Book Review: Home Front by Kristin Hannah
HOME FRONT By: Kristin Hannah Published January 31, 2012 ***** In her bestselling novels Kristin Hannah has plumbed the depths of friendship, the loyalty of sisters, and the secrets mothers keep. Now, in her most emotionally powerful story yet, she explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of…
Read More Book Review: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
UNBROKEN By: Laura Hillenbrand Published: November 16, 2010 **** On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young…
Read More Book Spotlight: Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down by Pauline L Hawkins
ASHES ASHES THE TWINS FALL DOWN TWIN TOWERS, 9/11 By: Pauline L. Hawkins Published: June 15, 2012 9/11: The Day That Defined a Generation Where were you on 9/11? That question has become part of the fabric of our lives as Americans. On that bright, sunny day, none of us had any idea what was…
Read More Review: Golden Records: The Magic Continues Celebrity Series, Vol 1
Do you remember Golden Records from when you were a child? I sure do. Well known and much-loved children’s stories were read to you on records and now they have been rerecorded to CD and read by celebrities we know and love today. Golden Records was dreamed up by Grammy Award-winning music producer Arthur Shimkin…
Read More I’ve Been Published….Sort Of
Several months ago REAL SIMPLE Magazine asked what book turned you into a reader. I knew right away how to respond to that question, so I sent in my answer….and forgot about it. Until…..I was catching up on my magazine reading and came across the July issue of REAL SIMPLE (I know I am way…
Read More Book Review: Bared to You by Sylvia Day
BARED TO YOU By: Sylvia Day Published: April 3, 2012 **** Warning: The following review is about a book that may not appeal to everyone who reads my blog. Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness…He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never…
Read More Book Review: Beyond the Chore Chart: Chores, Kids, and the Secret to a Happy Mom by Kimberly Eddy
BEYOND THE CHORE CHART: Chores, Kids and The Secret of a Happy Mom By: Kimberly Eddy Published: March 5, 2012 **** Have you tried to get your children to help out around the house?Do you stress out over the state of their messy rooms?Do your children ignore your carefully crafted chore chart?Is it easier for…
Read More Book Review: The Last Letter by Kathleen Shoop
THE LAST LETTER By: Kathleen Shoop Published: April 27, 2011 *** Katherine wouldn’t have believed it if she hadn’t found the letter…Katherine Arthur’s mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them…
Read More Review: 100 Days to Christmas 2012
Last year, Jennifer of ListPlanIt created this amazing planner to help you get ready for Christmas by getting you started 100 days before Christmas. She takes you through all the Fall activites and holidays and then breaks all the planning up in to manageable parts so you aren’t trying to do it all the week…
Read More Guest Book Review: Last of the Seals by Greg Messel
LAST OF THE SEALS By: Greg Messel Published: April 23, 2012 *** This is a featured guest review by my husband, Pat. After seeing the book in my stash, he thought the book sounded interesting and so I offered the review to him. Mystery, romance and baseball in 1957 San Francisco. Sam Slater is…
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