At Home Today is the last day of school. I'm half glad and half dreading the summer. It'll be nice to not have my days revolve around school hours and to be able to get my kids out and exploring for the first summer in too many years. But it's a whole bunch of weeks … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – June 9, 2023
Title: Annie's Apple (Second Chance #2) Author: John A. Heldt Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: April 1, 2023 Genre: Historical Fiction, Family Saga Six years after emerging from a fountain of youth, siblings Bill, Paul, and Annie Carpenter, time travelers from 2022, make their way in 1911.In New York, Bill and wife Cassie finish a year … Continue reading Book Highlight: Annie’s Apple by John A Heldt
Title: Butterfly Sisters Author: Jenny Hale Publisher: Harpeth Road Press Publication Date: February 22, 2022 Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance “When emerging into the world, a butterfly needs the struggle to push the fluid from its body into its wings. So essentially, without the struggle, it never flies.”About to land her biggest deal yet, Leigh Henderson is on … Continue reading Book Highlight: Butterfly Sisters by Jenny Hale
Title: A Killer Cupcake (Beachfront Bakery #1) Author: Fiona Grace Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: November 24, 2020 Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery Allison Sweet, 34, a sous chef in Los Angeles, has had it up to here with demeaning customers, her demanding boss, and her failed love life. After a shocking incident, she realizes the time … Continue reading Book Highlight: A Killer Cupcake by Fiona Grace
Title: For the Love of Alison Author: Sahlan Diver Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: February 21, 2019 Genre: Mystery & Thriller Journalist, David Buckley witnesses a murder. Only one problem – the murderer doesn't exist, so now Buckley's the chief suspect, and he's on the run. Can he prove his innocence - and his sanity? Student … Continue reading Book Highlight: For the Love of Alison by Sahlan Diver
At Home On one hand, I'm thrilled it's finally Friday because this past week has been crazy. On the other hand, I can't believe my kids' last day of school is in one week! I'm about three-quarters prepared for the summer. We have the workbooks, I've been working on their schedule and keeping an eye … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – June 2, 2023
Welcome to this month's Curated Bookshelf! It's June, which means the school year is about to come to a close. I'm sad it means my kids are growing up, but I'm actually looking forward to all the fun we can have now that they don't have to spend the better part of a weekday at … Continue reading The Curated Bookshelf: June 2023’s Theme
At Home Is it Friday already? Well, I'm not sure where, exactly, the week has gone, but I'm glad it's a three day weekend. Even if I'm up to my knees preparing for the summer and our vacation. I did so much laundry this week to wash a ton of new clothes we've gotten for … Continue reading The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 26, 2023
Title: Spells for Forgetting Author: Adrienne Young Publisher: Delacorte Publication Date: September 27, 2022 Genre: Magical Realism, Mystery, Romance Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore … Continue reading Book Highlight: Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Title: The Wishing Game Author: Meg Shaffer Publisher: Ballantine Publication date: May 30, 2023 Genre: Women's Fiction One Sentence Summary: When Lucy gets the chance to be in the running to receive the sole copy of the next book in a children's series, she sees the chance to make her dreams, and those of the orphaned … Continue reading Book Review: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
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