Italian Secretary looks interesting!