Month: February 2018
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Book review: The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford
The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love the premise of this first in a series of YA mysteries: Ada Byron (the daughter of Lord Byron) and Mary Godwin (the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft) form the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency as young girls. Ada is better known…
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Book review: The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters
The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have been slowly but faithfully making my way through this series, which is so wonderful. (I am going to be really sad when I’ve finished them all.) I’ve taken only to reviewing ones that are unusual or resonated with me…
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Hawaii (without the kids)
Somehow, we always gravitate to Hawaii when deciding where to go on our annual without-the-kids vacation. As a reminder, the goal of this vacation is a yearly exercise as to remember who the other person across the breakfast table is as planning for the day that we become empty nesters. Our joint requirement is that…