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December 17, 2024
Books on my Winter 2024-2025 TBR
|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || (Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends …
December 16, 2024
Christmas Movie Impression: Trading Christmas
It’s fun to recommend Christmas movies I have watched, and I have recommended this one — Trading Christmas — in compilation posts other years but thought I’d break it out for a separate post this year. Trading Christmas is an older Hallmark movie (2011) and I know I might be scolded for this but I …
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December 15, 2024
Sunday Chat: Winter weather, Christmas events, Christmas movies, and a dud mystery book
Welcome to my Sunday Chat where I ramble about what’s been going on in my world, what the rest of the family and I have been reading, watching, listening to, and what I’ve been writing. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date. It is hard for me to explain to people from …
December 13, 2024
10 Christmas/Holiday Movie Suggestions
Last year Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I watched several Christmas movies and wrote about them. We had a two-month-long Christmas-themed celebration and it was lovely. Today I thought I’d share with you a list of those posts so you can find some old favorites you haven’t seen in a while or …
December 12, 2024
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! Come Link Up With Us!
Welcome to another Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! This link-up is hosted by Marsha in the Middle, Melynda from Scratch Made Food & DYI Homemade Household, Sue from Women Living Well After 50, and me. Look for the link party to go live on Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT. This is a link-up where we not only allow you to share …
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December 11, 2024
Book Review/Recommendation: The Mystery At Lilac Inn
(*note: I honestly thought I had already posted this review on my blog months ago, but I couldn’t find it so I am posting it for the first or second time. One or the other.) The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene is the fourth book in the Nancy Drew series, which debuted in …
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December 10, 2024
Top Ten Books to Read During A Storm
|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || (Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends …
December 9, 2024
Book Review/Recommendation: The Marlow Murder Club
The Marlow Murder Club is about three women from different walks of life who unite to solve murders in their town. The characters are quirky and fun, and the story is intriguing and funny. Judith Potts is swimming naked in the Thames River when she hears a gunshot from her neighbor’s property. Swimming naked is …
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Comfy, Cozy Christmas Link Update
Oops! There has been a minor snafu for our Comfy, Christmas Link-Up! Our link-up closed earlier than we wanted, so we’ve had to open a second one. All this means is that if you want to link a Christmas/holiday themed post you won’t be able to add one in the first link-up, but you can …
December 8, 2024
Sunday Chat: Bitter cold, snowy weather, the insane prices of streaming services, and a mix of books to read
Welcome to my Sunday Chat where I ramble about what’s been going on in my world, what the rest of the family and I have been reading, watching, listening to, and what I’ve been writing. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date. Somewhere around Christmas I take …
