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About the Challenge
Welcome to the Baker Street Challenge, an annual reading challenge for one of the most iconic and enigmatic literary figures, Sherlock Holmes. Join us as we celebrate Doyle's original stories as well as the rich world of new adventures his works have inspired.
"I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles."
-- The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
"I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles."
-- The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
Challenge Rules
1. Choose a goal of 3, 4, 5, or 7 books and add your name to the sign up page.
2. The challenge will run from January 1 to December 31, 2011. You can sign up for the challenge any time before December 31, 2011.
2. You do not have to choose your books in advance. You may change your reading list at any point in the challenge.
3. Overlapping with other challenges is fine.
4. Audio books and eBooks are allowed.
5. Feel free to post reviews or general thoughts about your reading to the Baker Street Challenge blog. Please e-mail me at bookishruth [at] gmail [dot] com to be added as a contributor.
2. The challenge will run from January 1 to December 31, 2011. You can sign up for the challenge any time before December 31, 2011.
2. You do not have to choose your books in advance. You may change your reading list at any point in the challenge.
3. Overlapping with other challenges is fine.
4. Audio books and eBooks are allowed.
5. Feel free to post reviews or general thoughts about your reading to the Baker Street Challenge blog. Please e-mail me at bookishruth [at] gmail [dot] com to be added as a contributor.
Reading Tiers
Three Pipe Problem: 3 books
The Sign of Four: 4 books
Five Orange Pips: 5 books
Seven Percent Solution: 7 books
The Sign of Four: 4 books
Five Orange Pips: 5 books
Seven Percent Solution: 7 books
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Book Guidelines & Suggestions
The Canon: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear) and 56 short stories (compiled in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes).
Pastiches: Sherlock Holmes stories by authors other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, such as The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer, The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King, The Montana Chronicles by John S. Fitzpatrick, The Sherlockian by Graham Moore, etc.
Non-Fiction: Books about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or the Holmes phenomenon.
Other Doyle Works: Books such as The Lost World, The Coming of the Fairies, The Maracot Deep, and non-Holmes short stories do count for this challenge.
Pastiches: Sherlock Holmes stories by authors other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, such as The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer, The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King, The Montana Chronicles by John S. Fitzpatrick, The Sherlockian by Graham Moore, etc.
Non-Fiction: Books about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or the Holmes phenomenon.
Other Doyle Works: Books such as The Lost World, The Coming of the Fairies, The Maracot Deep, and non-Holmes short stories do count for this challenge.
Contributors
Contact
The Baker Street Challenge is run by Ruth of Bookish Ruth. To contact me, send an e-mail to bookishruth [at] gmail [dot] com.
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