tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50486531036481538782024-03-27T06:18:50.994-07:00Living a Joyful LifeLiving Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.comBlogger567125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-45546338913241920272024-03-27T06:17:00.000-07:002024-03-27T06:17:59.703-07:00What's Up Wednesday: March 2024 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaOmRzOOGNL7Zv0NlyD-2BwK7nWHSLo3Nv7BIP7f0bFxfzdq39e8zP3QwI4BCa6XTKi5gPKShWDi0VNbNPI3b4s5v4JCOsL8E4mhfc7GkkxRkYOHTgHTXkoefuqxAueKC3Bl5FMNcZNZZGFcAo3AcijW6a3ihr_TwEJini9fu75Nzu17QqZDEve-DYIc/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaOmRzOOGNL7Zv0NlyD-2BwK7nWHSLo3Nv7BIP7f0bFxfzdq39e8zP3QwI4BCa6XTKi5gPKShWDi0VNbNPI3b4s5v4JCOsL8E4mhfc7GkkxRkYOHTgHTXkoefuqxAueKC3Bl5FMNcZNZZGFcAo3AcijW6a3ihr_TwEJini9fu75Nzu17QqZDEve-DYIc/w385-h171/BLOG%201.png" width="385" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLevv00A8urN6bMi1vNVGzuPEFZnZwwgJajFnQxmr8uhyphenhyphenjPUQ9NijFuSHjo-y6OOHGOu1D5sUYYzgCf1bu_MyiBjZTpb5DDSKUXnXm46Ae1Vev2Y30TxHpdp-NAWItEffCV_i-djiHLXw2tXahzrN8wCxPlQBU8dQMTaviv0XG8cX3iVYiPDJgiOEQkE/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLevv00A8urN6bMi1vNVGzuPEFZnZwwgJajFnQxmr8uhyphenhyphenjPUQ9NijFuSHjo-y6OOHGOu1D5sUYYzgCf1bu_MyiBjZTpb5DDSKUXnXm46Ae1Vev2Y30TxHpdp-NAWItEffCV_i-djiHLXw2tXahzrN8wCxPlQBU8dQMTaviv0XG8cX3iVYiPDJgiOEQkE/w310-h327/BLOG%202.jpg" width="310" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Salad and cheesy garlic bread</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Salad and fruit</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My trips to visit my family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">March Madness!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Packing up my room. I'm getting the carpet ripped out and a floor installed so we had to move everything downstairs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Putting everything back in my room. I know I will be happy once it's done but just thinking about it is stressing me out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Besides packing up my room, I also filmed some videos for Youtube.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The start of baseball season! Let's Go Mets! March Madness tournament for men's and women's college basketball.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: College basketball, Hallmark, regular TV shows</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: <i>Fangirl Down </i>by Tessa Bailey</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Morgan Wallen, Bailey Zimmerman, Eric Church, Zach Bryan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching lots of college basketball and baseball!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching baseball and the rest of the March Madness tournament.</span></div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-37159931797837896882024-03-13T10:11:00.000-07:002024-03-13T10:13:43.110-07:00My Month Is Booked: March 2024<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnuVDpuXTct7aBpJiaCMDR7wUPAfs59aQpXfGAU8ydvutSXv3dWRaRSukW4YeU1UdZOumoAJcpwiHdkYy-9MLUY6HBCz4PGN-iex0TW4qW5cn3JRUja8KApTJ7L6djqK5ucKnQ6T4Q77Qbj1M2pwyL8kTN_fRY9KG8uz3ZeAMFRV9c0C1K-JfJQEEk6I/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnuVDpuXTct7aBpJiaCMDR7wUPAfs59aQpXfGAU8ydvutSXv3dWRaRSukW4YeU1UdZOumoAJcpwiHdkYy-9MLUY6HBCz4PGN-iex0TW4qW5cn3JRUja8KApTJ7L6djqK5ucKnQ6T4Q77Qbj1M2pwyL8kTN_fRY9KG8uz3ZeAMFRV9c0C1K-JfJQEEk6I/s1600/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are the books I read in February:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Finding Mr. Purrfect</i></span> by Codi Gary</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOftcUh_YIi21Xvq4r7ZuCCQNJ2Cenz3ghYEko1PsL4GfzYqxsFssGYKXM84Y_mvKZY5nJ9Q6TGcN6PuLm_n1ZPN1uUcFPY2NWkOaHWUDAPpbhafXfsHUqVBF0D7X7366hrpom0xH4P4Z-dymTP-6tA-dEiFYx6z-VmBBhL8Gp-WNGnLCBWAx_YND7dUI/s1000/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="656" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOftcUh_YIi21Xvq4r7ZuCCQNJ2Cenz3ghYEko1PsL4GfzYqxsFssGYKXM84Y_mvKZY5nJ9Q6TGcN6PuLm_n1ZPN1uUcFPY2NWkOaHWUDAPpbhafXfsHUqVBF0D7X7366hrpom0xH4P4Z-dymTP-6tA-dEiFYx6z-VmBBhL8Gp-WNGnLCBWAx_YND7dUI/s320/1.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book is super adorable. I loved
all of the cat elements. I really enjoyed the relationship between the main
characters and their friends.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Phoebe’s Diary</span></i>
–Phoebe Wahl<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmfCLftuixzxM0-SqfIrT2FibPFGNd3jURUH69oyTEaPPtpQMMFXJ8R-Rhlxi83ZAdneYYxWPj7LHo5W5gXMLcmfgzJmGw7YspesueVoDThNOwjEVPx-oraDTPCP6kwoWG5xjo6UVTazZhkwzU2q83kz-9nc12MKo48KJAhkMVtilO1vTEzDdr6i_ibQ/s1000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="734" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmfCLftuixzxM0-SqfIrT2FibPFGNd3jURUH69oyTEaPPtpQMMFXJ8R-Rhlxi83ZAdneYYxWPj7LHo5W5gXMLcmfgzJmGw7YspesueVoDThNOwjEVPx-oraDTPCP6kwoWG5xjo6UVTazZhkwzU2q83kz-9nc12MKo48KJAhkMVtilO1vTEzDdr6i_ibQ/s320/2.jpg" width="235" /></span></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Drawn from real
life, here is a bracingly honest illustrated diary of a teenage girl that
captures the explosive turmoil and joy of adolescence.” This is a good book and
it went fast since there was lots of drawings along with the diary entries. No
matter how old I get, I still love diary type books like this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Borrow My Heart</span></i>
–Kasie West<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvWF8lMLe_mhqjZ9L-YS1JtA7_xn4g0SFjC9zvCvzwuooDyM4kZHNzM8GttvczRLN4-gLCwpp2kQgcjOAXkR44O9eZb8yIl2dz8x8zJhJnDE83BoWQpfTJTTaPfOCCIXhzMoPQHM8kU7nRVb7e7mdVDHoNoATJNH0ggugZpuESX1ZnmOTZJ7HyNrLv7k/s500/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvWF8lMLe_mhqjZ9L-YS1JtA7_xn4g0SFjC9zvCvzwuooDyM4kZHNzM8GttvczRLN4-gLCwpp2kQgcjOAXkR44O9eZb8yIl2dz8x8zJhJnDE83BoWQpfTJTTaPfOCCIXhzMoPQHM8kU7nRVb7e7mdVDHoNoATJNH0ggugZpuESX1ZnmOTZJ7HyNrLv7k/s320/3.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love the cover of this book so much. I thought this book
was super cute. I loved the relationship between the main character and dog in
this book, as well as her relationships with her family, best friend, and love
interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>I Kissed Shara
Wheeler </i></span>–Casey McQuiston<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgOfxLbKXMPF1T1fkoaaRBmgBG9Yc3cDbq_uu49wNqZA1q2mOmbyhehiSDIcboTETtRT_t6MmGsXTAn0FX0Oq7qDFbZ5sgvxi28dPuMVR6LH-4UllzPiUqjZ678kBploYOdUH4vwXqwtsMSjgz433pDqwmOwIm-sOuNcUqoLvCBRq0YsiQ_RYOpPTAQ/s1000/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispgOfxLbKXMPF1T1fkoaaRBmgBG9Yc3cDbq_uu49wNqZA1q2mOmbyhehiSDIcboTETtRT_t6MmGsXTAn0FX0Oq7qDFbZ5sgvxi28dPuMVR6LH-4UllzPiUqjZ678kBploYOdUH4vwXqwtsMSjgz433pDqwmOwIm-sOuNcUqoLvCBRq0YsiQ_RYOpPTAQ/s320/4.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I enjoyed this novel.
