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Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV

One Special Night – A Non-mystery Christmas Movie

Ok, ok, I know that I should only “talk” about mystery books and mystery movies, however, this 1999 movie is one I remember seeing years ago. (I’m not sure if it was the year it was released or not…) Unfortunately, it is only available to Prime members. For those of you who aren’t Prime members, I’m sorry…

In 1999 James Garner and Julie Andrews got together for the third time. The Turner Classic Movies channel has shown their 1964 movie The Americanization of Emily several times recently – which I DVR-ed, watched, and enjoyed (again!). The Turner Classic Movies channel has also shown their second endeavor together – the 1982 movie Victor/Victoria – which is another really good movie. The third time they worked together is in this very touching Thanksgiving/Christmas movie, One Special Night. (The action starts at Thanksgiving and goes on to Christmas.) One Special Night was a movie from a time when television channels were making movies that could be seen by everyone – quite unlike all of the movies that the different streaming channels are making now – for just their streaming customers.

One Special Night is based on Jan Hartman’s play A Winter Visitor. Obviously, it is not based on a romance between two 20 or 30 year old characters. 

If you’ve seen it already, let us know what you think of One Special Night, and if you haven’t seen it, try to watch it. I love this movie, and will probably watch it again – and possibly again…

P.S. I’m not “talking” about the plot since I don’t want to give anything away…

Holiday Cozy Mysteries Vs. Chronological Order…

This is my favorite time of year. I have mentioned many times that we live way down in San Antonio, Texas. Most of the year it is hot and extremely muggy. (We broke our “over 100 degree” days record this year!) It’s actually pretty hot down here at the beginning of October – but even so, once October arrives, I celebrate some cooler weather AND my Holiday Cozy Mystery books. I especially enjoy Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hannukah books set in cold weather, so I can “experience” a season we don’t have down here.

I know I asked this question years ago but here goes again:

Are you a stickler for reading your Cozy Mystery series in chronological order? (I am!)

Or, when a favorite series has a Holiday Cozy Mystery released way ahead of where you are, do you skip ahead?

As I stated above, I’m a stickler for chronological storylines, however, sometimes I just can’t wait and find myself skipping ahead in the series.

How about you? If you’re on book #6 in a Cozy Mystery series and the author releases a Christmas Cozy as her/his 13th book in the series, do you jump ahead and read it? (I do!)

 

Back In San Antonio…

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My husband and I just got back from visiting our daughter, her husband, and their three and a half year old daughter.

We had a great time in the Washington, D.C. area. One of the excursion we always take when we’re out there is a visit to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. It’s a terrific zoo — and always reminds me of the days our daughter and son were itty-bitty little ones. (My husband was stationed in the D.C. area years ago.) We love that zoo!

While my husband and I had a great time during our ten day visit, AND while we miss the three of them, it will be a lot less hectic when the two of us settle back into our laid-back, familiar routine. And, it will be good to see our son (and our “puppy” Cocoa) again.

BUT — I already miss the hustle and bustle of having a three year old in the house. Thank goodness we have our weekly portal visits!

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