Monthly Archives: August 2012

Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 29, 2012 by mairedubhtx

I finished book number 97, Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich, the first of the Lizzy and Diesel mysteries. In this book, we are introduced to Lizzy Watson. She lives in her great aunt Olivia’s old saltbox house in Marblehead, MA, … Continue reading →

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Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 27, 2012 by mairedubhtx

Book 96 was The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown. Harry Haristeen and her animal friends Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker along with all her human friends are together again to solve the … Continue reading →

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Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 26, 2012 by mairedubhtx

I finished book number 95, Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich, which is the second Stephanie Plum mystery. Stephanie has been assigned to pick up Kenny Manusco, who has shot his friend Moogey Bues in the knee and missed … Continue reading →

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Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 22, 2012 by mairedubhtx

I finished book number 94, Easily Amused by Karen McQuestion. Lola Watson is twenty-nine, the editor of a parenting magazine and inheritor of her Aunt May’s home. She is just adjusting to the neighborliness of the neighborhood where everyone knows … Continue reading →

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Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 19, 2012 by mairedubhtx

Book Number 93 was At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith, volume 3 of the Professor Dr. von Ingelfeld Entertainments. This novel finds von Ingelfeld doing more traveling to foreign countries than previous novels. Since visiting Zimmerman … Continue reading →

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Six Word Saturday

Posted on August 18, 2012 by mairedubhtx

Trying to knit a baby blanket. After reading my last novel, I decided to get back to knitting which I haven;t done in quite a while. I have a new niece arriving around October 12, so I thought I’d make … Continue reading →

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Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 18, 2012 by mairedubhtx

I finished book number 92, Till Death Do Us Purl by Anne Canadeo, a Black Sheep Knitting mystery. Maggie and her friends at the Black Sheep Knitting Shop are involved in another murder mystery. Rebecca, a young woman teacher, is … Continue reading →

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Book and Film Challenge Update

Posted on August 16, 2012 by mairedubhtx

I finished reading book number 91, The World According to Bertie, by Alexander McCall Smith, part of the 44 Scotland Street serialization. Bertie’s new brother, Ulysses, has been born, and Bertie is learning to take care of him by changing … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Hodgepodge-Late as Usual

Posted on August 16, 2012 by mairedubhtx

1. I (Joyce) included this quote (attributed to William H. Danforth) in my blog post on Monday…”The best cure for a sluggish mind is to disturb its routine.” When was the last time you ‘disturbed your routine’ and how’d you do it?  … Continue reading →

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The Car Saga Continues

Posted on August 15, 2012 by mairedubhtx

Last Thursday the body called to tell me that my car was ready so I turned in my dream car (the Mercedes 250C) and picked up my car. It looked great except the front license plate was missing. The repair … Continue reading →

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