Meta tags:
description= A blog about books, movies, music, knitting, and photography. Sometimes cats and opinions get in the mix.;
description= A blog about books, movies, music, knitting, and photography. Sometimes cats and opinions get in the mix.;
description= A blog about books, movies, music, knitting, and photography. Sometimes cats and opinions get in the mix.;
Headings (most frequently used words):
february, 2013, the, mary, russell, of, books, to, read, and, 10, me, blog, my, fur, baby, reading, ghosts, past, review, lady, emily, pages, 28, 21, 16, 15, 13, 12, 11, 09, 06, 05, 03, welcome, follow, search, this, archive, labels, bloggers, like, blogs, dante, fat, chaucer, stripy, how, many, will, what, now, in, progress, yet, come, tbr, slush, pile, followers, dewey, thon, policy, ftc, disclaimer, best, sorts, things, about, listen, calling, all, ravelers, copyright, see, total, pageviews, lord, darkness, maiden, lane, duke, diaries, royal, entourage, world, greatest, love, letters, mini, when, women, were, birds, fifty, four, variations, on, voice, language, bees, god, hive, locked, rooms, game, fatal, waltz, poisoned, season, justice, hall, jerusalem, moor, 2016, challenge,
Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (353), and (189), that (57), her (56), with (53), this (50), russell (49), holmes (44), from (43), mary (43), read (41), for (40), share (40), she (34), books (33), book (32), was (27), but (27), his (26), are (25), review (24), #february (24), have (22), all (21), when (21), melissa (20), emily (20), may (18), series (18), they (18), will (17), not (16), goodreads (16), has (16), their (16), them (16), who (15), lady (15), ghost (15), than (14), 2013 (14), after (14), godric (14), husband (13), reading (13), love (13), mini (13), much (13), stuff (13), labels (13), mystery (13), summary (13), now (12), april (12), january (12), march (12), more (12), pinterest (12), facebook (12), blogthis (12), email (12), comments (12), posted (12), ward (12), there (12), one (12), back (11), can (11), september (11), october (11), december (11), june (11), duke (11), had (11), only (11), past (10), july (10), august (10), november (10), were (10), into (9), too (9), years (9), does (9), ftc (9), even (9), ago (9), some (9), first (9), sleuthing (9), project (9), new (9), jerusalem (9), sherlock (9), dear (9), mother (9), again (9), you (8), about (8), what (8), moor (8), game (8), two (8), plot (8), really (8), very (8), brother (8), colin (8), man (8), jane (7), blog (7), reviews (7), voice (7), women (7), own (7), out (7), most (7), library (7), through (7), justice (7), hall (7), lord (7), where (7), also (7), time (7), over (7), land (7), great (7), must (7), before (7), life (7), other (7), young (7), london (7), together (7), williams (7), giles (7), margaret (7), megs (7), way (6), austen (6), because (6), away (6), challenge (6), how (6), reads (6), off (6), world (6), diaries (6), wife (6), could (6), well (6), since (6), themselves (6), going (6), been (6), copy (5), john (5), best (5), many (5), give (5), any (5), come (5), day (5), like (5), knitting (5), bees (5), god (5), birds (5), four (5), letters (5), marriage (5), end (5), england (5), borrowed (5), british (5), mycroft (5), between (5), him (5), city (5), family (5), set (5), find (5), take (5), did (5), around (5), memory (5), herself (5), why (5), verity (5), hoyt (5), house (4), posts (4), little (4), never (4), given (4), work (4), times (4), join (4), darkness (4), forgotten (4), secret (4), heart (4), season (4), language (4), fifty (4), greatest (4), royal (4), entourage (4), maiden (4), lane (4), night (4), fun (4), although (4), mysterious (4), death (4), being (4), loved (4), better (4), year (4), made (4), both (4), forced (4), characters (4), ever (4), story (4), truth (4), while (4), romance (4), dangerous (4), found (4), bit (4), fortescue (4), which (4), character (4), until (4), notorious (4), would (4), almost (4), kill (4), then (4), hive (4), each (4), journals (4), theatre (3), eyre (3), see (3), under (3), please (3), room (3), beautiful (3), view (3), gabriel (3), things (3), contact (3), free (3), item (3), sent (3), keep (3), those (3), bookstore (3), personal (3), ratings (3), club (3), favorite (3), ghosts (3), yet (3), just (3), baby (3), your (3), people (3), rescue (3), bbaw (3), giveaway (3), writing (3), crazy (3), romantic (3), reasons (3), newbery (3), banned (3), happy (3), dies (3), booker (3), clear (3), american (3), fatal (3), rooms (3), variations (3), search (3), often (3), make (3), return (3), wasn (3), previous (3), twists (3), installment (3), scene (3), case (3), matter (3), wild (3), save (3), isn (3), during (3), war (3), palestine (3), every (3), still (3), nearly (3), old (3), might (3), right (3), relationship (3), next (3), beekeeper (3), apprentice (3), bestselling (3), laurie (3), king (3), york (3), author (3), pistol (3), determined (3), solve (3), begins (3), died (3), scandalous (3), party (3), missing (3), english (3), become (3), hargreaves (3), won (3), master (3), spy (3), doesn (3), second (3), once (3), murdered (3), thief (3), takes (3), countess (3), making (3), makes (3), vienna (3), friend (3), estate (3), finds (3), powerful (3), robert (3), crime (3), shocking (3), down (3), inexplicably (3), knows (3), goes (3), san (3), francisco (3), lost (3), get (3), streets (3), break (3), unexplained (3), accident (3), these (3), sort (3), killer (3), beloved (3), ended (3), child (3), its (3), himself (3), opened (3), empty (3), shelf (3), feel (3), candover (3), hero (3), wants (3), slowly (3), shadows (3), theme (2), james (2), hamlet (2), branagh (2), pride (2), prejudice (2), bleak (2), masterpiece (2), got (2), sense (2), sensibility (2), holiday (2), content (2), etc (2), copyright (2), 2006 (2), 2015 (2), without (2), violin (2), joshua (2), bell (2), mayer (2), door (2), closer (2), josh (2), groban (2), complete (2), woman (2), market (2), bronte (2), balletbooksknitting (2), gmail (2), dot (2), com (2), post (2), items (2), note (2), copies (2), either (2), kept (2), bookclub (2), opinion (2), dewey (2), 130 (2), goal (2), 2016 (2), chaucer (2), fur (2), doing (2), good (2), dante (2), yarn (2), hours (2), film (2), meditation (2), everywhere (2), months (2), behind (2), weeks (2), filmspotting (2), weekly (2), star (2), award (2), 2012 (2), poldark (2), tour (2), readathon (2), 2014 (2), school (2), smarter (2), overdue (2), nostalgia (2), nobel (2), news (2), music (2), notes (2), drool (2), dance (2), extra (2), customers (2), cover (2), shelves (2), cats (2), events (2), blah (2), black (2), poisoned (2), waltz (2), locked (2), research (2), welcome (2), scuffed (2), slippers (2), wormy (2), home (2), dartmoor (2), quite (2), appreciated (2), few (2), paw (2), prints (2), portrait (2), baskervilles (2), hound (2), though (2), true (2), aid (2), long (2), dead (2), quest (2), clues (2), revealing (2), lives (2), say (2), entire (2), section (2), flee (2), holy (2), setting (2), interesting (2), issues (2), later (2), said (2), married (2), female (2), forward (2), level (2), thought (2), actually (2), paperback (2), created (2), intellectual (2), according (2), writer (2), unknown (2), chapter (2), history (2), detective (2), 1918 (2), enigmatic (2), figures (2), whatever (2), ali (2), mahmoud (2), recently (2), learn (2), government (2), recent (2), seems (2), lead (2), cliff (2), danger (2), bloodied (2), pair (2), meet (2), whose (2), power (2), place (2), rubble (2), readers (2), marsh (2), turns (2), terribly (2), apparent (2), help (2), hughenfort (2), returned (2), upon (2), ill (2), fated (2), diary (2), trail (2), call (2), daring (2), prairie (2), murder (2), coming (2), social (2), nook (2), stealing (2), dark (2), turn (2), reported (2), faced (2), wanted (2), run (2), point (2), pretty (2), lovely (2), annoying (2), wedding (2), bought (2), ivy (2), agrees (2), wrong (2), von (2), lange (2), fiancé (2), deadly (2), answers (2), begin (2), bargain (2), let (2), put (2), embroiled (2), comes (2), strange (2), named (2), kimball (2), hara (2), same (2), known (2), disappeared (2), die (2), learns (2), tell (2), pick (2), simply (2), perspective (2), hammett (2), acclaimed (2), couple (2), catastrophe (2), hidden (2), unforgettable (2), becomes (2), hasn (2), father (2), hard (2), secrets (2), discover (2), actual (2), damian (2), keeping (2), apart (2), pulls (2), feels (2), pursued (2), escape (2), enemy (2), know (2), silence (2), cloth (2), everyone (2), returning (2), sussex (2), sweet (2), biographical (2), memoir (2), choice (2), beauty (2), terry (2), tempest (2), told (2), gone (2), shock (2), journal (2), third (2), mean (2), difficult (2), historical (2), regency (2), rory (2), deceased (2), fiancee (2), want (2), exploits (2), bachelor (2), sophia (2), nash (2), bed (2), protect (2), marry (2), clara (2), griffin (2), carriage (2), footpads (2), roger (2), painful (2), uses (2), realizes (2), pages (2), tiny (2), winter (2), wicked (2), intentions (2), pleasures (2), strangers (2), ethereal, images, powered, blogger, enjoynz, total, pageviews, bond, hitchhiker, guide, galaxy, ideal, miniseries, illusionist, mail, original, balletbookworm, reuse, written, permission, melissaw, calling, ravelers, woods, stephen, sondheim, amy, winehouse, serenade, tchaikowski, broadway, linda, eder, squares, albums, open, evanescence, red, appassionato, continuum, renee, fleming, awake, listen, profile, 100, solitude, garcia, marquez, aurora, leigh, elizabeth, barrett, browning, white, wilkie, collins, madwoman, attic, sandra, gilbert, susan, gubar, goblin, christina, rossetti, louisa, alcott, affair, jasper, fforde, winnie, pooh, milne, charlotte, charles, dickens, sorts, accept, schedule, erratic, misleading, exchange, products, therefore, giving, guarantee, postive, endorsement, received, acknowledged, source, dispose, discretion, sell, unedited, advance, arcs, ares, sold, illegal, recycled, participate, affiliate, programs, however, moderate, affiliated, online, program, majority, product, links, provided, courtesy, curious, reader, urls, website, policy, disclaimer, thon, followers, tbr, slush, pile, progress, hide, toward, arranging, recycling, stripy, loving, kitties, sleep, fat, jenn, bookshelf, krishna, drive, harlot, eleventh, twelfth, done, noir, experience, important, announcement, wendy, knits, sunday, austenblog, eat, richard, lloyd, parry, boston, bibliophile, bbc, presents, closed, doors, austenprose, kenneth, apple, mayday, svu, podcast, interviews, top, lists, nicola, peltz, beckham, kind, rising, venice, fug, yourself, blogs, treasure, pimpin, jasperfforde, ross, demelza, winston, graham, saga, syrie, hour, spine, poetry, bloggers, youtube, xmas, boring, wordless, wednesday, unbound, geeks, weather, unboxing, twitter, shows, translation, tob, thoughts, self, improvement, train, thanks, teaser, tuesdays, 717, start, itis, src, frustration, 135, reflection, humanity, matters, graphically, diversely, damn, harder, ravelry, rant, 105, random, quarterly, prayer, crisis, parents, oyster, outrage, disgust, omg, wtf, nyrb, vocab, yay, nerdy, ness, soppy, musing, mondays, movie, mom, 213, meh, goddess, iphoneography, iowa, instagram, friends, food, dnf, crazeballs, craftypants, art, commonplace, comixology, chemistry, bookspotting, bookrageous, booking, thursday, riot, bnbc, bloggiesta, cloud, bea, healthy, week, backlist, bump, austenesque, audiobooks, asoiaf, apropos, shakespeare, npm, tiltshiftfocus, photoshopexpress, photo, tis, 2007, 129, 2008, 255, 2009, 187, 2010, 121, 2011, 152, 149, 2017, 2018, archive, follow, corner, web, movies, talk, occasional, photograph, appearances, former, dancer, associate, hospital, epidemiology, bookseller, contacted, kindle, subscribe, atom, older, newer, location, adventures, local, color, dragged, parallels, hmmm, taste, theirs, equals, summons, partner, eerie, celebrated, abandons, oxford, studies, investigation, phantom, sightings, spectral, coach, carrying, noblewoman, moonlit, heralded, corpse, surrounded, oversize, here, foreboding, embark, fanatic, anthropologist, ancestral, moorland, witch, lowly, hedgehog, anticipate, rational, explanation, lies, beneath, supernatural, darker, imagined, harsh, desolate, add, suffice, skipped, recover, plan, course, certainly, quiet, trip, care, taken, respect, detail, atmosphere, era, word, basically, underlines, present, century, deal, trouble, jumping, part, partnership, addressed, settled, eighteen, sure, literally, skirts, issue, attraction, dressing, boy, sojurn, looking, allusions, complaint, whoever, designs, dressed, bathrobe, holding, pipe, needs, far, provocative, letter, featuring, lively, adventure, company, patricia, cornwell, win, edgar, creasey, awards, debut, novel, unfolds, hitherto, apprenticeship, close, green, pleasant, enter, occupied, auspices, gentlemen, service, thus, greets, travel, grimed, arab, receive, orange, groves, fringing, role, volatile, taciturn, play, design, wrested, turks, passing, tests, guides, engaged, mission, majesty, disguise, bedouins, beardless, youth, amir, stealthy, reconnaissance, dusty, countryside, rash, murders, unrelated, growing, tensions, jew, moslem, christian, adamant, reconstruct, desert, gully, occurred, singular, findings, labyrinthine, bazaars, verminous, inns, hung