Happy Saturday, bibliophiles!
Before I begin, I was saddened to hear the news that Chadwick Boseman had passed away. He was an inspiration to so many, and leaves behind such a beautiful legacy. Thank you for everything, sir. You will be missed. 💔
Time for another Top 5 Saturday! This was originally started by Devouring Books, and it sounded like such a fun post to take part in. Today’s topic is detective books. I don’t read much mystery, but I’ve read a lot of solid middle grade and YA detective books that would be perfect for today!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST:
8/8/20—Underrated Books/Hidden Gems
8/29/20—Detective Books
Rules!
- Share your top 5 books of the current topic– these can be books that you want to read, have read and loved, have read and hated, you can do it any way you want.
- Tag the original post
- Tag 5 people
Let’s begin, shall we?
TOP 5 SATURDAY (8/29/20)–DETECTIVE BOOKS
The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1), Nancy Springer
How could I not include this series? This one’s very dear to me; my mom read the first book to me as a bedtime story, and I finished the rest on my own. Definitely a literary role model for me. Who else is so excited for the Netflix adaptation? (Or, “in which Millie Bobby Brown brings my childhood to life”)
Scarlett Undercover, Jennifer Lantham
I don’t remember as much about this one, but 2018 Madeline rated it four stars, so that definitely counts for something…
A Study in Charlotte, Brittany Cavallaro
Two Sherlock Holmes retellings? In one post? It’s more likely than you think.
I didn’t like this one as much as everybody else seemed to, but it was definitely a lot of fun.
The Wizard of Dark Street, Shawn Thomas Odyssey
Again, I have very little memory of this one (I had to trawl through my mystery shelf on Goodreads to get everything for this prompt), but past me gave it three stars, so…
The Case of the Missing Moonstone, Jordan Stratford
Maybe I should give this one a re-read, now that I can appreciate Mary Shelley far more…
I TAG ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE!
Today’s song:
That’s it for this week’s Top 5 Saturday! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 
I will have to read some of these!
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I hardly remember anything about The Wizard of Dark Street or The Case of the Missing Moonstone, but I highly recommend the rest! 🙂
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I actually don’t know any of these but they all sound amazing! The covers remind me of autumn. Great post
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Thank you! I hope you like them! Enola Holmes was my CHILDHOOD, I highly recommend it 🙂
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I actually didn’t know that the new Enola Holmes series was based on a book. I saw the trailer the other day and was really looking forward to it!
BTW, it says the song is unavailable (don’t know if it’s some kind of error or maybe regional restriction)
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It’s an incredible series!
Oh, that’s weird…it’s the official audio, not sure what’s going on there…but if you’d like to look it up elsewhere, it’s “Pagan Poetry” by Björk 🙂
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Thanks, I will look it up 🙂
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Great picks! I didn’t know Enola Homes was a book series but I’m very excited to see the Netflix adaptation ☺️
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Thank you! It looks like it’s done justice from the source material, I’m so excited to see it!
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