π “I just want to push this guy off a cliff” & we got a kitty! π an OCTOBER reading vlog
My October reading vlog includes a new kitty and some books with characters that I love and characters that I want to push off a cliff.
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, where he is able to indulge his desires while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only Dorian's picture bears the traces of his decadence. A knowing account of a secret life and an analysis…
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The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson
Author: Lois Simmie
John Wilson came to Canada from Scotland in 1912, leaving his wife and family with the promise to return in a year. In 1914 he joined the Mounties, and while stationed in Saskatchewan village, he caught TB and fell hopelessly in love with the young woman who took care of him. He would do anything for her, anything at all.
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The Bullet That Missed
Author: Richard Osman
Series: Thursday Murder Club
It is an ordinary Thursday, and things shouldΒ finallyΒ be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold caseβtheir favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a…
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesΒ is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues ofΒ The Strand MagazineΒ from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and…
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