I really liked the relationship between all of the friends in this group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">First Lie Wins</span></i>
–Ashley Elston<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q3eXN1Oc_RkC3kfI-sPPYnpYwNHMmZFXTyfr3lGNUbkCccA7rsDs-njefheD3EMcVUYXe5K9NVcecvaphfC87zqnuRjGZCPmWObAPn065Vh5mJhloGRXJGlO9sKllT7Hp9Z4vseNWAo6yTCX7iiOavHeqlReVmilRgTjD7Qh9gTx-ylMpBM_-LTIzAA/s1000/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q3eXN1Oc_RkC3kfI-sPPYnpYwNHMmZFXTyfr3lGNUbkCccA7rsDs-njefheD3EMcVUYXe5K9NVcecvaphfC87zqnuRjGZCPmWObAPn065Vh5mJhloGRXJGlO9sKllT7Hp9Z4vseNWAo6yTCX7iiOavHeqlReVmilRgTjD7Qh9gTx-ylMpBM_-LTIzAA/s320/5.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My first 5 star read
of the year. I loved this book so much. I have read some of Ashley Elston’s
young adult novels and this is her debut fiction novel. She is such a great
writer. I read 2 chapters of this book on one day and then finished the rest of
the book the next day because I could not put it down. I can’t wait to read
more of her fiction novels and I also want to read her other young adult novels
that I haven’t read yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-80538816308058719852024-02-28T12:50:00.000-08:002024-02-28T12:50:57.111-08:00What's Up Wednesday: February 2024 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuXIfMtdxUKvWN-T9MdqrTIiNKcYHHP7xu7F5P-7MXr1NwQQIZGs4fPOKm80ONelc3Amx5IuVhqu9l7fhRA4bJr06D3SaCJnFxYInAvRCoV3f2YbStgcSfsAILBSHswIiCu4funbJRVzLvyyomRMgWAxyJhhfF8qRxI-Qvh9a50WwC_HqOmqlR-BKiGo/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuXIfMtdxUKvWN-T9MdqrTIiNKcYHHP7xu7F5P-7MXr1NwQQIZGs4fPOKm80ONelc3Amx5IuVhqu9l7fhRA4bJr06D3SaCJnFxYInAvRCoV3f2YbStgcSfsAILBSHswIiCu4funbJRVzLvyyomRMgWAxyJhhfF8qRxI-Qvh9a50WwC_HqOmqlR-BKiGo/w428-h190/BLOG%201.png" width="428" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkLlaeFZghM4jbxUmU_Nn5AMGsew85CKApsTp5lXc2DLiILshyphenhyphenFEs14WYCX20Fx71Gbn6nUbwX0_DodG2vk9gElGqgGk4fMbnbSJYpFixzaPE3mI_AJyA37YHLRQ2iwO2ZGuN78LGaRTfmyHaYvFOLigxE0O4jDpl9ts3f0BEe_YcQlArFa0L0svL2NI/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkLlaeFZghM4jbxUmU_Nn5AMGsew85CKApsTp5lXc2DLiILshyphenhyphenFEs14WYCX20Fx71Gbn6nUbwX0_DodG2vk9gElGqgGk4fMbnbSJYpFixzaPE3mI_AJyA37YHLRQ2iwO2ZGuN78LGaRTfmyHaYvFOLigxE0O4jDpl9ts3f0BEe_YcQlArFa0L0svL2NI/w325-h343/BLOG%202.jpg" width="325" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Rice dish with steak and veggies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Steak, broccoli, pasta salad</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wednesday: Tacos</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The two trips I took to the Caribbean both happened in February, so every February always sees me reminiscing about those trips.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeMcW7jImVx0tRpX3rsXPWuc8JWGeNIvek7ZttsWSVu8MvzKYPImp0_II7rRbecpySInHg7blmU_IxPi1EyMiWf9wMvTFDSqHjF8cwp6yHW6w4x1lL3M5mMOJdJ54TCr8x_QM4fcP3f89NLeCzx6GLrqyybwJi2RTBFeXMldrVvxG1Qr45X8EIlzVZ_I/s800/232323232-fp635-4-nu=3277-776---3-WSNRCG=376588-59832-nu0mrj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeMcW7jImVx0tRpX3rsXPWuc8JWGeNIvek7ZttsWSVu8MvzKYPImp0_II7rRbecpySInHg7blmU_IxPi1EyMiWf9wMvTFDSqHjF8cwp6yHW6w4x1lL3M5mMOJdJ54TCr8x_QM4fcP3f89NLeCzx6GLrqyybwJi2RTBFeXMldrVvxG1Qr45X8EIlzVZ_I/s320/232323232-fp635-4-nu=3277-776---3-WSNRCG=376588-59832-nu0mrj.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading, watching movies, listening to music, filming for my Youtube channel, watching Youtube.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching TV/movies/Youtube, reading, filming.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The pollen season. It bothers my allergies so much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filming for my Youtube channel, planning out my March content.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In February I was excited about the Superbowl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: New seasons of my TV shows that I watch, Netflix, Hallmark, the Superbowl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: I read 5 books this month.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan, Sam Hunt, Bailey Zimmerman, Kenny Chesney</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My nephew's basketball team is in the championship game for their section and thanks to technology, I'll be able to watch it online.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two of my nephews have birthdays. We will celebrate St. Patrick's Day & Easter. March Madness but more importantly... March 28th is opening day for baseball!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwVqBX2mXs0sKcivSwH24oWGLvwB8U_oX3D25VQhHGsCQiR2L6DGv2tHy27SfF4PARTxkLr01XlQwcH7uFW12_cygqg0w97nXAnntVvxqx2Dsv0Xs8Y-8E7_MT20-dO4zC1iKm-0KXJXwwTNzPRDKelEG2Bu2932pYyJShttGKHrSBOZMNAWTax5gw-0/s420/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="420" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwVqBX2mXs0sKcivSwH24oWGLvwB8U_oX3D25VQhHGsCQiR2L6DGv2tHy27SfF4PARTxkLr01XlQwcH7uFW12_cygqg0w97nXAnntVvxqx2Dsv0Xs8Y-8E7_MT20-dO4zC1iKm-0KXJXwwTNzPRDKelEG2Bu2932pYyJShttGKHrSBOZMNAWTax5gw-0/s320/12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-54635971103873643272024-02-14T11:06:00.000-08:002024-02-14T11:06:45.492-08:00My Month Is Booked: February 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF50ElmW95wuSNoaFOCXCDEwjF41M7NPjxnHrzFZ7X_uUjLwu8DVTRxaPZQN0yBYgAgwYL-CVrBBmPL4aj3cgZwxOB-nF8aV7GetPr64f0TC6TcfzY57MEx3aP1rjBL1BUAqkG50H3DSaYkbRxUBAyMRBET1_j8Hc8xKI1eKWe8VKI7h39ig-MG0_vDKw/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF50ElmW95wuSNoaFOCXCDEwjF41M7NPjxnHrzFZ7X_uUjLwu8DVTRxaPZQN0yBYgAgwYL-CVrBBmPL4aj3cgZwxOB-nF8aV7GetPr64f0TC6TcfzY57MEx3aP1rjBL1BUAqkG50H3DSaYkbRxUBAyMRBET1_j8Hc8xKI1eKWe8VKI7h39ig-MG0_vDKw/w241-h321/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="241" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are the books I read in January 2024:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Eight Perfect Hours</span></i> –Lia Louis</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJerQmD79isYv5Y2x_90vTgCqVCoQ6L9VSYLHMgZH4jSHoDPi5wCSqx9YJK2nRQ478gdNhAt9G_6QAy1n5t87149p2AjZT2il2csAAXcwSydF2e_Pn_hm9JgKjngjnQ8BAKNEqQUGXsyH6Re0KATnjzLJi9xxjZxrEgwEhyF15BpuQSPzSPHEqnEU1cc4/s466/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJerQmD79isYv5Y2x_90vTgCqVCoQ6L9VSYLHMgZH4jSHoDPi5wCSqx9YJK2nRQ478gdNhAt9G_6QAy1n5t87149p2AjZT2il2csAAXcwSydF2e_Pn_hm9JgKjngjnQ8BAKNEqQUGXsyH6Re0KATnjzLJi9xxjZxrEgwEhyF15BpuQSPzSPHEqnEU1cc4/s320/1.jpg" width="206" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I enjoyed this book. I loved the relationship between the main characters. This book was also a little sad and I got a little weepy and in my feelings at times.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Claus & Effect </span></i>–Piper Rayne</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQoWn0xhNrXbI4TVFfELGBYh9hFVGJfGrpmVi1RVjPJ0XAEfp_7wn6dEbwFGpKkEYhMAeN5YKmoGDySpk2ZPY2A7pRUh_jQImkYAJvxnx8GUp8oUo49mVTYFgBeiqDRGdgujRDaGG_OLVOlVL_XlEcwJaCjSNQo_rHCP6_iogW2bGVs7vdBUhyZuuB2N4/s1000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="625" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQoWn0xhNrXbI4TVFfELGBYh9hFVGJfGrpmVi1RVjPJ0XAEfp_7wn6dEbwFGpKkEYhMAeN5YKmoGDySpk2ZPY2A7pRUh_jQImkYAJvxnx8GUp8oUo49mVTYFgBeiqDRGdgujRDaGG_OLVOlVL_XlEcwJaCjSNQo_rHCP6_iogW2bGVs7vdBUhyZuuB2N4/s320/2.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What a super cute and fun festive read. I loved the main characters and all of their misadventures they had throughout the book and I absolutely loved the ending. There was a bonus chapter I downloaded after finishing the book and that was super cute too. I have one more Christmas book left to read this month.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight </span></i>–Jennifer E. Smith</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKJNgRmx6jWlzj1u3p95lrqhlNrbarl_fz3HZHLEee3ofTgbKa_QVvQzPfmtKVXShmqYZ7OUIo954fRCyi7V-2OhCcmHRBXa0ZV5g-p2jV_aLP330rZLtlHYCBHOTthD47-UyKbbl_8LNd_IF3qu2jBMAjMknHBuOQ1R5g9nLL-2vnK3_lvaRHN3cPo8/s277/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKJNgRmx6jWlzj1u3p95lrqhlNrbarl_fz3HZHLEee3ofTgbKa_QVvQzPfmtKVXShmqYZ7OUIo954fRCyi7V-2OhCcmHRBXa0ZV5g-p2jV_aLP330rZLtlHYCBHOTthD47-UyKbbl_8LNd_IF3qu2jBMAjMknHBuOQ1R5g9nLL-2vnK3_lvaRHN3cPo8/s1600/3.jpg" width="182" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was super cute and I really loved it. I have read two of her other books as well and I want to read the rest of them.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Getaway List </span></i>–Emma Lord</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRz-Cr_8sK3nIGuPL2Ozo8qApLyqN7o23QdMZ994oVHhNpxL2kKKhVzWzn6bHdmcdAVzkpVarAfM4A_6tIG1U_0pmxOuGSzoE7-KhqZH-81FP5X5Nma8ApRSO8usTzAhyphenhyphen1c6CCRiKGXtIk-pvtg8LjG41Pt_uuXqtTIxsudOpESiToab_svsANCPZGDs/s1000/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRz-Cr_8sK3nIGuPL2Ozo8qApLyqN7o23QdMZ994oVHhNpxL2kKKhVzWzn6bHdmcdAVzkpVarAfM4A_6tIG1U_0pmxOuGSzoE7-KhqZH-81FP5X5Nma8ApRSO8usTzAhyphenhyphen1c6CCRiKGXtIk-pvtg8LjG41Pt_uuXqtTIxsudOpESiToab_svsANCPZGDs/s320/4.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another great novel by Emma Lord. I always love her characters so much. I loved the friendships between the characters in the book. I also really liked the setting. I won this book on the Goodreads website and I wasn't notified, so it was really fun surprise to find it in my mailbox.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Burnout</span></i> –Sophie Kinsella</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNW_aJoR-pCpa2S9A-DAj1qR1KAwofV0216IADnX8Z336AW02yfooO0HfFWI7M2uqnJjZvTwqpcKZYY8C-7nfY27braTF2fLJwEmbCZiv55GIOqkeeFaeyfJKy9KBBJjETDjtf94kLS-8-iXGOKL6bXOPtlaSaYNcYCHPJ4g09wPazCb7OfhzOjHtEiI/s445/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNW_aJoR-pCpa2S9A-DAj1qR1KAwofV0216IADnX8Z336AW02yfooO0HfFWI7M2uqnJjZvTwqpcKZYY8C-7nfY27braTF2fLJwEmbCZiv55GIOqkeeFaeyfJKy9KBBJjETDjtf94kLS-8-iXGOKL6bXOPtlaSaYNcYCHPJ4g09wPazCb7OfhzOjHtEiI/s320/5.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sophie Kinsella is one of my favorite authors and I love all of her books and this one is no exception to that. I also loved the setting of this story so much.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Big Nick Energy</i> (Seasons of Revenge #4)</span> –Morgan Elizabeth</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs29hV4akwX7xZYrETTkVDnEJUiAL6fVHZ-s60EOzAzG_pEVKqv-S3DSXkH08YuMbjKx6kMCmwmwDRpKP8zOYoubNeFyyXUhPgBJNb3WT2-temjJ7dAU3dmU7-U3enP13bIX4kskjb3WxUMUWU5uWvWiq7hhKbsAWw-GdxBUu7ePKTHb2KYDmvJoY-iWU/s500/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs29hV4akwX7xZYrETTkVDnEJUiAL6fVHZ-s60EOzAzG_pEVKqv-S3DSXkH08YuMbjKx6kMCmwmwDRpKP8zOYoubNeFyyXUhPgBJNb3WT2-temjJ7dAU3dmU7-U3enP13bIX4kskjb3WxUMUWU5uWvWiq7hhKbsAWw-GdxBUu7ePKTHb2KYDmvJoY-iWU/s320/6.jpg" width="216" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the fourth novel in the Seasons of Revenge series. I really liked this novel (and this series). I think this book is my favorite in the series so far (there is one more book in the series coming at the beginning of March). I loved the main characters and their relationships with each other and their families.