, monasteries, mortal, mentor, inquiries, jeopardize, fearlessly, wields, assays, arts, seduction, bruised, ascend, jewellike, last, adversary, lust, savagery, reduce, ancient, sacred, ignite, tinderbox, classically, holmesian, enchantingly, fresh, sinuously, plotted, colorful, dazzling, historic, ambience, sweeps, onward, thrill, chase, grave, talent, having, alistair, none, men, concealed, aided, befriended, intricate, wonderful, commendable, subtly, introducing, homosexual, outset, solving, murky, riddle, oddly, familiar, stranger, pounds, desperately, front, pleading, recovers, lays, younger, beauville, untimely, expected, heir, puzzle, convinced, late, son, amidst, rumors, haunted, heads, uncover, record, joins, shooting, purloined, bundle, ominous, comprise, cleverest, disguises, journeys, paris, trap, afoot, catch, elusive, villain, act, victims, delighted, streamlined, person, seem, progressing, bullied, climbing, deterred, pursuits, expect, swoop, investigations, enjoyable, purchased, full, swing, victorian, aristocracy, atwitter, certain, gentleman, claims, direct, descendant, louis, xvi, marie, antoinette, adding, fascination, french, audacious, cat, burglar, systematically, valuable, belonged, queen, owner, pilfered, treasures, theft, newspapers, develops, twisted, obsession, ashton, wit, perseverance, unmask, stalker, ferret, murderer, brewing, scandal, threatens, reputation, dashing, strangle, internal, quibbling, whether, obvious, madly, sticking, ninny, stand, hindsight, motive, knew, empress, elisabeth, sissi, tasha, alexander, renders, beautifully, tragedy, mayerling, added, bonus, getting, bainbridge, floating, internet, behest, reluctantly, attend, sprawling, country, odious, expecting, problems, host, invited, kristiana, austrian, linked, romantically, debonair, believes, tedious, evening, protégé, brandon, arrested, terrible, name, dig, glittering, ballrooms, sordid, backstreets, engages, anarchist, wits, emerge, price, exonerating, paid, placing, peril, unthinkable, nemesis, intimacy, homes, something, characterization, rich, parts, felt, sunny, goodheart, maybe, space, poor, brush, hair, entry, 1924, intrigue, starts, visit, bearing, package, containing, papers, kipling, famed, withdrew, espionage, discovers, friendship, cast, accompany, india, operative, soon, faraway, exotic, impossible, foe, games, aren, played, highest, stakes, kim, straight, left, seriously, started, worry, rails, switch, partway, dashiell, brought, colleague, eight, highly, detection, unlock, buried, somewhere, departing, bombay, ship, route, bustling, modern, settle, legal, affairs, surrounding, inheritance, port, prey, troubling, dreams, irrational, behavior, annoyance, 1906, six, devastated, earthquake, raging, fire, reduced, denied, days, turned, fabled, hell, earth, suspects, trauma, connected, real, culprit, responsible, lapse, sooner, familiarize, particulars, unpleasantness, forbid, access, except, presence, immediate, someone, nothing, value, targeted, assassination, questions, ask, violent, deaths, boiled, leads, winding, chinatown, unspoken, parent, tragic, car, fourteen, alone, survived, hanger, couldn, wait, entries, veer, daughter, unfortunately, separation, thing, absolutely, interplay, picks, change, bird, cemetery, disillusioned, grounds, believe, burn, latest, delivers, thriller, ingenious, surprises, unrelenting, suspense, famous, sleuths, immune, sting, began, problem, beehives, led, murderous, cult, hoped, sacrificial, altar, instead, stirred, wrath, limitless, resources, thwarted, separated, police, across, continent, ruthless, connections, unstoppable, survive, maintaining, tenuous, means, coded, messages, cryptic, granddaughter, safekeeping, instincts, didn, already, mistake, separating, easier, targets, shadowy, agents, shops, rustic, forest, cabins, rickety, planes, scotland, boats, frozen, north, sea, uncovering, hermit, doctor, cruelly, scarred, flyer, obsessed, intelligence, agent, speed, safe, reunion, betray, enemies, complex, deeply, career, anticipated, sweetness, homecoming, quickly, tempered, galling, met, adler, surrealist, painter, charged, exonerated, troubled, enlisting, holmeses, desperate, observed, kinds, madness, yields, shattering, solution, fair, number, suicides, stonehenge, shanghai, protecting, near, coast, seven, abroad, especially, disappearance, colony, hives, honestly, anything, omigodyoumustbuyandreadthisnownownownow, description, flap, gave, goosebumps, sat, sitting, sentence, absolute, class, narrative, non, fiction, grandmother, shared, birdwatching, autobiographical, remembrance, teaching, developing, conservation, efforts, defy, definition, poetic, essay, philosophical, musings, secretly, tradition, collected, create, different, points, edition, newly, released, staff, rec, chasing, booksellers, alike, pressing, mind, blowing, amazing, twist, fate, lights, inscribed, leaving, promise, look, iconic, unconventional, refuge, remember, large, mormon, clan, northern, utah, developed, cancer, result, nuclear, testing, nearby, nevada, came, exactly, three, bound, blank, chapters, unfold, yoga, poses, logic, creates, lyrical, caring, kaleidoscope, keeps, turning, question, edited, michael, kelahan, ish, snagged, bin, valentine, quick, arranged, subject, subjective, information, writers, recipients, consider, myself, decently, informed, regarding, wikipedia, seemed, narrow, focus, hetero, exchanges, premise, style, motion, stalls, elder, serious, bad, loathe, lots, thrown, volumes, recorded, dukes, amusement, totes, stolen, published, installments, sheets, brief, glimpse, esme, norwich, running, concurrently, odd, companion, plotline, less, guaranteed, isabelle, duchess, matched, grumpiness, groom, parties, standing, bitchy, sisters, bride, touching, hangover, rita, winning, compelling, emotions, intense, sensuality, sparkling, smart, wickedly, romp, leave, breathless, lennox, abshire, sworn, wholesome, sister, fitzroy, honor, peace, engagement, neither, unimaginable, occurrences, passionate, light, afire, largely, page, another, attractive, proposition, unmarried, intention, marrying, lengthy, illness, holds, allure, offer, irresistible, face, unmasking, marries, appointed, improbably, stupidly, parked, middle, attack, steps, fires, footpad, dispatches, grateful, killed, fraser, burnsby, revenge, seduce, became, reality, watching, painfully, decade, living, half, using, alive, insinuates, aunt, live, vein, opens, crux, wounded, lot, nature, imagery, pairing, flowering, overgrown, dormant, garden, saint, trimming, growth, breathing, soul, scenes, acknowledge, bricked, prison, grief, finish, grieving, hopes, future, tentatively, satisfying, staring, ends, differently, hellequin, fairy, tale, beginning, device, adds, pathos, backround, continues, activities, lassie, snatchers, children, clocked, lace, stockings, subplot, rehashed, always, makepeace, dastardly, seymour, thankfully, weaves, nicely, previously, introduced, barring, charming, mickey, admit, shoe, horn, lazarus, temperance, isabel, small, contributions, sets, sixth, delicious, sneek, peek, solely, title, paying, attention, aside, went, drops, hints, identities, undetectable, bravo, grand, central, publishing, reviewed, midnight, desires, passion, flares, intimate, planned, players, surrender, temptation, destroy, desire, ultimate, vowed, seen, recognize, mask, fierce, commanding, everything, feared, lovers, masked, avenger, innocent, confronts, fearless, pointing, head, badges, challenges,
Text of the page (random words):
lord fortescue which in hindsight did give her a motive that only she knew about this was a fun mystery with a lovely section set in vienna the empress elisabeth sissi is a character and tasha alexander renders her beautifully this takes place after the tragedy of mayerling going to vienna had the added bonus of getting emily away from her crazy mother even if she did take the annoying bainbridge with her now i have to go find the emily and colin wedding scene floating around on the internet before reading book four dear ftc i bought a copy of this book on my nook posted by melissa ward at 11 53 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mini review sleuthing stuff i read 09 february 2013 a poisoned season lady emily 2 summary from goodreads london s social season is in full swing and victorian aristocracy is atwitter over a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of louis xvi and marie antoinette adding to their fascination with all things french an audacious cat burglar is systematically stealing valuable items that once belonged to the ill fated queen but things take a dark turn the owner of one of the pilfered treasures is found murdered after the theft is reported in the newspapers and the mysterious thief develops a twisted obsession with lady emily ashton it takes all of lady emily s wit and perseverance to unmask her stalker and ferret