Top Ten Tuesday: Series Books

 This week's topic is all about series - so here are ten series (for me a series means more than 5 books) that I am still reading. 

Whatever After series - book 16 (kids)

Bakeshop Mystery #18 - adult cozy mystery

Domestic Diva series - #17 adult cozy mystery

Cupcake Bakery Mystery #16 - adult cozy mystery

Her Royal Spyness #17 - cozy mystery

Enola Holmes #9 - middle grade historical mystery

City Spies book #5 - more are on the way.

Middle Grade Thriller

Keeper of the Lost Cities #9 - middle grade books

Going to be a series:

Book 4 in the Forgotten Five books. Book 5 is on the way

One book I need to become a series! 

Book 4 in the Saddlehill Academy books. 

Book 5 is not in the cards as the moment, and I NEED the next book. 

Have you read any of these?

Booklist: Sherlock Holmes

 

On Monday, I reviewed The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall, so I decided to create a list of other Sherlock Holmes books - both YA and Middle Grade. 

Here are the other books on the list:

Enola Holmes: The Case of Missing Marquess

The Great Shelby Holmes 

Lock & Mori

Secret Letters

A Study in Charlotte 

Death Cloud 

Are you a Sherlock Holmes fan?

BookTok: Enola Holmes

5 Thing about the newest Enloa Holmes book. 

@yabooknerdlibrarian More Enola Holmes adventures! I love this series and hope you do too! #enolaholmes #sherlockholmes #middlegradebooks #booktok #5things ♬ original sound - Jennifer @YA Book Nerd 📚📚📚

Movie Review: Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2 from Netflix

Enola's second case takes the forefront of this movie. A young girl comes to her looking for help - her sister is missing. They worked together in the match factory. Her sister wouldn't just disappear without word. She supposedly stole something from the factory. Enola's determined to find Bessie's sister. 

Her case connects with Sherlock's case. He's having a hard time solving it. Until he has a conversation with his sister.

My Thoughts: While this isn't based on one of the novels - it's a great movie. It's based on the historical strike at the match factory. I loved the moments between the Holmes siblings. I loved seeing old familiar faces -  Teweksbury (And that dance scene), Edith, and Enola's mother. I really hope they make more of these movies. They are smart, feminist, and so much fun!

Middle Grade Review: Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche

 

* Book 7 in the Enola Holmes series *

Sherlock Holmes isn't thrilled that his sister is butting her nose into his latest case. Of course, there were extenuating circumstances. Enola couldn't help getting involved when a young woman showed up at his door with a curious letter about her sister's death. 

Letita knows that her twin sister is not dead, but she doesn't know how to prove it. Enola is quite happy to look into the case. Something is desperately wrong, and nothing adds up. Enola decides to go undercover where she learns more about the Earl and barely escapes in the process. 

Her run in with the Earl only makes Enola more determined to uncover the entire truth. 

My Thoughts: I was so happy when the success of the Netflix movie meant more books and more movies! I liked the addition of Sherlock to this book and how the siblings worked together. I enjoyed seeing some old favorite characters from previous books. I enjoyed this mystery and its quirky moments. There are some horrific moments in this book, which I can't talk about without spoilers. Another fun book.

Cover Thoughts: Nice

Source: My library

Library Recommendation: Highly Recommend this series for schools and public libraries 

If you like historical middle grade mysteries:

Movie Review: Enola Holmes

I really really enjoyed this movie adaptation.

First, it was VERY different from the book series. 

However, it captured the magic and charm of the series perfectly.

I loved the banter between Enola and Sherlock.

I wish there was a bit more about the disguises as in the book, they are genius disguises.

I loved the feminist perspective and how ladies do not need a husband. Both Enola and her mother are very clever and strong ladies.

The casting was amazing; the characters were played perfectly. I loved Enola's spunk and determination. 

I really hope they adapt the rest of the book series!

Nasty Women's Middle Grade Books

This is by no means an extensive list, only a list of books that have stuck with me and recent reads. But if you're looking for feminist middle grade books (and who isn't?) this list is a good jumping off point.

You might also like my feminist picture books post and my Fierce Female YA books post. 

Top Ten Tuesday: Revisit Childhood Characters as Adults

This week's topic is characters we'd like to revisit in new books as adults - check in on them and see how they are doing.

- meme from The Broke and the Bookish 

So I might have said Princess Mia, but that's book came out already! As did Suze's book!

So characters I would like to read about as adults:

Harry and Ginny / Ron and Hermoine is the most obvious choice

Going backwards, I would love a YA book about Professor McGonagall 

Macy and hopefully Wes

Richard Castle as a teen

Mary Quinn as an adult

The Babysitter's Club gang

Kat and Hale as adults 

Robert Langdon as a teen

The twins: Emma and Payton as adults

Enola Holmes as an adult