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Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! We have had some pretty good days over here lately. I was hoping to go to the Zoo lights tonight but the weather is rainy and cold – I am hoping it stops before evening so we can go!
Read Last Week:
I just finished The Teller of Small Fortunes and it was just so warm and cozy. I love a found family trope, which this book had, and the whole vibe is just feel good. I will definitely be looking for more books by Leong in the future.
Reading This Week:
This week I am reading The Vanishing of Aveline Jones and hopefully A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry.
Posted Last Week:
Top Ten Tuesday: Books for a (Snow) Storm
Watching:
We are watching The Great British Bake Off, and also we are starting to watch all of our favorite Christmas movies! Last night we watched a new one though, The Red One starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans and, it was actually pretty good! Sometimes you just need an action movie and this one was really fun. We also watched Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, and I cried a few times out of nostalgia and remembering watching it with my parents when I was little. Tonight we are going for another nostalgic movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas. I am hoping for some snow before we watch A Muppet Christmas Carol, Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas, and Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas, but you never know! It could be a green Christmas this year.
Speakng of Christmas, Lisa from Boondock Ramblings and I have our linky up for Comfy Cozy Christmas! You can find it at the top always, but this is the link! Feel free to post any seasonal fun! We are trying to keep up with commenting on everyone’s posts but y’all are having so much fun and have so many ideas that we are a bit behind! So we apologize if we haven’t gotten to you yet.
And that is it from here today! I hope you are all well, and that no matter what you do today, that you do one thing that makes you smile!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
We watched The Red One this weekend too and thought it was pretty good.
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It was pretty good! We both liked it lol. I liked the athletic idea of Santa! And Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Claus. She was perfect.
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The Teller of Small Fortunes has an eyecatching title and cover. Might look it up. Have a good week.
Harvee https://bookdilettante.blogspot.com/
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It was really cute!!
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I really enjoyed The Teller of Small Fortunes. I love all the Anne Perry Christmas novellas and I’m sad there won’t be more. We are watching all Britbox all the time during our reduced price trial.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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It was so good! It was so much better honestly than I expected.
I have always wanted to read them and I am finally getting to at least one. Lol. And I love Britbox!
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I just saw The Teller of Small Fortunes, and it sounds like something I’d enjoy. Glad you did!
We’ve been watching Great British Bakeoff, and now we are watching the latest holiday versions.
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It was an easy, cozy little read, very heartwarming.
We need to speed up our watching so we can watch the holiday ones! Lol.
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I hope you make it to Zoo Lights.
Those are some very nostalgic movies. Nice choices!
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It just rained and rained all day! We are going on Tuesday instead now.
Thanks!
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The Muppets will be on TV here next week and I have the Charlie Brown Christmas on DVD and waiting. Today I listened to the soundtrack on YouTube, I’m such a fan of the Vince Guaraldi music!
We are still on “The Dark Is Rising”, but I think I will be sneaking in that favorite Christmas story I mentioned in my last blog post for myself when the “kids” are out 😉
Nothing like something nostalgic Christmas mood!
Cat
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Yay!! I love the Muppets Christmas Carol! We love the Vince Guaraldi music too. We love to go on drives in the snow and listen to it.
I kept thinking about The Dark is Rising all night last night after I read about it on your blog.
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I’ve now got The Teller of Small Fortunes on my library reserve list, thanks for the mention. Enjoy the Season!
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It was so good! Very heartwarming.
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I keep trying to squeeze Christmas books in and it’s just not going to happen. Sigh. I guess I can read a couple before New Year’s too. Or I can become Orthodox and stretch Christmas into the first week in January! That sounds like a good idea. More time to be cozy and comfy!
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There you go! Perfect!! Just keep going until epiphany!
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😂
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We watched the Red One last nights as well..
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Lol! What did you think? It was cheesy but we still really liked it.
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You brought back some great memories of when my son was younger and the Christmas shows we would watch together. I hope you have a great week!
