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Coffee Talk: Downsizing and Seriously, What Year Is This
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase anything using those links, I will receive a commission. That commission goes towards the maintenance of this blog and/or the purchase of more books. Thanks for supporting my habit. I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. If you’re new here, this is where I share some…
Book Review: No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts
Author: Stephanie Powell Watts Genre: Fiction Publisher: Ecco Release Date: 4 April 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the inside flap of the book} JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava. But as he reenters his former world, where factories are…
Book Review: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Author: B.A. Paris Genre: Fiction Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Release Date: 9 August 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 304 {Print} ABOUT THE BOOK Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and…
Book Review: A Certain Age: A Novel by Beatriz Williams
This book was provided to me free of charge by HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review. My review is part of the TLC Book Tour. Title: A Certain Age: A Novel Author: Beatriz Williams Genre: Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: Reprint Edition, 3 January 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 ABOUT THE BOOK The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring…
Book Review: Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
I received this book free as part of a prize pack from Penguin Random House Library. Title: Harmony Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Genre: Fiction Publisher: Viking Release Date: 2016 Format: Advanced Uncorrected Proofs Pages: 275 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the flap} Alexandra and her husband have tried everything to help their off~the~charts genius but impossible daughter, who has been deemed “undiagnosable.” Once…
Monochrome Monday: Life After Kids
Last year, I started a series called “Life After Kids” in which I shared how The Hubs and I were adjusting to life as empty nesters. A few of you noticed that I’d stopped writing the series and wanted to know why. Well, there aren’t any specific reasons. I just kind of forgot about it…