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Monthly Wrap Up: March 2013
Number of books read: 6 Favorite book of the month: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (I decided I’m not going to track portions of books like I did in February; I’ll only add books that...
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REVIEW: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein Kindle edition (borrowed from library) Goodreads Synopsis: Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession...
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REVIEW: Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
Pants on Fire Meg Cabot eBook Edition Goodreads synopsis: Katie Ellison is not a liar. But she can’t exactly tell the truth, either–not when she’s juggling two boyfriends, secretly hating the high...
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With My Reading Buddy – April 2013
This month was better for meeting with my reading buddy – we only had one week off: his school vacation week. Which happened to be the same week of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Thankfully,...
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Monthly Wrap Up: April 2013
Number of books read: 7 Favorite book of the month: The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruis Zafon Reading challenge progress (% complete) Personal TBR: CANCELLED What’s In a Name 6: 100% Historical...
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REVIEW: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness Hardcover edition (borrowed from my mom) Goodreads synopsis: Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a...
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REVIEW: Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes & The Last Little Blue Envelope, by...
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes Maureen Johnson eBook (borrowed from library) My synopsis: Book 1: It’s the summer before Ginny’s senior year of high school when she receives a mysterious letter from...
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New Patterns! Yay!
Would you believe me if I told you each of the patterns above was $1.88?? Well, it’s true! Last Sunday I was browsing for sewing patterns when I saw that the McCall’s/Butterick/Vogue/Kwik Sew website...
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Sewlution Complete!
Well, it took a while, but I did it: I made my first dress! (and thereby fulfilled my sewlution for 2013 — thanks Karen, for setting the Sewlutions up!). I purchased the pattern at the beginning of...
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Fabric Samples!
Last Friday I decided to look up websites where I could get fabric samples. I was hoping to get free ones, but didn’t really find any sites out there that I thought were secure – so if anyone knows of...
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What’s In A Name Reading Challenge – Wrap Up
So I’m finally getting around to doing my challenge wrap up post…you would think I would have done this right away since I’ve already read the books and don’t need to form a book review! Anyway, I’m...
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With My Reading Buddy – May 2013
My second year as a Power Lunch mentor came to a close last week. The program has a new name “Read to a Child” (instead of Everybody WINS!) Anyway, my buddy and I were able to finish all 4 Zac Power...
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Monthly Wrap Up: May 2013
Number of books read: 5.5 Favorite book read in May: The Maze Runner, James Dashner this one just made it into May – I finished it on May 30. I say .5 in my completed books because one of them was a...
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ArmchairBEA 2013 – FAIL
I had every intention of participating in ArmchairBEA this year. I signed up, I was checking in on updates (the schedule, the prizes, the Twitter party schedules)… I even drafted the introduction post...
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Super Sweet Blogging Award
My friend from high school, Darcel, awarded me with the Super Sweet Blogger award! Thanks Darcel!! (click here to check out her great blog about health and fitness!) So without further ado, here are...
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Vacations
Vacations are fun, I think we can all agree. Sometimes they don’t always go according to our plan, but sometimes that makes them better. The last couple of years I’ve gone on a week-long vacation to...
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REVIEW: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon Translated by Lucia Graves eBook (borrowed from library) Goodreads synopsis: Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and...
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Pyjama Party with Karen @ Did You Make That?
Karen @ Did You Make That? hosted a pyjama party sew-along this month. She was specifically using Sewaholic’s new Tofino pattern, but encouraged us to join even if we decided to use a different...
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Monthly Wrap Up: June 2013
Reading Number of Books read: 5 Favorite book read this month: Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness Number of 5 star ratings: 0 Reading challenge progress (% complete) What’s In a Name 6: 100%...
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Like I Need Another One…
For someone who never considered herself a “girly girl” and isn’t into the whole designer bag thing, I have a LOT of bags (mainly from stores like Target or Old Navy), and of course I don’t ever use...
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