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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Elle (ellexamines on TT & Substack) said: " - The Adventure of Silver Blaze - Found this actually fairly predictable, no especially fantastic characters.
- The Adventure of the Yellow Face - Period typical anti-racism is always an interesting time, but I did find myself oddly enjoying this
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Apr 03, 2026 10:56AM · see review

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Undoing Gender

by Judith Butler

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Elle (ellexamines on TT & Substack) said: " One of my favorite elements of this book is its argument that our current society devalues “kinship,” ties, devaluing bonds that fall outside of a marital structure, considering “their loves losses less than “true” loves and “true” losses.” This is s ...more "

Apr 02, 2026 10:23AM · see review

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Ring Shout

by P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 15, 2026 10:40AM · see review

Elle’s Notes & Highlights

Maurice

by E.M. Forster

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Elle’s Quotes

“But when she was scared, she was a child again, and she was more afraid of being a child again than anything else in her life.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

tags: childhood-memories, childhood-trauma, sad

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“The clan can claim everything I have —my time, my blood and sweat, my life and jade—but it can’t have my wife. She’s a stone-eye. She’s the one thing in the world that jade can’t touch.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade War

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“He urged again, “Thoughts?” Gideon said, “Did you know that if you put the first three letters of your last name with the first three letters of your first name, you get ‘Sex Pal’?”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

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“I have tried to dismantle you, Gideon Nav! The Ninth House poisoned you, we trod you underfoot—I took you to this killing field as my slave—you refuse to die, and you pity me! Strike me down. You’ve won. I’ve lived my whole wretched life at your mercy, yours alone, and God knows I deserve to die at your hand. You are my only friend. I am undone without you.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

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“This whole thing happened because you wouldn't face up to Gideon dying.' he said, which was a stab as precise as any Nonius had managed. 'I don't blame you. But where would you be, right now, if you'd said: She is dead? You're keeping her things like a lover keeping old notes, but with her death, the stuff that made her Gideon was destroyed. That's how Lyctorhood works, isn't it? She died. She can't come back, even if you keep her stuffed away in a drawer you can't look at. You're not waiting for her resurrection; you've made yourself her mausoleum.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth

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