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Maureen is Currently Reading

Maureen is currently reading

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. III: The Novels

by Arthur Conan Doyle

bookshelves: holmes, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in January 1965

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Maureen said: " I am currently reading these four novellas in this new annotated volume, which is a revelation and highly recommended. Below is my basic review of these four novella-length stories.

A Study in Scarlet, is actually two stories woven into one. In the f ...more "

May 11, 2009 08:50AM · see review

Maureen is currently reading

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes 150th Anniversary: The Short Stories

by Arthur Conan Doyle

bookshelves: holmes, short-stories, currently-reading

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read in January 1974

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Maureen said: " I broke down and bought all three volumes in this series after reading what other Goodreads reviewers had to say about them. It is going to be awhile before I finish the three, because each story contains some of the most interesting and useful footn ...more "

May 11, 2009 08:45AM · see review

Maureen’s Quotes

“Nothing grows old-fashioned so fast as modernity.”
― Robertson Davies, High Spirits

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“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”
― Agatha Christie

tags: archeology, growing-older, marriage

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“Everywhere the devil spits, poison ivy grows.”
― Alan Chadwick

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“The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger.”
― Fidel Castro

tags: hunger, ignorance, illness, oppression, poverty, war, wealth, weapons, weapons-of-mass-destruction

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