Monthly Archives: December 2019

“Have you lost your mind? Experienced religion? Or any other dreadful thing?” – Louisa May Alcott’s Christmas Treasury by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on December 24, 2019 by leedock

I love Christmas. As my kid says, there are more holiday songs on my “Holly Jolly” play list than there are days in the year. I bake an insane number of cookies and start watching Christmas movies in November. Yep, … Continue reading →

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“It’s why you jump in the first place..” – The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane

Posted on December 16, 2019 by leedock

The plot of Crane’s young adult novel sounded intriguing when my book club picked it for our last book of the year. Young woman is the lone survivor of a plane crash in Ireland. Suffering from amnesia, she finds herself … Continue reading →

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“She has fainted from ill-usage and exhaustion.” – The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted on December 16, 2019 by leedock

Nope. I think that I can now honestly say that I am not a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Give me all of the re-tellings, please, but spare me the prototype. I tried. I really, really tried. I should not have … Continue reading →

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“It is a romance!” – The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted on December 11, 2019 by leedock

After reading so many re-tellings of Sherlock Holmes over the past couple of years, I vowed to start reading the source material. It took until a few months ago to actually get that quest off the ground. My hesitation was … Continue reading →

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