out the murderer while faced with a brewing scandal that threatens both her reputation and her romance with the dashing colin hargreaves coming back to lady emily i was delighted to find that her second mystery is more streamlined than the first emily is determined to be her own person she and colin hargreaves seem to be progressing in their romance but she won t be bullied into marriage by her social climbing mother or deterred from intellectual pursuits although colin is a master spy emily doesn t expect him to swoop in and rescue her when her investigations become dangerous very enjoyable dear ftc i read a copy purchased on my nook posted by melissa ward at 11 53 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mini review sleuthing stuff i read 06 february 2013 justice hall mary russell 6 summary from goodreads hours after holmes and russell return from solving the murky riddle of the moor a bloodied but oddly familiar stranger pounds desperately on their front door pleading for their help when he recovers he lays before them the story of the enigmatic marsh hughenfort younger brother of the duke of beauville returned to england upon his brother s death determined to learn the truth about the untimely death of the hall s expected heir a puzzle he is convinced only holmes and russell can solve it s a mystery that begins during the great war of 1918 when young gabriel hughenfort the late duke s only son died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since while holmes heads to london to uncover the truth of gabriel s war record russell joins an ill fated shooting party a missing diary a purloined bundle of letters and a trail of ominous clues comprise a mystery that will call for holmes s cleverest disguises and russell s most daring journeys into the unknown from an english hamlet to the city of paris to the wild prairie of the new world the trap is set the game is afoot but can they catch an elusive villain in the act of murder before they become his next victims in my opinion you can t read justice hall without having read o jerusalem because marsh and alistair are none other than mahmoud and ali the men who concealed aided befriended russell and holmes in o jerusalem a very intricate plot that is wonderful in all of the twists and turns commendable also for subtly introducing a homosexual relationship that wasn t terribly apparent at the outset dear ftc i borrowed this from the library posted by melissa ward at 11 51 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mini review sleuthing stuff i read 05 february 2013 o jerusalem mary russell 5 summary from goodreads with her bestselling mystery series featuring sherlock holmes and mary russell laurie r king has created lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company according to the new york times book review now the author of the beekeeper s apprentice and the moor the first writer since patricia cornwell to win both the american edgar and british creasey awards for a debut novel a grave talent unfolds a hitherto unknown chapter in the history of russell s apprenticeship to the great detective at the close of the year 1918 forced to flee england s green and pleasant land russell and holmes enter british occupied palestine under the auspices of holmes enigmatic brother mycroft gentlemen we are at your service thus holmes greets the two travel grimed arab figures who receive them in the orange groves fringing the holy land whatever role could the volatile ali and the taciturn mahmoud play in mycroft s design for this land the british so recently wrested from the turks after passing a series of tests holmes and russell learn their guides are engaged in a mission for his majesty s government and disguise themselves as bedouins russell as the beardless youth amir to join them in a stealthy reconnaissance through the dusty countryside a recent rash of murders seems unrelated to the growing tensions between jew moslem and christian yet holmes is adamant that he must reconstruct the most recent one in the desert gully where it occurred his singular findings will lead him and russell through labyrinthine bazaars verminous inns cliff hung monasteries and into mortal danger when her mentor s inquiries jeopardize his life russell fearlessly wields a pistol and even assays the arts of seduction to save him bruised and bloodied the pair ascend to the jewellike city of jerusalem where they will at last meet their adversary