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Reading Challenge 2025 - The Country Club Murders, part 1
The first Reading Challenge I set for myself in 2025 was to reread a favorite series, The Country Club Murders by Julie Mulhern. I don’t think this will actually be much of a challenge to accomplish, despite the number of books, since this is a series I really enjoy. So much so that I continued purchasing them as the prices crept up toward my ( Read more... ) -
Drabble of the Week
Challenge words: clarify, cup, duck, extension, inch, raid
Napoleon stirred his cup of coffee, straightened his inbox, moved his desk calendar an inch to the left, and sharpened three pencils.
His partner wasn’t deceived by the delaying tactics. “Mr Waverly expects our report by five, and he isn’t known for granting extensions.”
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Reading Challenges, 2024 & 2025
In 2024, nakeisha graciously allowed me to join her Book Bingo challenge, which involved reading and reviewing 25 books. Overall, I enjoyed the concept of Book Bingo very much. There were several books of the 25 that I had mixed feelings about, either because of the subject matter or the writing style. There were only two, though, that I thoroughly ( Read more... ) -
Ancient history
For spikesgirl58
There actually was sort of a reason I remembered crumple-horned snorkacks ….
From my long ago dabbling in writing Harry Potter fic.
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Six tiny fairies hovered before the high, arched window. Six tiny, silver flutes caught the afternoon sunshine, their flickering reflections dancing on the opposite wall. A second troupe of ( Read more... ) -
Drabble of the Week
Challenge words: definite, shelter, shower, splurge, training, work
The room where headquarters had arranged for the agents to shelter from a pelting ice storm was definitely not up to Napoleon’s standards. “You’d think an international organization could splurge on two beds.”
His partner rolled his eyes. “As long as there’s a roof over our heads, ( Read more... )
