Monday, November 24, 2014
In which I write about my unintended hiatus
I realized the other night that I hadn't blogged in a while. I didn't realize it had been September! I haven't really been reading but I have been listening to audiobooks and I keep meaning to review them but time has not been my friend for a long while now. I was wondering if I wanted to keep this blog going. Yes, I do. I really do. But, as I've said in the past, I don't want to feel obligated. So hopefully I'll get back to it soon. As I type this I'm thinking about writing up the Enola Holmes series. So clearly the spark to review is not gone. I'm going to get back to it. Bear with me.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Weekly Round-Up 9/22
Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library.I'm reading Landline by Rainbow Rowll. I'm listening to The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer, read by Katharine Kellgren.
Last week I reviewed The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer, read by Katharine Kellgren.
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weekly round-up
Friday, September 19, 2014
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes #4)
Enola Homes, younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft, is living on her own and evading her brothers in an attempt to stay out of boarding school and keep her independence. When her landlady is mysterious kidnapped and her house ransacked, Enola sets out to find her and figure who and why someone would want her sweet old landlady.
This was a very fun mystery. I enjoyed the character of Enola and how clever she is. Her brothers very much underestimate her but I think Sherlock is beginning to see the truth of his little sister. Enola is a very independent and she knows more about the ways of the world especially a lady's world than her brothers can understand. She is also very good at riddles and coded messages and those skills certainly come in handy for this case. I also like the history of this era like Florence Nightingale and how London was at this time. That was very interesting.
Katharine Kellgren, one of my favorite narrators, is the reader of this book and I can't say enough good things about her. She really is one of the best narrators I've come across and does a great job on every book and this one is no exception.
The only thing is some weird lengthy pauses between chapters. A few times I wonder if the book had stopped but it was just the way it was engineered.
This was a very fun mystery. I enjoyed the character of Enola and how clever she is. Her brothers very much underestimate her but I think Sherlock is beginning to see the truth of his little sister. Enola is a very independent and she knows more about the ways of the world especially a lady's world than her brothers can understand. She is also very good at riddles and coded messages and those skills certainly come in handy for this case. I also like the history of this era like Florence Nightingale and how London was at this time. That was very interesting.
Katharine Kellgren, one of my favorite narrators, is the reader of this book and I can't say enough good things about her. She really is one of the best narrators I've come across and does a great job on every book and this one is no exception.
The only thing is some weird lengthy pauses between chapters. A few times I wonder if the book had stopped but it was just the way it was engineered.
Labels:
audio books,
Enola Holmes,
mystery,
young adult
Monday, September 15, 2014
Weekly Round-Up 9/15
Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library.I'm reading The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. I'm listening to The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer, read by Katharine Kellgren.
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weekly round-up
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