BOOK REVIEW: Welcome Home to Murder by Cindy Kline

Welcome Home to Murder, Book One of the Molly McGuire Mysteries by Cindy Kline was an outstanding fast-paced cozy mystery that will draw you in and keep you guessing right up until it’s surprising, satisfying conclusion. 

Cindy Kline had a comfortable, easy style of writing. It’s like a mini-vacation. I am off to find Molly McGuire, Book Two.

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ART: Antique Thimbles

 

Thimbles. 

I never gave them a thought. 

That is, before I  spent some time with an elderly neighbor lady from my old neighborhood who was recuperating from surgery and we spent the afternoon looking at her thimble collection. 

First, I needed my glasses to see be able to focus on the intricate designs and scrollwork. Some had small colored crystals in a border design around the bottom.

One was made of carnival glass and had some hand etching. Some were silver. Some were brass. She had a story to go with each one of them.

Glass Thimble 

         

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SCHEDULE: November 18-22, 2024

 Mon., November 18 - ART:

Antique Thimbles

Tues., November 19 - BOOK REVIEW:

Welcome Home to Murder

by Cindy Kline

Wed., November 20 - INTERVIEW:

Fiction and Christian Author

Tammy Lash

Thurs., November 21 - TV TIME:

Godzilla & King Kong:

The New Empire

(Max)

Fri., November 22 - BOOK:

MacKalvey House

A Time After Time Novel

by Carol Ann Kauffman

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TV TIME: Time Trap (Netflix)

 A group of students go looking for their lost college professor who went missing while searching the caves for his lost parents.

This started out like one of those “students go on an archaeological dig with their professor” movies that have curses and mummies. But it veered in a total different direction. It is a science fiction action adventure.

The critics did not care for this one. Of course, they want all these movies to be Oscar-worthy masterpieces. I liked it. It was a pleasant evening’s diversion with Ave men and space men and family members. And a dog. 

 

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BOOK REVIEW: The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani

 

Adriana Trigiani does not disappoint. 

And The Supreme Macaroni Company is not about pasta. 

It’s about love and family and shoes. 

If you have any Italian heritage in you at all, you will enjoy Trigiani’s tales of wild, wacky Italian family relationships and life, love, excellence, and stubbornness. And food. 

The Supreme Macaroni Company will make you laugh and make you cry. 

Brava, Adriana. 

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ART: The Beauty of Goldfish

 I love goldfish. I have them in the pond. They are beautiful creatures. And smart! I go out there and shake the fish food container. I yell “Oh, Fishies!” and they all come swimming toward me.

Goldfish get there color from the fish food. Many of our older goldfish are white. It is not their color that makes them beautiful. 

SCHEDULE: November 11-15, 2024

 

Mon., November 11 - ART

The Beauty of Goldfish

Tues., November 12 - BOOK REVIEW:

The Supreme Macaroni Company

by Adriana Trigiani

Wed., November 13 - INTERVIEW:

Historical Fiction Author

Parker J. Cole

Thurs., November 14 - TV TIME:

Time Trap

(Netflix)

Fri., November 15 - BOOK:

A Dilemma for Daisy,

 Monday Mystery Society

by Carol Ann Kauffman 

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TV TIME: Sisyphus (Netflix)

 

This Korean Science Fiction Action Adventure starts out as two separate stories: a young woman leaves her home with only a suitcase on a dangerous mission to save the Earth and a genius engineer in the midst of making some far-reaching inventions that could negatively change the Earth forever. 

The real action kicks in when they get together! 

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BOOK REVIEW: Natural Selection by Elin Hilderbrand

This short story written by New York Times Bestselling Author Elin Hilderbrand was on the Amazon list of great reads for August so I picked it up. I am used to Hilderbrand’s fantastic summer beach reads. 

This was not one of them. 

I know a short story does not allow time for great character development, and I accept that. But this seemed rushed. Written in the present tense, it covered large blocks of time  in few sentences. 

Here is the gist: young, naive woman and her boyfriend plan a trip to the Galapagos. Boyfriend packs his camera and has a list of wildlife photos he wants to shoot. At the airport, he is called home on a family emergency. But he insists she go on the trip alone.  

 Not one of my favorite Hilderbrand’s, but still worth reading the main character’s journey. 

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ART: Danish Photographer Inge Schuster

What I love about Danish Artist Inge Schuster’s beautiful work is the strong architectural elements in her photography. 

 

Refererences

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  IngeSchusterartist.com

  OAP (OnlyArtPosters.com) 

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