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📚’An epic #fantasy tale set on a planet far away from Earth.’ Rosie’s #BookReview of The Men Of The Mountain by Drew Harrison #BookTwitter #BookX #NewRelease The Men of the Mountain by Drew HarrisonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The Men of the mountain is an epic fantasy tale set on a planet far away from Earth. Cade is a rabbit hunter. His world is closely ov…

📚'An epic #fantasy tale set on a planet far away from Earth.' Rosie's #BookReview of The Men Of The Mountain by Drew Harrison #BookTwitter #BookX #NewRelease rosieamber.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/%...

Apparently size does matter. #India #humor Wrong Yoda Was. In India, they know a different truth. Size DOES matter. And they're good at it. India's 16-mile long Hirakud Dam in Odisha is the longest earth dam in the world. The world's longest railway platform is located at Hubballi Junction (Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Station) in Karnataka, India. Last month, we visited Murdeshwar where we went to the top (luckily via elevator) of the 20-story 249-foot tall gopuram, the world's tallest temple tower and entrance to the Murdeshwar Shiva Temple.

Apparently size does matter. #India #humor

Wrong Yoda Was. In India, they know a different truth. Size DOES matter. And they're good at it. India's 16-mile long Hirakud Dam in Odisha is the longest earth dam in the world. The world's longest railway platform is located at Hubballi Junction (Shree…

What’s My Love Language? 💌 #coffee #humor #Valentine’sDay What’s your Work Love/Appreciation Language? Back when I got paid to get out of bed on Mondays, I heard through the human resources grapevine about the Love Test, in which Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages” theory was adapted to workplace “appreciation” training. This was, naturally, HR’s fault. After decades in the human resources trenches, I knew everyone hates HR because…well, because they’re HR.

What’s My Love Language? 💌 #coffee #humor #Valentine’sDay

What’s your Work Love/Appreciation Language? Back when I got paid to get out of bed on Mondays, I heard through the human resources grapevine about the Love Test, in which Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages” theory was adapted to workplace…

One picture is worth a thousand rupees. #travel #India #humor If all is not lost, where is it? A major ingredient of a great vacation is getting lost. The thing is that in India, you're never really lost as long as there is another human around. When GPS and the directions your hotel sent let you down, when your phone can't get Google, when even your supposedly local hired driver doesn't know where you are, you're only lost in India until the next person you see tells you where to go.

One picture is worth a thousand rupees. #travel #India #humor

If all is not lost, where is it? A major ingredient of a great vacation is getting lost. The thing is that in India, you're never really lost as long as there is another human around. When GPS and the directions your hotel sent let you…

What travel taught me about getting old. #India #humor Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better! — Ingrid Bergman So many beaches, so little time... The only way Jaya could get us to leave Goa's beaches was with the promise of more beaches in Karnataka. Better, warmer, bigger beaches. But first we went to Cabo de Rama fort, a small strategically located hilltop medieval structure that was captured back and forth between Hindu and Muslim kingdoms until it came under Portuguese control in 1760.

What travel taught me about getting old. #India #humor

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better! — Ingrid Bergman So many beaches, so little time... The only way Jaya could get us to leave Goa's beaches was with the promise of more…

What’s your best revenge? PLUS review of SERVED COLD by Terry Tyler #revenge #humor #bookreview They say vengeance isn't good for us. We're told it's soul-destroying, it belongs to whatever deity you subscribe to, or that before you head out, you need to dig two graves. We know better. The reality is that revenge feels good on a chemical level. In the past decade, studies have shown that planning revenge stimulates the dorsal striatum, the reward-related section of the brain.

What’s your best revenge? PLUS review of SERVED COLD by Terry Tyler #revenge #humor #bookreview

They say vengeance isn't good for us. We're told it's soul-destroying, it belongs to whatever deity you subscribe to, or that before you head out, you need to dig two graves. We know better. The reality…

When two wrongs make a fantastic right. #humor #travel #India In praise of things that go wrong. When it comes to our annual trips to India, there are a few questions people tend to ask me and/or Janine and Jaya, my travel companions and former roommates back at University of Chicago. "Could I come with you next time?" (Answer: "We only allow people who saw us in our underwear 50 years ago.")

When two wrongs make a fantastic right. #humor #travel #India

In praise of things that go wrong. When it comes to our annual trips to India, there are a few questions people tend to ask me and/or Janine and Jaya, my travel companions and former roommates back at University of Chicago. "Could I…

📚’When you love someone’s writing you read everything they’ve written’. @GeorgiaRoseBook Reviews #Novella STROWG by @john_f_leonard for Rosie’s #BookReview Team #RBRT #BookX Today’s team review is from Georgia. Georgia blogs here Rosie’s Book Review Team Georgia has been reading Strowg by John F. Leonard. I rarely indulge in anything of the horror genre but…

📚'When you love someone’s writing you read everything they’ve written'. @GeorgiaRoseBook Reviews #Novella STROWG by @john_f_leonard for Rosie's #BookReview Team #RBRT #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/%...

