well folks, i finally finished volume 1 of the sherlock holmes annotated edition that i was reading. it was fantastic and fun enough that i just checked out volume 2! and it's even bigger than volume 1!
it took me 4 months to read it because it is too hefty to commute with. but for anyone looking for fun, short stories, with just the right twist of mystery, i would encourage you to jump in and read some sherlock holmes. you don't have to read the enormous tomes i'm reading... there are other collections that are slimmer and easier to cart around.
READ IT! i haven't enjoyed something so much in a while. it's just so playful and you never know what clue holmes sees that watson and scotland yard don't. and then there's the little twist of sherlock's perhaps double-crossing brother mycroft, but i won't give you details there. all i can say is that it was an entirely pleasant 4 months that i passed at the baker street residence.
p.s.--the annotated volumes are great for background information and random facts that i otherwise wouldn't have understood. if you can handle them, i would recommend them over other versions. i found the annotations were often helpful, and when i didn't need them, i didn't read them.
p.p.s--i quit another book: the life of mary baker g. eddy by georgine milmine and willa cather. it's hard for me to read it right now. i just have so many i want to read to read something else (in my spare time) for work. also, it's SOOOO factually wrong that i find myself rolling my eyes a bit too much and not taking it seriously. so i've put it on the back burner for now and may return to it later.
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