Sunday Bookends: Link parties, finished two books, & watching Angela movies

/ 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.

I shared what I did last week in my Saturday Afternoon Chat yesterday. It was actually my Saturday Evening Chat because I got it up so late.

After I posted that, The Husband took Little Miss and her friend swimming at the local YMCA, which we had never visited before. Now that we know the pool exists we will probably visit it more this summer.

Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I are still holding Drop-In Crafternoons once or twice a month.

We will be holding another one Saturday, July 19 at 1 p.m.

The crafternoons are events where we gather on Zoom and craft at our respective homes and chat while we work on various projects. There is one woman who creates with beads, another who colors, I sometimes draw or color, and Erin does a variety of art, including embroidery. We are calling them drop-in crafternoons because you can drop in and out during the time we are on. No need to stay the whole time if you can’t. Come late if you want or leave early.

If you want to join in, email Erin at crackcrumblife@gmail.com and she will add you to the mailing list.

If you are looking for a link party to participate in, I co-host one with three lovely blogger ladies that goes live on Thursday nights. The Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot goes live about 9:30 p.m. each Thursday and if you scroll on my right-hand sidebar you should find the link to the latest one.

I also have added a link to parties I participate in at the top of my page.

I am going to leave up my monthly link-up for all things book-related. You can find a link to the A Good Book and A Cup of Tea link party at the top of my page or click here https://lisahoweler.com/2025/06/08/a-good-book-a-cup-of-tea-june-2025-party/

What I am reading – I finally finished All Things Wise and Wonderful the week before last and really loved it – especially a story at the end of the book involving Tristan, the date he tossed into the rose bushes, and a missing dog.

I also finished A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano. I would give it about a 3.5. I didn’t like how the mystery part wrapped up or how the main character had this huge secret she dropped at the very end but never really resolved. Politano’s writing is very good, though, and I am sure I will read another one by her at some point in the future.

Right now I am reading The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie and switching off with The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Woodhouse.

I plan to start The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh sometime this week.

I hope to start Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis soon as well.

The Husband is reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Little Miss is finishing up the third Harry Potter book after a long break, and she and I are reading Magical Melons by Carol Ryrie Brink together and listening to The Moffats at night.

I didn’t add any new books to my shelves recently, other than a couple I found on Project Gutenberg and will be sending to my Kindle to read.

Last week I watched National Velvet for my Summer of Angela. I also rewatched The Sound of Music for a comfort watch and a few episodes of Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet.

Last week on the blog:

Summer of Angela: National Velvet (1944)

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot June 20

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I want to read this summerSummer of Angela: The Manchurian Candidate

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.

This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at  Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, The Sunday Salon with Deb at Readerbuzz, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathyrn at The Book Date. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality.

Lisa R. Howeler is a blogger, homeschool mom, and writes cozy mysteries.

You can find her Gladwynn Grant Mystery series HERE.

You can also find her on Instagram and YouTube.

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15 thoughts on “Sunday Bookends: Link parties, finished two books, & watching Angela movies”

  3. Lisa, it’s always an enjoyable visit when I catch up with your Sunday Bookends. I really need to survey my own collection of books for one to read. Sometimes I allow my writing to fill up too much time. On my upcoming trip to see family, I’m planning to take a couple of longer short stories with me. They need a thorough editing, and a different atmosphere will encourage further changes.

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    • I have fun with them too. Sometimes I run out of time to visit them all or link up with them. I have a few more I need to add to the list so hopefully I’ll do that soon.

      I like reading a chapter here and there of those books. They are wonderfully relaxing.

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  6. Wait…was yesterday the crafternoon? I thought it was the week before, and I missed it! I am so bad at remembering things like that! I am so sorry. I’ll send Erin an email and let her know. I actually was at a street art fair so I would have missed part of it, depending on how long you went.

    I’m glad you liked the James Herriot book. It’s been years since I read them, but I really did love learning about his life as a vet. There are moments that come back to me at times when I come up against something (like dog puke and such). I am currently reading The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady and loving it! I am already more than halfway through it! I think you’ll enjoy it, too. We watched “The Beekeeper” with Jason Statham which means there was a lot of beat ’em ups and not stayin’ downs going on. Overall, it was about a 7.5 with most of that because I just like Jason Statham. The plot was a little out there. I’m supposed to be finalizing my graduation tour…completely changed my theme because I realized my art didn’t match the theme yet it all goes together as well as my monthly article for the church newsletter. Instead, I’m reading and commenting on blogs! Queen of Procrastination, I’m tellin’ ya!

    Let’s hope the week is only hot and not hot and stormy. Actually, it could snow, and I’d be happy! Wait…that would mean something cataclysmic! I don’t want that so I’ll just settle for temps in the 70s.

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  7. Sorry to hear that The Midnight Dance wasn’t better. I haven’t read it yet, so can’t weigh in. I think I own it, if I don’t, I know my daughter does, it’s here somewhere. I hope you have a great week!

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