Books, Reading

Special Feature: LIVE AND LET PIE (A Bakeshop Mystery #9) by Ellie Alexander

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Ok people, I know it’s Dec 31st and you are all busy making your New Years Resolutions which probably include dieting. I know I am suffering from mega holiday sweets hangover but I also know that it’s hard for me to resist two things—-baked goods and books.

I have only read one of the Bake Shop Mystery books but I loved it! All the food sounded so delicious and this author is from my home state (Oregon) and I know the town of Ashland well!

This author is incredibly creative and she is sharing not only her pie recipes but also a sweet giveaway……want the info…….keep reading.
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Announcement: WINNER YOU ALWAYS CHANGE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE (for Another Love or Another Life) by Amalia Andrade

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And the winner ofYOU ALWAYS CHANGE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE (for Another Love or Another Life) by Amalia Andrade is…..

Pbibby23 (at) yahoo (dot) com

The winner will be notified via email.

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher (Penguin Random House) for making this giveaway possible!

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Review: Among the Red Stars by Gwen C. Katz

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For some reason, this year I have heard about a couple of books that came out or are coming out, about the Night Witches of WWII. I hadn’t read any of the books but I was interested in the subject matter and historical take on these brave women.

I wanted to pick up one of the, what I like to call, Night Witches books but I just didn’t think of it when I was at the bookstore or my library. Then one day in late November I got an email pitching this book featuring the Night Witches that was more of a YA book and I practically pounced on the request!

From a historical stand point, I think anything about the Russian Night Witches, is incredibly important and interesting, but my reading year was coming to a close and I didn’t really want to read anything overly taxing and long, so when I saw that this book was geared toward a more YA audience, I was eager to review it.

World War II has erupted in Valka’s homeland of Russia, and Valka is determined to help the effort. She’s a pilot—and a good one—so she eagerly joins an all-female bomber regiment.  Continue reading “Review: Among the Red Stars by Gwen C. Katz” →

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Review: One Day in December by Josie Silver

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One of my absolute favorite holiday movie is Love Actually. I watch it every year and it never gets old no matter how cheesy and unrealistic is it.

My favorite couple David (Hugh Grant) and Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) followed closely by Juliet (Kira Knightly) and Mark (Andrew Lincoln). So when I saw this book so heavily compared to Love Actually and the Juliet/Mark couple, I was eager to read it.

It was my December Book of the Month pick and truth be told I almost passed on all the books for December on BOTM but, I saw so many excellent reviews about this one and decided at the last minute…..why not?

Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magic…and then her bus drives away. Continue reading “Review: One Day in December by Josie Silver” →

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Giveaway: YOU ALWAYS CHANGE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE (for Another Love or Another Life) by Amalia Andrade

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A delightful interactive roadmap for getting over a broken heart, with quirky illustrations, song lyrics that totally get it, recipes for eating your feelings, the unique comfort of making lists, and much more

A broken heart can feel like the end of the world, but bestselling author and illustrator Amalia Andrade knows this simply isn’t true. Change is not a defeat or a surrender, but rather a promise. Because if the “love of your life” doesn’t work out, there is always a chance for something new—a new love, or a new life.

When Amalia was faced with her own heartbreak, she knew she couldn’t let herself get lost in despair. With her sunshiny outlook, electrifying energy, and unique sense of humor, she constructed the ultimate first aid kit: an interactive guide to getting over someone through reflections, recipes, and lots of ingenious ideas for transforming a negative experience into a liberating one.

In these pages, you’ll find the secret code for interpreting text-message read receipts, loving odes to Beyoncé, the ideal playlist for crying in the shower, and much, much more. You Always Change the Love of Your Life reveals the secret to mending your heart and maybe even opening it up again: in love and in lovelessness, we are never alone.

Giveaway runs 12/21/18-12/28/18

A winner will be announced 12/29/18

(how to enter)

On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.  Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you do not enter an email in the comments your entry will be void. Winners will be notified by email the day after the giveaway closes and have five days to respond, it not another winner will be chosen. 

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