</span></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-41001609328378653212024-01-31T07:52:00.000-08:002024-01-31T07:52:54.367-08:00What's Up Wednesday: January 2024 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL_LlcIadXxFGAoTWH8TKWNAwachbg-_0DjYxCfvu3RTHrQCEFIFmVcdJfSxg5t3Nn6sjYFS1gyb2n3INJ6AtuEDM59u40zKSMN9x1BActIEPEBLUtkDi7hDV-uJz9uDVcgIj2WTFV9-J1UYRwue-SpYyswQSJaOeAe_bofXFm4g6I6t94m9Fe7RV0vo/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL_LlcIadXxFGAoTWH8TKWNAwachbg-_0DjYxCfvu3RTHrQCEFIFmVcdJfSxg5t3Nn6sjYFS1gyb2n3INJ6AtuEDM59u40zKSMN9x1BActIEPEBLUtkDi7hDV-uJz9uDVcgIj2WTFV9-J1UYRwue-SpYyswQSJaOeAe_bofXFm4g6I6t94m9Fe7RV0vo/s320/BLOG%201.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFcS2MUPxa3hyLOwIE3L7nISXhTMXHQYiQWKYKQ-r3K5OvdDJU65QFCy37Mwe17QVbVfCDcPjzEWSglOvE4JNAdV5InQRqSaeUnYAqok-u2wB6VY1JruosHPJu8F3fN2gK2JCnSpckGbXrTeWqRCpjITYSYicAd33WjAhrwzQ7vWRMuDEDF1BSw2HOnU/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFcS2MUPxa3hyLOwIE3L7nISXhTMXHQYiQWKYKQ-r3K5OvdDJU65QFCy37Mwe17QVbVfCDcPjzEWSglOvE4JNAdV5InQRqSaeUnYAqok-u2wB6VY1JruosHPJu8F3fN2gK2JCnSpckGbXrTeWqRCpjITYSYicAd33WjAhrwzQ7vWRMuDEDF1BSw2HOnU/s320/BLOG%202.jpg" width="303" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday. Takeout: salad & cheesy bread</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Meatloaf, baked mac & cheese, acorn squash</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wednesday: Leftovers of meatloaf and baked mac & cheese and a vegetable</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My two trips to the Caribbean that both happened in February. One was in 2011 and the other was in 2018 I believe. I love the Caribbean ocean so much and I wish it was closer to where I live so that I could swim in it more often.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching the football playoffs. One game left of the season in February.. the big game. It will be the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49er's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been doing the usual: planning/filming for my YT channel, reading, watching football/tv/movies and Youtube.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing I want to talk about.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filming for my Youtube channel and working on my February content schedule.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Football playoffs.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: New seasons of TV shows, football playoffs, Hallmark movies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: I read 6 books this month. I'll share more in my book recap coming soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sam Hunt, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Bailey Zimmerman, Brett Young, Post Malone</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have no plans other than watching the Pro Bowl game on Sunday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My brother, nephew M, and Grandma have birthdays next month. My fur baby, Davey Eli, will be 16 on Valentine's Day. The Superbowl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">January always makes me depressed because I'm so sad the Christmas and holiday season is over.</span></div></div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-5291772759249763052024-01-09T10:41:00.000-08:002024-02-14T11:01:29.893-08:00My Month Is Booked: January 2024<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1SigF6bX6xEpFV1f3yatFP4aU_YrcCcrNTF0Ot51yT7XYpoFM2lbyPTIxEDEuY0SEu14sSKuDI59-g2aLfo__y302IGdwutxnlFdr3fyjLwWogL8udzQHvA65eV-8HgUtku-GY74f3I_-5emvOVD18FMAesQ1SdKEzHDwBW6iiE5pteWxQ6HqQmZEu0/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1SigF6bX6xEpFV1f3yatFP4aU_YrcCcrNTF0Ot51yT7XYpoFM2lbyPTIxEDEuY0SEu14sSKuDI59-g2aLfo__y302IGdwutxnlFdr3fyjLwWogL8udzQHvA65eV-8HgUtku-GY74f3I_-5emvOVD18FMAesQ1SdKEzHDwBW6iiE5pteWxQ6HqQmZEu0/s1600/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are the books I read in December 2023:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i>A Holly Jolly Ever After (</i>A Christmas Notch #2<i>) </i></span>–Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjGuYz4J3jtxyuOzEjXepqMq96uUQ2AdNwJ2u6NzS9jViW42ibww1JwzLaL6PFbbLbyxFZ_PnbsmRTzmfcFZy85r8mXgQIg0FR3xb0_hDzLUrZoPE-3YxJIXAmP9g7Ype2ajSnvjodblzcrGAsD62wkw1tdQVmo_O60rr_nIpnY1kkP_zh-7Q3pgNU6c/s445/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="293" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjGuYz4J3jtxyuOzEjXepqMq96uUQ2AdNwJ2u6NzS9jViW42ibww1JwzLaL6PFbbLbyxFZ_PnbsmRTzmfcFZy85r8mXgQIg0FR3xb0_hDzLUrZoPE-3YxJIXAmP9g7Ype2ajSnvjodblzcrGAsD62wkw1tdQVmo_O60rr_nIpnY1kkP_zh-7Q3pgNU6c/s320/1.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><p style="text-align: center;">I really enjoyed this novel. I liked this one better than the first book in the series. The characters were all great especially the main characters.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Same Time, Next Year</i> (A Novella)</span> –Tessa Bailey</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtwfv0_E6m3rQ7LJVuF6c-ut0wZZxDvc6PZ1tz47AmOzvzdDtQCsfqi5UXAOWbKUVwDjZdF621x-J7y320USG9tUf6dehYRPFzCG4PDLWZKvGM40Nnaj3ZqkZneEB6QNVOxLrIoGB9MqJ58YUbRvVqK5MTtSHmWxnLcN-JZVsBmRVIprGIyyDG1CTGr4/s500/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtwfv0_E6m3rQ7LJVuF6c-ut0wZZxDvc6PZ1tz47AmOzvzdDtQCsfqi5UXAOWbKUVwDjZdF621x-J7y320USG9tUf6dehYRPFzCG4PDLWZKvGM40Nnaj3ZqkZneEB6QNVOxLrIoGB9MqJ58YUbRvVqK5MTtSHmWxnLcN-JZVsBmRVIprGIyyDG1CTGr4/s320/2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><p style="text-align: center;">This is the first thing I’ve read from Tessa Bailey and I can’t wait to read more. I loved the main characters so much and I honestly wish that this was a full length novel.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Faking Christmas</i> </span>–Cindy Steel</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV6g0lZty1IoRNKQBOh9Bf4wsnLkZjHWWMkyNBnawGI4ujRQ7RL6V2YGFtVzQBSBdh9J0DW2XyWffBi_rGKhMrRg7LK5j_y_jrk8bmGZWnPo4uHp2yjzeMSCiT9jYiISd047Yii5H1JdQ9wVmINncaP3YkiVnGe4bzMPI7JKj7Yu_g2_zXhONYO-LzpM/s1000/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV6g0lZty1IoRNKQBOh9Bf4wsnLkZjHWWMkyNBnawGI4ujRQ7RL6V2YGFtVzQBSBdh9J0DW2XyWffBi_rGKhMrRg7LK5j_y_jrk8bmGZWnPo4uHp2yjzeMSCiT9jYiISd047Yii5H1JdQ9wVmINncaP3YkiVnGe4bzMPI7JKj7Yu_g2_zXhONYO-LzpM/s320/3.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 3 stars</p><p style="text-align: center;">I enjoyed this story. I loved the characters and enjoyed the fake dating trope.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Holiday Romance </i>(Fitzpatrick Christmas #1) </span>–Catherine Walsh</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5vDnNBEmsUMwsvWflD2CQ5IeskyxpEO4KFEfwg3L-mEcVd0ZQ314m1x9k7gyf298dtkhaQ3j0GIez8xjOwBJ5OpEETwU4SSmGGHt26Bx3R7XkOeINlo12Hj9N8giAsf2tA2w6AbkH7ZyPtvLnc5kVbj-24roeC76f3sEkwRVht7cNLauBQfxMzxmW8Q/s445/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5vDnNBEmsUMwsvWflD2CQ5IeskyxpEO4KFEfwg3L-mEcVd0ZQ314m1x9k7gyf298dtkhaQ3j0GIez8xjOwBJ5OpEETwU4SSmGGHt26Bx3R7XkOeINlo12Hj9N8giAsf2tA2w6AbkH7ZyPtvLnc5kVbj-24roeC76f3sEkwRVht7cNLauBQfxMzxmW8Q/s320/4.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><p style="text-align: center;">I loved all of the characters in this book and I thought the storyline was so unique and creative.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Snowed In </i>(Fitzpatrick Christmas #2)</span> –Catherine Walsh</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYemscSQCRWpY39_G1_KR4US1f3jmjRqZSduOmoIpWKfitYCPFUjFeTzjc-8JI-CxCI93ykzxZm3M8WCXs1ExVrtR-ofqf-6yeVTWa53kCqLWnldrX7tNFIMaoiN7uak8HTjQEEq1ohReliiV5KVgZe9XBcCVP3RVyjrVIWNW97lxo5f9SwCSrrq0FZ8/s500/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYemscSQCRWpY39_G1_KR4US1f3jmjRqZSduOmoIpWKfitYCPFUjFeTzjc-8JI-CxCI93ykzxZm3M8WCXs1ExVrtR-ofqf-6yeVTWa53kCqLWnldrX7tNFIMaoiN7uak8HTjQEEq1ohReliiV5KVgZe9XBcCVP3RVyjrVIWNW97lxo5f9SwCSrrq0FZ8/s320/5.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><p style="text-align: center;">Again, I loved all of the characters in this book. This book featured the fake dating trope, which I love.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: red;">Five Gold Rings</span> </i>–Kristen Bailey</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4hqTf2IJ8JM78bmbNcRNoEthDBbUTW_rC6eF_IIT-7GpYuBo9RIzyoEMEGmHSwcZk5FRzry2sl5l1MXfW3JxVeXKxMMF8iXmF_Csy_IKDPcDAdgDMTOI3E34Cs3XTnZaheK_rnih_uTOMk_QcW6-hXWLQr7OyJOQoxktTG0kclJfXAB9k5cH_5ZetuI/s1000/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4hqTf2IJ8JM78bmbNcRNoEthDBbUTW_rC6eF_IIT-7GpYuBo9RIzyoEMEGmHSwcZk5FRzry2sl5l1MXfW3JxVeXKxMMF8iXmF_Csy_IKDPcDAdgDMTOI3E34Cs3XTnZaheK_rnih_uTOMk_QcW6-hXWLQr7OyJOQoxktTG0kclJfXAB9k5cH_5ZetuI/s320/6.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><p style="text-align: center;">I really liked this book. I liked the relationship between the main characters and also the relationships between the main characters and their families.</p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-62549452252389930122024-01-02T07:27:00.000-08:002024-01-02T07:27:23.611-08:002023 Book Survey<p> <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span>Currently Reading?</span></span></span><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eight Perfect Hours</i> –Lia Louis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Your book goal of
2023?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">75<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">How many books read
in 2020?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">90<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Fiction/Non-fiction
ratio?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in left 375.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">89/2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Male/Female authors?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">89/2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Favorite book(s)
read?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Meet
Me at the Lake –</i>Carley Fortune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An
Evil Heart</i> –Linda Castillo (Kate Burkholder #15)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carrie
Soto Is Back</i> –Taylor Jenkins Reid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Darlings</i> –Hannah McKinnon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Do over</i> –Lynn Painter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Better
than the Movies</i> –Lynn Painter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Betting
on You</i> –Lynn Painter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Happy
Place</i> –Emily Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Two
Truths and a Lie</i> –Meg Mitchell Moore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Left
Field Love</i> –C.W. Farnsworth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">11.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Next Chapter</i> –Jana Kramer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">12.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There’s
something about Merry</i> –Codi Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">13.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Along
Came Holly</i> –Codi Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">14.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If
We Were Us –</i>K.L. Walther<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">15. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What Happens After Midnight </i>–K.L.
