If you enjoyed that, I would definitely recommend her Uprooted.
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I finished The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of short stories, which Iād been reading largely to prepare before reading Anthony Horowitzā Moriarty. It was all pretty standard Holmes until The Final Problem, where Holmes and Moriarty die. It was a surprising letdown. There really isnāt much there in the story. It really was just a way to kill Holmes. There were no mysteries solved and literally no explanations of anything. I was also pretty surprised that this was apparently the introduction to Moriarty, too. With how large he is in the Holmes world, Iām surprised that he really wasnāt much of a part of the base material.
OK, back to The Big Over Easy.
Sooooo, this isnāt canon, but Iāve got a collection of, essentially, Sherlock Holmes fan-fic by sci fi authors.
Itās called Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, and itās a lot of fun ā authors like Isaac Asimov and Philip Jose Farmer.
My fave one is The Adventure of the misplaced hound by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson ā itās a Hoka story (and the Hoka stories are hilariousā¦ I have a compilation of those).
This one is good b/c theyāre a collection of short stories that had run independently, and werenāt commissioned for the anthology. So Asimov (the editor) collected a bunch of sci-fi Holmes stories that were really good. I think they tried a sequel anthology, but the stories were commissioned, and not nearly as good.
story list
For convenience, here are the stories in the anthology:
Introduction: Sherlock Holmes / Isaac Asimov ā
The Adventure of the devilās foot / Arthur Conan Doyle ā [already a Sherlock Holmes canon story]
The Problem of the Sore Bridge among others / Philip Jose Farmer ā
The Adventure of the global traveler / Anne Lear ā
The Great dormitory mystery / F.N. Farber ā
The Adventure of the misplaced hound / Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson ā
The Thing waiting outside / Barbara Williamson ā
A Fatherās tale / Sterling E. Lanier ā
The Adventure of the extraterrestrial / Mack Reynolds ā
A Scarletin study / Philip Jose Farmer ā
Voiceover / Edward Wellen ā
The Adventure of the metal murderer / Fred Saberhagen ā
Slaves of silver / Gene Wolfe ā
God of the naked unicorn / Richard Lupoff ā
Death in the Christmas hour / James Powell ā
The Ultimate crime / Isaac Asimov
Sounds good. Iāve added it to the list
Beed Literary Fiction, which is an amazingly broad category.
Go Set A Watchman - Lee, poorly reviewed, but I need to read it
TKAM my favorite book, so I am braced
Any reading light recommendations? Wife is annoyed at my use of the nightstand lamp. Used to have one of the clip on ones a long time ago, but now I see these fancy around the neck things that also look interesting.
My Kindle has a built in back light that barely illuminates anything but the page itself.
I read on my phone in night mode if Iām reading in bed.
I used to use an āitty bitty book lightā, which was okay. Iāve also used a headlamp on low.
Like these
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You donāt want too many lumens for this purpose, but Iām afraid i canāt suggest a good number.
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I use one of these, which was cheap and not too bright.
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I read in a different room.
My wife bought a chair and ottoman, lamp, and a small divider for a little reading nook in our bedroom. She likes the little light that gets through the divider, and itās better than me reading in bed for a few hours.
A few days ago I put down The Sun Also Rises unfinished for at least the third time. I simply do not care about the characters and donāt care about their progression. Ages ago as a college student I pushed through skimming to get to the end. I donāt consider that a reading. Itās a classic. I try to read those. I will never properly finish this book.
It was reasonably enjoyable. Iām about 1/3 of the way through the sequel and realized I donāt even know what the plot is, so I abandoned it.
Divine Lola by Cristina MoratĆ³ for book club. Weāve been choosing from the Kindle First selections and this has me reading stuff I would never otherwise pick up. Iām having a hard time coming up with any sympathy or empathy for this person.
The book is a direct linear predecessor of the TV show The Bachelorette. Itās about a promiscuous party chick bouncing from hookup to hookup, and the one guy she really wants canāt/wonāt commit to her.
Millenials think that they invented this culture, but it has been around for ages.
When not reading Divine Lola, I have Father Gregory Boyleās Tattoos on the Heart. That is a great book and Iām only on chapter 2.
Itās a decent book, but i didnāt like it nearly as much. Unfortunately, u canāt really say why without giving spoilers. 
And it is a decent read, so Iām not going to do that.