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    Free Christmas Books for Your Kindle

    It’s that time of year when I open the “Christmas Books” folder on my Kindle to select a few festive stories to read throughout the holiday season. And of course, I always end up adding a few as well. Here are some Christmas titles that are currently available for FREE! I haven’t read them all, but thought I’d give them…

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    Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden

    When I was a little girl learning to read–just emerging into chapter books–one of my favorite authors was Beverly Cleary. Did you love her books, too? Lyle did. In fact, I dug out his boyhood copy of Ribsy especially for this post. (That’s Sits posing with Ribsy. If you aren’t acquainted with Sits you can learn more about him here.)…

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    10 Favorite Picture Book Series

    I absolutely love to read aloud and always have. It’s so much fun to share a favorite picture book with a child. If there’s a little kid around and we have time, I’m likely to grab a book and say, “Wanna hear a story?” I’m always a little hesitant to choose favorites–of anything–because I’m afraid once I’ve declared my favorite…

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    Recently Read

    I didn’t get my Recently Read list posted in August, so this is two months’ worth of reading. I’ve enjoyed a lot of random reading the last few weeks… review books that piqued my interest, interesting-looking titles tucked in Little Free Libraries, a number of juvenile titles, a few thrift store treasures, and of course, library books. My star ratings…

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    Review – A Light So Lovely

    (Obligatory Disclosure: I received a copy of A Light So Lovely in exchange for my review. This post also contains affiliate links.) As a lifelong avid reader I have read many, many books. I know I read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’engle long ago, probably as a teen. I just vaguely remember the story line. It wasn’t my cup of…

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    Tennyson Tidbits

    You know how easy it is to go down bunny trails on the internet, following one link to another to another until you are way off track from where you originally started? Turns out, old books can have the same effect. I found several lovely vintage hardback books at a local thrift store last week. Granted, none of them were…

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    A Little Free Library Adventure

    One Sunday afternoon I asked Lyle if he would take me on a drive to Spokane to hunt for Little Free Libraries. He is not much interested in the little libraries themselves, but he does love anything to do with maps and driving… (not to mention how much he loves me) …so he was game. I took along 20 books…

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    Recently Read

    My summer reading list has included re-reads of old favorites as well as new-to-me authors and quite a few in between! As usual, this post includes affiliate links to Amazon. I might make a small commission if you click through on them, though it doesn’t cost you any extra. Thank you! My best recommendation from this past month’s reading list is…

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    Recently Read

    I’ve been on a reading binge lately. But then, when am I not? I don’t know that I’m actually reading more than usual, but I have been enjoying the #bookstagram community on Instagram which keeps me inspired with #allthebooks to try and an ever-growing TBR (To Be Read) pile. The #annewithanereadalong2018 has been especially fun, as well as the #12daysofannestegram…

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    Love Inspired Blog Tour

    I have to admit: formulaic romance novels are not my top choice of reading material. At least, not at this stage of my life. However, as a teen and into my twenties I would seriously binge read them. It wasn’t so much the romantic happily-ever-after plot of each one that drew me in, but the variety of settings and situations…