How is revenge like ice cream? #humor PLUS #BookReview of A STOLEN FUTURE by Georgia Rose

Revenge is sweet and not fattening. — Alfred Hitchcock. Humans are hard-wired for revenge. In the past decade, studies have shown that planning revenge stimulates the dorsal striatum, the reward-related…

I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts! #India #humor Hello from India. My annual (and in no particular order) collage. Because...coconuts!

I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts! #India #humor

Hello from India. My annual (and in no particular order) collage. Because...coconuts!

📚’Historical fiction set in England’. Rosie’s #BookReview of Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. #TuesdayBookBlog #BookTwitter #BookX Warlight by Michael OndaatjeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Warlight is historical fiction set in England. It begins in 1945 when Nathaniel and Rachel are gathered together by their parents and given the n…

📚'Historical fiction set in England'. Rosie's #BookReview of Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. #TuesdayBookBlog #BookTwitter #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/%...

No more New Year’s resolutions. You’re welcome… #humor #NewYear #2026

A new year is about to start and that can only mean one thing. (Or two things if you include trying to figure out WTF "Auld Lang Syne" means...) All over the world, people are about to go to a lot of time and trouble to come up…

Really 2025? Give it a rest! For me, 2025 was the year for bucket-list adventures, sad losses, wonderful celebrations, hate-fuelled encounters, and above all, the love and support of family and friends. It went like this: January—SCOTLAND (click for One Storm To Rule Them All) Travelling the 4060 miles back from Seattle to Glasgow was a piece of cake compared to the three days and numerous cancellations in taking the ferry over to Arran.

Really 2025? Give it a rest!

For me, 2025 was the year for bucket-list adventures, sad losses, wonderful celebrations, hate-fuelled encounters, and above all, the love and support of family and friends. It went like this: January—SCOTLAND (click for One Storm To Rule Them All) Travelling the 4060…

My review of The Mapmaker’s Daughter by Clare Marchant Could a rediscovered map show her the way? Present day: When thirty-six-year-old Robyn Willoughby discovers an exquisite yet blood-stained Tudor map in her father’s antique map shop, desperate for …

My review of The Mapmaker's Daughter by Clare Marchant lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/m...

22 Letters That Spell Hero #VeteransDay #fathers Seriously? We were supposed to sum up their lives in twenty-two characters (including spaces and punctuation)? “What do you want on the headstone?” The funeral director was going down a list of decisions we needed to make for my father's funeral, and I thought we were doing fine until that one. As a veteran, my father arranged to be buried with my mother at the National Cemetery in nearby Riverside, California.

22 Letters That Spell Hero #VeteransDay #fathers

Seriously? We were supposed to sum up their lives in twenty-two characters (including spaces and punctuation)? “What do you want on the headstone?” The funeral director was going down a list of decisions we needed to make for my father's funeral,…

Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection Two, Blog Tour I am pleased to be part of Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection Two blog tour, another wonderful book by fellow blogger and author, D. L. Finn. I enjoyed the first book and look forwa…

Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection Two, Blog Tour darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/g...

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson #mystery #thriller #TuesdayBookBlog A twisty thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder. In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven…

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson #mystery #thriller #TuesdayBookBlog teripolen.com/2025/11/04/n...

📚#FamilyDrama @TerryTyler4 Reviews The Secret Life of Jasper Scragg by Charlotte French for Rosie’s #BookReview Team #RBRT #BookTwitter #BookX Today’s team review is from Terry. Terry blogs here Rosie’s Book Review Team Terry has been reading The Secret Life of Jasper Scragg by Charlotte French. 4 out of 5 stars Poor Jasper Sc…

📚#FamilyDrama @TerryTyler4 Reviews The Secret Life of Jasper Scragg by Charlotte French for Rosie's #BookReview Team #RBRT #BookTwitter #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/%...

A visit with Miriam Hurdle Today’s stop on the blog tour is with the delightful Miriam Hurdle, blogger, author, and all-around good person. Thank you so much, Miriam, for featuring Amanda and me on your blog. Pop over …

A visit with Miriam Hurdle darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/a...

📚’A #ContemporaryRomance Set in New York.’ Rosie’s #BookReview of Lucky Girl: Shelf-Life Of A Single Woman by Kimberly Wenzler #BookTwitter #BookX Lucky Girl: Shelf-Life of a Single Woman by Kimberly WenzlerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Lucky Girl : Shelf-Life of a Single Woman is a contemporary romance set in New York. Book shop owner Stella has s…

📚'A #ContemporaryRomance Set in New York.' Rosie's #BookReview of Lucky Girl: Shelf-Life Of A Single Woman by Kimberly Wenzler #BookTwitter #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/%...

