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The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (Episode 2) Recap

This is part two of The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Hollywood Phantom. If you want to read the first part of my recap of this two-parter, you can find it here: When we left off from part one, Joe had been snatched from outside a building he was snooping around, looking for his … Continue reading The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (Episode 2) Recap

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Nov. 14

Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot, where we offer a place for bloggers to link up and get a fresh set of eyes on their posts. We also feature one blog a week, letting our readers know about the blog and providing a link so readers can learn more about it. Please feel free … Continue reading Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Nov. 14

Comfy, Cozy Cinema: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I watched movies again this year for Comfy, Cozy Cinema For our last movie we watched The Storied Life of AJ Fikry (2022). The movie is based on the book of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin. The story follows AJ Fikry (Kunal Nayyar), the owner of … Continue reading Comfy, Cozy Cinema: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (Episode 1) Recap

Here I am with another recap of an episode from The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries show from 1977 to 1979. This month it’s perfect because it fits in with my Nancy Drew November event. As I’ve mentioned before in previous recaps, in the first season of this series, the episodes switched back and forth from … Continue reading Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (Episode 1) Recap

Sunday Bookends: Our son turns 19, injured cat, new mystery book to read

It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. Our son turned 19 on Friday. We had a chilled day that day and didn’t do a … Continue reading Sunday Bookends: Our son turns 19, injured cat, new mystery book to read

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot November 7

Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot, where we offer a place for bloggers to link up and get a fresh set of eyes on their posts. We also feature one blog a week, letting our readers know about the blog and providing a link so readers can learn more about it. Please feel free … Continue reading Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot November 7

Comfy, Cozy Cinema: The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I are hosting the Comfy, Cozy Cinema again this year. Our movie this week was The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain. There are three things to know about this movie: It is based on a Welsh legend (but not actually true), … Continue reading Comfy, Cozy Cinema: The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten books I randomly grabbed off my shelf

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s prompt was: The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf (Stand in front of your book collection, close your eyes, point to a title, and write it down. If you have shelves, point to your physical books. If you have a digital library, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Ten books I randomly grabbed off my shelf

Nancy Drew November

This November I am holding my own Nancy Drew November event and plan to read six Nancy Drew books. I probably will really only get to three, but I’m being ambitious and saying six. The books I picked out for the event are: Pure Poison The Triple Hoax The Whispering Statue The Mystery of the … Continue reading Nancy Drew November

A Good Book and A Cup of Tea Bookish Link Up For November

Welcome to the A Good Book & A Cup of Tea (A Monthly Bookish Link Party)!! This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. My co-host for this event is Erin from Still Life, With … Continue reading A Good Book and A Cup of Tea Bookish Link Up For November