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Goodreads 2023 Challenge, Part Five
In searching through available titles in my Libby app (audiobooks available from my local library), I discovered a new-to-me author with a set of cozy mysteries and loved the first book so much I devoured all five in the series! … Continue reading →
Posted in audiobooks, book review, book series, Clean Writing, contemporary, cozy mystery, Goodreads Challenge, historical, Mystery stories, Patricia Kiyono
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Tagged Agatha Raisin Mystery, Amish Quilt Shop Mystery, Helena Dixon, Isabella Alan, M C Beaton, Miss Underhay Mystery, Murder at the Beauty Pageant, Murder Handcrafted, Murder Plain and Simple, Murder Plainly Read, Murder Served Simply, Murder Simply Stitched, The Love from Hell
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Guilty, MY Honor
(I know, I am late. You would not believe the week I had.) This week: What’s your favorite guilty pleasure? I’m such a good girl, no, really, I am! I take simple pleasures where I can get them, as life … Continue reading →
Posted in America, audiobooks, author's life, authors, big plans, blessings, book series, characters, contemporary, Dealing with stress, descriptions, dialogue, experiences, Family, fantasy, imagination, inspiration, Kindle, libraries, Life, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, plots, reading, reading preferences, research, Science Fiction, time management, Tonette Joyce
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Goodreads 2023 Challenge, Part Four
I read (listened to) four cozy mysteries this month. Here are my observations – maybe you’ll find one you like!: Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M. C. BeatonAgatha Raisin Mysteries, Book 9At the end of book 8, … Continue reading →
Posted in audiobooks, book review, book series, Clean Writing, contemporary, cozy mystery, Goodreads Challenge, Mystery stories, Patricia Kiyono, romance
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Tagged Agatha Raisin Mysteries, Amanda Flower, Flowers and Foul Play, Lynn Cahoon, M C Beaton, One Poison Pie, The Fairies of Fryfam, The Witch of Wyckhadden
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Series of Unfortunate Events
This week’s topic: Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories? To be honest I quickly, (and wrongfully), assumed that it meant to consider making sequels to some of our stories. I really had no idea … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, audiobooks, authors, big plans, blogging, book series, Books, classics, decisions, descriptions, e-books, epublishing, experiences, Family, helping others, historical, imagination, inspiration, Life, misunderstandings, novels, procrastination, publishing, Random thoughts, reading, research, self-publishing, series, time management, Tonette Joyce, traditional publishing, using talents, writing
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, amazon, Anna Karenina, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Magazine publications, serialized stories, Serialized stories in blogs, Serialized stories on YouTube, Serialzation
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Goodreads 2023 Challenge, Part Three
It’s been a great month of reading and listening! Here are the four cozy mysteries and two romances I reviewed on Goodreads. Hope you find one that interests you! Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourists by M. C. BeatonAgatha Raisin … Continue reading →
Posted in audiobooks, book review, book series, Books, contemporary, cozy mystery, e-books, Goodreads Challenge, holidays, Mystery stories, Patricia Kiyono
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Tagged Agatha Raisin, Clue Krewe, Diana Stout, Jana Deleon, Josie Riviera, Laurel Ridge Novellas, M. C. Beaton, Oh Danny Boy, Tangled Passions, The Terrible Tourist, The Wellspring of Death, The Wizard of Evesham
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Sunset Stays
After a short break, something jarred the desire to hear more sci-fi. As usual, what I found were more interpersonal relationships, suspense, and mystery than hard-core sci-fi, which is fine, really. Maybe it was because The Husband and I have … Continue reading →
Posted in America, audiobooks, authors, big plans, blessings, book review, Books, characters, contemporary, creativity, descriptions, Faith-centered stories, Family, HEA/HFN, imagination, inspirational stories, lifestyles, marriage, Miscellaneous, Narration, novels, reviews, Science Fiction, short stories, Tonette Joyce, writers
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Tagged Craig A. Falconer, inspirational stories, Murder, Murder she wrote, Science Fiction, Stories of redemption, Sunset Stays
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“Socially” Acceptable
I thought of the topic of the week, “How do you use social media and how has it changed”, when I found myself on one platform more and more, one that I never expected to connect with folks through: YouTube. … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, America, audiobooks, authors, battles, big plans, blessings, blogging, book review, Books, careers, collections, creativity, decisions, descriptions, experiences, Family, favorites, food, foreign language, foreign languages, foreign publications, friends, Friendship, history, hobbies, holidays, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, interview, language, libraries, Life, lifestyles, Lists, Miscellaneous, movies, Music, musicians, Narration, new skills, non-fiction, novels, paranormal, performances, personal libraries, pets, poetry, pronunciations, publishing, Random thoughts, reader interview, reading, reading preferences, recipe, reviews, self-improvement, shopping, short stories, shyness, teaching, time management, Tonette Joyce, translations, using talents, weather, writers, writing
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Tagged blogs, Facebook, Instagram, MySpace, Pintrest, Snapchat, Twitter, U.S. Weather Service, Vlogs, weather, Whatsapp, youtube
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Entangled in a Series
So here I was, ready for my first interview in a very long time and my guest cannot access her email. So, I said to myself, “You’ve started listening to a book series and were pleasantly surprised, review it.” “But”, I … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, audiobooks, authors, book series, characters, classics, contemporary, creativity, descriptions, Elaine Cantrell, fantasy, imagination, Narration, reviews, series, Tonette Joyce, Travel
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Tagged "Entanglement", "Entropy", "The Belt" sci-fi series, Artificial Intelligence, Futuristic stories, Gerald M.Kilby, Jason and the Argonauts, Quantum Intelligence, Space Travel stories, Star Trek, Star Trek series, Steven Jay Cohen, The Odessey, The Wizard of Oz
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Guest Author/Narrator: Elizabeth Meyette
This month, I’m pleased to host another author who has successfully navigated another writing-related area. Elizabeth Meyette has visited 4F1H previously with her mystery series set in the Finger Lakes region of New York. She’s a fellow member of two … Continue reading →
Posted in audiobooks, book series, Books, Children's books, contemporary, Guest author, Guest author post, Mystery stories, new skills, Patricia Kiyono, technology
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Tagged do-it-yourself, Elizabeth Meyette, learning a new skill, narrating audio books, The Go to Sleep Tree, The Last Crossing
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Visiting Old Friends
Oh, that I had the time! But there is a help for that, so that I can revisit those that moved me, changed me and those that introduced me to life-long friends. Before I could read, I had my aunt and … Continue reading →
Posted in Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, blessings, Books, characters, childhood, Children's books, classics, Clean Writing, Daily life, descriptions, dialogue, Family, favorite books, favorites, friends, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, Kindle, language, Life, memories, novels, personal libraries, phrases, plots, poetry, Random thoughts, short stories, time management, Tonette Joyce, Words of Wisdom, writers, writing
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Tagged Julius Caesar, Lord of the Rings books, Mary Poppins, multitasking, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bishop's Beggar, The Narnia books, The Secret Garden, Thhe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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