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Childhood Characters Whom I Like More NOW

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Jeff Salter

Than I did when I was a kid By Jeff Salter Before I launch into my review of this particular title – The House on the Cliff… volume 2 of the venerable Hardy Boys ORIGINAL series – let me say … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, book review, book series, characters, childhood, Children's books, favorite books, Jeff Salter, Mystery stories | Tagged Hardy Boys, Leslie McFarlane, Mildred Wirt Benson, Nancy Drew, Stratemeyer Syndicate | 19 Comments

Guest: Author Diane Vallere

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

I seem to be inexplicably drawn lately to writers from Pennsylvania, and today’s guest lived even closer to my mother’s people than most. Diane Vallere comes right from my mother’s neck of the woods. Indeed, my mother once lived … Continue reading →

Posted in author interview, author's life, authors, book covers, Books, characters, experiences, Guest, Guest author, hobbies, interview, jobs, Miscellaneous, novels, protagonists, research, Tonette Joyce, using talents | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Connie Blair, Daine Vallere, Doris Day movies, Janet Evanovich, K-Mart, Los Angeles, Lover Come Back, Madison Night, Masking For Trouble, Material Witness books, Material Witness mysteries, Nancy Drew, Neiman-Marcus, Pearls Gone WIld, Pennsylvia, Pillow Stalk, Pillow Talk, Polyester Press, Samantha Kidd Mysteries, Sarah Strohmeyer, Some Like It Haute, Space Case, Suede to Rest Midnight Ice, Sylvia Stryker Outter Space Mysteries, The Costume Shop Mysteries, The Decorator Who Knew Too Much, The Golden Voyages of Sinbad, Ther Pajama Frame, Tony Randall, Trixie Belden | 9 Comments

Double Vision

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Tonette Joyce

No, not crossed eyes…two people’s visions! This week’s topic of what we read with our loved ones really strikes a chord with me. I was read to quite a bit when I was little, so my mother and aunt chose … Continue reading →