Keeley is currently reading The Sign of the Four.
I’m 40 years old, female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since May 03, 2007. My reading interests include history, and classics.
Books
- The Sign of the Four 45% complete
- A Study in Scarlet finished
- Book Sampler: Tastes of Harlequin Romance finished
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There Will be Dragons finished
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm finished
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano finished
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin finished
- A Voyage to the South Sea finished
- Daddy Long Legs finished
- The Narrative of Sojourner Truth suspended
Posts
A Study in Scarlet - Serious Historical Inaccuracy!
I absolutely agree. To make up such falsehoods is bad enough, and although disturbing, possibly forgivable under literary license. However, it seems he couldn't even be bothered to use the correct spelling, for goodness' sakes! All in all it was seriously disturbing.
There Will be Dragons - Enjoyable
Very enjoyable book - so much so I read most of it and finished it today. I didn't appreciate the bad language - that was more than a little off-putting. However, overall, very well written. Kept me interested from start to finish.
I very much enjoyed seeing the society and how it worked before "the fall", and the details of how they coped afterwards. Looking forward to more by this author. Sequels, hopefully?
Etc. - 50 Word Challenge
He gazed longingly, desire written in every fiber. The irresistible scent teased him. Quick slip and grab; the prize was his!
She was too fast, and caught him by the ear. Disappointment sank into the pit of his stomach.
Mother put him on time-out. No apple pie until after dinner.
That. Was. Hard. =Þ