January 2015 - The Final Solution by Michael Chabon

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Here is the spot to discuss all things re this book.

Please be aware there could be spoilers!

Enjoy!

[Kate S]

I am listening to this one on audio. My library is closed for the holidays and I was looking for something to download for while I am knitting. This was available, so I started it this afternoon.

The use of language in this book is amazing. I think there may be a vocabulary quiz at the end of the book (but I don't know, I am listening to it). I think the author must have a well-loved copy of a thesaurus near his writing space. :)

[Katy]

Michelle wrote: "Here is the spot to discuss all things re this book.

Please be aware there could be spoilers!

Enjoy!"

About half way through. I hadn't read any of the Sherlock Holmes written by anyone other than Doyle, so this is different.

I like how they never name him. And how he doesn't seem to actually like bees.

[Carol]

This was a strange little book. Glad I read it, but far from a favorite. Interestingly, my favorite part was near the end when told from the parrot's point of view.

[Katy]

Carol wrote: "This was a strange little book. Glad I read it, but far from a favorite. Interestingly, my favorite part was near the end when told from the parrot's point of view."

The parrots' POV was interesting.

(view spoiler)[ But it left me wondering about the Panicker's marriage. Was Mr. P correct in his suspicions about the lodger? There were a lot of questions about the world around Holmes that were left unanswered. Maybe because Holmes was interested in those questions.

And what was being studied by the late Mr. Shane's group? Was it a random MI6 (?? - British Secret Service Group) operation because of the war? The fact they claimed to be studying milking techniques using beef cattle was pretty funny. (hide spoiler)]