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August 25, 2025

A Book Store Like No Other

Beth Ann Chiles/ Books, Travel/ 9 Comments/ 309

My love of books is no secret and on our recent trip to Alaska, Chris indulged me multiple times and helped me seek out bookstores to visit. By far the most impressive one was found in Homer, Alaska and goes by the name of Old Continue reading →

August 18, 2025

Out and About in Homer, Alaska

Beth Ann Chiles/ Travel/ 8 Comments/ 366

Our stay in Homer,Alaska was only 3 nights but we packed a lot into it. Homer is on the shores of Kachemak Bay, home to the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World and also the City of Peonies. It was a lovely town and we Continue reading →

August 15, 2025

Alaskan Sized Tapas

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, Restaurants, Travel/ 5 Comments/ 347

Give me a good tapas restaurant and I am one happy camper. Chris and I found the perfect tapas restaurant in Homer, Alaska at the Homer Seaplane Base. Our Bed and Breakfast hosts gave us some recommendations and Water Rudders was the one that caught Continue reading →

Beth's bookshelf: read

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

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

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

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

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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