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Graphic Novel Review: Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Bahía de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls explore their new home, a neighbor lets them in on a secret: There are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is determined to meet one, but Cat wants nothing to do with them. As the time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones approaches,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books of 2022
Happy Tuesday friends! I hope that your New Year’s celebrations were wonderful (or quiet is good too) and that you’re starting this year off well! I’m pretty pleased with easily I slipped into this new year, and how motivated I actually feel this time around. I think it helps that I’m not holding myself to any insane level of productivity. Just moseying along, and hoping that I can keep this fire lit even when it wanes a bit. But I digress, I’m here to talk about books! So without further ado, here’s this week’s prompt. Top Ten Books of 2022…
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Blog Goals for 2023
It’s that time. The time to set goals that I will try valiantly to stick to, and might actually partially succeed at hahaha. I always think of goals as more of a rough plan than anything else. Life happens. You can’t always prioritize what you want! But I still like to try to at least plan things out. So, here we go. Blog goals for 2023. — Post a review a weekI don’t think this one is going to be too hard, because I actually have been reading! Just…. not reviewing what I read. I’m out of practice. — Finish…
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The week where time stands still
Am I the only one who constantly feels like the week between Christmas and New Year moves like absolute molasses? I always end up working. Everyone else is pretty much always on vacation. It just feels like I’m this little island who is waiting patiently for everyone else to return. *sigh* Ah well. At least it gives me time to plan for the blog in 2023. As you can tell, 2022 saw this blog sitting on the back burner a LOT. This was the year we went back to work in the office, and the little work/life balance that I…
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The Holiday Season Crazies
Ever since November started, it feels like things have been crazy busy. Which, in a way, is great! It’s made work fly by and also made it so that I had the best time at Thanksgiving. However since I’ve been so unorganized as well a lot of stuff has fallen to the wayside. Including, alas, my reading. I was aiming for 52 books this year and I’ve only made it to 46. That’s pretty good though, in my opinion! And since I’ve had more gems than duds, it’s hard to be mad about it. Now that I have some planners…
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Book Review and Giveaway: The Guardian by Jen Colly
Prepared to die...fighting to live. Savard was in a mood to die, but when a human insists on saving his life, death is no longer an immediate option. He knew of no species – human, vampire, or demon – that could see him while in his invisible Spirit form. Unique to this world, this woman's singularity was a danger to the entire vampire race. Waking behind bars in an underground vampire city was not how Sera envisioned her night drive ending. She has come to expect nothing from those who pass through her life, but this man, dying on the…
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Let There Be Snow by Charlotte Rains Dixon
Ah the Holiday Romances are here in full swing! I for one LOVE a good holiday romance story. There’s just something about the holidays that makes me want to cozy up with a good book and get lost in the romance of the season. Probably because I usually overbook myself and end up spending all of my time running around like a crazy person instead of relaxing. Cest la vie. Let There Be SnowCharlotte Rains DixonPublication date: November 3rd 2022Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance Christmas isn’t Christmas without snow. So Dixie Dunham believes. But she’s about to experience a Christmas…
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A Common Cold
Being the responsible human I am, I went to go and get my COVID booster and my flu shot before I went on vacation. I knew I’d be seeing my baby niece, and so I was like “Let me just make sure I’ll stay well!” to convince myself to get shots. Friends, I was so proud of myself. And then I got a cold. Oh, and this cold. Awful. As I type this I keep having to take breaks to sneeze and wipe my eyes. It looks like I got punched in the nose. Ack. It’s a whole mess. I…
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Chosen Guardian by Cortney Pearson
I have a fun opportunity for you today! Cortney Pearson currently has a kickstarter up for her Stolen Tears series. If you want to back this project to make hardcovers of these amazing books a reality the link is below. If not, reading the books also helps! Chosen GuardianCortney Pearson(The Stolen Tears Series, #1)Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult “This story by an accomplished YA writer is jam-packed…The action moves so quickly that the reader is fully engaged to the very last page.” –Publisher’s WeeklyBookLife Prize Tears are used to steal magic. Stolen magic equals slavery. I must take up the…
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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Designed by Amy Patrick
Happy Thursday friends! If you live in Minnesota (like I do!) then you know that this weekend is a break from school. I have my kiddos running wild around me as I type this and I’m sure lots of you can relate. Regardless, I have an exciting new book for you to check out. With the recent news of scientists trying to resurrect the Dodo bird, we’re not that far off from some crazy science fiction theories! In the mean time, enjoy this new release by Amy Patrick and don’t forget to enter the giveaway. DesignedAmy Patrick(Designed, #1)Publication date: October…
