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It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic is: Books That Take Place in Another Country This week’s topic has made me realize how few books I actually read that take place in different countries.  I’m from the United States, and so, obviously, all these books on this week’s list are not. A Great and Terrible Beauty A Great and Terrible Beauty is… Read More

Welcome back to 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.  Can you even believe how quickly Christmas is approaching?!  Before you know it, it’ll be Christmas Eve! Today’s book is The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears (Nancy Drew #116) by Carolyn Keene On the trail of a teddy bear thief, nancy unwraps double-dealing and double crosses! … Read More

Happy Sunday!  I can’t believe it is December now.  Christmas is getting so close!! We are now into week 3 of Countdown to Christmas for 2017! 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 Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans. The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Boxreturns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and redemption…. Read More

Hello! It’s Sunday, and so that means it’s time for another Countdown to Christmas book recommendation! 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 Jingle Boy by Kieran Scott. Sixteen-year-old Paul Nicholas is a self-confessed Christmas fanatic. That’s why he’s so smitten with Sarah—a girl who smells like peppermint and thinks picking out presents to the strains of… Read More

It’s that time of year again!!  I’m so excited to be bringing back my Countdown to Christmas blog series this year!  For those of you new to the blog, Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. My first pick for 2017 is What Light by Jay Asher. Sierra’s family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon—it’s a bucolic setting for a… Read More