Walther<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">16. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Plight before Christmas</i> –Kate
Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Least favorite(s)?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don’t think I had a
least favorite book this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Longest title?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop </i>–Gus
Garcia-Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Shortest title?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Prepped</i> –Bethany Mangle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">How many re-reads?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I didn’t re-read any
books this year and that’s so unlike me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">How many audio books?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">How many of this
year’s books were from the library?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would say probably
half, maybe a little more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Favorite cover of a
book you read?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Meet me at the lake</i> –Carley Fortune, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Darlings</i> –Hannah McKinnon, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Plight before Christmas</i> –Kate Stewart, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Most disappointing
book?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">None of the books I read
this year disappointed me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Book that had the
greatest impact on you?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Birdie & Harlow: Life, Love, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I
Didn’t Want Kids</i> –Taylor Wolfe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">2023 read you
recommend the most?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would highly
recommend any of my favorite books of the year and I would also recommend <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Birdie & Harlow: Life, Love, Loss, and
Loving My Dog So Much I Didn’t Want Kids </i>–Taylor Wolfe.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-51732488534815132552023-12-27T08:20:00.000-08:002023-12-27T08:20:58.711-08:00What's Up Wednesday: December 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi735fCL-Crf5zQm1KsoriNcohl3dSzg4igFkHgOwV9HvvMG3JxsmpueZ32CMmrS0Y54vsVuCW4z2TG-r4266CorpvOCErFF4EWs1hABXieA04EYFMz7IHWIq_OGl-QeEjBe83bmqAGMoIHOOfSL1Z1bnlzS0kDXSLibpdUkhCDXB09dghdGeiajnRwPoA/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi735fCL-Crf5zQm1KsoriNcohl3dSzg4igFkHgOwV9HvvMG3JxsmpueZ32CMmrS0Y54vsVuCW4z2TG-r4266CorpvOCErFF4EWs1hABXieA04EYFMz7IHWIq_OGl-QeEjBe83bmqAGMoIHOOfSL1Z1bnlzS0kDXSLibpdUkhCDXB09dghdGeiajnRwPoA/w388-h172/BLOG%201.png" width="388" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bivyOGs1bDj80OFMq7HVdyDQaBzQQcmewlBhtB0sU5U5J7ArLH4uyV5pq0vKRcS798I16lgNgetSReqCg3vHN4TTC7AXSCM_rYtaIN0md9iG2SfyD2aLx3UO5CRrRD6CzuSI3qt2qNvnEU_WPIRzfg-x_AU7oAw7JFNCAjjZh61V2ad1ZFlwZBUnT80/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bivyOGs1bDj80OFMq7HVdyDQaBzQQcmewlBhtB0sU5U5J7ArLH4uyV5pq0vKRcS798I16lgNgetSReqCg3vHN4TTC7AXSCM_rYtaIN0md9iG2SfyD2aLx3UO5CRrRD6CzuSI3qt2qNvnEU_WPIRzfg-x_AU7oAw7JFNCAjjZh61V2ad1ZFlwZBUnT80/w329-h347/BLOG%202.jpg" width="329" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Christmas Dinner: Prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, string beans, brussels sprouts with bacon, salad, rolls</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Cheeseburger, fries, lima beans<br />Wednesday: Stir fry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The holiday season. Watching all of the many Christmas movies! NFL & college football.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My mom had surgery two weeks ago on her foot so I've been taking care of her. I've also been watching a ton of Christmas movies and football. I've also been watching lots of Youtube and reading.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The holiday season going by too fast (as it always does).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been filming for my Youtube channel and I've also been scheduling out my January content for my channel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All things Christmas!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: NFL and college football and all of the Christmas movies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: Christmas novels!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All of the Christmas music!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is my birthday on Sunday. It's also New Year's Eve.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A fresh start to the new year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I covered everything.</span></div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-40466354356174495542023-12-12T06:11:00.000-08:002024-01-09T10:32:44.513-08:00My Month is Booked: December 2023 (Books I read in November)<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK59tmTT-xSkivmLyXey0FtJefUKJUn4IdLTuE9eCu_gz7RDG_oiJcFA-3_6AC981_GkLDTAfyOWNk8aolpoqXOSxUKIGmKkDpdVZsGLo7fVmYpyHe2I5HLIBGJpaXHVHhTGSYi9A3i-pZgUSa3YyfcRZtqak_kaR2My45gElLNwn_QeBK8X4G79T9Y7w/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK59tmTT-xSkivmLyXey0FtJefUKJUn4IdLTuE9eCu_gz7RDG_oiJcFA-3_6AC981_GkLDTAfyOWNk8aolpoqXOSxUKIGmKkDpdVZsGLo7fVmYpyHe2I5HLIBGJpaXHVHhTGSYi9A3i-pZgUSa3YyfcRZtqak_kaR2My45gElLNwn_QeBK8X4G79T9Y7w/w240-h320/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Books I Read in November:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Holiday Mix-Up</i> –</span>Ginny Baird<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was cute
but I didn’t love it as much as I thought I would. I felt like it was a little
repetitive. The ending was really sweet, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There’s something about Merry</i> </span>–Codi Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved this book so
much. The characters, the setting, the plot… I loved it all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Along Came Holly</span></i> –Codi Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another great novel
by Codi Hall. This book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There’s
something About Merry</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nick &
Noel’s Christmas Playlist</i> are part of the Mistletoe Romance series and I
highly recommend this series. The characters, the setting and the plot for all
of these books are just so lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">The Christmas Orphan’s Club</span></i> –Becca Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I really enjoyed this
novel. I liked the characters, the setting, and the plot. The only thing I
didn’t like about this novel was that it was flipping around between different
Christmases during 10 years and it was sometimes very hard to keep up with what
year/Christmas it was talking about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">The Christmas Clash</span></i> –Suzanne Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">4 stars</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought this book
was very cute. However, I would have loved to have more Christmas content
mentioned throughout the book as that was the only thing I found lacking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Betting On You</span> </i>–Lynn
Painter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">5 stars</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another amazing novel
by Lynn Painter. This book sucked me right in just like her other novels. I
read this in 2 days and I probably would have read it in one day but it didn’t
arrive (I pre-ordered it) until 3:30 in the afternoon. I loved the characters
so much.</span></p><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-12345955880742555822023-11-29T06:08:00.000-08:002023-12-27T06:50:13.366-08:00What's Up Wednesday: November 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYlOYyyyVIF8mYspx36vryOE0zlprKitqN3hQP94p6oaPTtWa36omBpZe0dbwtnlylOpFVfuFt0emgwbUNya0UaGQQIKcDja3dDUwbofKz__Qn4HgSanVaINIrEDyKCB-oMKgCa3TJaZLR4NhPzuDZvoqdbxAWn9f_1T_3fQDIvKaZmG6KNdYE1Yjz1U/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYlOYyyyVIF8mYspx36vryOE0zlprKitqN3hQP94p6oaPTtWa36omBpZe0dbwtnlylOpFVfuFt0emgwbUNya0UaGQQIKcDja3dDUwbofKz__Qn4HgSanVaINIrEDyKCB-oMKgCa3TJaZLR4NhPzuDZvoqdbxAWn9f_1T_3fQDIvKaZmG6KNdYE1Yjz1U/w379-h168/BLOG%201.png" width="379" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSnUP2Lf66EpSJW6r16cdhvOGBcN6pSYJVk56alaqUqRwDxI624LS6ZoyD_MIYAxdtge7nGPj6MobCIEP0dka2SW7O_9ncn8DRq9gKFK2o9JorTVZWGmY6DqlQTrV6kAA6agUChFlIP2ahBf0hpPsIi3nkQ6X3ro-_tbRo0xFFEDovd5oQBKVlFr7WHc/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSnUP2Lf66EpSJW6r16cdhvOGBcN6pSYJVk56alaqUqRwDxI624LS6ZoyD_MIYAxdtge7nGPj6MobCIEP0dka2SW7O_9ncn8DRq9gKFK2o9JorTVZWGmY6DqlQTrV6kAA6agUChFlIP2ahBf0hpPsIi3nkQ6X3ro-_tbRo0xFFEDovd5oQBKVlFr7WHc/s320/BLOG%202.jpg" width="303" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Late lunch of Chipotle so I just had some vegetables for dinner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Buffalo Wild Wings</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My trips to visit my family during the holiday season!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching all of the Christmas movies and listening to Christmas music.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching football, reading, planning out my content for my Youtube channel for December & January, watching Christmas movies, filming for my Youtube channel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That the Christmas season will go by too fast, like it does every year. I always have the post-Christmas blues in January.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Planning out my content for my Youtube channel for December & January.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All things Christmas!