Hello, friends!
Through Monday I am linking with the following:
On these blogs you will be able to see links to the posts from others who are participating in these blog hops, and if you're a blogger, you can join too.
November is off to a fantastic start for me! Yesterday I attended an event at my local library where 11 mystery writers spoke about their new releases, then did a meet 'n greet. You can read more about my experience here.
For those of you who don't already know, I have started a month of gratitude posts (well, 26 posts to be exact). Each day, I'm taking a letter of the alphabet and stating what I'm grateful for that begins with that letter. I started on November 1st and it will run through November 26th, so it will include Thanksgiving Day. You can click on the Golden Gratitude label on the right sidebar to learn more about this, see all of the relevant posts, and participate. Or you can click here. I do hope you will join me and participate too!
IN THE BOOKS
To see how I'm doing with my 2023 bookish challenges, click on 2023 Bookish Challenges on the right sidebar.
I didn't have any finished books to report on last Sunday, but I finished three this past week!
RECENTLY FINISHED
I finished reading Over My Dead Blog (Book Blogger Mystery 1), by Sarah E. Burr. I received an ARC of this book. It is a strong start to a new series. I am planning to post my review on Monday. In the meantime, you can read some brief excerpts here.
I finished listening to Lord of the Wings (Meg Langslow Mystery 19) by Donna Andrews. It is masterfully narrated by Bernadette Dunne. This was the first book in the series that I read and I really enjoyed it. I did get confused since so much was going on and there were a lot of characters, but the mystery was strong, I loved the setting around Halloween, and I enjoyed getting to know the characters. I'm sure I will read more books in this series.
I also listened to Too Much to Candle (Glenmyre Whim Mystery 2), by Sarah E. Burr. I loved the first one in this series and the second did not disappoint either. This is a light paranormal series that I highly recommend. I am planning on posting a review soon.
IN PROGRESS
UP NEXT
ON TELEVISON
- Hallmark movies - I watched Midnight Masquerade, Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows, and Field Day. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Midnight Masquerade is a twist on Cinderella. This is an older Hallmark movie that I had been wanting to see. I love Cinderella adaptations. It's my favorite fairy tale. Fatal Vows was excellent. I need to review that soon, but I'm not sure if that will happen this week. Field Day is a fun fall-themed movie. I enjoyed all of these.
- A Haunting in Venice (2016) - Ummm...this was okay, I guess. Not great, but not a complete disaster either. It is my least favorite of the three starring Kenneth Branagh has Hercule Poirot.
- Friends - I didn't watch too many episodes last week. I'm just past the middle of season 4 where Emily arrives from England. I'm still not enjoying Rachel's character too much at this point in the season.
- Loki - I watched one episode last week, but I'm still one episode behind. I've almost completely lost interest in season 2, but I'll keep watching because I am curious how it will end.
I have been debating in my mind if I want to write a full review of season 2 of Murder, She Wrote. It's the only thing holding me back from watching the next season. Since it's so similar to season 1, I decided to just add a note at the end of my season 1 review. So now I can start watching season 3.
WEEKLY BLOG RECAP
- Sunday Post 10/29 - Week in review
- Golden Gratitude 11/01 - A is for Authors
- Golden Gratitude 11/02 - B is for Breakfast
- Golden Gratitude 11/03 - C is for Cats
- Four for Friday 11/03 - Westerns, A Chatty Cat, and Lady Bugs
- Golden Gratitude 11/04 - D is for Discovery
- Puzzle 11/04 - Cottage in Autumn 1927
- Golden Gratitude 11/05 - E is for Event
- Series Review 08/01/22 Murder, She Wrote Seasons 1 and 2 (Updated)
Have a wonderful week and a great-ful month!
Wow, you got a lot of posts in this week, that's awesome!! Daily gratitude is a great thing to do! I need to remember to come back and read your review for Over My Dead Blog, it does sound interesting. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cindy! I'm glad you're participating in Golden Gratitude. :)
DeleteThat sounds like a fun event! And Lord of the Wings sounds fun too :)
ReplyDeleteYes and yes, Greg! Both were fun. :-)
DeleteI love the idea of doing a daily gratitude post. I keep a list in my journal, and I draw from it to list 3 Good Things on my Sunday Salon post.
ReplyDeleteOver My Dead Blog!
Deb, I used to be so good about writing in my gratitude log, but I stopped doing that this year. I should commit to it again next year. :-)
DeleteAll great looking books enjoyed and to be enjoyed. Lovely idea to do those gratitude posts, quite a challenge but a worthwhile one.
ReplyDeleteKathryn, the gratitude posts are short and sweet. They take me less than five minutes to write. :-)
DeleteThis is so fun! I love cozy mysteries and love that you got to go to an event with many authors!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah! :-)
DeleteI'm glad you liked the Donna Andrews book. There are so many more great books in the series.
ReplyDeleteI'll watch A Haunted in Venice at some point. Not too high up on my list right now, however.
You're not missing much holding off on A Haunting in Venice, Mark. :)
DeleteYour books all look good. I loved Purrs & Poison. What a fun book. The event at your library with the mystery writers sounds like alot of fun. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Yvonne! :-)
DeleteI love the idea of gratitude posts! I put my "5 things" in my Sunday Post every week, but I never thought of writing longer posts for them.
ReplyDeleteAj, my gratitude posts are pretty short. I just have to remember to post them! :-)
DeleteSorry to hear about A Haunting in Venice. I still want to watch it but mainly will now because it's on Hulu and I already pay for that service. I seriously need to catch out that Vampire Pet series. Thanks for sharing it - it sounds like something I would love.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Barb! I hope you enjoy it! :-)
DeleteSo many books! They all look like they are fun. I hope you enjoy this week's choices. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy! You too! :-)
DeleteThe meet and greet with the mystery writers at the library sounds like so much fun! I would attend something like that. I'm glad to see you enjoyed Over My Dead Blog. That one just sounds like so much fun from the title alone. Your current reads all sound good. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you! You too! :)
DeleteYou've been very busy!
ReplyDeleteLol. That I have. :)
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