ToadyNerd reviewed The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
My favorite Sherlock Holmes mystery!
5 stars
A very engaging and suspenseful mystery with a spooky setting.
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ToadyNerd rated A Study in Scarlet: 4 stars
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (A Study in Scarlet, #1)
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first …
ToadyNerd rated THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: 5 stars
ToadyNerd rated Grokking Algorithms: 4 stars
ToadyNerd rated The Wandering Inn: 5 stars
The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba (The Wandering Inn, #2)
Winter has come to the world, and still, Erin Solstice has no idea how she came to be an [Innkeeper]. …
ToadyNerd rated Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: 3 stars
ToadyNerd rated The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: 3 stars
ToadyNerd rated A Tale of Two Cities: 4 stars
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The storming of the Bastille…the death carts with their doomed human cargo…the swift drop of the guillotine blade—this is the …
ToadyNerd rated Pride and Prejudice: 2 stars
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of …
ToadyNerd rated A Room With A View: 3 stars
A Room With A View by E. M. Forster
One of E. M. Forster's most celebrated novels, "A Room With a View" is the story of a young English …
ToadyNerd rated The lost world: 4 stars
The lost world by Arthur Conan Doyle (Oxford world's classics)
Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor …
ToadyNerd reviewed Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes …
I love coffee, books, and fantasy... so this hit the sweet spot
4 stars
The book about a coffee shop in a fantasy world had the feeling of a coffee shop. Most of the characters were very likable, and just felt like somewhere I would like to visit.
ToadyNerd reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …
Another great science fiction read from Becky Chambers
5 stars
I really liked "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet", and so decided to pick up this one. I'm so glad I did. It is basically two story lines that make you think about sentience and life purpose. I'll have to pick up another book in the Wayfarers series.
ToadyNerd reviewed Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
Maybe I'm too much of an engineer
3 stars
I mostly understand his points but I don't think I could fully follow his advice. I really don't get how anyone could support themselves and their family by simply stopping thinking. At times, sure... but all of the time?
ToadyNerd stopped reading Conscientious Thinking by David Bosworth
I just couldn't get through it.