Bookish Jyo

Book Review:  The Hate U Give My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐⭐ "Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice." ~ From Goodread

  Book Review: A Scandal in Bohemia My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐⭐ "Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to recover blackmail evidence, held by the woman whom the king once promised to marry, but abandoned for a woman of noble birth. One Voice Recordings produces faithful, unabridged and scintillating productions of the largest selection of Sherlock Holmes stories currently available anywhere, all characters rendered by renowned stage and voice actor David Ian Davies, One Voice Recordings’ producer and publisher." ~ From Goodreads ~ This one too was a part of the mini-series "Sherlock Holmes". Just like the first book of Sherlock Holmes . This is about how Sherlock meets his match in "the" woman. His romantic "angle" of sorts. I loved the fact that the "pompous" Sherlock was outwitted by one Ms. Irene Adler(aka the woman).  I am sure even in this day and age there are people who underestimate the power of a woman's mind. Just because we don&

  Book Review: A Study in Scarlet My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐⭐ "A Study in Scarlet" is the first published story of one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. Here Dr. Watson, who has just returned from a war in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes for the first time when they become flat-mates at the famous 221 B Baker Street. In "A Study in Scarlet" Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens as Dr. Watson tags along with Holmes while narratively detailing his amazing deductive abilities." ~ From Goodreads ~ While I was reading this, the "Sherlock Holmes" mini-series scenes flashed before my eyes. This is the content of the first episode of that series. It is a classic for sure. Before the advent of ebooks, getting books that I wanted to read was a hassle for me. Either the books stores didn't have a copy at all or the library copy was never available at the required time.  What I am saying is that, while growin