I had heard of Mary Roberts Rinehart before but had never actually read any of her books. I’m thrilled to say that this American counterpart to Christie pleasantly surprised me with a highly enjoyable book, The Man In Lower Ten, sharing many qualities I love in the genre.

A petty thief discovers a locked room containing seven dead bodies. But is this suicide or murder? A no-nonsense detective and a lovelorn journalist have the task of finding out!

Let’s kick off the year (never mind that 2024 started a couple of months back) with some fresh reading challenges. I’ve hauled about a dozen books from home that I’m eager to re-read this year and they’re gonna be part of the challenges.

This year, I’m jumping into Bev’s Vintage Scavenger Hunt Challenge over at My Reader’s Block. It’s pretty simple – all you have to do is pick up a mystery book from either the Golden (pre-1960) or Silver Age, as long as the cover showcases one of the listed scavenger items. Easy-peasy!

TDLR – I’ve been busy catching up with my family, cooking and eating food that I missed, and playing with our cats.

I’ve been busy with work since the latter part of November. It’s taking up a lot of my time and energy that I usually would have used for my hobbies,…

Filipino coconut macaroons are some of the easiest dessert/snack that you can bake. It’s basically foolproof, doesn’t take a long time to bake, and you’d get a lot of macaroons in just 1 batch.

These are the books that I added to my library in October 2023. I bought all of these off Amazon, some for the challenges that I’m participating in, and the…