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- Classic Movies: Death on the Nile March 5, 2021
- Mystery Monday Meme: 1st to Die by James Patterson (with Maxine Paetro) March 1, 2021
- On My Bookshelf — February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021
- The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict February 25, 2021
- Cozy Read Wednesday: Sweet Magnolias — a series by Sherryl Woods February 24, 2021
- Mystery Monday: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie February 22, 2021
- The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cumming February 18, 2021
- Cozy Read Wednesday: The Spring at Moss Hill by Carla Neggers February 17, 2021
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Mystery Monday: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Today’s Monday Mystery is Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. While movies have been made of this and other Christie novels, it’s definitely worth a read — her books are not the most read of all time except for … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Adventure, Author, Mystery
Tagged Agatha Christie, Egypt, mystery, Nile River
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On My Bookshelf, May 10th, 2019
Here are some more books I have read in recent months but not written reviews of as of yet. Perhaps you have read some of them or have been meaning to read them. Maybe you’ve never heard of them. See … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Adventure, Author, fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged Anthony Horowitz, aviation, C.J. Sansom, Hemingway, jockey, Mrs. Einstein, Paula McLain, The Ninth Roman Legion
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Mystery Monday Meme: Camino Island by John Grisham
Today’s mystery is Camino Island by John Grisham, a complicated look at the underground buying and selling of stolen first editions and manuscripts. It begins with the theft of 5 priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton University’s Firestone Library … Continue reading
Sunday Special: Melanie Willard
Melanie Willard spoke to our Woman 2 Woman Bible Study (Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa) session recently about how to care for people in crisis. She speaks of this with authority because she has been through an amazing, torturous journey that … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Author, Christian, Memoir, Non-fiction, Opinion, Spiritual Growth
Tagged crisis care, Dare to be Raw, Melanie Willard, Metropolitan Bible Church
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On My Bookshelf — April 26th, 2019
It’s been 9 months since I’ve tended to my book blog and while I haven’t been writing, I have been reading. Now that my renovations and upgrades in my new condo are almost done, I’m hoping I’ll be able to … Continue reading
Justice Delivered by Patricia Bradley
I received a free copy of this book from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, in exchange for an honest review. Justice Delivered is Bradley’s 4th book in her Memphis Cold Case series. The plot features a realistic situation that … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Christian, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged cold case novels, Memphis Tennessee, Patricia Bradley, Revell Reads
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On My Bookshelf July 13/18
The last two weeks have been simultaneously busy and relaxing. My house sale closed, I celebrated Canada Day, I planned a vacation in Spain for August, I was ill, and I drank lots of liquids and read, read, read. I … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Author, Book Cover, Christian, Historical Fiction, Musings, Mystery, Spiritual Growth
Tagged Brenda Chapman, CJ Sansom, Habakkuk, Michael Ondaatje, Shardlake, The Cat's Table
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The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
The story begins in 1881 with Louisa, a recognizable figure by now thanks to Little Women and Little Men, boarding the Boston train for Bellows Falls, Vermont, where she would then rent a Rockaway to travel the rest of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Author, Biography, coming of age, Opinion
Tagged 1855, Emerson, Leaves of Grass, Louisa May Alcott, Thoreau, Transcendentals, Walt Whitman
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Mystery Monday: Cold Mourning by Brenda Chapman
Cold Mourning is the first in a series of mysteries featuring Stonechild and Rouleau by Brenda Chapman, a Canadian author who lives in Ottawa. It was the second book I’d read by Brenda and I recommend you read them in … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Author, fiction, Meme, Mystery, Opinion
Tagged Brenda Chapman, Ottawa, Stonechild and Rouleau
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The Shipping News, Book & Movie
I had bought the movie based on Annie Proulx‘s book (winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award) because I had missed it at the theatre and had heard it was good. (Also, I don’t have to be … Continue reading
Posted in Actor, Actress, Adult Book, Author, Movie, Opinion, Romance, Romance
Tagged Annie Proulx, Cate Blanchet, Gordon Pinsent, Judy Dench, Julianne Moore, Newfoundland culture
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