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October 29, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday: Top ten musicians to listen to while reading that also might put you to sleep.
|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || Today is a Halloween freebie so I am making a list of the top ten musicians to listen to while reading that might also put you to sleep. My husband turned me on to Diana Krall and I used to play her music to …
October 28, 2024
Book review/recommendation: Nancy Drew Mystery, The Secret at Red Gate Farm
I’ve been reading through the original Nancy Drew books, which, as many of us now know, were written by around 28 ghost writers. These first books I am reading, though, were written by Mildren Benson using outlines given to her by either Edward Stratemeyer or his daughter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. The Secret of Red Gate …
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October 27, 2024
Sunday Bookends: Books with errors, the last of warm days, old movies, and a movie watch party
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. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn …
October 24, 2024
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot: Come Link Up With Us!
Welcome to another Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 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 blog link-up where we not only allow you to share your past …
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Comfy, Cozy Cinema: Dial M for Murder
Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I are watching Comfy, Cozy movies from September through October. This week we watched Dial M for Murder (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was a great follow up to Rear Window and I’m so glad Erin suggested both of these. I’ve been wanting to watch Dial M for …
October 22, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday: How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time
|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || Today’s topic is: How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time (submitted by Lydia @ https://lydiaschoch.com) I don’t really know how to do this as a top ten list so I thought I’d just chat about it. I started reading fiction fairly consistently when …
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October 20, 2024
Sunday Bookends: Changing leaves, more mysteries (yes again), and my parents’ cats
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. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn …
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October 17, 2024
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! Come Link Up With Us
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Welcome to another Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 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 blog link-up where we not only allow you …
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Comfy, Cozy Cinema: Rear Window
Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I are watching Comfy, Cozy movies this September and October and this week we watched Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window – or rewatched for me. Rear Window is one of Hitchcock’s more well-known and praised movies because of the intricacy of the story, the attention to detail, and the masterful …
October 16, 2024
Book review/recommendation: Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland
My 10-year-old daughter picked out a hardcover copy of Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland for me at a used bookstore about a month ago. As soon as I saw that cover, I had a gut feeling I was going to like it. Luckily my gut was not wrong. As soon as I saw …
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