Jungle Red Writers

DEBORAH CROMBIE : Our town's Saturday farmer's market is in full swing and absolutely packed with people from the time it opens until it closes at noon. If you want the best stuff, however, you n...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/06/cooking-fresh-market-pinto-beans.html

DEBORAH CROMBIE : Today, my daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter are spending one day in London before leaving for a cruise departing Southhampton tomorrow morning. It's the first visit for my...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/06/a-vicarious-day-in-london.html

DEBORAH CROMBIE : I always seem to come late to the TV party. I don't mean the latest streaming sensation (although I'm usually late to those, too) but the long-running mainstream American TV ser...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/no-spoilers-please.html

DEBORAH CROMBIE :  Running errands on Sunday, I was pulling out of the hardware store parking lot when, lo, the car of my dreams passed before me. I literally gasped with pleasure and found myse...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/if-you-can-imagine-it.html

DEBORAH CROMBIE :  So this is how our relaxing Memorial Day went. See photo 1. What is missing from under our kitchen counter?  See photo 2. (Hint: it doesn't normally live in the dining ...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/do-you-have-jinxed-appliance.html

DEBORAH CROMBIE : We are always tickled to host one of our regular back bloggers and special Reds friend, Annette Dashofy, and especially when she's here to talk about a new Zoe Chambers mystery,...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/annette-dashofy-thriller-by-any-other.html

DEBORAH CROMBIE : Memorial Day is the traditional kickoff of summer in the U.S. Schools are (mostly) out, pools are open, vacations are planned. And for us bookish people, it's the time of year w...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/summer-reading.html

  LUCY BURDETTE : All through last week, I couldn't get settled about making dinner. I had food, I had recipes, but nothing sounded quite right nor did I feel like making it. For the first t...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/dinner-anxiety-aka-supper-stress.html

LUCY BURDETTE : Read on, you'll see that today's blog needs no introduction! JOHN BRADY AKA MR. TOP RETIREMENTS: When Lucy and I moved into our first house together 30 some years ago, it...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/lucys-tom-sawyer-garden-by-john-brady.html

  LUCY BURDETTE : Back in April, I did an event for the Friends of the Library in Durham, CT. There I met Katie Tietjen, a brand new author with Crooked Lane Books. Since then, I attended her ...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/confessions-of-super-fan-by-katie.html

 LUCY BURDETTE : it’s graduation season, the time for giving advice as young people sally out into the world. Makes me think of THE GRADUATE wherein the new graduate played by Dustin Hoffman i...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/have-you-considered-this-good-advice-on.html

LUCY BURDETTE : At least once a year, John and I take the train to New York to take advantage of what the city has to offer. I confess that I’m a creature of habit. We’ll often choose a B...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/lucy-and-johns-excellent-new-york-city.html

 LUCY BURDETTE : Ali Rosen visited us a while back and we enjoyed not only her first novel, but also her recipe for Amalfi Lemon Pasta. We’re thrilled that she’s back today with a second no...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/beach-reads-by-ali-rosen.html

  LUCY BURDETTE : You know I adore this topic (and I know many of you do too) even though I honestly have more books in my multiple piles than I could finish in a lifetime. But new sparkly...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/what-were-reading.html

RHYS BOWEN: If you've been reading my posts you'll know that I love to travel. But I don't love to travel alone. I need someone to keep me company. When I see something breathtaking I want to say...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/my-travel-buddy.html

 RHYS BOWEN: Our recent Facebook trials when we tried to do a Facebook live event for our group REDS AND READERS highlighted how annoyingly stressful modern life can be. We all are suddenly requ...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/brave-new-world.html

 RHYS BOWEN: Recently when I was interviewed the woman said, “You must love to cook. There is so much food in your books.” No, actually I love to eat good food. I’d love someone else to ...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/my-comfort-foods.html

RHYS BOWEN:  Like the rest of the Reds I get letters all the time telling me I’ve got something wrong. It seems that readers get great delight from scoring a point against authors, whether it'...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/its-fiction-dammit.html

RHYS BOWEN:  Having been to India many times and married to someone who worked for Air India, I was delighted to find the first book in this series, giving a wonderfully different perspective on...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/hagini-nagendra-on-right-royal-mess.html

  BUY NOW! JENN: Today's the day!!!  LOVE AT FIRST BOOK is finally out. I feel as if I wrote this book years ago - it was 2022/2023. And the trip I took to Ireland also feels as if it ...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/love-at-first-book-jenns-release-day.html

RHYS BOWEN:  I was watching scenes of volcanic eruption on Iceland and the display of frightening raw power brought back memories of a toy I had as a child. I must have been about ten when I was...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/the-toy-that-changed-my-life.html

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: Let’s talk about…books. It's certainly a puzzle for anyone who's ever written a book, or tried to sell a book, and probably on the minds of wise people who read books: ho...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/can-book-publishing-process-be-re.html

HANK: So thrilled to introduce you to a sister Hoosier! The wonderful Diana Catt joins us today…and she is revealing the hilarious pitfalls of internet-only research. Read her wonderful post�...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/imagination-versus-reality.html

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN:  Have you ever met someone who you instantly know is going to be a friend forever? That's what happened when I met the fabulous Marion McNabb. I was speaking at an event ...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/maybe-thats-just-cape-cod.html

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: Do you have a hollowed-out book that’s really a secret cache? A whipped cream canister that actually holds jewelry? Even a fake rock that hides your housekeys? A stuffed an...

https://www.jungleredwriters.com/2024/05/secret-compartments-tunnels-and-history.html