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: Football, Survior, Dancing With the Stars, Sullivan's Crossing (I highly recommend this show), Christmas movies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: My pre-order of<i> Betting on You</i> by Lynn Painter arrives today and I will be starting that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas music!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching football, baking cookies, watching Christmas movies!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas, my niece O's birthday, my birthday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyPHWahyphenhyphenNyQu6n1fPrzaIMuj8LF6TaUnOc44jx4RX9fjBv-_7WFaFe_-amu4JQJph30xEpf0QziVyH7288uFLHmO9qiZPo__gD64KXrSDUU6192Mu1Qn80weTJWqify2zGxvlij5ILSC-WNELTu1REqnMmhSLGydZrvIjQnA55nw9NHhceUXRWpcUXgs/s500/large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyPHWahyphenhyphenNyQu6n1fPrzaIMuj8LF6TaUnOc44jx4RX9fjBv-_7WFaFe_-amu4JQJph30xEpf0QziVyH7288uFLHmO9qiZPo__gD64KXrSDUU6192Mu1Qn80weTJWqify2zGxvlij5ILSC-WNELTu1REqnMmhSLGydZrvIjQnA55nw9NHhceUXRWpcUXgs/s320/large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I covered everything.</span></div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-51933689709083063922023-11-14T07:35:00.000-08:002023-11-14T07:43:38.677-08:00My Month Is Booked: October 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHJixevTS2T1stKAtxzfS5DE01Qduv-7YY-7Yr_i0spWLpD4Q2gAtu_M4Ygep5ukQaJiHI9qZ0n7XAweSRpVSkdnw9bJxpKDjkhhV5yvBCc16w97LBvCAKXbrqYYFQjkSobuZAqbzOff5ZOZGiaS3ZkE3ZN_A_UjvAIRYNchWg35ObjUfM5ta8UilDUQ/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHJixevTS2T1stKAtxzfS5DE01Qduv-7YY-7Yr_i0spWLpD4Q2gAtu_M4Ygep5ukQaJiHI9qZ0n7XAweSRpVSkdnw9bJxpKDjkhhV5yvBCc16w97LBvCAKXbrqYYFQjkSobuZAqbzOff5ZOZGiaS3ZkE3ZN_A_UjvAIRYNchWg35ObjUfM5ta8UilDUQ/w243-h324/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="243" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The fall of Bradley
Reed</span></i> –Morgan Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the third
novel in the Seasons of Revenge series. I really enjoyed this novel and I
recently found out that there will be a fourth novel in this series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyHi3v7uWIyNGpJDM9HSmmVap_B6zDs1jeYlTWVg3KbazQFL3sfDYjdtLqQ1XXX827ZOMteOYPYHT0uD9jX_8SN_rSfCcx_kpQ3AvuyuQW8agfWFyP0cScivufX4yArjDKIQSF0QYYCZQ6AMMD6tKa1WxA1MDeCSy7XUkX6lRlPXA_b56fo-_yZYtQhw/s445/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyHi3v7uWIyNGpJDM9HSmmVap_B6zDs1jeYlTWVg3KbazQFL3sfDYjdtLqQ1XXX827ZOMteOYPYHT0uD9jX_8SN_rSfCcx_kpQ3AvuyuQW8agfWFyP0cScivufX4yArjDKIQSF0QYYCZQ6AMMD6tKa1WxA1MDeCSy7XUkX6lRlPXA_b56fo-_yZYtQhw/s320/1.jpg" width="213" /></a><br /><br /></span></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Faking Christmas</span></i>
–Kerry Winfrey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my first
Kerry Winfrey novel that I read (I have two more of her books on my Kindle) and
her other books are on my TBR list. I really loved this book. The fake dating
and enemies to lover’s trope were present in this novel. I love Christmas
novels so much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXmFhV7fyPhhB74P3ZPlHrbMBySNHizhyphenhyphenhWzT2eIBP3svkP8fau7s4qXz7Kk9pJTz-8dG6CYvnEzVPfFvzU6o409Tui3y6tVovUgWHOB6kZCfEhv7bPSRu_voMPj4To4pMgyMaWAHli2tjVjtHbNLok8DKkENgLXV5h8iR0syaeMO_q_92wvKYCIjjCk/s500/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXmFhV7fyPhhB74P3ZPlHrbMBySNHizhyphenhyphenhWzT2eIBP3svkP8fau7s4qXz7Kk9pJTz-8dG6CYvnEzVPfFvzU6o409Tui3y6tVovUgWHOB6kZCfEhv7bPSRu_voMPj4To4pMgyMaWAHli2tjVjtHbNLok8DKkENgLXV5h8iR0syaeMO_q_92wvKYCIjjCk/s320/2.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Christmas Wager
</span></i>–Holly Cassidy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This novel was super
cute. I loved the relationship between the two main characters. I thought the
concept of the holiday games in the book was so fun and unique.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkc9NIQ72-_5BKydiZ06Zy_pNDMGcUyGNOUazWeku-CVwpAm3imPq-RLKmdtOwNvrWov_PWYGKMhBScSxGOHgBxUjxPu7WPIYJN0-TlQXz8IcD8uQAEHGD4vrHJ9b9Wz4NhiVVOZacsuw7o17508IufCwfjGT-s7fJGpJiXCJyO_Kx5w6GRwgejnoaBSc/s1000/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="649" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkc9NIQ72-_5BKydiZ06Zy_pNDMGcUyGNOUazWeku-CVwpAm3imPq-RLKmdtOwNvrWov_PWYGKMhBScSxGOHgBxUjxPu7WPIYJN0-TlQXz8IcD8uQAEHGD4vrHJ9b9Wz4NhiVVOZacsuw7o17508IufCwfjGT-s7fJGpJiXCJyO_Kx5w6GRwgejnoaBSc/s320/4.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Christmas Café</span>
</i>–Eliza Evans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is Eliza Evans
debut novel and I loved it so much! I loved the relationship between the main
characters, the setting, the plot… I loved it all. However, it made me want
lots of sweets because it kept talking about baked goods in detail. Lol. I
can’t wait for more novels from this author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndAaVOhxHSI9U7q7PTq1qAesH_94ee3mSLEeIZ7NbpeN4m0V5JaMV2sSNupHYLreSu6m0HGrRC5VbRjXdXkrxJ64yY9jppXFn-5Hv47dBiDQ9dCDgkqGzZRBuPglx1C40fNualcZhA0-TwH_F59Qvd2GK7acdeamoKcZp6JTJRlJJ5_QxCYIOYb5gi50/s1000/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="649" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndAaVOhxHSI9U7q7PTq1qAesH_94ee3mSLEeIZ7NbpeN4m0V5JaMV2sSNupHYLreSu6m0HGrRC5VbRjXdXkrxJ64yY9jppXFn-5Hv47dBiDQ9dCDgkqGzZRBuPglx1C40fNualcZhA0-TwH_F59Qvd2GK7acdeamoKcZp6JTJRlJJ5_QxCYIOYb5gi50/s320/3.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>A winter in New York</i>
</span>–Josie Silver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I read the first 4
chapters of this book super quickly. Then I felt bored for about 4 or 5 chapters
and then I was hooked again. It’s a cute story. I really enjoyed the characters
and the setting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-_OPA3BvDtzBfeXHvDOWT8AQX-nlYoIkI_qv8iPHQdmEZHLP-tLy-iPJK_P5EtMQVJ_o5XGl1AshRymX8Cw2orMzxvIZNBNqigGaFaAPfq2UQxgTYBUw6qDWdgIkUWXTRAcJUG9tkNLzc2sbAkIWuwefuJh6Jr5qcvRvMgic3dw0sCGhQ6JMgDw0VmQ/s445/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-_OPA3BvDtzBfeXHvDOWT8AQX-nlYoIkI_qv8iPHQdmEZHLP-tLy-iPJK_P5EtMQVJ_o5XGl1AshRymX8Cw2orMzxvIZNBNqigGaFaAPfq2UQxgTYBUw6qDWdgIkUWXTRAcJUG9tkNLzc2sbAkIWuwefuJh6Jr5qcvRvMgic3dw0sCGhQ6JMgDw0VmQ/s320/5.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Next Chapter
</span></i>–Jana Kramer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved this book so
much. Jana Kramer is one of my favorite actresses/singers. I highly recommend
this book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83FZ-GFFXi1VjcAJ-bDz1z0SvMeKBgzSLg4P3BbCky_MM7vHgktMpYWc_y7vz83ieB-BmkJmIegLZvPE0L_xdwt7bp6saKdzU_D-eQ9h_Q9GudtG9mMZ-R0eiJuBoHqKQ_ISxV8kl1XfQYn-g9GB-1q1rbt1JYVIJOuBAwy26fd7hHKJrBFHGQN3lUUk/s276/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83FZ-GFFXi1VjcAJ-bDz1z0SvMeKBgzSLg4P3BbCky_MM7vHgktMpYWc_y7vz83ieB-BmkJmIegLZvPE0L_xdwt7bp6saKdzU_D-eQ9h_Q9GudtG9mMZ-R0eiJuBoHqKQ_ISxV8kl1XfQYn-g9GB-1q1rbt1JYVIJOuBAwy26fd7hHKJrBFHGQN3lUUk/s1600/6.jpg" width="183" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Plight before
Christmas </span></i>–Kate Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was super
cute. I loved the characters, the plot, the setting. It was a super cute
Christmas novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZMERGyjl18l6OWUn33fMXpVq9Zg5aPdFK7xFj6EtbZdJHQYns8jsmvjHkGSINE_IqCC6U5fVlLtilPHQolajHV73RkQVu4WMYMOgJIYsyBlRrZQZqTaq5cp-vNpn14O0CI_fUiOxWPDugqL9kycekqhw5P4Fm5e5CTlTJpZE2ZzzGNRR9kL1bb3q6wA/s1500/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZMERGyjl18l6OWUn33fMXpVq9Zg5aPdFK7xFj6EtbZdJHQYns8jsmvjHkGSINE_IqCC6U5fVlLtilPHQolajHV73RkQVu4WMYMOgJIYsyBlRrZQZqTaq5cp-vNpn14O0CI_fUiOxWPDugqL9kycekqhw5P4Fm5e5CTlTJpZE2ZzzGNRR9kL1bb3q6wA/s320/7.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-61688037087746195062023-10-25T05:17:00.002-07:002023-10-25T05:17:45.030-07:00What's Up Wednesday: October 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOOz74V6Xont24v3amflpZCGUuANs95kEYJ5hH0P5Q704bJl1mZaMn2hWV58uYeDcDvbAyGpbZgBuU6IhLD2awfriNmXySDihoP4wqFFRAFhnh_JuXyiJUlhu8N6az1wG-EJe2UD281WCR831b2ZSXcm9d9lZdMpWfm0UbU3O-R1Z-cDUryO-Kx-l6KY/w319-h337/BLOG%202.jpg" width="319" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Pepperoni roll</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Sausage & veggies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About... </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The last time the Mets were in the World Series in 2015.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spending time with family and friends, reading, watching sports/tv/movies, these new cookies I found at the grocery store.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bestie day with ABA, time with mom, filming, reading, watching sports/tv/movies.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Content schedule for November & December.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">MLB playoffs & World Series, high school and college football and the NFL.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching... All the football and baseball, Hallmark movies.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading... <i>A Winter in New York</i> by Josie Silver.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Morgan Wallen, Sam Hunt, Eric Church, Bailey Zimmerman, Jessie James Decker, Zoe Clark, Van Morrison.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spending time with my family.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">New Christmas movie releases, lots of football, the World Series, Thanksgiving, Black Friday/Cyber Monday sticker shopping.</span></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-75246995913319561772023-10-10T07:44:00.006-07:002023-10-10T07:44:48.174-07:00My Month is Booked: October 2023<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdHZM37-BxgjvkkUa_Xx-dotmo1z8FtX6pwiqPFMTwQOw0zYBSNZ3k4KjzKc0gDyCxppzhyyXFmkNo5QnDvC_UQnaL4Lj93h200Bxo934kAvS-j8_84b7BwZ4Ns0DA3lLauJ75xuoplYRE3t5t3zAveL_oMuilshXccstuGVE1yjaWVK-facoLRts5AA/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdHZM37-BxgjvkkUa_Xx-dotmo1z8FtX6pwiqPFMTwQOw0zYBSNZ3k4KjzKc0gDyCxppzhyyXFmkNo5QnDvC_UQnaL4Lj93h200Bxo934kAvS-j8_84b7BwZ4Ns0DA3lLauJ75xuoplYRE3t5t3zAveL_oMuilshXccstuGVE1yjaWVK-facoLRts5AA/w246-h328/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="246" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>First Down</i> (Beyond the Play #1)</span> –Grace Reilly<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxibndkWMe_LKx0nCPjDtxQn3tnFshq2Kx-jyqB_X_pI3zQNhnTMm57HZCfye9fcX7tyBdaNltOvhpmqIVlkVKhj2-GxCz6NPFNFRKr-dsDLlD3cCr-OWGk5slmEpCaNB03X2pbC50jF2VfhCnQGJSN28vn8hsNYmn97sWtdowARrUGPCC4xh3vzsKnr4/s385/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="241" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxibndkWMe_LKx0nCPjDtxQn3tnFshq2Kx-jyqB_X_pI3zQNhnTMm57HZCfye9fcX7tyBdaNltOvhpmqIVlkVKhj2-GxCz6NPFNFRKr-dsDLlD3cCr-OWGk5slmEpCaNB03X2pbC50jF2VfhCnQGJSN28vn8hsNYmn97sWtdowARrUGPCC4xh3vzsKnr4/s320/1.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A romance novel that centers on sports? Sign me up! The
