There’s better than a good whodunnit. Unless it’s a whodunnit with an unexpected plot twist! The Murder of Roger Ackroyd has one of the best.
Have a blessed Easter!
I hope that you have a peaceful and blessed Easter. Next week there will be more…
Why do I write a blog when it’s so 2010?
Why write? Why throw my thoughts out to whoever discovers them in the wide, dark web? At its worst, I feel terrible vain. But I still write.
And now for the outlier in the 20 books challenge
When I challenged myself to read 20 new-to-me books, I built a list that was mostly fiction. Only two aren’t. This week, I’m reviewing one of these outliers.
Waiting for Olives says thanks! And the winner is…
Big thanks to everyone who signed up for the newsletter and joined the competition. It’s been a lot of fun preparing for this …
Looking for a creepy whodunnit? This is it
There’s nothing like a good whodunnit to while away an idle hour. So I spent an entire day reading one and I can’t say I regret my decision.
Five fun things
The leaves are beginning to change here, and some mornings the air is tinged with wood smoke. Wet leaves and wood smoke are so nostalgic for me.
Do you ever feel lost?
Do you ever feel a little lost? Not existential-mid-life-crisis lost. Just somewhat adrift. Slightly rootless. What do you do about that?
I read 1700s satire so you don’t have to
Gulliver’s Travels is a classic and well known work. Often called a masterpiece of satire, I had to read it myself and the results were disappointing.
Minimalism requires a mindset shift but it’s so worth it
I thought it would be easy to embrace more minimalism. But it’s actually a lot harder than I thought. The allure of new things is hard to turn down.