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Nice, I might take a look at them soon when I get my hands on one of the volumes. I forgot to post my first MX book review here:
https://baskervillepups.com/2022/03/1...

Margie wrote: "The 'quite epicurean little cold supper' was delivered to Baker Street: brace of cold woodcock, a pheasant, a pate de foie gras pie with a group of 'ancient and cobwebby bottles.' I'm afraid I woul..."
How about the pate de foie gras pie? Any of that in the test kitchen? Liver pies sound.... delicious? 😁

Margie wrote: "And, then, we need to figure out why Lestrade is wearing a naval looking outfit. Seems bizarre!

I can't remember if Granada put Colin Jeavons in that outfit for the film. I certainly can't picture..."

Nope, can't remember Colin Jeavons in any other suit than his usuals. Would have been interesting to see!

Barbara wrote: "I don't care if you copy my reviews - I think a couple of the other books have been reviewed on Goodreads and Amazon, but there are at least 30 of them now and I only reviewed a few that I was able..."

Awesome, thanks for sharing that podcast. "I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere" just started a little Twitter community; I joined last weekend. I never heard of "Trifles" though.

Barbara wrote: "I put up a few Goodreads reviews of the books I got hold of. Here are links to the reviews:
Book XXI https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...-..."

Thanks for sharing this Ms Barbara! I'll take a look at them. You write some great reviews. Is it okay if I feature your reviews, if I write a blog post on those books? Much thanks.

Hey, if y'all have any more MX books in particular that you think would be good to review, lemme know!

Barbara wrote: "I have read a number of the anthologies and reviewed the recent Christmas one, Part XXX. Two of my favorite stories by the same author were "The Return of the Noble Bachelor" - this was in the "Wha..."

Those anthologies sound awesome. "Whatever Remains" is now of interest, and I think I'll put it down on my to-review list.

Margie wrote: "Holmes notes that his reference book indicates Robert St. Simon has Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side. Despite the storied history of the Plantagenet line and the s..."


No worries at all, I love the history of the Royals. It's something I always wanted to understand. Now, had you not mentioned the Plantagenet family, I would have started talking about Swiss watches. 😁

Margie wrote: "Very nice blog post. You do good work!"

Thank you! Glad you enjoy it! 😊

Hi Friends!

I thought it would be nice to have a little discussion forum for the MX Publishing section. I'm getting an opportunity to review their books, and would be happy to hear your thoughts before I post up a post on them. They recommended Jeremy Brett- Playing a Part by Maureen Whittaker, so I'll be starting with that. It's a great biography on JB!

Let the chatting begin!
MB

LOL, there's a Sherlockian Myth Busters on YouTube. They were investigating the whole thumb scenario.

Margie wrote: "To end ENGR, I found a funny note about Holmes's statement that our thumb-less engineer would be good company forever by repeating the story of his adventure: "On the contrary, if he really chose t..."
Good lord 😂; I suppose he can entertain the folks who haven't heard the story before.

"Yes, yes, we know... you were hanging out of a window and..."

Barbara wrote: "The St. Simon/Flora plot was also "ripped from the headlines." When English lords weren't marrying American heiresses, they were marrying dance hall girls. There was a Belle Bilton who married the ..."

This sounds like the King of Bohemia!

Ellie wrote: "When I first read ENGR, my main objection to it was how unlikely it would be that Colonel Stark could chop off Mr. Hatherley's thumb as he was hanging from the window sill. Hatherley would be holdi..."
Now I really do find it unrealistic... I doubt someone is that skilled to chop off one thumb, which would be among four fingers. Some more fingers have to get the blunt of the chop as well. And yes, exactly: the thumbs would be on the side or below the sill.
Doyle should have paid more attention to people hanging out of windows, hehe. 😅

Margie wrote: "To close out SPEC---

1-- Do you think it is odd that Roylott died so quickly from the snake, but Julia lived long enough to seek help and mention the speckled band. Perhaps the timing is about the..."

Hmm, Ms Margie, good question. Considering the time they took to reach to Dr Roylott, I suppose he died in the same amount of time. What species is the swamp adder? It's not a common krait because the death time is within half a day, I think... and it's definitely not a cobra...

Ellie wrote: "Lol, my kids are young adults so I don’t so much read the stories to them as slip in plot points and quotes during daily conversations. Sometimes they indulge me by watching Granada episodes with m..."

This sounds a lot like me and my fam watching the episodes. It's a Sunday tradition here.

What-ho!

Seems like I missed out on some fine topics of interest. Recently I had a go at this blog post on the Canon stories ranked:
https://bookriot.com/sherlock-holmes-...

You ladies have probably read this one before. Concerning racism, sexism, and other biases that were probably used, I can't stick up for the historical backgrounds of the stories. I say it's a ripping way to analyze society during those times, though.
My opinion here, but I'm thankful Granada didn't do YELL. Had there been an episode, it might have come across oddly, regardless of no ill intentions.

Jolly good of you to share Sherlockiana with your kiddos, Ms Ellie. Precisely why I started this forum, initially. It's difficult to find youths into the Canon these days, save the BBC Sherlock fans… or perhaps it's just on my side.
Ms Barbara, thank you for sharing that piece on the Loving V. Virginia case. It reminds me that I have to brush up on the good old History II; it also reminds me that Texan students like myself might be limited to lessons addressing racism and sexism. 😖
Reading these works is a great way for this generation to understand how far we have come in equality. I’m always grateful that I wasn’t born back in those repressive times. ACD made a good attempt at being inclusive in YELL.

The the is one of the most irritating the's I ever came across. My tongue twists just by looking at it. And do excuse my cluelessness, but were the states publishing Doyle's work faster than Britain? And who was the wise guy that thought that "the" was necessary? LOL!

Ah, you found the archives!! This site is a treasure chest muhuha.. thanks for sharing!

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