Merry Christmas + a Safe and Happy New Year!

May you and yours have a blessed, merry Christmas + a safe and happy New Year! Blessings come in all shapes and sizes. At this time of year, it’s more evident in my heart and soul how lucky I am to be surrounded by family and friends who mean the world to me. To those…

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REVIEW: ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas by Olivia Miles

‘Twas the Week Before Christmas by Olivia Miles has plenty of holiday festivities inside its pages, setting the mood for Christmas with cozy traditions. I finished reading ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas during that exact week this year, urging me to stop procrastinating with my own decorating. Why was this book in Dorine’s TBR? I…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Challenge 2017, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

REVIEW: Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper

SWEET TEA AND SYMPATHY by Molly Harper is exactly the type of zany small-town contemporary I’ve craved and never found. I was thoroughly entertained by Harper’s wacky characters. If you love backwoods country as much as I do, you’re going love this hilarious family with hearts of gold. Margot Cary loses her job as a…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

REVIEW: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd contains several elements I enjoy in women’s fiction. Stepping back into the 1960s was both a joy and a disturbing reminder of how far we’ve come, and yet, how far we still need to go regarding racism. In the end, it’s an uplifting story about family,…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Challenge 2017, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

REVIEW: Alone on the Shield by Kirk Landers

ALONE ON THE SHIELD by Kirk Landers is a high-tension, Canadian wilderness adventure novel with the added bonus of some romance. I love living vicariously through others as they take risks in their travel ventures. The main character is off the hinge and ready to do something he may regret, which gave the novel an…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

Late Summer Farm Share offers corn and fruit a plenty

Late Summer Farm Share offers corn and fruit a plenty this year. I love fruit, so I’m not complaining about the variety or volume of it. Farm fresh fruit is nothing like what we get in the stores. If you haven’t tried fresh-picked fruit, I highly suggest you make it a fall project. We also…

Category: Food, What's for Dinner?

REVIEW: If the Creek Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss

The journey into fictional Appalachian Baines Creek is twisty, eerie, funny, and charismatic, with lyrical writing that engages while it haunts. I loved IF THE CREEK DON’T RISE by Leah Weiss and I can’t wait for more from this talented author. Normally I’m not fond of multiple points of view, but I found this book…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

Review: Perfectly Undone by Jamie Raintree

PERFECTLY UNDONE by Jamie Raintree portrays a doctor’s world with human frailties and love that’s so absorbing you’ll want to devour it from cover to cover. Dr. Dylan Michels’ family suffered the loss of her sister when she was eighteen and Dylan was sixteen. Tragedy hasn’t been kind to this family and their healing is…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

Review: The Christmas Room by Catherine Anderson

THE CHRISTMAS ROOM by Catherine Anderson drew me in with the vintage camper on the cover but the characters snagged my heart. I laughed and cried as they found their way to happy-ever-after. Cameron (Cam) McLendon moves to Montana with his son and mother. His mom and dad helped raise Caleb, so bringing his mom…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

Review: The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti

THE BLACKBIRD SEASON by Kate Moretti is edgy and current with startling twists. Exactly what I expect from this author, who is fast becoming a reading obsession. This eerie story takes place in a small town in Pennsylvania where the teachers are too close to the pulse of teenage angst. Is it a misunderstanding, or…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

Merry Christmas + a Safe and Happy New Year!

REVIEW: ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas by Olivia Miles

REVIEW: Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper

REVIEW: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

REVIEW: Alone on the Shield by Kirk Landers

Late Summer Farm Share offers corn and fruit a plenty

REVIEW: If the Creek Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss

Review: Perfectly Undone by Jamie Raintree

Review: The Christmas Room by Catherine Anderson

Review: The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti

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