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Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books of all time. I read the novel when I was in high school and then again sometime in between high school and college. The Bronte sisters were clearly more ‘wild’ and passionate in their love stories (one of my fav books is Wuthering Heights) than Jane Austen. I admired Jane’s sprit, especially when she totally called her aunt on the carpet about being more or less an evil, cold-hearted bitch to her. Jane was witty, charming, and above all strong. She really is the ideal woman both modernly and historically speaking. She stands up for herself and perseveres through difficulties and ultimately…
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Review: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I have just finished The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which actually went pretty fast compared to the four novels I read earlier. This collection of short stories was a fun fast read which satisfied my need to read but I did not feel committed to an entire long novel however after the first five short stories I found myself wondering if I was simply re-reading the same story over and over again? Every short story seemed to follow the same pattern, a client came to see Holmes, he enlisted Watson’s help, Holmes found some small detail in the client’s story that no one else could and made it look easy…
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Review: The Valley of Fear (A Sherlock Holmes Novel) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
As most of you know, I am finishing up the last of the four novels of Sherlock Holmes (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of Baskervilles being the first three) titled The Valley of Fear. The first three novels were a little hit and miss for me. All of the first three novels that I read were a little on the long-ish and boring side, except for the various forensic science methods/techniques and the short lived love story between Mary and Dr. Watson. So I was totally hoping The Valley of Fear (VOF) was going to be more promising, sadly I was a little on the…
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Review: A Study in Scarlet and 3 Sherlock Holmes Novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I have always been a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes but I have never actually read any of the books. So after coming back from London this summer, I was really excited to read the books. I started reading the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries on the plane to London, beginning with A Study in Scarlet. This was actually a pretty interesting novel as it let the reader get to know the main characters. Of course Dr. Watson is the narrator and writer of their adventures but Holmes is CLEARLY the hero. The story begins with Watson returning from the wars and trying to find a place to live before he goes…