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30 LESSONS FOR LOVING Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage By: Karl Pillemer, PhD Published: January 8, 2015 Publisher: Hudson Street Press Non-Fiction So many marriage advice books come from one couple writing the book based on their experiences, their mishaps, and their faith.  But, it’s just their perspective. This one…

Summer is officially over and I hate to admit that I didn’t read nearly as many books as I had hoped to. I rarely had time to myself and when I did have some free time, I seemed to spend it playing catch-up around the house.  I also took a blogging break and that put…

AMONG THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS A Novel By: Julia Pierpont Published: July 7, 2015 Publisher: Random House Fiction First of all, I need to preface this review with the statement that I did not finish this book. I got to 67% of the way through and just couldn’t go any farther. That is very rare…

23, I LOVE YOU, TOO A College Athlete’s Story of Trauma, Recovery, and Awakening By: Nick Dennen Published: October 7, 2013 Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing Non-Fiction/Memoir/Christian On September 26, 1998, Nick Dennen was a typical college student athlete. He was living his dream playing football for the University of Minnesota Duluth and life was…

School is back in session here. I usually try to spend the first day of school treating myself, but this year I ended up subbing the first three days of school. Then the rest of the week was full of appointments and running errands, so I really didn’t have any time to just relax and…

My husband is a great grill master.  Here in Iowa, you can still find my husband grilling in January in freezing cold weather because we love grilled food. I love Kabobs but we usually buy them premade up on sticks at the meat counter. I have never owned a Kabob set or skewers. So, I…

ELLIE GOES BACK TO SCHOOL The Amazing Adventures of Ellie the Elephant #3 By: Marci Fair, Elle Fair Published: May 21, 2015 Publisher: Pacochel Press Fiction With school starting in our area this week, I felt it was the perfect week to share with you this adorable story about two friends on the first day…

Last week I participated in the Bout of Books 14 Reading Challenge.  In my original post, (see HERE) I committed to reading four books totaling 1,273 pages.  I was hoping to read 181 pages a day to stay on track. By Thursday, I had only read a total of 225 pages and was still reading…

BELOW THE WATER LINE Getting Out, Going Back and Moving Forward in the Decade After Hurricane Katrina By: Lisa Karlin Published: July 3, 2015 Publisher: Centennial Publishers Non-Fiction/Memoir I’m participating in the PUMP UP YOUR BOOK tour for BELOW THE WATER LINE. To see other stops on the Book Tour including reviews and author interviews,…

IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…CHINA A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World By: Carole P Roman Illustrated by: Kelsea Wierenga Published: May 14, 2015 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction I have introduced nearly every single book in this fabulous series of books by Carole P Roman. I absolutely love how each…