It was my birthday last week and I was very lucky to receive a lovely stack of books. I was very excited and immediately dropped everything to start reading them.

I cannot remember where I first heard about A Sweet Girl Graduate but I knew I had to try it. It is set in a women’s college in England in the late 19th century and as I love books like Daddy Long Legs and Anne of the Island so much I was sure I would enjoy this too. I’m almost at the end of it now and I wasn’t wrong! Jane West’s A Gossip’s Story is supposed to have been an inspiration for Sense and Sensibility so I am very excited to try that soon. Linda Newberry is an author I have never read – but have heard very good things about – so I am looking forward to The Nowhere Girl as well.
The Sign of Four is only the second Sherlock Holmes book I have read (although we read a couple of the short stories at school and I was very proud of solving one of them before Holmes did – and without sitting for hours smoking too, which is what I remember him doing in that instance!). It was the first one of this stack I picked up and I raced through it. I loved the book anyway but I also really enjoyed picking up on all the bits included in the Sherlock TV series – some of the ways they adapted it were so clever.
This book came with a little extra – some beautiful book stitch markers for my crochet. If you look closely you can see that one of them matches the book cover. Even the back cover is correct. I love them and they are making my current project look beautiful.
Those crochet markers are absolutely amazing! Definitely going to seek some out for my book and crochet loving sister! Books look so wonderful, I just love Sherlock Holmes, I started reading them a few years ago and like you I love them for their own smartness but also love seeing the way the programme had cleverly done some twists and changes while staying really true to the original stories, it’s so well done. Though I’m very impressed you cracked one I don’t think I’ve ever guessed any mystery, I’m always surprised! 😆
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I was so proud of myself! I love the stitch markers so much – these particular ones were made by Ewe Momma if you want to have a look.
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Oh and i should have said first of all… happy birthday!! 🎂
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Thank you!
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