sport in this book is football. I love the relationship between the two main
characters and I love that both of their POV’s were in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Breakaway </i>(Beyond the Play #2) </span>–Grace Reilly<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpw4ARLP2qChnDoEKaZTRs5cT-EnG32TYMQt59oPv61MdR-yBQXz8SvSh3nULwDJMykIiDXF-3KvfiuYo_c1TKwqKlGqEWxf-C_npyOuMiqnw6NcNepGJ4xozHv9Cg1g47fpjB1wirpByEPq_Sf8xksvBsWu8unX9EbYlyySe-nm6zvsUnuDuSryaaDg/s300/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="171" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpw4ARLP2qChnDoEKaZTRs5cT-EnG32TYMQt59oPv61MdR-yBQXz8SvSh3nULwDJMykIiDXF-3KvfiuYo_c1TKwqKlGqEWxf-C_npyOuMiqnw6NcNepGJ4xozHv9Cg1g47fpjB1wirpByEPq_Sf8xksvBsWu8unX9EbYlyySe-nm6zvsUnuDuSryaaDg/s1600/2.jpg" width="171" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sport featured in this book is hockey. I enjoyed this
book but the one thing I didn’t like was that I felt like there were so many
more sex scenes compared to the first novel in this series. Don’t get me wrong,
I don’t mind some sex scenes in books but I felt like there was too many of
them in this book. Still, I did enjoy the relationship between the two main
characters like I did in the first novel of this series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Stealing Home</i> (Beyond the Play #3)</span> –Grace Reilly<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTbQX9dplq0J3nTmfQBl8oK_QmGxOFbKf-j8YF8s1ZqA6yVkv6adUiZ_6E3tZ-znRI5JebpzDadj6ryfQHdQcwX-d7PlIQCkuB2GqTL4mqnqgxvgDjelxK_gRa0ibKAiKXnlhx29DC9ggg7J7kAMI9JxDTIE8QVzoRU2qGL3i1L0NXLq8w9sszk5XC4A/s300/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="171" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTbQX9dplq0J3nTmfQBl8oK_QmGxOFbKf-j8YF8s1ZqA6yVkv6adUiZ_6E3tZ-znRI5JebpzDadj6ryfQHdQcwX-d7PlIQCkuB2GqTL4mqnqgxvgDjelxK_gRa0ibKAiKXnlhx29DC9ggg7J7kAMI9JxDTIE8QVzoRU2qGL3i1L0NXLq8w9sszk5XC4A/s1600/3.jpg" width="171" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sport featured in this book is baseball. I enjoyed this
book. I like this series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>All That’s Left to Say</i></span> –Emery Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxi7KD3m-AYY_jbv-zckyZkhGEZGE8_lG2xUezA-PPjUfmtD1NcOMmEM0Cj8oHU01haLZnHCOEzMYTeX7rp_e5JeLkRquC543ax3UZI7DC6u85yvRkamTJbRao5D_n0mwcnpMYq7_NStAwyE1-TsVfMt5IXlxfBMaNdXrSJMl09uGlKqlOZ3tdSNwARg/s445/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxi7KD3m-AYY_jbv-zckyZkhGEZGE8_lG2xUezA-PPjUfmtD1NcOMmEM0Cj8oHU01haLZnHCOEzMYTeX7rp_e5JeLkRquC543ax3UZI7DC6u85yvRkamTJbRao5D_n0mwcnpMYq7_NStAwyE1-TsVfMt5IXlxfBMaNdXrSJMl09uGlKqlOZ3tdSNwARg/s320/4.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I liked this book. I felt like it was different (not in a
bad way) from her other books because of the mystery element to the story. I
really love Emery Lord and her writing style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Love Me Do </i></span>–Lindsey Kelk<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LLCpLsferCpDC9Rw5ziFYR83aCenIFpRRSVRpZOp-z-f7veKK3LT4Oo0nlWz9kNiNvSjwiWCoLFKet7dOtwSdqCafcXNHFq9hPiMZRCoI6TZoiPDvpA9cGCu469OEwmJQ0iUXw_8dFZUvEZxC6Wf8WgbG25_mb9QGytY6BzeEo2ILIb8cetAyt003bg/s445/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="292" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LLCpLsferCpDC9Rw5ziFYR83aCenIFpRRSVRpZOp-z-f7veKK3LT4Oo0nlWz9kNiNvSjwiWCoLFKet7dOtwSdqCafcXNHFq9hPiMZRCoI6TZoiPDvpA9cGCu469OEwmJQ0iUXw_8dFZUvEZxC6Wf8WgbG25_mb9QGytY6BzeEo2ILIb8cetAyt003bg/s320/5.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another fabulous novel from Lindsey Kelk. I loved the
characters in this story. I love Lindsey’s style of writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Walk off </span></i>–Megan Cousins (Wild Pitches #4)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiBIv7mJA1Y9gffFNl9ZxnkbcvFZNDhJy3Rfm8O5qecWPCFe5e57Kx46lYdjCq4v-kF6_-oyOLU_VuU_UUYlO76XwxTk5fy5j8hEYfgTSlElbD-opej910GjAmNjIGKxHVwo76iR6s29qVdRpZElMXh4sO_NHsVYVQlUd6p6fMNeRl2S4bZvg3z1hBBc/s445/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="287" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiBIv7mJA1Y9gffFNl9ZxnkbcvFZNDhJy3Rfm8O5qecWPCFe5e57Kx46lYdjCq4v-kF6_-oyOLU_VuU_UUYlO76XwxTk5fy5j8hEYfgTSlElbD-opej910GjAmNjIGKxHVwo76iR6s29qVdRpZElMXh4sO_NHsVYVQlUd6p6fMNeRl2S4bZvg3z1hBBc/s320/6.jpg" width="206" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the fourth final novel in the Wild Pitches series
and I loved it so much. I love this series and I will definitely re-read it
again in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Birdie & Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want Kids (…Until I Did) </i></span>–Taylor Wolfe</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bgd1b7zz8SQ4Nv4QXd7T3P5dWvM2z5TBDal4C_SHmRHuriVeuBuWI968P6dpXnKNIXcyWd8gmHJwvGTh8f5rwEAZqVI7uhJnyDLeDxbYG3b8eTBFO-yCPmwQdCSm71epAdxp9ck6ZTBrmbQNvhmaGPm7hoYhSEgRtUAgxcPHo_k5rWN1yxlWgtsa958/s385/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bgd1b7zz8SQ4Nv4QXd7T3P5dWvM2z5TBDal4C_SHmRHuriVeuBuWI968P6dpXnKNIXcyWd8gmHJwvGTh8f5rwEAZqVI7uhJnyDLeDxbYG3b8eTBFO-yCPmwQdCSm71epAdxp9ck6ZTBrmbQNvhmaGPm7hoYhSEgRtUAgxcPHo_k5rWN1yxlWgtsa958/s320/7.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Book warning (no warning for my review): pet sickness and
pet loss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I knew this book was going to be hard for me to read at some
parts and I was right. At those parts I knew would be hard, I could barely see
the words in front of me through my tears. I did love this book though. Taylor
Wolfe is a blogger and influencer that I’ve been following for years so I knew
some of what she was going to write about in this book from her blog posts.
Taylor truly put into words how much we love our fur-babies and are devoted to
them. I really hope Taylor writes more books in the future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-63546490198045519182023-09-27T06:56:00.001-07:002023-09-27T06:56:03.421-07:00What's Up Wednesday: September 2023 Edition<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHPpooMy1qX2d8XN2RjuU7MOrimpeNUiT3hPPXgF2KyoqKXSgc8SED7u0p37uc56JBlYkuHEG4P-UDyAtIbCpt0DmXehKwdv_D5LD-jRqYtVA4DD2C5OqMXjiHCDNSceMoHJ8y4tk4tTaUe_nvlYIvJrMf3sXyGS9DnAssKms5jO-nF8B-M3BgzmlI-g/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHPpooMy1qX2d8XN2RjuU7MOrimpeNUiT3hPPXgF2KyoqKXSgc8SED7u0p37uc56JBlYkuHEG4P-UDyAtIbCpt0DmXehKwdv_D5LD-jRqYtVA4DD2C5OqMXjiHCDNSceMoHJ8y4tk4tTaUe_nvlYIvJrMf3sXyGS9DnAssKms5jO-nF8B-M3BgzmlI-g/w412-h183/BLOG%201.png" width="412" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJBrCe20XeFsCOrn1JRCneL00BefPb51wtb_Ob4L-9dDD9hr69NNzAkKzVkKhpvPU_ZSe8cHebBtza5fKgqtSzSNjjnJeRQr0nB88IPVcLcJGjUtCF4djz43feuACjyAIqQQHG-PmvA8izOtr-QeDV2UB3yHIq_-YFSQkRLSdO04QZwCLpsv8YtNeerQ/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJBrCe20XeFsCOrn1JRCneL00BefPb51wtb_Ob4L-9dDD9hr69NNzAkKzVkKhpvPU_ZSe8cHebBtza5fKgqtSzSNjjnJeRQr0nB88IPVcLcJGjUtCF4djz43feuACjyAIqQQHG-PmvA8izOtr-QeDV2UB3yHIq_-YFSQkRLSdO04QZwCLpsv8YtNeerQ/s320/BLOG%202.jpg" width="303" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Leftovers (pepperoni roll & salad)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Pasta</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wednesday: Leftovers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walking home from school growing up in September with the crunchy leaves under my feet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Football. I've been watching a ton of football. I watch my nephew's football games through a streaming service since I don't live close to them. I've also been watching a ton of college football and NFL.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Besides watching football, I've been reading a lot. I've also been watching lots of movies and TV shows. I have been filming for my Youtube channel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This Sunday, will be the 1 year anniversary of Pumpkin's passing and I've been very sad and heartbroken about it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm starting to film my October content for my Youtube channel. I also took everything out of my dresser and re-organized everything.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">New seasons of Survivor, DWTS, and some other fall TV. I'm also excited about Hallmark movies as always. In the fall, like I mentioned above, I'm always excited for football season.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: Dancing With The Stars, Survivor which premieres tonight, Hallmark & GAC movies, football</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: The Fall of Bradley Reed by Morgan Elizabeth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sam Hunt, Bailey Zimmerman, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, Zoe Clark</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching lots of football, reading, filming for my Youtube channel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trip to visit my family, my mom's birthday, my dad's birthday, my cat Mango's birthday, Halloween.</span></div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-52548611498820370222023-09-12T07:42:00.007-07:002023-09-12T07:42:38.555-07:00Books Read in August 2023 (My Month Is Booked Link-Up)<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAO3sY4mzmkjstIAEyDn5yBCpn6OsXaRJg30BZBxw4XvfyC71r2w1Ms3aYnCAZs6ObZr0xhZuvF65go3Ho-LMEBJ3sWPP98nSH0AS3QxAgdQ4FWknKJON5IIukDeNxHWRtFtsobtXssWH11-MRvxmHsnhNQBJY5hTwDtzL1wMDBlrPwYCKntgkrD7J_s0/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAO3sY4mzmkjstIAEyDn5yBCpn6OsXaRJg30BZBxw4XvfyC71r2w1Ms3aYnCAZs6ObZr0xhZuvF65go3Ho-LMEBJ3sWPP98nSH0AS3QxAgdQ4FWknKJON5IIukDeNxHWRtFtsobtXssWH11-MRvxmHsnhNQBJY5hTwDtzL1wMDBlrPwYCKntgkrD7J_s0/w251-h335/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="251" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><i><span style="color: red;">Talking at Night</span></i> –Claire Daverley<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigORdeCwQO7M7edp8BpKD8KbziR1F4cFldj2kIQd1m3rGPAFd-9cbhwv9TCE-ZQN6twZFkHvX_Da9-mknJIt-INH-0H3pAkQgoE_70N9c8BAELVntZ7-kVMPQ_e0MenPGZr0kC2WupdBXEn1dpEXtWNOsPrBz0GtLLKPDORRUuvvpu99gb4LDMXPrEszc/s445/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigORdeCwQO7M7edp8BpKD8KbziR1F4cFldj2kIQd1m3rGPAFd-9cbhwv9TCE-ZQN6twZFkHvX_Da9-mknJIt-INH-0H3pAkQgoE_70N9c8BAELVntZ7-kVMPQ_e0MenPGZr0kC2WupdBXEn1dpEXtWNOsPrBz0GtLLKPDORRUuvvpu99gb4LDMXPrEszc/s320/1.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I saw that one of my favorite authors loved this book which
