My Reading Journal 1 K組 蘇郁玫

The book I chosen is Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. It is publish by Oxford, and leveled stage 2, 700 headwords. I bought this book when I was senior high. Our teacher wanted us to read more English book, but I never read this book after I bought it. I thought it is a good opportunity for me. Because I never read any English book before, I think 700 words can be a nice beginning for my free reading.

Almost everybody knows Sherlock Holmes and has read his story. Holmes books' author is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). But the book I read was retold by Clare West. It includes three short stories: The Speckled Band, A Scandal in Bohemia and The Five Orange Pips. The stories are very easy for me to read, and I can realize the coherence through these simple words.

In these three stories, I like The Speckled Band most. It was talking about a stepfather wanted to kill his two poor daughters. The older sister was killed unfortunately, so now the young asked Mr. Holmes for help. Mr. Holmes came to the woman's home, and after observed the environment, he knew everything. Through Mr. Holmes's help, the woman missed death luckily.

I have already finished this book. Now I read another book named Lying Awake.

The words used in this book are more difficult than the last book, so the pages I can in one time are very little. But I would try to read it, and keep going.