Always Me

❋   ❋  ❋  ❋ I received an ARC from Reedsy Discovery in exchange for an honest review. Of all the conundrums that have puzzled Sherlockian scholars, few have been thornier than the “vexed question” of Dr. Watson’s wives. In these ten stories, readers will meet the all-but-unknown women who preceded and succeeded Mary Morstan, as well as learning more about poor Mary’s fate. Other cases involve Our Heroes with all levels of Victorian society, including prime ministers and prostitutes, aristocrats and generals, amateur sleuths and Scotland Yarders, composers, novelists, and even ghosts. The tales cover the entire span of Holmes and Watson’s friendship, running from 1881 to 1937. Watson's Wives and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes by Thomas A Turley is a collection of ten Holmesian short stories that I'm glad I jumped at the chance to read.  I've always loved reading about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson whether they're the originals from Arthur Conan Do...

              On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.  Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my one of my  Halloween Reads 2023  books,  From Below  by Darcy Coates .  I've been wanting to try this author for ages and I can't wait to try this one. Beginning:  THE GULF OF BOTHNIA, FORTY-O...

        Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books with Weather Events in the Title/on the Cover, but I'm doing something completely different again this week so I'll be featuring my Favorite Horror Movies I've Watched Since Last Halloween.  All of these have been first time watches for me as well.  Here we go, in alphabetical order by title which are linked to Letterboxd reviews: The Body Snatcher (1945) - I've seen a bunch of Boris Karloff movies, but currently this is my favorite. The Descent   (2005) - This is easily one of my favorite survival monster movies now! The Devil's Backbone   (2001) - I've loved all of Guillermo del Toro's stuff, but this one is currently my favorite. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) - I'm always on the lookout for a Poe adaptation, especially this particular story.  I love the Roger Corman/ Vincent...

        Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. Happy Monday everyone!  All this month I'm spotlighting music perfect for the Halloween season.  This week I'm featuring three favorite playlists perfect for the season from  Windvale's Music by the Fiechters .  I love listening to the Fiechters other channels and this is fantastic as well.  Give a listen to Spooky Mus...

              On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.  Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my one of my  Halloween Reads 2023  books,  The Only One Left  by Riley Sager .  I've really enjoyed this author in the past and I'm really excited to read his newest release. Beginning:  We're a...

      Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish Jobs I Would Do For Free (Real or Imaginary) (Submitted by Susan @ Bloggin’ bout Books), but I decided to do something completely different instead and feature my Favorite Horror Books I've Read Since Last Halloween.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein  by Kiersten White  - Honestly, this was everything I was looking for in a Frankenstein retelling! I highly recommend listening to the audiobook which was narrated by Katharine McEwan. The Good House  by Tananarive Due  - I had never read anything from this author before this so I didn't really have any expectations, but it ended up being a favorite.  I need to read everything from her asap! The Hacienda  by Isabel Cañas  - I'd say this is in my top ten reads of 2...

      Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. Happy Monday everyone!  All this month I'm spotlighting music perfect for the Halloween season.  This week I'm featuring four of my favorite tracks from The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023).  Bear McCreary composed the score for it and he didn't disappoint.  I had the chance to see this at the movie theater and I really enjoyed ...