It's Elementary my dear Watson...

I am reading Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's epic Sherlock Holmes stories. 

My newest obsession started after watching the TV show "Elementary" (shoutout to the penetrating stare of Jonny Lee Miller, and the lovely Lucy Lui who plays a wonderful modern Watson). After delving into this engaging series, I came to the mortifying realization that I had NEVER read the actual books.

Already, I am smitten with the barrage of details in this story, and the ever human, but brilliant, Sherlock Holmes. I suspect he will become one of my favorite detectives - excuse me, consulting detective - joining the ranks of other favs such as British crime writer Agatha Christie's irrepressible Hercule Poirot and the charming Miss Marple. 

In the meantime, as I read the series, please pardon me if I do any of the following:

• Stare maniacally at one spot for hours on end, and then jump up saying "It is simplicity itself, so absurdly simply that an explanation is superfluous" (Sherlock Holmes in "The Sign of Four")
• Suddenly start speaking with a Scottish or a British accent
• Get a roommate who is a retired military doctor (sorry SigO)
• Spout random trivia into conversations such as the difference between types of dirt within a 20 mile radius

I would be disappointed that the ultra famous line titling my post today never actually appears in the books, if I wasn't so enthralled with the lines that do appear...

With smiles...