is a debut novel and I decided to give it a shot. I really liked the
relationship between the two main characters. One thing I did not like about
this book was that the conversations did not have quotes “ around them. I found
that frustrating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Summer Stage</span></i> –Meg Mitchell Moore<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9I5vrby8JrhhHjVJK5u1qAbPYzshDtNVc6xtQYahA0pJgTgHxrjeghnFMIzjjs1Ffa1eBakcSeyqviE1Al2NvAGAKY5MFakUoudwjUY1YkwmWwv2cd6-XbeQSXTpm6xo-E8ldkPy8eu12vGV7De2f0aDkFqCNYS2ryilVwWa5fdGlMsuVvt2cNNxGSY/s445/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9I5vrby8JrhhHjVJK5u1qAbPYzshDtNVc6xtQYahA0pJgTgHxrjeghnFMIzjjs1Ffa1eBakcSeyqviE1Al2NvAGAKY5MFakUoudwjUY1YkwmWwv2cd6-XbeQSXTpm6xo-E8ldkPy8eu12vGV7De2f0aDkFqCNYS2ryilVwWa5fdGlMsuVvt2cNNxGSY/s320/2.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I really love Meg Mitchell Moore’s writing. This book was
told from three different POV’s and it was so good.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Captain’s Daughter</span></i> –Meg Mitchell Moore<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPfLL9g86LQaKWF9LhhKm1YK5le0QLKTKQZp9GQUX2dIvaT6ilalGTrC9hVWHPvXZvM-suMxXo5hxOkTghTmrXoGHm_A1fj_ClPaowIvYiN2O27WYXzQgn9_Ox1VoSI0nsQvvwPR0d4u_aG1UIQj1dBH25EI69duDWG6HyvdT1XHY3bRzSNGMMmwo9po/s445/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPfLL9g86LQaKWF9LhhKm1YK5le0QLKTKQZp9GQUX2dIvaT6ilalGTrC9hVWHPvXZvM-suMxXo5hxOkTghTmrXoGHm_A1fj_ClPaowIvYiN2O27WYXzQgn9_Ox1VoSI0nsQvvwPR0d4u_aG1UIQj1dBH25EI69duDWG6HyvdT1XHY3bRzSNGMMmwo9po/s320/3.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another great read from Meg Mitchell Moore. This book was
very sad at some parts but overall it was a really great book. I really love
her style of writing and I can’t wait to read the rest of her novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">We Ship It </span></i>–Lauren Kay<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGMM9yA0ivbFwcN3Ckfu7CKBntou0FXJFFFGmyNETmdvFs97k691LQTREPJAewX8LxeE2cQUnXIlXZ9Mvat4ev7wiUyJzL2QxmvqXmoWPGhiVNmc51FOMwSSlC8lT-8jOpKnkDECV3op4OZMEcCMu76BMYo22SSZzZFPhhNMIaKSVn5yARo7K5tlIu6M/s445/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGMM9yA0ivbFwcN3Ckfu7CKBntou0FXJFFFGmyNETmdvFs97k691LQTREPJAewX8LxeE2cQUnXIlXZ9Mvat4ev7wiUyJzL2QxmvqXmoWPGhiVNmc51FOMwSSlC8lT-8jOpKnkDECV3op4OZMEcCMu76BMYo22SSZzZFPhhNMIaKSVn5yARo7K5tlIu6M/s320/4.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book centered on a very academic and strict rule
following teenager who doesn’t want to go on a cruise with her family during
summer but ultimately ends up having a pretty good time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Cruel summer </span></i>–Morgan Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjLJHtsboL1yX8eKCvFFOSiH2iG7uHfljqdmSLHUmlaCcdIe0BCSNKUeHVFS-Z7oZP4rCYpUXMY9tj4_W0TnUqmGCA4h9JCiV-krZKxRM1mIeB-PKkADoO8nN6dPilFEGXNP69a2AP5RGK48buXePWBBkXYB5Qneqxk1BcooSVjgIIfFT09aoguhYFNM/s445/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="282" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjLJHtsboL1yX8eKCvFFOSiH2iG7uHfljqdmSLHUmlaCcdIe0BCSNKUeHVFS-Z7oZP4rCYpUXMY9tj4_W0TnUqmGCA4h9JCiV-krZKxRM1mIeB-PKkADoO8nN6dPilFEGXNP69a2AP5RGK48buXePWBBkXYB5Qneqxk1BcooSVjgIIfFT09aoguhYFNM/s320/5.jpg" width="203" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was the second novel in the Seasons of Revenge
series. I enjoyed this novel much more than the 1st one in the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">What Happens After Midnight</span></i> –K.L. Walther<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENlRwumYDnWU9gkIzbCrNru3yKxVoeSAYFVkWVhYCHzQU1L25ilZkasQ4vFse3odqldF6-8pCiW-9jvkw2-jgCTZ8GCbgyliTkzxm4RoTQppXFIJ9NuIoIBxJnXQNQ91wNQdG9OYk1DjF8SuHITlQ7WnD8-z6rejyvy1coeIq5XDTrH1tEa8izM_ktRo/s445/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENlRwumYDnWU9gkIzbCrNru3yKxVoeSAYFVkWVhYCHzQU1L25ilZkasQ4vFse3odqldF6-8pCiW-9jvkw2-jgCTZ8GCbgyliTkzxm4RoTQppXFIJ9NuIoIBxJnXQNQ91wNQdG9OYk1DjF8SuHITlQ7WnD8-z6rejyvy1coeIq5XDTrH1tEa8izM_ktRo/s320/6.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another fantastic novel from K.L. Walther. I love her style
of writing. I always love her characters as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Tilly in Technicolor</i> </span>–Mazzy Eddings<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqd27zmuUv9Fy196StVQJ4f5zNwb9twhY0PWwBDE630FItfMcV5A8IiGyuNsWhGhfXASbxo87_eKZIbok5d_czm3ldmyl12TH2dt8XtqLs1sBGlyB_fywr9L-1iKWU7MNcfakZjKZt_nPqQJg8ebEGXHxJ17NX_LfgIAY5rrnO409VeXnmkDhL0cv5kws/s445/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqd27zmuUv9Fy196StVQJ4f5zNwb9twhY0PWwBDE630FItfMcV5A8IiGyuNsWhGhfXASbxo87_eKZIbok5d_czm3ldmyl12TH2dt8XtqLs1sBGlyB_fywr9L-1iKWU7MNcfakZjKZt_nPqQJg8ebEGXHxJ17NX_LfgIAY5rrnO409VeXnmkDhL0cv5kws/s320/7.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved that the two main characters in this novel are both Neurodivergent.
I love the relationship between the two main characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The summer List </span></i>–Ginger Walls<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDtXe2_zUbaxCR90MYkmI_3jN04_jCMh2k_nd-a_vXJ1GVbGqvu6stLK2UNn_D4n8JpM-wAK9U6gxS7_Nw73KkR5RMG3Vsl4bJP7IAhfNdQULz4T2WDG3Z5CkRxRCvbXoOGJlBj0SqSQOd-SwugzIrNIotr6Q_n_P8bS4jrGlxf2qJrTsZFXKv6CGqXI/s445/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDtXe2_zUbaxCR90MYkmI_3jN04_jCMh2k_nd-a_vXJ1GVbGqvu6stLK2UNn_D4n8JpM-wAK9U6gxS7_Nw73KkR5RMG3Vsl4bJP7IAhfNdQULz4T2WDG3Z5CkRxRCvbXoOGJlBj0SqSQOd-SwugzIrNIotr6Q_n_P8bS4jrGlxf2qJrTsZFXKv6CGqXI/s320/8.jpg" width="201" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was a cute summer themed story. I really like the
relationship between the two main characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Left Field Love</span></i> –C.W. Farnsworth<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7IEb84BHHa0POzYmvZTFvllzjIA3EvTaYuI6njJlSTWbbpeqk1Kx-eSgAGcsP9iE0GRf5OGMvxQoogmuzlp3uVH2BJMh4TDaIzyipOTl9Jhm2u6C7JRlzIDmVLRYwpy7sT4RESYLjSbk4053F2srT7q0Rgj5cFrXWuFcHTBths3b_VCJCeYwlDlLzPg/s445/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7IEb84BHHa0POzYmvZTFvllzjIA3EvTaYuI6njJlSTWbbpeqk1Kx-eSgAGcsP9iE0GRf5OGMvxQoogmuzlp3uVH2BJMh4TDaIzyipOTl9Jhm2u6C7JRlzIDmVLRYwpy7sT4RESYLjSbk4053F2srT7q0Rgj5cFrXWuFcHTBths3b_VCJCeYwlDlLzPg/s320/9.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love this book so much. I really love everything about
this book: the characters, the setting, and the storyline. Spoiler: this book
is on my list of my favorite books I’ve read this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-53501969648822613562023-08-30T12:52:00.008-07:002023-08-30T12:52:29.834-07:00What's Up Wednesday: August Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F5kMmvlo3ooXkant2QRTkiJT2GER50Ji50dFfLP0YAkSrsu3HkUfDwzY0rWJADMvfVLYKLMrvK-YhFmjZVbNVdws8nPVVrZ9tujuTrd53GItTUb5yX2SdZRCSABvM8978r-g7R2XILvdTpR_gfjYYp9H8n2lgz_WhiFCJEAl5mmcWyPhX7Zo9tUgbH8/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F5kMmvlo3ooXkant2QRTkiJT2GER50Ji50dFfLP0YAkSrsu3HkUfDwzY0rWJADMvfVLYKLMrvK-YhFmjZVbNVdws8nPVVrZ9tujuTrd53GItTUb5yX2SdZRCSABvM8978r-g7R2XILvdTpR_gfjYYp9H8n2lgz_WhiFCJEAl5mmcWyPhX7Zo9tUgbH8/w363-h161/BLOG%201.png" width="363" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvlxtbPG2xP-VZdIxO6jtbkCnUBrwXI9tH2E9PgEVjEb6plxcB8pEeG2dAZO7_mP2fyKX_Uy4psqs1DfnxJZPc1GtXos4BTDs_7d2783f3zHeFrzpz6KJh_FAL1Py30lIUEa59lzUvISfS-dBrh3JS3X1isBNFo8S4vvFG5yS5niH0itCet9VaZ1KEaw/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvlxtbPG2xP-VZdIxO6jtbkCnUBrwXI9tH2E9PgEVjEb6plxcB8pEeG2dAZO7_mP2fyKX_Uy4psqs1DfnxJZPc1GtXos4BTDs_7d2783f3zHeFrzpz6KJh_FAL1Py30lIUEa59lzUvISfS-dBrh3JS3X1isBNFo8S4vvFG5yS5niH0itCet9VaZ1KEaw/w318-h336/BLOG%202.jpg" width="318" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Sausage and pasta</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Tacos </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My recent four day trip to the lake that I grew up going to.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had lots of family time this month!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trip to visit my family, trip to the lake, bestie day with my best friend and her daughter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My schedule for my Youtube videos</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All of the family time!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: Sweet Magnolias Season 3 (re-watch), Quarterback, Outdaughtered, Hallmark movies, baseball and pre-season football</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: I just finished reading <i>Left Field Love </i>by C.W. Farnsworth and I loved it</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sam Hunt on repeat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filming videos and watching sports</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All things fall!</span></div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-42770234491299560092023-08-08T07:21:00.011-07:002023-08-08T07:21:59.196-07:00Books Read in July 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>The Names They Gave Us</i></span> –Emery Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3xt_DilxzsL3KShCgfiZ3Q11_ZiVEwSX3AUOIO9-06HFBG-s2zseD-1seyak1N9TQ5bxJzhfQR66xh_2CNEMnUSQgVImt2xr0pkcIQ4pVtNQgkkmNCYmgtV0MraZdrrTem3Kxlymo2sWdfr8UM_igswJkRtCE9-MxymZdnHBpyq4-g-fTQq002H7e10/s1000/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3xt_DilxzsL3KShCgfiZ3Q11_ZiVEwSX3AUOIO9-06HFBG-s2zseD-1seyak1N9TQ5bxJzhfQR66xh_2CNEMnUSQgVImt2xr0pkcIQ4pVtNQgkkmNCYmgtV0MraZdrrTem3Kxlymo2sWdfr8UM_igswJkRtCE9-MxymZdnHBpyq4-g-fTQq002H7e10/s320/1.jpg" width="226" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was good, however, for me it was very emotional. I
