#coronet books

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Edward S. Aarons - Assignment Ceylon - Coronet - 1974

[retrogirlsbooks]

Touch Not The Cat by Mary Stewart

ISBN 0-340-21984-X

[sonofshermy]

Oh, Charles!

[incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes]

Novelization!Minsc: Hello, I’m Minsc. I work at a bar now. Here to help. Look, they gave me a badge with my name on it in case I forget it. Very helpful, as that does happen.

[pop-goes-the-weasel]

Holmes taking the most direct route to retrieve the beryls

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[caramelmochacrow]

happy birthday masuki!!!! <3 layer made the cake for her haha!

[whats-in-a-sentence]

A few moments later he was in our room, still puffing, still gesticulating, but with so fixed a look of grief and despair in his eyes that our smiles were turned in an instant to horror and pity.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[ineffabletwaddle13]

Holmes pours tea for Watson, Watson pours tea for Holmes

I couldn’t find any reference to Holmes pouring tea for Watson in the ACD books, only pouring tea for himself: Holmes “helped himself to a cup of tea.” in The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet. But I like to think he would sometimes pour tea for Watson like 1954 Holmes does when Watson needs cheering up.

Watson pours tea for Holmes in The Sign of the Four: “There is no great mystery in this matter,” he [Holmes] said, taking the cup of tea which I [Watson] had poured out for him. “The facts appear to admit of only one explanation.”

[mrpagesfrontispiece]

none of you will ever have more diversity points than Israel Rank Gascoyne, the protagonist of Roy Horniman’s eponymously named 1907 novel. He’s a bisexual polyamorous British Jewish serial killer Earl. Even more, he's a fictional character, something I know for certain very few real people are.

Anyway I just got finished reading Israel Rank and I've got to say that it’s great fun. Significantly darker than the movie or musical adaptations, (Kind Hearts and Coronets and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder respectively) but oooh is it well written. As one might expect from a book written in 1907, parts of it haven't aged too well, (though curiously it has still aged better than the movie; not once does anyone say a racial slur) but aside from those small bits it’s held up very well. The scathing commentary on the absurdity of racial and class divisions is as biting and relevant as ever, and the never-before-seen Love Pentagon (as opposed to the Love Triangle in the adaptations) provides a hilarious dynamic. Said pentagon also (it’s slightly ambiguous, but not exactly subtle) in fact includes a male love interest, which is rather progressive for, as I will remind you, 1907. Be prepared to wince though; Horniman pulls no punches with making the Gascoyne family likeable, and everytime Mr. Rank kills another it hits you even harder. Yet somehow, he remains a loveable character himself, even after disposing of the little Gascoyne heir, in one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I've read recently. Overall, I’d highly recommend giving it a read if you’re up for a black comedy. I got my copy from the Gutenburg Project here:

[tenth-sentence]

"I only looked in as I passed," said he.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[joebloggshere]

Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar

What a lovely, gentle read. This is a different India than one I am used to reading about in novels. Neither a romanticised version nor a warts and all tale.

Set in modern-day Chennai, it follows three tenants and their landlord and how they come to be friends. And the food! Oh I just wanted to taste everything they were cooking and eating!

I really enjoyed this and didn’t want to leave Reva, Kamala, Jason and Mani and hope they may be back for another instalment.

Recommended

Courtesy of NetGalley and Coronet.

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Romark (Ronald Markham) - The Curse Of The Children (More Case Studies from the Master Hypnotherapist) - Coronet - 1974 (cover illustration by John Holmes)

[judahmaccabees]

Namaste is what the rich say to keep you in chains right where you are.

Goblin Lackey

At the first sign of enemy scouts, Jula grinned and strapped on his diplomacy helmet.

Artist: Christopher Moeller TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[bebemoon]

silver hand-embossed judaic book binding, venice, italy, c. 17oo .

"both covers bolding embossed with armorials below coronets framed by scrolls, flowers, and a shell, spine chased to match, on matted ground."

[tanoraqui]

Theory: Elrond effectively wears headlamps like a Dad(TM)

Proof:

Elrond, at least on semi-formal occasions, wears “a star upon his forehead” (RotK book 6, ch.9)—that is, presumably, a pale glowing gem on some sort of coronet. This comes across as very classically Elvish (light, jewelry, star imagery), and a nigh-explicit reference to his father Eärendil. However…

Elrond’s children don’t see as well as Elves, as cited here. If his children don’t, then Elrond, even less Elvish by blood, certainly doesn’t. Now, I will admit that I forget if “Elves can see in the dark” is canon or very popular, D&D-enabled fanon, but it certainly makes sense considering that Elves flourished for centuries or millennia under just starlight, before daylight even existed…and it’s equally reasonable to assume that half-elven night vision is as relatively “weak” as their cited distance vision.

Elrond is the proud father of three, and exhibits traditional Dadly behaviors such as being a little bit of a nerd (loremaster) but also one of the most reliable guys you know, adopting any child left in his presence for a sufficient amount of time (Aragorn), and telling his daughter’s aspiring bf that he won’t be good enough for her until he has a steady job (also Aragorn).

My dad irl, who I promise is a pretty typical Dad, was positively delighted when he discovered casual-use head-mounted flashlights about a decade ago, and has self-satisfiedly worn them on every camping trip and nighttime dog walk ever since.

CONCLUSION: Elrond regularly wears glowing, star-evocative gems on his brow, especially while traveling or at fancy evening parties, and he looks great and it make people respectfully murmur Eärendilion (whether he likes it or not)… But really, it’s not a fashion statement or implicit political position or whatever; it’s because if he doesn’t have some sort of flashlight, he will trip on torchlit steps or walk into low-hanging tree branches in the dark. And it’s so much easier if it’s hands-free! (Especially when he’s spelunking for lost texts!)

His kids all go through a phase of thinking he’s mortifyingly dorky about this, then begrudgingly come to accept that it is really convenient to have a hands-free light for dark nights, caves, etc, and start wearing one themselves.

[pop-goes-the-weasel]

Sidney Paget: And thus continues the saga of Holmes tending to his clients

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