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March 20, 2024

Get Ready for Lou!

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Give me a children’s book to review any day of the week and I will jump at the opportunity. Generous and gracious authors are always trying to get folks to read their books and recently I answered a review call by author Danielle Herzog. What Continue reading →

March 7, 2024

May Day! May Day!

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I love surprises and when the surprise that arrives includes a book, I love it even more! Hats off to Minnesota author Jess Lourey for coming up with the perfect 70’s themed box of goodies to help relaunch her Murder by Month series of books. Continue reading →

March 6, 2024

National Reading Month – What Are YOU Reading?

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Not only is it Women’s History Month, it also National Reading Month which I think we all need to be celebrating. My current reads include the following: The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2) (An Advance Readers Copy) by Jess Lourey on my Kindle The Frozen Continue reading →

March 1, 2024

Comments for a Cause – A Favorite Thing

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Thanks for popping over to It’s Just Life on the first of the month. If you are a regular here you know that the first of the month brings about my Comments for a Cause. Not only do I let my readers know how many Continue reading →

January 4, 2024

2023 Book Notes

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I finished out the year pretty strongly with a total of 135 books read during the year. Some of those were books I read for review, some of my own choosing, some that were book club choices and some that were recommendations from others. All Continue reading →

November 17, 2023

What’s Up Next?

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Oh books. I have so many books I want to read. Stacks and stacks. Kindle books that are on my device downloaded and ready to go. Audio books on Audible and Chirp. Books on. my Libby app. Books on Netgalley. There is obviously no shortage Continue reading →

October 16, 2023

Beth Ann’s Book Reviews: Wild Hope by Donna Ashworth

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Sometimes I find a book that I just have to share with the world and Donna Ashworth’s recent book- Wild Hope – Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days — is my current favorite to recommend. I found Donna Ashworth on Facebook after a Continue reading →

September 13, 2023

Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich

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Oh how often have I sung the praises of Sean Dietrich aka Sean of the South on my blog? Too many to tag, that is for sure. I was introduced to Sean’s writing years ago by my best friend, Ann, and over the years I Continue reading →

July 27, 2023

I’m A Winner!

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Every once in awhile I determine that I am a winner and this week I am just that! Every week, Leslie, owner at Highland Books in downtown Brevard offers up a giveaway on Facebook and Instagram. She has been doing this for quite a few Continue reading →

July 26, 2023

A Quick Glimpse at The New York Public Library

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One of the things on my bucket list was to stop at the New York Public Library during our last trip to NYC. We didn’t have a lot of time to spend there but it was enough to get me excited about being there. It 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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