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National Author’s Day
It’s National Author’s Day and the first day of National Novel Writing Month! Double whammy! Wondering how you can celebrate this year? The best way to celebrate National Author’s Day is to support your favorite authors by purchasing their books. Like many other businesses this year, authors have been financially…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/26/2020
What I Read I’m so excited that I got a bunch of reading done this week! I finished up Quintessence by Jess Redman, which I loved! Plus, I read Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad: Absolute Hero by Valerie Tripp which is a fun STEM early middle grade novel. I…
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Quick (& Healthy) Dinner
Anything that begins with quick and includes the word healthy when it comes to meal planning is right up my alley! The fact that it’s a curry means it’s automatically in my meal rotation! Last night I was able to pull together Bangkok Curry Noodles in 30 minutes and it…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/19/2020
What I Read It was a bit of a week – a few unexpected things popped up and I worked on our first Saturday open to the public which cut into my weekend reading time a bit! Unfortunately, I was so exhausted most nights, I didn’t even crack open a…
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#MGBooktober 2020
#MGBooktober is the brainchild of the MG Book Village team and author Annaliese Avery and is now in its fourth year! There’s a new prompt every day for #MGBooktober 2020. Some are really easy and others get me thinking. Prompts like “Book that challenged your thinking” or “Book that got…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/12/2020
What I Read This week I read three books, the first – Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves is a YA contemporary fiction when all that matters is senior prom and graduation until it isn’t and how one girl manages her home life with finishing school. The second book I read…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/5/2020
What I Read I’m moving forward with this reading! Got held up in July and August, but my reading game is back and I’m super excited by it! I finished up The Candy Mafia by Lavie Tidhar and absolutely loved the noir-feeling of the book. You can read my review…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/28/2020
What I Read 2.5 books this week! I feel like in the past few weeks things have settled down enough at work. To the point, that I’ve got a better handle on balancing work, my blog, and my personal life. Granted, we’ll be increasing our open hours at work next…
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Home Improvements Continued
We’ve lived in our current home for about 6.5 years and one of the best parts about the house is the yard. We live on a corner lot with a HUGE side yard. Our lot is just over a quarter of an acre and it’s so nice. When we moved…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/121/2020
What I Read I actually read three books this week, making me feel much more like myself! I read Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. It’s an intense novel written with a deft hand. I also read Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer about a young girl raising a seeing-eye puppy.…
