We all love to travel, to new places, new cities in cars, buses, caravans, by air, by the sea but I have travelled everyday since I was ten through books. I have let the ocean kiss my feet on the Coast of Ipanema and nosed around in Calgary and my travel expenses have never been more than the price of a McDonald Cheese Burger. Here's my travelogue where books can be found through the countries they have taken me to. The reviews are not professional and definitely not worth putting into a book review assignment for school! They are just a string of words that tell you what I felt when I travelled to a certain place. If it suits you, you go and book yourself a trip. If not, well...we'll keep it there!

Thursday, April 14, 2016


The Five Orange Pips (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #5)The Five Orange Pips by Arthur Conan Doyle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

"Three stars to a Sherlock Holmes?" you ask me, incredulously. "That,too, on a day when you claim to be Sherlocked?"

Believe me, I tried! I wanted to give it more and would have and could have, if it had a more fascinating end! You will agree that a story that begins with five dried orange pips and a death should have had a more exciting, a more dramatic end than plain arrest of the culprit(s) once they reached America? Am I honestly unfair in asking for a more thrilling end? An elaborate story?

It almost felt like Sir Arthur got tired eventually or lost all imagination in the end and just decided to finish it.

I'm sorry, Sherlock! You had me at the edge of my seat (or rather, my bed) for the most agonising 20 minutes of my life only to have me slump down, defeated, in the end. You're Sherlock Holmes, after all!

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