Sherlock Holmes

I know I talk about my English 375 class a lot, but I LOVE it. It really is becoming one of my favorite classes here at BYU. This week we read a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle called "Scandal in Bohemia," and it's a Sherlock Homes story. I love Sherlock. I hadn't read a Doyle novel until I went to London, where we were assigned to read "A Study in Scarlet," the first Holmes story. I fell in love. Yes, there is some weird Mormon-bashing in the book, but when you get over that it's fantastic. My friends and I all became obsessed with him after. We even went to 221B Baker Street, which really exists, and it is a gift shop dedicated to all things Holmesian.

There's something about his personality that I love. I always laugh when he comes up with a conclusion and Watson says, "How did you do that?" and Holmes nonchalantly gives a reply similar to, "What, you didn't?" I love it. I also love Irene Adler. Talk about a brilliant woman. She's the only one Holmes can't figure out.

Anyway, if you haven't read a Holmes story, you should! And if you haven't seen the new movie with Robert Downey, Jr., you should! The fact that Jude Law is Mr. Watson is reason enough to see it. And if you haven't been to the gift shop at 221B Baker Street, you should do that, too. :)

With the infamous Holmes figure on Baker Street!

221B Baker Street!

Mr. Watson. Yes, this is really Jude. Not wax. He is so multi-talented that he can be Hamlet as well!