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July 11, 2025

A Little Time Travel and A Little Mystery

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It is time for another edition of Beth Ann’s Book Reviews here on It’s Just Life. I love a good novel and this one, written by local author Katherine Scott Crawford, is one that will stick with me for a very long time. I was Continue reading →

June 13, 2025

Who Remembers?

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. I couldn’t resist buying this book at the AAUW Used Book Sale earlier this week. Who else remembers Cherry Ames? Raise your hand! I was one of those girls who loved these books (there are 27 in the series) that featured 18 year old Continue reading →

June 6, 2025

The Most Wonderful Book Sale of the Year

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It’s almost time for the AAUW Brevard Used Book Sale and you know that I get excited when this week rolls around in June. I have worked on the book sale since 2018 after having joined the branch in 2017. It is one of the Continue reading →

January 30, 2025

Need a Hobby?

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Yesterday I shared a bit about our weekend trip to our county library. It’s such a great place and even though I have a zillion and a half books at home to read I had to check some more out, of course. This one caught Continue reading →

January 10, 2025

Oops, I Did It Again!

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In the words of Britney Spears – “Oops, I did it again!”. Funny thing is I didn’t plan on it. The other day Chris and I headed to town to mail packages and grab lunch. We ran our errands, ate our lunch and since we Continue reading →

November 1, 2024

Currently

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Every now and then I like to share what I have been reading, watching, listening to, etc. Today is the day to do a quick recap. First up—what I’ve been reading. Reading I just finished a couple of books while we were at. the beach. Continue reading →

July 8, 2024

What Am I Reading?

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Happily I have been on a reading binge lately. It is nice to be able to do that after having a couple of weeks of just not feeling like reading at all. Of course I want to share some of the books I have loved Continue reading →

June 27, 2024

It’s Murder, You Betcha: A Quirky Murder Mystery with Recipes by Jeanne Cooney

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Give me a witty murder mystery any day of the week and I am happy. Give me one that comes complete with recipes and I am even happier. Thanks to author Jeanne Cooney and Blue Cottage Agency I now have found yet another Minnesota writer Continue reading →

June 6, 2024

The Best Time of the Year

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It’s almost time for the best time of the year. If you know me, you know that I love helping at the Brevard AAUW Annual Used Book Sale. It starts on Saturday and goes through until Wednesday and there is something for everyone. The sale Continue reading →

May 20, 2024

Another Indie Bookstore – Kicks Mix

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I am a huge fan of independent bookstores and do not pass up many opportunities to check them out. I have wanted to go to my sister’s favorite one for years but it just never worked out when I visited so last week that was Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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