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Title: The Christmas Remedy by Cindy and Erin Woodsmall Genres: Christian, Christmas, Amish, Romance Published by: Waterbrook Press (Oct. 23rd, 2018) Summary When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of “big box” stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface–and possibly love. Twenty-four-year-old Holly Zook lives a unique life… Read More
Hey everyone! One of my favorite Blogmas series I do on my blog is Blogmas Book Quotes, where I share a Christmas-y themed book quote, and it is back! I did this last December and I also did did something similar in October, except they were all fall/Halloween themed. I just love looking for festive quotes! I always get in such a Christmas-y mood when I read them. Today’s quote is not… Read More
Hey everyone! With Christmas just around the corner, I thought it would be the perfect time to share my bookish, holiday gift guide! This list includes items on my own wish list, as well as items I would recommend to other bookworms. Here we go! Bookish Mugs I love mugs! You especially can never go wrong with a literary-themed mug. Personally, I really adore all the Anne of Green Gables mugs from Shop… Read More
Welcome back to week 2 of this year’s Countdown to Christmas! Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. This week’s book is The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber. WHAT WOULD MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS PERFECT? For Cassie Beaumont, it’s meeting her perfect match. Cassie, at thirty-three, wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing’s worked. Not blind dates, not the Internet and… Read More
Hey everyone! Can you even believe November is over?! I swear this past month was only three days. November was a super busy month for me, which means I spent very little time reading and blogging. I ended up reading a total of two books last month! BOOKS READ – Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost (ebook) \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – It’s a Wonderful Night by Jaimie Admans (ebook) \\ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ STANDOUT BOOK… Read More
Title: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Pages: 64 Genre: Thriller Published by: Crown (Nov. 3rd, 2015) Summary A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection…. Read More
Hello everyone! I’m back from an unexpected and unplanned hiatus! The first half of November has been so busy and school has been so overwhelming, when I have free time I haven’t felt like reading or blogging very much. That being said, I’m ready to start blogging and reading more again despite my busy-ness! So, here I am wrapping up October halfway through November, lol. Okay, so overall, October was a pretty… Read More
Title: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Pages: 218 Genres: Middle Grade, Horror Summary Bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic. After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn’t think–she just acts, stealing the… Read More
Hello everybody! With Halloween coming up this Wednesday, I thought it would be the perfect time to do the Halloween Book Tag! I stumbled upon this tag while actually googling festive, Halloween book tags to do, and I came across this one from the Sassy Book Geek a couple of years ago! 1.) Favorite Scary (Must Read) For Halloween? I’m going to go with Small Spaces for this one! I recently read (and absolutely… Read More
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