Nancy
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Note 58 – October 2024 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1579 Longest: 433 Shortest: 326 Genres: 2 (History – 1, Thriller – 3) This month’s reading comprised 3 thrillers (one each from the legal, psychological, and archaeological sub-genres) from some of my favorite authors and 1 historical account for my monthly non-fiction selection. Ernest Dempsey’s The Inventor’s Tomb, his 23rd…
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Note 57 – September 2024 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1597 Longest: 461 Shortest: 311 Genres: 3 (Fiction – 2, History – 1, Mystery – 1) Ernest Dempsey – The Final Round This is the 23rd Ernest Dempsey book I’ve read over the past 7 years, but the first that wasn’t in his Sean Wyatt Archaeological Thriller series. In fact,…
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Note 56 – More Wine, History, Chocolate, and a Bavarian Surprise
Day 3 of our Dahlonega trip found us exploring downtown Dahlonega mid-morning Friday. It was pretty quiet and few shops were open yet, so we wandered around a bit. We found the old Presbyterian Church from 1900, now used by the Catholics since the mid-1960s. It had an interesting Japanese Maple growing by it. One…
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Note 55 – Southern Food, Wine, and Gold
In early August, we flew into Charlotte, North Carolina, because we had American Airlines credits to use by the middle of August and it was one of nine US airports with non-stop flights from Houston on AA (we didn’t want to mess with connections). After booking, we had to decide what to do once we…
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Note 54 – August 2024 Books
Total Books: 6 Total Pages: 1845 Longest: 382 Shortest: 223 Genres: 3 (Biography – 1, Mystery – 4, Thriller – 1) I kicked off August by reading John Grisham’s latest thriller – Camino Ghosts. This is the third book set on the fictional Camino Island located off the coast of Florida, near the Georgia border.…
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Note 53 – Exploring Collingwood, Ontario, and Our Return to Houston Post-Hurricane
To wrap-up our “Toronto” trip, we decided to get out of the big city for a couple of days and explore more of the Ontario “countryside”. I was perusing Google maps for ideas up towards Georgian Bay and Lake Huron when I spotted a town name that seemed familiar – Collingwood. I couldn’t quite place…
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