Sunday Bookends: birthdays, mysteries, and other random things

/ Lisa R. Howeler


It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.

This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date.



What’s Been Occurring

This past week we celebrated Little Miss’s 10th birthday and I rambled about that on my Saturday Chat post yesterday.

Autumn has arrived here and, unfortunately, we are losing a lot of our leaves before they can change this year. We still have some pretty trees and our yard is covered in pretty orange and yellow leaves.

The nights are getting colder and the cats want to cuddle more to try to keep themselves warm.

Last year we started lighting the wood stove in mid-October but hopefully, we can make it until November this year because we want to make sure we have enough wood to make it through winter. We have heating oil but we hate to turn the heat on until it gets very, very cold. As I am starting to write this Saturday night, it is actually very, very cold with a temp of 52. It’s supposed to drop as low as 44 by early morning.

We had a semi-busy week last week but we don’t have much planned for next week, other than schoolwork.

What I/we’ve been Reading

I am currently reading The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene (A Nancy Drew Mystery) and A Handcrafted Murder by Isabella Alan.

I also started The Case of the Innocent Husband (A Mac and Sam Mystery Book 1)

Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland. I enjoyed this one and stayed up late Friday night to finish it while my cat laid on my chest and tried to lay on the book as well.

The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

Little Miss and I are reading The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright via Hoopla.

She has also started the first book in the Harry Potter series, which she somehow thought she wasn’t allowed to read until she was 10. I’m not sure where she got that in her head, but she’s started it now that she is 10.

What We watched/are Watching

This week I watched Kiki’s Delivery Service as part of Erin of Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and my Comfy, Cozy Cinema.

Up next we will be watching Blithe Spirit (1945).

This past week I also watched part of a Nancy Drew movie, Just A Few Acres Farm on YouTube and more Lovejoy.

What I’m Writing

I’m almost done with Gladwynn Grant Shakes The Family Tree.

Last week on the blog I shared:

Now it’s your turn

Now it’s your turn. What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to or writing? Let me know in the comments or leave a blog post link if you also write a weekly update like this.

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12 thoughts on “Sunday Bookends: birthdays, mysteries, and other random things”

  1. It’s starting to get cold here, but we are still enjoying bright sunny fall days. It’s supposed to get down to 37 here overnight, but then will warm up. I’m holding off harvesting the rest of the produce in the garden, but don’t know how long I can hold out before we get frost.

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  2. Oh my, yes, that is cold. We are hoping for a little cooler weather here this week. We may get some fifties at night when we go north next week into East Texas.

    Happy birthday to your daughter! Ten years old!

    I’m looking forward to Blithe Spirit. Maybe tomorrow night…

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  3. This made me giggle. “She has also started the first book in the Harry Potter series, which she somehow thought she wasn’t allowed to read until she was 10. I’m not sure where she got that in her head, but she’s started it now that she is 10.” I love her self-imposed rule. That is such a great book!

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    • It did me as well when my daughter showed it to me at the used bookstore. I think she just liked the cover but I got the reference right away and wanted to try it. Now I want to read the first book in the series.

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  5. Lisa,

    Fall is definitely here in NEPA as it was 45 degrees this morning but sunny and going up into the 60’s…This is my favorite time of the year…I need to find more time to read as those books look good!! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!! I appreciate it!!

    Hugs,
    Deb

    Debbie-Dabble Blog

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  6. Our leaves are changing colors but we still use the air conditioning quite frequently. Happy birthday to the Little Miss. I remember enjoying The Four Story Mistake. Come see my week <a href=”https://inside-dog.blogspot.com/2024/10/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-october.html”>here</a>. Happy reading!

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  7. It’s the same way here…the leaves don’t seem to be turning but are falling instead. I think it’s because it’s been so dry. Luckily, we have a very good house when it comes to heating and cooling. Maybe, it’s because it’s small, but our bills are so much lower than they were at our last house. But, I love to keep it quite cool in the winter (because I’m cheap and because I like to have lots of covers on). I’m watching The Halloween Baking Championship when I have the time. I’m also reading another book about Truman Capote!

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