Category Archives: Compilations

“Extra” Day? Yeah, Right!

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s question:  It’s a Leap Year, are you planning to do anything special with the “extra” day?  If only!  It’s rather like when people start asking for Daylight Savings Time to be in effect all year long so that … Continue reading →

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are supposed to discuss our favorite food. Seriously? People are asking Tonette Joyce what her favorite food is? Didn’t they learn when they tried to ask about her favorite comfort food recently? LOL! In the TV series … Continue reading →

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Greater Detroit Romance Writers and Unlock My Heart

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Patricia Kiyono

Last year, I joined the Greater Detroit Romance Writers. It’s a very active group, and most of their events take place online so I’m able to participate even though Detroit is a good three hour drive from where I live. … Continue reading →

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T’was the Month Before Christmas…

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Tonette Joyce

Topic this week:Do you have a favorite Christmas holiday novel? What about your favorite movie? Do you restrict reading/viewing of Christmas/holiday themed books/movies to the holiday season? We’ve covered holiday movies in the recent past, but I am game! Yes, … Continue reading →

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Never-ending TBR, Part Ten

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Patricia Kiyono

This month, I have three cozy mysteries and a historical romance anthology to share with you. Read on, and maybe you’ll find something to tickle your fancy! Bobbins and Bodies by ACF BookensStitches in Crime, Book 2I purchased this ebook … Continue reading →

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Foxfire

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Tonette Joyce

Have you ever read the “Foxfire” books? They started out as a periodical in the late 1960s and by the early 1970s, the articles were compiled into books, as more and more information was gathered. This all came to be … Continue reading →

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Review: “What IF”

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Tonette Joyce

I was looking for something a little intelligent, but lighter than what I had been listening to, while working around the house, and Randall Monroe’s “What If” filled the bill.  Monroe is a trained physicist and a short-time former contract … Continue reading →

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Reading Challenge 2021, Part Twelve

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Patricia Kiyono

I have four more cozy mysteries and a historical romance anthology to tell you about today. These bring my 2021 total to 49, which is one below my yearly goal of reading 50 books per year. That means I need … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Alexa Kang [Free book offer]

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

Guest: Author Alexa Kang [Free book offer] I picked up Alexa Kang’s “Shanghai Story” for something a little different to read.I had no idea just how different it would be. It is the bravest piece of work that I have … Continue reading →

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Guest Authors: Members of the Grand Rapids Region Writers Group and Lost and Found

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Patricia Kiyono

I’ve mentioned the support I get from fellow members of my local writing groups. Last summer, while the Grand Rapids Region Writers Group discussed fund-raising ideas, someone came up with the idea of publishing an anthology. Author Diana Lloyd, a … Continue reading →

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