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The Lake House by Marci Nault #BookReview

  The Lake House By Marci Nault About the Book: VICTORIA ROSE. Fifty years before, a group of teenage friends promised each other never to leave their idyllic lakeside town. But the call of Hollywood and a bigger life was too strong for Victoria . . . and she alone broke that pledge. Now she has come […]

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What Color is Monday? by Carrie Cariello

*I received a copy of What Color is Monday? for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  What Color is Monday? by Carrie Cariello   About the Book: What Color is Monday? is Carrie’s personal experience as a mother raising an autistic child. In her book, she shares with us the ups, the […]

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Coyote Winds by Helen Sedwick {Book Review}

Coyote Winds By Helen Sedwick About the Book: Andy is a 21st Century teen living with an overprotective mother, and disconnected family. His grandfather is the only one who seems to understand; with funny jokes, and stories from the Dust Bowl, he inspires Andy to dream and follow those dreams. But when his Grandfather passes […]

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Inspirational books for adults and kids! {Book Review}

I just finished two books that were both inspirational and motivational. One is geared more towards adults – GPS Your Best Life – and one is a picture book for kids – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob. When I picked up GPS Your Best Life, I knew what I was reading. I picked it […]

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2 Audiobooks from The Golden Age and L. Ron Hubbard {Book Review}

I don’t listen to audiobooks all that often, but periodically I’ll take over the car selection.  I had another opportunity to do that with 2 more books from L. Ron Hubbard and The Golden Age Stories (read my last review from them).   Man-Killers of the Air By L. Ron Hubbard   About the Book:  […]

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Out of Darkness by Jason D. Morrow {Book Review}

Out of Darkness Starborn Saga Book 1 By Jason D. Morrow About the Book:  60 years into the Zombie Apocalypse, Mora has left her village to seek help from the man named Jeremiah. Jeremiah offers protection to outlying villages from the “greyskins” in exchange for a portion of food grown. On her way, Mora discovers […]

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17 Cents and A Dream by Daniel Milstein {Book Review}

17 Cents and A Dream By Daniel Milstein About the Book: 17 Cents and A Dream is Daniel Milstein’s auto-biography. He walks us through key points from his childhood surviving the Chernobyl accident, and fleeing Kiev, to his teen years trying to fit in as a non-english speaking immigrant to the USA. This book is […]

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Healthy Snacking with SunRype

Since Princess V started kindergarten this year I’ve tried to be the cool mom that always has a snack ready when she gets home. Princess V always seem to be hungry right after school, and really I don’t blame her. They start at 12, which means we had to change our normal lunch time to […]

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Goodnight, Brian by Steven Manchester {Book Review}

Goodnight, Brian by Steven Manchester    About the Book: Fate was working against little Brian Mauretti. The food that was meant to nourish him was poisoning him instead, and the doctors said the damage was devastating and absolute. Fate had written off Brian. But fate didn’t count on a woman as determined as Brian’s […]

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The Best of 2012

Yesterday I shared with you a review of our life in 2012. Today I’d like to share some of the favorite blog posts. I’ll start with the reader favorites. These are the posts that were visited most frequently in 2012 (minus any giveaway posts). After (sort of) Kitchen We started our year with a kitchen remodel. […]

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