Where We Walked #NationalTrust #PembrokeshireU3a #Pembrokeshirecoast #sealspotting #walks #photography Over the last few weeks we have walked along the Pembrokeshire coast with the Pembrokeshire U3a and the National Trust … And joined in with a couple of days seal spotting … from the cli…

Where We Walked #NationalTrust #PembrokeshireU3a #Pembrokeshirecoast #sealspotting #walks #photography judithbarrowblog.com/2025/10/24/w...

A visit with Miriam Hurdle Today’s stop on the blog tour is with the delightful Miriam Hurdle, blogger, author, and all-around good person. Thank you so much, Miriam, for featuring Amanda and me on your blog. Pop over …

A visit with Miriam Hurdle darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/a...

📚’A story about the afterlife.’ Rosie’s #BookReview of The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom #BookTwitter #BookX The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch AlbomMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a story about the afterlife. Eddie is the chief mechanic at the local amusement park. …

📚'A story about the afterlife.' Rosie's #BookReview of The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom #BookTwitter #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/%...

📚’A Second World War story set around the 1944 siege of Saint-Malo.’ Rosie’s #BookReview of #HistFic All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. #BookTwitter #BookX All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMy rating: 4 of 5 stars All The Light We Cannot See is a Second World War story set around the 1944 siege of Saint-Malo. The story opens with Marie-Laure…

📚'A Second World War story set around the 1944 siege of Saint-Malo.' Rosie's #BookReview of #HistFic All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. #BookTwitter #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/%...

O Say Can You See? #NoKings #StatueofLiberty They're not keeping "them" out. They're keeping "us" out. My relatives knew it would be okay to come to America because the Lady said so. She rose from pennies raised by French and American school children, and she holds a lamp against the darkness. She says welcome. She says that's who we are. Nobody had to march to admit our family when they were fleeing religious persecution and economic disaster in Ireland.

O Say Can You See? #NoKings #StatueofLiberty

They're not keeping "them" out. They're keeping "us" out. My relatives knew it would be okay to come to America because the Lady said so. She rose from pennies raised by French and American school children, and she holds a lamp against the darkness. She…

How to be a kid detective… PLUS #BookReview of AMANDA IN IRELAND by Darlene Foster #humor #KidDetective It's not easy being a kid detective. You can't make a citizen's arrest, you can't beat up the villains, you can't interrogate suspects. The usual cozy mystery detective's posse of police, doctor, lawyer won't talk to you unless they're your parent. And you can't even track bad guys if it's after your bedtime. When the bad guys catch, gag, and tie you up—and they will because they're bigger, faster, can drive legally, and don't have to get home in time to finish their homework—there's only one thing you can do.

How to be a kid detective… PLUS #BookReview of AMANDA IN IRELAND by Darlene Foster #humor #KidDetective

It's not easy being a kid detective. You can't make a citizen's arrest, you can't beat up the villains, you can't interrogate suspects. The usual cozy mystery detective's posse of police,…

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight and Review – Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bag by Darlene Foster The next stop on the blog tour is at Sally Cronin’s Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight. Sally has written a fabulous review for Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog. Another gripping mystery fe…

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight and Review – Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bag by Darlene Foster darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/s...

📚#WW2 #Histfic That Features The Occupation Of Holland. Rosie’s #BookReview of The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham. #BookTwitter #BookX The War Pianist by Mandy RobothamMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The War Pianist is set during the Second World War and features both the home front and the occupation of Holland. Marnie works at the BBC, …

📚#WW2 #Histfic That Features The Occupation Of Holland. Rosie's #BookReview of The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham. #BookTwitter #BookX rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/%...

My life… exposed. #pets #coffee #humor Happy International Coffee Day! My Life... Exposed My sister said she would be late for our scheduled video chat this morning, so I thought there would be plenty of time to wash my hair and still grab that first cup of coffee before our call. When will I learn? I had just poured shampoo and lathered up when all hell broke loose.

My life… exposed. #pets #coffee #humor

Happy International Coffee Day! My Life... Exposed My sister said she would be late for our scheduled video chat this morning, so I thought there would be plenty of time to wash my hair and still grab that first cup of coffee before our call. When will I…

Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves (Shetland Book 8) #TuesdayBookBlog A woman’s death sees rumours flood the island community – as Inspector Jimmy Perez’s life is about to change forever. Wild Fire is the eighth Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves. A new En…

Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves (Shetland Book 8) #TuesdayBookBlog lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/w...