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Weekend Book Buzz – 15/16 December 2018

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! It’s been a busy week here, including a significant birthday for yours truly! Hence you may have noticed slightly less activity around here this week. It’s that time of year when we’re all busy preparing for family visits, present shopping, and a million other little things, isn’t it? And I’m busy working on something that I hope will be ready for you by 1 January 2019. How’s that for a teaser?! What’s keeping you busy as Christmas draws closer? Or are you already organised? 😲 (Please share your secret!)

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16 December 2018

First Line Friday – His Mistletoe Miracle (Jenny B. Jones)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I have a great little read for you today if you’re looking for a Christmas novella. Jenny B. Jones is one of my favourite authors when I’m looking for a healthy dose of humour in my story, and this one delivers on that and more. You can read my full review here. But for now, I give you the first line of His Mistletoe Miracle.

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14 December 2018

Weekend Book Buzz – 8/9 December 2018

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! You know it’s nearly the end of the year when the ballet concert is all over for another year. And guess what? Our ballet concert was yesterday. It’s always such a rewarding day, seeing all the year’s hard work come together in yet another fantastic concert, but then there’s that sense of, “Oh. Ballet’s over for the year. Christmas is getting really close!” Is there something that happens each year that says “Christmas is really close” to you?

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9 December 2018

Jerusalem’s Queen (Angela Hunt) – Review

Born in the small village of Modein, a town made famous by the warrior Maccabees, Salome Alexandra knows better than to harbor grand dreams for her future. She pales in comparison to her beautiful older sister, and though she learns to read at an early age, girls are not valued…

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8 December 2018

First Line Friday – Mark of the Raven (Morgan L. Busse)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I don’t often delve into fantasy, but I make exceptions from time to time. Hence, I’m currently reading Morgan L. Busse’s Mark of the Raven, which released last month. First of all, THAT COVER! 😍 Second, the description just shouts, “Pick me up!”

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7 December 2018

Once Upon a Montana Summer (Lisa T. Bergren) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Love is Never Best Played Out on TV… Adalyn Stalling’s clients convinced her to be a contestant on their reality TV show, The One. Milllions of viewers tune in each week to watch a group of bachelorettes try to win one bachelor’s heart, and then during the next season, watch bachelors do the same. Adi appeared on the show twice—once as a potential love-match for the bachelor, once as the bachelorette. As a marketing executive for the firm who handles the show, Adi initially became a part of the cast in order to learn more from

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6 December 2018

The Christmas Book Shoppe (Miranda Atchley) – Book Spotlight + Giveaway

~ About the Book ~ Keeping her book store might take a Christmas miracle… Trudy Gallagher is quite content with her simple life. For the past five years, she has lived and worked at The Christmas Book Shoppe, a new and used book store formerly owned and operated by her great-aunt. She loves nothing more than spending her days in the Victorian house filled with books, surrounded by her cat and loved ones. As Christmas, her favorite day of the year approaches, she begins the season with her usual verve and excitement. Yet when her landlord threatens to sell The

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4 December 2018