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All the Sherlock Week posts in one place for you to easily get to them. MG Lit Reading List for Sherlock FansYA Lit Reading List for Sherlock FansI am Sherlocked Program Outline/Craft IdeasDiscussing The Woman: Irene AdlerDiscussing Sherlock FanfictionA Newbie Talks Sherlock and ElementarySherlock and the Case of the Diversity ProblemThe Curious Case of the […]
Book Review: No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
Friendship, Wisconsin is a quirky little town. And completely safe, at least that is what everyone thought before Ruth’s body showed up in a corn field looking remarkably like a creeptastic scarecrow. Now the town is on edge, and the police are definitely in above their heads trying to solve this grisly murder. But Ruth’s […]
TPiB: STEM Projects with Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab
Just as I was thinking to myself, “self, you need more sciency things in your programming”, Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab by “Science Bob” Plugfelder and Steve Hockensmith showed up on my doorstep. It was like a gift from the STEM fairies. And the Tween spawn of me saw it and immediately grabbed it […]
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