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‘Patiently’ Reading

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

When trying to come up with ideas for topics, this one popped into my mind:What would you read to an adult friend who was ill? I don’t believe any one book or story popped into my mind at the time. … Continue reading →

Posted in advice, Anthologies, authors, big plans, biographies, book series, Books, Children's books, collections, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Faith-centered stories, favorite books, friends, imagination, inspiration, lifestyles, Middle Grade Books, Miscellaneous, Mystery stories, poetry, reading, reading preferences, short stories, Tonette Joyce | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Cecelia Ahern, Chicken Soup books, Click Clack Cows That Type, Dear Mrs.LaRue, Liane Moriarty, Percy Jackson books, Puzzle Lady Mysteries, reading to adult patients, reading to sick people, The Ghost Girl, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Tomie De Paola | 9 Comments

List-Ten

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

I am usually left out of many of the Facebook writer’s challenges because although I am a published writer, I am not a published book author. However, a rather famous author of my personal acquaintance recently hit me topic: Ten … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, childhood, Friendship, Lists, Miscellaneous, poetry, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged "There's No Place Like Here", A Remarkable Mother, Agatha Christie, An Hour Before Daylight, Anna Karenina, Artemis Fowl, Banned in the U.S.S. R., Boris Pasternak, Boris Pasternak's poetry, Can You See Me Now?, Cecelia Ahearn, Christmas In Plains, Daphne du Maurier, Doctor Zhivago, douglas adams, Dr, Eoin Colfer, Ernest Hemingway, Ghost Girl, Gretchen Archer, Hercule Poirot, James Herriot. All Creatures Great and Small, Janet Evanovich, Jimmy Carter, Kate Collins, Leo Tolstoy, MaryJanice Davidson, Oscar Wilde, Parnell Hall, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rosie Dunne, Stephen King., Stephen Vincent Benet, Thanks For the Memories, The Bishop's Beggar, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tonya Hurley, War and Peace, William Shakespeare | 9 Comments

On a Clear Day…

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

We are talking about places we’ve always wanted to visit…and why. Where WOULDN’T I want to go? I haven’t had much chance to travel. I have seen a lot of America just going back and forth, traveling through, although not … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, movies, Tonette Joyce | Tagged "In Bruge", Antonio Banderas, archaeology, Autrio-Hungarian, Budapest, Colin Farrel, El Museo Nacional de Prado, France Scandinavia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Istanbul, Italy, Macedonia, Melanie Griffith, Norway, Prague, Slovenian-Croatian, Spain, Strait of Gibraltar, the fjords, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, The Louvre, The Prado, travel, Umbria | 10 Comments

“A Confession of Character” [R.W. Emerson]

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are talking about what character in a famous novel we’d like to be, (temporarily). Toughy! Although I might daydream about places or characters from stories, I never put myself in one as a character. I might want to … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, romance, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged "Love Rosie", "Rebecca", "There's No Place Like Here", "Where Rainbows End", Arven Evenstar, ecelia Ahern, Garda Sandy Shortt\, Harry Potter, Hermione, Jane Austen, Jane Austen heroes, Jane Austen heroines, Jane Austen Stories, Janet Evanovich, Janet Evanovich's novels, Laurie Ryan, Lord of the Rings, LOTR, Molly Weasley, Morelli, Mrs.De Winter Rebecca", Professor McGonegal, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rangeman, Ranger, Rivendell, Rosie Dunne, Stepahnie Plum, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy | 13 Comments

Don’t Panic

Posted on March 23, 2011 by danicaavet

I had a hard time picking one book that had an influence on my writing. I see-sawed between To Kill A Mockingbird, Dark Lover, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Yeah, three vastly different books, but I had to … Continue reading →