that's an order, corporal

I know people have called me on this several times, and it’s your prerogative to hate me for this post or to not understand. But today, I realised something about myself and I thought I’d share because it explains a lot, and may help you in your interactions with me.

I grew up keeping a secret, and I am still keeping it to this very day.

It was information that I could not be kept in ignorance of, which undoubtedly would have been my mother’s preferred set-up. As I know now, the reason I was told to keep it secret was to keep it secret from one person, and the safest way to ensure that this person did not find out was to tell me to not talk about it to anyone.

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Today’s advent calendar treat is “You’d Better Go In Disguise” by Alan Bradley, who usually writes the Flavia De Luce mysteries, a series about an adolescent sleuth in 1950s England. He also co-authored Ms Holmes of Baker Street.

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There is a massive spoiler for BASK in the BBC online press pack, so please read responsibly.

My dear friend CurlyFourEyes bought this book for me back in October, at a Sherlockian conference in Toronto. It’s an anthology of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, written by a stellar cast of authors and edited by the fabulous Laurie R. King and Les Klinger.

Two months, a forgetful family member, and an inept post office worker later, it finally landed in my house yesterday. It has sixteen stories in it so I can read one each day as my advent calendar treat!

Today, I read a story called “The Men With The Twisted Lips,” which was written by S. J. Rozan.

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Just sayin.