whose lust for savagery and power could reduce the city s most ancient and sacred place to rubble and ignite this tinderbox of a land classically holmesian yet enchantingly fresh sinuously plotted with colorful characters and a dazzling historic ambience o jerusalem sweeps readers ever onward in the thrill of the chase well there isn t much i can add to the goodreads summary for o jerusalem suffice to say this is the entire section of time that was skipped during the beekeeper s apprentice when holmes and mary had to flee england to recover and plan of course being who they are it certainly isn t a quiet trip through the holy land i have to really say that i loved loved the care and research taken with respect to the setting detail and atmosphere of world war i era palestine i appreciated it very much and loved every word interesting plot too since it basically underlines issues still present nearly a century later this is much better than the previous installment in the series the moor that said i had a great deal of trouble jumping back from the mary and holmes of a letter of mary and the moor where they are married and that part of their partnership is addressed settled to an eighteen year old mary and not sure what to do with her holmes who literally skirts the issue of her being female his attraction to her by dressing her as a boy during their sojurn in palestine this might be a book better read right after book 1 the beekeeper s apprentice since no forward looking allusions to their relationship are made in o jerusalem and it must be read before book 6 justice hall see next review and i have one series level complaint whoever thought up the cover designs with mary on them dressed in a bathrobe and holding holmes s pipe really needs to actually read the books far too provocative i like the new paperback re issues better dear ftc i borrowed this from the library posted by melissa ward at 11 50 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mini review sleuthing stuff i read 03 february 2013 the moor mary russell 4 summary from goodreads though theirs is a marriage of true equals when sherlock holmes summons his wife and partner mary russell to the eerie scene of his most celebrated case she abandons her oxford studies to aid his investigation but this time on dartmoor there is more to the matter than a phantom hound sightings of a spectral coach carrying a long dead noblewoman over the moonlit moor have heralded a mysterious death the corpse surrounded by oversize paw prints here on this wild and foreboding moor russell and holmes embark on a quest with few clues save a fanatic anthropologist an ancestral portrait a moorland witch and a lowly but most revealing hedgehog as holmes and russell anticipate a rational explanation lies beneath the supernatural events but one darker than they could have imagined and one that could end their lives in this harsh and desolate land it was fun to return to dartmoor the location of holmes s adventures in the hound of the baskervilles but this installment of the russell holmes series wasn t quite as good as the previous two although i appreciated the plot twists and local color this mystery dragged there were also a few too many parallels to baskervilles paw prints a portrait hmmm for my taste posted by melissa ward at 11 49 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mini review sleuthing stuff i read newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom welcome scuffed slippers and wormy books is the little corner of the web where i post my reviews of books movies and music books more often than not talk about my knitting and share the occasional photograph my cats chaucer and dante make appearances too i am a former dancer a research associate in hospital epidemiology by day and a bookseller by night i can be contacted at balletbooksknitting at gmail dot com note i do not read or review kindle books welcome and happy reading melissa follow me search this blog blog archive 2018 1 january 1 2017 56 june 10 may 12 april 8 march 10 february 7 january 9 2016 99 december 10 november 8 october 12 september 10 august 7 july 5 june 9 may 13 april 6 march 6 february 6 january 7 2015 55 december 13 november 8 october 4 september 5 august 2 july 6 june 1 may 3 april 4 march 2 february 4 january 3 2014 86 december 6 november 2 october 5 september 3 august 5 july 6 june 7 may 8 april 19 march 10 february 6 january 9 2013 149 december 14 november 