{ The PhantomTree by Nicola Cornick - TLC Book Tour }

About The Phantom Tree Paperback:  384 pages Publisher:  Graydon House; Original edition (September 1, 2018) Browsing an antiques shop in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait—identified as the doomed Tudor queen, Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better. The subject is …

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/27/2018 }

Good morning everyone, and a very Happy Monday :) I am super tired today, had a very busy but fun weekend, and just not enough sleep at all. Saturday morning I was up at 4am.  My husband, myself and my stepmom headed off to volunteer at his work, for the Hotter N Hell 100, which is one of the olde…

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{ Sons of Blackbird Mountain by Joanne Bischof - TLC Book Tour }

About Sons of Blackbird Mountain Series:  A Blackbird Mountain Novel (Book 1) Paperback:  352 pages Publisher:  Thomas Nelson (July 3, 2018) A Tale of Family, Brotherhood, and the Healing Power of Love After the tragic death of her husband, Aven Norgaard is beckoned to give up her life in Norway to beco…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/20/2018 }

Happy Monday everyone :) Hope you've had a great weekend.  Mine was good, though it went by quite fast.  I feel like I blinked and it was Monday morning, but never mind that, let's get ready for the week ahead and see what is going on in our households. (New HHM button)

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{ Color Street Nail Polish Strips }

Hi everyone :) So I have something really cool to share with you today.  If you've been following my blog, or if you know me at all, you know that I love nail polish. My nails are always painted, I'm always changing it up, and I can't stop buying nail polish.  Just really and I mean RE…

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{ Mrs Mulligan and the Enchanted Ice Cream by Tiffany Elaine - TLC Book Tour }

About  Ms. Mulligan and the Enchanted Ice Cream Age Range:  9 – 12 years Grade Level:  4 – 6 Paperback:  326 pages Publisher:  Ingramelliott (February 18, 2018) Tabby Easterland wakes on her twelfth birthday to find herself magically transformed into the twenty-five-year-old “Ms. Mulligan,” an event wit…

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{ Not just about the book reviews }

I know it may look like this blog has turned into a constant influx of book reviews and the weekly Happy Homemaker Monday feature post.....but I promise, it's really not just that.  I've just been so darn busy, and things are only going to slow down after the 1st of September.  So I still…

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{ Tiffany Blues by M.J. Rose - TLC Book Tour }

About Tiffany Blues Hardcover:  336 pages Publisher:  Atria Books (August 7, 2018) “A lush, romantic historical mystery…a heroine to root for.” —Kristin Hannah,  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Nightingale “Fascinating…an enchanting glimpse of Jazz Age New York.” —Christina Baker Kline, #1  New Y…

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{ Hotel on Shadow Lake by Daniela Tully - TLC Book Tour }

About Hotel on Shadow Lake Hardcover:  256 pages Publisher:  Thomas Dunne Books (April 10, 2018) Suspenseful and compelling, Daniela Tully’s  Hotel on Shadow Lake  is at once an intricate mystery, an epic romance, and a Gothic family saga. When Maya was a girl in Germany, her grandmother was everything t…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 08/13/2018 }

Good morning dear friends, I sure hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was so good, mainly due to the fact that I turned 44 on Friday, and then Saturday picked up my stepmother from the airport.  She is visiting from South Africa and I hadn't seen her in 10 years :) Then yesterday, hubby and …

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{ Box of memories }

I have a box sitting in my closet, at the top shelf, just sitting there.  I kind of knew what as in it, but not really.  Okay let me rephrase that, I knew what some items were but as is usual, you tend to keep things you completely forget about until you happen upon them again. As I was cleaning o…

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Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone - TLC Book Tour }

About Jane Doe Paperback:  268 pages Publisher:  Lake Union Publishing (August 1, 2018) A double life with a single purpose: revenge. Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-…

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[ The House at Saltwater Point by Colleen Coble - TLC Book Tour }

About  The House at Saltwater Point Paperback:  352 pages Publisher:  Thomas Nelson (July 3, 2018) The dangerous beauty of Lavender Tides is harboring secrets that reach around the world. Ellie Blackmore is making a name for herself as a house flipper. But when her sister Mackenzie disappears, Ellie ca…

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