Book Review: Dandelions on the Wind by Mona Hodgson (2013)

My Rating: 3 of 5 starsIt is Maren Jensen's greatest desire to earn enough money to return home to Denmark before her eyesight fails her completely. A mail-order bride, her would-be husband refused her upon learning of her degenerative sight, abandoning her in St. Charles, Missouri. Maren now lives with the kindly Widow Brantenberg and her little granddaughter, Gabi, helping care for the house and...

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Moving Ahead: A New Stage in My Journey

It's strange how emotions and feelings choose the funniest times to pop up and make a nuisance of themselves. Perhaps I shouldn't say nuisance since these are actually emotions I should be feeling, but I hate having the urge to burst into tears at the drop of a hat. The Lord has blessed me mightily this month. Starting next Monday I will be one of Compassion International's newest employees in...

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Book Review: What Once Was Lost by Kim Vogel Sawyer (2013)

My Rating: 3 of 5 starsRead Chapter OneAuthor's BioChristina's parents ran a charitable poor farm until their deaths, and now the responsibility falls to Christina herself, a young woman who harbors a deep compassion for the downtrodden. When a fire displaces Christina and the poor farm tenants, she struggles to find places for her little family, at least until the mission board sends the funds to...

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In Defense of Sherlock

Right now there seems to be a lot of confusion running rampant about the personality and motivations behind Sherlock Holmes of BBC’s Sherlock. "He's selfish" crops up online regularly and I'm always left slightly puzzled at this interpretation of his behavior. I don't accept that interpretation of his actions. Okay, perhaps he is selfish, but the question should always come before the judgment....

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All Anthony-ed Out!

Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! Well, m'dears, I knew it would happen sooner or later, but I just can't write another word about my beloved Anthony Andrews. This Anthony Andrews Blog Hop Party is now officially finished on my end. Feel free to continue writing...

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Anthony Andrews Mystery Collection: Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide

Anthony Andrews and Deborah Raffin in Sparkling Cyanide (1983) Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! What is up with this man? Every time I turn around right now, Anthony Andrews is popping up in some mystery or other. First Columbo then Miss...

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Book Review: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence) by Agatha Christie

By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha ChristieMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI admit it, I'm now a die-hard Tommy and Tuppence fan. Ok, so my adoration actually started upon seeing Anthony Andrews play Tommy in a rather muddled interpretation of this story. But if I hadn't watched the episode, I would have never decided to read the book! A book which, as it turns out, is loads better than what the screenwriters...

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Book Review: Wildwood Creek by Lisa Wingate (2014)

Wildwood Creek by Lisa WingateMy rating: 4 of 5 starsWhen Allie Kirkland's father died in a tragic car accident, he left a void that nothing could fill. Nothing except the idea of continuing in her father's chosen profession, the glitz and glamor of Hollywood film-making. Despite the disappointment of her family, mother, stepfather, and various half-siblings, Allie is determined to make a go of the...

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Happy Valentine's Day

From me, Bobby Darin, and Sandra Dee! ...

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TSP Quotation Challenge and Giveaway Winner!

Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! Congratulations to HAMLETTE! And we really must congratulate her since this was only her first watching of  The Scarlet Pimpernel. Well done, m'dear! I'll email you tomorrow to verify your address! Ivanhoe...

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Discovering True Love: Percy and Marguerite

Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! What is romance? A lot of people picture it as hearts and flowers and that tingly sensation in the pit of the stomach. It can be that unspoken...

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Anthony Andrews Blog Count (Updated 2/25/14)

  All right, m'dears, these are all of the official posts for this Anthony Andrews Blog Hope to date, including a few, or maybe just one, that I added from another blog but was written years ago. I think the post covers the author's love for The Scarlet Pimpernel beautifully. I will continue updating this list as more of the links go live, and of course, if anyone new happens to add something,...

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The Scarlet Pimpernel Quotation Challenge and GIVEAWAY!!

Come and join us on the Day Dream! Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! All right, ladies (and gentlemen if there are any of you interested), get your little grey cells whirring for this exciting quotation challenge! INSTRUCTION...

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Sacrificial Love: Ivanhoe and Rebecca

Anthony Andrews and Olivia Hussey in Ivanhoe (1982) Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! The best stories leave you wanting more. And sometimes they don't have the perfect ending, like Ivanhoe. I've never read the book (it's on my to-reads list...

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By the Pricking of My Thumbs: The Trouble with Tommy

Anthony Andrews and Greta Scacchi as Tommy and Tuppence in By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006) Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! I vaguely remember reading this Agatha Christie novel once, quite a few years back, and being surprised that she'd...

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Book Review: Rescue Team by Candace Calvert (2013)

Rescue Team by Candace CalvertMy rating: 4 of 5 starsSearch and rescue team captain, Wes Tanner was driven into the darkness as a little boy and left in the woods by his mother. That heart-pounding of a seven-year old motivates the man to keep looking, to keep pushing, to find the people who are lost. The safety of other people is his top priority, and is almost a complete 180 from the views of Kate...

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Percival Blakeney, Baronet: The Man Behind the Mask

Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! Do you ever feel like you're wearing a facade? Like what the world sees is not who you really are underneath? Whenever I watch The Scarlet Pimpernel,...

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Benedict Cumberbatch and the Sign of Four (or is it Three?)

My dearest friends, meet Benedict Sherlock...

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A Taste of the Real Anthony Andrews

As Sebastian Flyte from Brideshead Revisited (1981) Go to the Anthony Andrews Blog Count or the Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop! pages for links to the other blog hop participant articles! And here's the official kick-off for my Valentine's Month Blog Hop for Anthony Andrews! Ordinarily, I don't like to look up information on the actors I adore....

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The Delights of Anthony Andrews . . . or a Valentine's Month Blog Hop!

I'm not usually all goo-goo eyed in the month of February. In fact, this is usually my least favorite month of the year! All single adults probably feel the same, inundated with red hearts and pink flowers and boxes of calories on every side, and no spouse to share them with. But, this year, for whatever reason, I felt compelled to try something new. This man, this gorgeous man, is...

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Book Review: Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange

Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda GrangeMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis book is exactly as it sounds; a diary from Captain Wentworth's perspective, the hero of Jane Austen's Persuasion. As most of my friends know, I don't go in for epistolary writing. Or Jane Austen-inspired fiction, for that matter. But . . . I couldn't resist! Wentworth is my second favorite of the Austen heroes, superseded only by...

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