5 october 14 september 6 august 8 july 9 june 9 may 11 april 31 march 8 february 12 lord of darkness maiden lane 5 the duke diaries the royal entourage 3 the world s greatest love letters mini review when women were birds fifty four variations on voice the language of bees mary russell 9 the god of locked rooms mary russell 8 the game mary russell 7 a fatal waltz lady emily 3 a poisoned season lady emily 2 justice hall mary russell 6 o jerusalem mary russell 5 the moor mary russell 4 january 22 2012 152 december 12 november 8 october 28 september 18 august 11 july 4 june 10 may 10 april 18 march 16 february 7 january 10 2011 121 december 14 november 8 october 16 september 11 august 6 july 4 june 2 may 11 april 14 march 13 february 10 january 12 2010 187 december 13 november 8 october 13 september 27 august 10 july 16 june 19 may 13 april 19 march 14 february 11 january 24 2009 255 december 17 november 31 october 31 september 32 august 28 july 17 june 14 may 25 april 17 march 11 february 17 january 15 2008 129 december 19 november 33 october 9 september 6 august 14 july 10 june 5 may 11 april 5 march 3 february 12 january 2 2007 69 december 4 november 22 october 1 september 2 august 3 july 10 june 7 may 5 april 3 march 3 february 6 january 3 2006 11 december 2 october 3 september 6 labels tis the season 21 photo fx 1 photoshopexpress 1 tiltshiftfocus 1 april is npm 17 apropos shakespeare 2 asoiaf 6 audiobooks 12 austenesque 13 backlist bump 1 banned books challenge 6 banned books week 18 bbaw 26 be healthy 18 bea 18 best american 20 black cloud 8 blah 13 bloggiesta 8 bnbc 54 book events 20 book riot 3 bookclub 12 booker project 9 booking through thursday 13 bookrageous 1 books for the book 4 bookspotting 16 bronte for all 5 cats 33 chemistry 7 clear off shelves challenge 28 comixology 2 commonplace book 4 complete booker challenge 8 cover art 1 craftypants 1 crazeballs 4 customers 20 dance drool 11 dies 11 dnf 3 extra extra 1 first to read 6 food 10 friends 3 giveaway 4 happy dance 35 i read banned books 15 instagram 1 iowa 2 iphoneography 9 knitting 29 knitting goddess 18 library 6 meh 2 mini review 213 mom 3 movie star drool 94 music notes 27 musing mondays 6 my soppy heart 3 nerdy ness 19 new books yay 45 new yarn 13 newbery project 22 newbery vocab 14 news in review 15 nobel project 5 nostalgia project 6 nyrb 1 omg and wtf 2 outrage and disgust 8 overdue reads 9 oyster 2 parents 7 personal crisis 2 prayer 6 quarterly 2 random 105 rant 32 ravelry 4 read harder 2 read my own damn books 5 readathon 60 reading diversely 14 reading graphically 37 reading matters 10 reasons i am smarter than most of humanity 26 reflection 37 romantic reads 135 school frustration 4 secret knitting 5 sleuthing 15 src 2 start itis 7 stuff i read 717 teaser tuesdays 33 thanks 10 the self improvement crazy train 3 the voice 8 theatre thoughts 2 tob 2014 3 too many books 30 too much work 10 translation 3 tv shows 10 twitter 3 unboxing 1 weather 2 weekly geeks 3 women unbound challenge 13 wordless wednesday 6 work boring 6 writing 3 xmas knitting 7 ya all the way 19 youtube 1 bloggers like dewey s readathon hour 2 mini challenge book spine poetry jane austen s first love by syrie james holiday blog tour and giveaway ross poldark demelza by winston graham the poldark saga 1 and 2 blog tour and giveaway bbaw 2012 day 4 book pimpin jasperfforde bbaw forgotten treasure do i have a book for you blogs i read go fug yourself nicola peltz beckham got some kind of rising star award in venice 2 weeks ago filmspotting a weekly film podcast with reviews interviews and top 5 lists filmspotting kenneth branagh can t rescue apple tv s mayday svu 2 weeks ago austenprose a jane austen blog bbc presents jane austen behind closed doors 8 months ago the boston bibliophile review people who eat darkness by richard lloyd parry 3 years ago austenblog she s everywhere your sunday austen meditation 4 years ago wendy knits important announcement 4 years ago the film noir experience back to to do s 7 years ago books i done read hours eleventh and twelfth 9 years ago yarn harlot drive by 12 years ago s krishna s books jenn s bookshelf dante my fat fur baby doing what good book loving kitties do sleep chaucer my stripy fur baby just re arranging the recycling how many books will i read 2016 reading challenge melissa has read 65 books toward her goal of 130 books hide 65 of 130 50 view books what i m reading now books in progress melissa s favo...
|
