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    Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers

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    It’s April and while the weather outside Philadelphia has ranged everywhere from the 30s to 89 degrees, these romance novels featuring umbrellas on the cover are kind of the perfect springtime books to share. Ironically, I don’t often use an umbrella as I hate carrying a wet umbrella that’s dripping…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Buzzwords for Romance Titles

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    For today’s theme I focused on bookish buzzwords for romance titles and I’m sharing seven of which will make me want to pick up a title and three of which don’t really hold much interest for me as a reader! What I love is that even within a specific genre,…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: First Crushes in Middle School

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    I’ll be the first to admit that I can’t imagine a first crush in middle school, as I was the girl with my head down reading any spare minute I could! I was not the middle school girl anxiously awaiting to grow up and get a crush. But, I had…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2025

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    I don’t know that I ever imagined a cowboy romance novel being on my list of enjoyable reads for the year, but I really enjoyed the Rebel Blue Ranch series by Lyla Sage. I also have a lot of other favorite romance authors on this list as it was a…

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    Best of 2025 Book Lists

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    It’s that time of year when anyone and everyone starts sharing their thoughts and opinions on the best things of the year. In my nook of the world, this is typically the best books of 2025. And while I’m as curious the next person as to who makes these lists,…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Beach Reads

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    It’s a beach reads week at Top Ten Tuesday and I’m loving contemporary romances – they’re just like chick flicks, easy to watch/read and you know everything is going to work out in the end! Today’s list is full of romance stories that take place at the beach and are…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Honorifics in the Title

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    This Top Ten Tuesday theme was a little trickier than others, especially because I tend to focus on children’s books. And while stories like Dear Mr. Henshaw and Because of Mr. Terupt would have worked, I decided to take a different route and focus (almost) solely on historical fiction romances!…