REVIEW: Impossible Saints by Clarissa Harwood

IMPOSSIBLE SAINTS by Clarissa Harwood fascinated me with its unusual subject matter for a historical romance. It’s uncharacteristic, as well as depicts strong women who fought for their rights in the early 1900s. This “new” woman was sexually aware, smoked, and went to jail for what she believed in. These were the women who fought…

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Review: The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus

The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus continues the adventure that left us hanging in One Thousand White Women. Historical fiction meets mystic lore in this engrossing continuation about the women we loved in book one. If you haven’t read One Thousand White Women, I highly suggest it because you get May’s point of view…

Category: Books, Reviews, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2017

New Beginnings – looking backward and forward

Every year I’m excited for New Beginnings that the New Year brings. I like to look backward to reflect, then forward with great excitement. This year I’m a bit melancholy, so although I still have my zestful ambition, my frustration over all I had wanted to do, and didn’t do, is bugging me. What you…

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REVIEW: One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus is an enthralling piece of fiction that will make you swear it really happened. I loved the characters and the journey they took me on. Why was this book in Dorine’s TBR? This book was read for Wendy the Super Librarian’s “Kicking it…

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REVIEW: South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby

SOUTH POLE STATION by Ashley Shelby plops an artist into a scientific community without an escape hatch. Eccentric hilarity abounds. Cooper Gosling earns a fellowship as part of an artists and writers program to create a portfolio while living at the South Pole Station. Her father has always been obsessed with the South Pole, which…

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New Year / New Challenge with a Capital C

I like goals and usually set them in January. This year is different. My pursuit of a zestful life has challenges. It’s the New Year / New Challenge with a Capital C. It has roadblocks. It prevented me from my posting goals. And — it sucked the joy right out of them. Not that I’m…

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REVIEW: Love, Alice by Barbara Davis

LOVE, ALICE by Barbara Davis is an amazing and heart wrenching story of past and present that brought part of my own family’s Cornish history to light. I’ve heard them called workhouses in the murmurs of what happened to my ancestor in the late 1800s during her pregnancy. In this story, we learn the fate…

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Ohio Farm Share Summer Week 20 features Celeriac Root and Red Kuri Squash.

Summer Farm Share Week 20 – Celeriac Root

Summer Farm Share Week 20 brings us Celeriac Root and Red Kuri Squash, two fun veggies to play with. I love putting Celeriac in with soup, so I plan to make a big pot of Chicken and Vegetable Soup in the slow-cooker this week. The Celeriac leaves will go into the freezer to use this…

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REVIEW: Must Love Wieners by Casey Griffin

MUST LOVE WIENERS by Casey Griffin features a quirky, soon-to-be veterinarian heroine whose variety of part-time jobs get her into more doo-doo than a box full of puppies. Her love interest is a wealthy CEO who shakes the heroine’s hand so much that even I began to wonder if he’d ever get brave enough to…