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Book Rec: A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Feb. 26th, 2012 12:42 amThanks so much to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
appleling and painless_j for my adorable little blue dragons! They are so cute. <3
Now to the book rec! I finally finished A Monstrous Regiment of Women, Laurie R. King’s second book in the Mary Russell series (after The Beekeeper’s Apprentice).
The series is about a young girl who becomes Sherlock Holmes’ apprentice and, later, his partner. So yeah, it’s essentially series-long, intricately-plotted, lovingly-characterized, painstakingly-researched, published fanfiction. Similar to the BBC’s Sherlock. Yay for Sherlock Holmes being in the public domain! I encourage more writers who love Holmes to go this route. There are definitely not enough spin-off works out there. :)
( Cut for some mild spoilers and fangirling over het (for once). )
In other news, although I don’t much care about most of the movies up for Oscars this year—I’m still bitter that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows isn’t up for Best Picture—I am very excited to (hopefully) see Benedict Cumberbatch there! I hope that Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse get lots of love for his sake. :)
Post-Oscars edit: Unfortunately, Harry Potter, War Horse, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy all got no awards whatsoever, and that dog from The Artist got more screentime than Gary Oldman. After seeing Hugo, I felt that it was rather blatant Oscar bait—a movie about making old movies—and was disappointed that it won a ton of awards. Still, Benedict Cumberbatch was in two of the clips that they showed (no interviews, though): he was in the Gary Oldman clip for Best Actor (TTSS) and the Best Picture montage (War Horse). :D
Oh, and I just saw the Shakespeare-conspiracy-theory movie Anonymous, which was epic and fantastic and actually very plausible. Highly recommended, especially if you love hot British boys.
appleling and painless_j for my adorable little blue dragons! They are so cute. <3Now to the book rec! I finally finished A Monstrous Regiment of Women, Laurie R. King’s second book in the Mary Russell series (after The Beekeeper’s Apprentice).
The series is about a young girl who becomes Sherlock Holmes’ apprentice and, later, his partner. So yeah, it’s essentially series-long, intricately-plotted, lovingly-characterized, painstakingly-researched, published fanfiction. Similar to the BBC’s Sherlock. Yay for Sherlock Holmes being in the public domain! I encourage more writers who love Holmes to go this route. There are definitely not enough spin-off works out there. :)
( Cut for some mild spoilers and fangirling over het (for once). )
In other news, although I don’t much care about most of the movies up for Oscars this year—I’m still bitter that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows isn’t up for Best Picture—I am very excited to (hopefully) see Benedict Cumberbatch there! I hope that Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse get lots of love for his sake. :)
Post-Oscars edit: Unfortunately, Harry Potter, War Horse, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy all got no awards whatsoever, and that dog from The Artist got more screentime than Gary Oldman. After seeing Hugo, I felt that it was rather blatant Oscar bait—a movie about making old movies—and was disappointed that it won a ton of awards. Still, Benedict Cumberbatch was in two of the clips that they showed (no interviews, though): he was in the Gary Oldman clip for Best Actor (TTSS) and the Best Picture montage (War Horse). :D
Oh, and I just saw the Shakespeare-conspiracy-theory movie Anonymous, which was epic and fantastic and actually very plausible. Highly recommended, especially if you love hot British boys.
