8 of 10: Perfect light reading – funny and clean, with a nice romance. I loved every crazy second of Just One Wish about a girl determined to make her six-year-old brother’s dream of meeting his hero (Robin Hood) come true before he goes in for surgery. This is one of those books where the cover put me off. I…
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A Child Like Mine
My whole family, including my grandparents, came to Texas for Ella’s baby blessing. My Grannie (she’s the second on the left) made the dress and bonnet I wore for my own blessing 25 years ago. Two years later, Merrick wore it and two years after that, Landen wore it too. On Sunday, Ella was the fourth baby girl to be…
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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
8 of 10: Look, Mockingjay is still a good book. It’s just not anywhere as good as the series started out. This review of the Mockingjay book will be full of SPOILERS,so proceed at your own risk. mockingjay by suzanne collins Set about a month after the end of Catching Fire, Mockingjay begins in District 13, where Katniss and her…
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Image Overload
When Ella was six days old, my darling friend Bethany (who is not only a lovely person but an incredible photographer) came over and took some really gorgeous pictures of Ella. You know they are a real friend when you let them move your couch to get some better light and you aren’t even horrified to let them see all…
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Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
9 of 10: My kind of fantasy book (no maps!) – not too weird, enough action, and romance – Nightshade was just the right book to get me back into reading after having a baby. We boxed up every book we owned and mailed it to ourselves in Texas. Nightsahde by Andrea Cremer was the only book I left out…
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