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Aw I am glad I could stir up happy memories! I hope that you have a great week as well!
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I had a long list of Christmas movies to watch this year and haven’t even started it. I plan on watching one or 3 tonight though.
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Lol! I like this one or three choice! I hope you got to enjoy some movies last night!
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My favorite Christmas movie is “Heat Miser.” It’s hard to find, but there’s just something about it that makes me smile. I do like lots of others, but this one is my favorite. I miss having little people around to really get the joy of Christmas in place. Thanks for sharing your week with us.
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I remember that one! The Year without a Santa! I loved all those whatever weird animation (stop animation?) movies. Rudolph was my favorite. Christmas really is so fun with kiddos. I am excited to see The Hurricane open gifts this year!
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I was wondering if The Red One was worth watching. I love action movies and it does sound fun! A Charlie Brown Christmas is such a classic. Love anything Charlie Brown! Have a wonderful week, Erin!
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It was fun! It was PG-13 and definitely aimed at kids. We definitely enjoyed it.
And yes, I love Charlie Brown!
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Leong’s book cover is so so cute!
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Yes I love it!
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I love this time of year because it seems that everyone is more likely to want to gather to watch movies together. Last night we watched Elf for the 10th time, at least. Earlier in the week we watched a few Hallmark-type Christmas movies. Not that they are good in terms of acting or writing but they are feel good movies, for sure.
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I love Hallmark Christmas movies and we have yet to watch one! Maybe tonight!
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I might have some content that I could link up for Cozy Christmas! If I get around to writing more!
Have a great week!
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Oo that would be awesome!
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I love Dwayne Johnson but we haven’t watched Red One yet. Christmas just seems to be sneaking up on me after that late Thanksgiving! Maybe we can get to it this weekend.
I love found families too so I’m adding The Teller of Small Fortunes to my list. Enjoy this week’s Christmas festivities!
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Sounds like you are keeping busy. Your books look good. Come see my week: Inside of a Dog: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 16, 2024) Happy reading!
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I enjoyed the Great British Bake Off and I’m now getting a kick out of the holiday specials!
We seem destined for a green Christmas this year. Actually, it’s mostly brown and gray out my window, but I put up greenery and lights to brighten things up. We’ll consider it a fair trade if it means the roads are safe for driving.
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Thanks for the heads up about The Red One. I’ll look for it.
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It sounds like you’ve had a fabulous reading week! I went and put a hold on The Teller of Small Fortunes. If my library had any of the The Aveline Jones series, I would probably give it a try too.
Happy reading over the holidays!
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It’s been pretty good! I really loved The Teller of Small Fortunes – I hope you do as well. And the Aveline Jones series is so fun. And thank you, happy reading to you as well!!
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A Charlie Brown Christmas is a must … each year. The soundtrack alone is uplifting. And the Leong cover is so appealing. I hope you enjoy all the Christmas shows.
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We love the soundtrack! We actually just listened to it yesterday while driving home from my dad’s house, which is over an hour away. I love that my son likes it too – a whole new generation to love Charlie and that gang.
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I hope you were able to go to Zoo lights! The Teller of Small Fortunes is on my TBR – partly for the cover. I haven’t really been doing much Christmas reading or watching but I’m hoping to change that a bit this week and especially the weekend. I’ve still got a little bit of time. I hope you’re having a great week!
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We made it on Tuesday – Sunday it just kept raining and raining! I have not read any Christmas books! I am not sure what is happening this year. Lol. I did read Aveline Jones and that was a winter solstice bookish but that was as close as I got!
The Teller of Small Fortunes is such a heartwarming cozy book!
I hope you are too Katherine, and Merry Christmas to all of you!!
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I love seeing people enjoy Bake Off! Alison Hammond is from my city (I am not FROM-from here so I don’t sound like her)!
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Lol! Her accent is so fun!
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