LadyJPC is currently reading The Secret Agent and The Moonstone.
I’m female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since September 10, 2008. My reading interests include Nearly anything, and but mainly Mystery!.
Books
- The Moonstone 24% complete
- The Secret Agent 94% complete
- Anna Karenina finished
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde finished
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles finished
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Hippolytus finished
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A Study in Scarlet finished
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished
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North and South finished
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories finished
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As You Like It finished
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Much Ado About Nothing finished
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A Midsummer Night's Dream finished
Posts
A Study in Scarlet - Serious Historical Inaccuracy!
For a man as methodical and precise about his research as Conan Doyle was, I was extremely disappointed by the grievously incorrect information given in the story as fact, namely about the Mormons and early life in Utah! The story was excellent, until this was introduced to the plot. The author could not even bother himself to spell the names of actual people correctly. I think if he had done a bit more research and told his story better, I may have liked it more, which is a shame because I have enjoyed his other stories so much.
North and South - North and South
I LOVED this book! In fact, I was so impatient to finish this, that I received 40 installments in 1 day! The writing is Extraordinary, and so thoughtful. You care for the characters. The descriptions are so vivid, you can see the smoke over Milton, or the leaves on the roses! I would recommend this book to everyone!