Friday, July 7, 2017

Friday Linkups - The God of the Hive
















It's Friday linkup time!  I'm linking up with the Book Blogger Hop hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer, Book Beginnings of Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader, and the Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice

This Week's Book Blogger Hop Question:
In one sentence describe your passion for reading.

My Answer:
Reading is my constant.

This week's book is The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King which is about an elderly Sherlock Holmes and his wife Mary.  While Sherlock is much older and lives a quieter life he and Mary can't seem to escape mysteries!  This is a later book in the series which I've been reading since the beginning and always enjoy.  As well this continues a major mystery from the previous book, The Language of Bees.  Sometimes this series can be a touch dry but I always enjoy it and can't believe it's taken me months to get around to reading this one after loving the last book!

The Beginning:
A child is a burden, after a mile.
After two miles in the cold sea air, stumbling through the night up the side of a hill and down again, becoming all too aware of previously unnoticed burns and bruises and having already put on eight miles that night - half of it carrying a man on a stretcher - even a small, drowsy three-and-a-half-year-old becomes a strain.

My Thoughts:
This starts right after the previous book ends so I have a pretty good idea of what's going on here.  Seriously though,  even without the previous 8 miles carrying a guy on a stretcher carrying a 3 1/2 year old 2 miles would be pretty exhausting!

The 56:
The the world exploded in a racket of tearing metal and crackling trees, the scream of three human voices, and an unbelievable confusion of sound and pain and turmoil as we tumbled end over end and fell crying into the dark.

My Thoughts:
Well that sounds ominous!  I'm not quite here yet but it doesn't sound like things are going very well!

So what do you think?  Keep reading?

21 comments:

  1. I don't think I realized this was about Sherlock Holmes! I'm been intrigued by the Language of Bee so I might need to check out this series! Hope you enjoy this!

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  2. Ooo, I like that. Reading is my constant. I agree, too, even when I'm in a reading slump/funk. I'm still always thinking about books I want to read.

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  3. Good question! My one word is therapy. Wow! Never in a million years would I have thought this book would have been about Sherlock Holmes when he was older. Pretty fascinating. Hugs...

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  4. Great answer: "Reading is my constant." I agree!

    Have a great weekend!

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  5. Great statement: Reading is my constant.

    As for the book, I like the excerpts and the Sherlock Holmes aspect. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER”

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  6. Sounds like I really need to read The Language of Bees!! :-) Happy weekend!

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  7. I love this series. Mine this week is from Murder in Mayfair by D. M. Quincy - a historical mystery. Happy reading!

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  8. The God of the Hive sounds interesting. I like the idea of an older, married, Sherlock.

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  9. I also like the look of this. Thanks for sharing. I'm featuring Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay.

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  10. I like your answer! Even when nothing else is constant in life, my right to reading is!

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  11. Was the screaming from an automobile accident? Sounds pretty awful. I've not read any Laurie R. King novels but I should since one of my friends from high school has the same name. Ha! My Friday Quotes

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  12. I like the beginning of the book even though I haven't read the previous book. It's intriguing - I want to know what's going on. I'm glad to hear you are a constant reader. I am too. As soon as I finish one, I start another. Life is good.

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  13. I love your response to the BBHOP question this week. Short and simple and it says so much.

    I was just eyeing the first in King's series and thinking I should read it. This one sounds good too!

    Thanks for sharing! I hope you have a great weekend, Katherine!

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  14. Reading definitely is my constant.

    Great reply, Katherine.

    Happy Hopping!!

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Blog Hop Answer

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  15. Oh, how fun. I never thought of how they would be when older. Got me curious now.

    My Friday 56 from Fifteen Inches Tall And Bullet Proof

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  16. It's so nice to have constants that we can depend on, isn't it? :)

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  17. Haven't come across that series before. It sounds interesting.

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  18. Great answer for the Book Blogger Hop! Reading is definitely the one constant in my life as well.

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  19. I had heard about this book. I actually might have been here on your blog. Have you talked about wanting to read it before?

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  20. I had heard about this book. I actually might have been here on your blog. Have you talked about wanting to read it before?

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