love Emery Lord’s writing but this book was very sad. I loved the relationship
between the main character and her parents and her friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>A Week at the Shore </i></span>–Barbara Delinsky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1z6uArV32nCqMeo_KbUhWDuJHKXyhahdGYcwWL-I_6HYQF-2fbpzSsDb7ev-jUuOvTcRgLke_EvxvTczI7FM2WYPcO3NCnCi-yQpHRmmG_l1jzpuFMk1XtRQ_i2inKkCxQAq9YkCVPlen6vpNb3I387TIcRUY2VnfZ448LFJ8u14KTQG5ea9VHyoEyA/s346/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="228" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1z6uArV32nCqMeo_KbUhWDuJHKXyhahdGYcwWL-I_6HYQF-2fbpzSsDb7ev-jUuOvTcRgLke_EvxvTczI7FM2WYPcO3NCnCi-yQpHRmmG_l1jzpuFMk1XtRQ_i2inKkCxQAq9YkCVPlen6vpNb3I387TIcRUY2VnfZ448LFJ8u14KTQG5ea9VHyoEyA/s320/3.jpg" width="211" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was a good book as well. It had some twists that I
wasn’t expecting. I loved the relationship between the main character and her
daughter and the main character and her love interest in the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Start of Me & You </span></i>–Emery Lord <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwNmZftZvca0NxfwtBnEpCmxZ-EN9T8Xmp7FIIxHRS-8hiaA1s-8WPmc-r7T-rCbb5iDLfWyUw7GUXnH7_U5Cqi6l8Kb4aLVbx29k_oc_BXwYU-XLKTWPLODy4hiRf7RHGIez7dbW_VSgeU4lv5pTK4VDK6b1hEJefl6ICD7MIpptdKL_a4N11_n-sDk/s293/2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="196" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwNmZftZvca0NxfwtBnEpCmxZ-EN9T8Xmp7FIIxHRS-8hiaA1s-8WPmc-r7T-rCbb5iDLfWyUw7GUXnH7_U5Cqi6l8Kb4aLVbx29k_oc_BXwYU-XLKTWPLODy4hiRf7RHGIez7dbW_VSgeU4lv5pTK4VDK6b1hEJefl6ICD7MIpptdKL_a4N11_n-sDk/s1600/2.webp" width="196" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was so good. Like I said above, I love Emery
Lord’s writing. I loved the relationship between the main character and her
group of best friends and how they were always there for each other during the
good times and the bad times. I also loved the relationship between the main
character and her love interest and how their relationship developed from a
friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Map from Here to There </span></i>–Emery Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggB2KgnYAEKVUrvtAJzS5TCtFDnkxDvGUbCy9rrIxXpyaCfWJI9Jqv-U-W0haLzu5rYjk7Jf28waDWnPdzfw5gQ3P7Y2431njDoIPZRf7XYzGSbzSj6vd80lcsv2Nizxn8_WxmqBT1aqzAZZYr1ws3Ibz3p3j5gVe_GeypjQHFW72o9DagmFYdaxnhT7Q/s293/4.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggB2KgnYAEKVUrvtAJzS5TCtFDnkxDvGUbCy9rrIxXpyaCfWJI9Jqv-U-W0haLzu5rYjk7Jf28waDWnPdzfw5gQ3P7Y2431njDoIPZRf7XYzGSbzSj6vd80lcsv2Nizxn8_WxmqBT1aqzAZZYr1ws3Ibz3p3j5gVe_GeypjQHFW72o9DagmFYdaxnhT7Q/s1600/4.webp" width="195" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was the sequel to The Start of Me & You and it was
just as good. I really loved all of the characters in this book (and the first
one).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Meet Me at Midnight</span></i> –Jessica Pennington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgm0A2Cy9m0aQIQCHeb50XY8wkJM0feIJbpLK8MbYJhl9kbL5L_e3QBRA4KZ1_CWLdhlv_-hJ-JGYsJ8vy1ZEdvSeqMnwXAu9MGza9AsDURHtJrh1uYLPX__36LsKuebWki-u36AM9K-B5fwRL_pGDi2tDcjPQs-p1rVH5wFzRdeOnMEmpCA2SRWRvl4/s293/5.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="192" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgm0A2Cy9m0aQIQCHeb50XY8wkJM0feIJbpLK8MbYJhl9kbL5L_e3QBRA4KZ1_CWLdhlv_-hJ-JGYsJ8vy1ZEdvSeqMnwXAu9MGza9AsDURHtJrh1uYLPX__36LsKuebWki-u36AM9K-B5fwRL_pGDi2tDcjPQs-p1rVH5wFzRdeOnMEmpCA2SRWRvl4/s1600/5.webp" width="192" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was a cute book but I found it a tad boring at parts. I
honestly don’t know why. I loved that the setting was at a lake.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Art of Taking Chances</span></i> –Multiple Authors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ-bG0hp_K1VSCa-ODoDNG5xSFyPAYPtVgU0iDqEKFEZAesGHJ05ymhb5RPQSRXEkuwG_lAOZ6WvT9kVP3ZbFbjrLAcR4jTNOYgPQnUcSBZXn1VZNGkMdaTtSUyfwS5rTwjB1FY6knak63d6dxWeBgwzurRHqAqHoXjgVj0CYbmqEl5Gpgat12KfMTkk/s293/6.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="184" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ-bG0hp_K1VSCa-ODoDNG5xSFyPAYPtVgU0iDqEKFEZAesGHJ05ymhb5RPQSRXEkuwG_lAOZ6WvT9kVP3ZbFbjrLAcR4jTNOYgPQnUcSBZXn1VZNGkMdaTtSUyfwS5rTwjB1FY6knak63d6dxWeBgwzurRHqAqHoXjgVj0CYbmqEl5Gpgat12KfMTkk/s1600/6.webp" width="184" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was a book featuring short YA stories from multiple
authors. I liked most of the stories and I think I found some new YA authors to
read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Sunkissed </i></span>–Kasie West<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFBkrYf-CqITQyXBz4dqp4kxbZ4l5HT0CMyONOizNQD3GhGmeI9N0eCL3Mym4yn5qT_w_rOgrELLKoZVTbDH-JQuw7aGdj-8y2Pe7SCJ23zbgbaXCcV7aCwwAn07sciwrA7KkQD0AZUCcu0vwHVfmn3qzHy42VHZbCCDzWoXay-dCp7TzqMAl3jAobrE/s293/7.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFBkrYf-CqITQyXBz4dqp4kxbZ4l5HT0CMyONOizNQD3GhGmeI9N0eCL3Mym4yn5qT_w_rOgrELLKoZVTbDH-JQuw7aGdj-8y2Pe7SCJ23zbgbaXCcV7aCwwAn07sciwrA7KkQD0AZUCcu0vwHVfmn3qzHy42VHZbCCDzWoXay-dCp7TzqMAl3jAobrE/s1600/7.webp" width="195" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think this is my first Kasie West novel that I read and
now I want to read all of her other novels too. I loved the storyline and the
characters. This was a really fun summer read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Float </span></i>–Kate Marchant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyuz8236IU_WO4CWE-sj7SLE5CjNDLKItrbhzDVtOLkRIOpZIGvrKJHSRfQuX6Cmcmvikb-TZu3440wFwd8E-0_Rs8axm26sDwCWfUckTr1gzPDR1yawFkabvtr2FloGpJVnE98-Wx9qkm8OHbQQIBGnfMJaIJrrIcMBHnGqgfWmnFCMyZAj1ATXvMdM/s293/8.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="186" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyuz8236IU_WO4CWE-sj7SLE5CjNDLKItrbhzDVtOLkRIOpZIGvrKJHSRfQuX6Cmcmvikb-TZu3440wFwd8E-0_Rs8axm26sDwCWfUckTr1gzPDR1yawFkabvtr2FloGpJVnE98-Wx9qkm8OHbQQIBGnfMJaIJrrIcMBHnGqgfWmnFCMyZAj1ATXvMdM/s1600/8.webp" width="186" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another fun summer read. I liked the main character and her
relationships with the other characters in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">An Evil Heart (Kate Burkholder Book #15) </span></i>–Linda Castillo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7mh521MTJMmBNdKBzbevcPDk7PqwSfkqnIy2F5-Fq1Ca-7gAyc9JuLd1xyjz8aO0VTTUr-xmnjtzk7qPMPUsj6Cs-N-tCzi2Dx_d8KYvjW5ad5NvWWWybIvC8BZ0LoGZeKN9kP2V4r6KXAePIy-Gj-ixbQ_FKToh5XU75eR5SksuruwXsmvGtnI6Va4/s293/9.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="193" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7mh521MTJMmBNdKBzbevcPDk7PqwSfkqnIy2F5-Fq1Ca-7gAyc9JuLd1xyjz8aO0VTTUr-xmnjtzk7qPMPUsj6Cs-N-tCzi2Dx_d8KYvjW5ad5NvWWWybIvC8BZ0LoGZeKN9kP2V4r6KXAePIy-Gj-ixbQ_FKToh5XU75eR5SksuruwXsmvGtnI6Va4/s1600/9.webp" width="193" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the 15th novel in the Kate Burkholder mystery series
and I loved it just as much as all of the other novels in the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Those Summer Nights </span></i>–Laura Silverman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQfSEwzDnTRbH9L4Qwf4VaCm0L4fSfyOgh9ok7JUwXQq-JGrw88NHHHy1EcATeOAkdfmjKARFqa3-wd4E4Sqa-jwaAJqS8ppAUphu0NrOEyDNcNudWEVsQgf16AMUgv25ykABcMojj_WABO94kRyXgYz5wKPz-f1Dzv0ekOznMXifLPlKbniOfyhDnAc/s293/12.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="191" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQfSEwzDnTRbH9L4Qwf4VaCm0L4fSfyOgh9ok7JUwXQq-JGrw88NHHHy1EcATeOAkdfmjKARFqa3-wd4E4Sqa-jwaAJqS8ppAUphu0NrOEyDNcNudWEVsQgf16AMUgv25ykABcMojj_WABO94kRyXgYz5wKPz-f1Dzv0ekOznMXifLPlKbniOfyhDnAc/s1600/12.webp" width="191" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I enjoyed this book but it wasn’t a favorite. The main
character and her attitude kind of annoyed me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>The Measure </i></span>–Nikki Erlick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJj0tHdII6t3xnfNqtEEdTpFCtdiI5imHTfulOiEi0hzhztFxLkQZEDEP4LLoribegvDaJe2Sca7zSvJE3Gy_OYcwbWqp040p32IYFPJ1p4RIo9hP4sFGCx64AmpgicW5SNaNMOt5rhjcv6E6kdPgHajGxHvNKWHH8K4UfPX3ATHF2UgthoPoRzZj9wA/s293/10.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJj0tHdII6t3xnfNqtEEdTpFCtdiI5imHTfulOiEi0hzhztFxLkQZEDEP4LLoribegvDaJe2Sca7zSvJE3Gy_OYcwbWqp040p32IYFPJ1p4RIo9hP4sFGCx64AmpgicW5SNaNMOt5rhjcv6E6kdPgHajGxHvNKWHH8K4UfPX3ATHF2UgthoPoRzZj9wA/s1600/10.webp" width="195" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My sister in law told me to read this novel. It isn’t a
novel I would probably have picked up on my own, but I really enjoyed it. It
had a really unique storyline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Sometime in summer </span></i>–Katrina Leno<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7JFL0IIkdRUfucBYXD9GGcE5WoGDB5vvYSMo9_oLSVRhOqHI1cGNUZ9Nn4u89aNTkLF4yUTxyNK3ixr7QEdbmn8EMNohyWcq6k-HNFEJlWC-N5UCYKhahkimRZE9pCULV5eR7yFZYKoPA3iVVRoxlCd2JqoKEhHe84QP3mKhYp0FdqSfSkc60JuzDsA/s293/11.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7JFL0IIkdRUfucBYXD9GGcE5WoGDB5vvYSMo9_oLSVRhOqHI1cGNUZ9Nn4u89aNTkLF4yUTxyNK3ixr7QEdbmn8EMNohyWcq6k-HNFEJlWC-N5UCYKhahkimRZE9pCULV5eR7yFZYKoPA3iVVRoxlCd2JqoKEhHe84QP3mKhYp0FdqSfSkc60JuzDsA/s1600/11.webp" width="195" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I picked this book up on a whim because it looked
interesting and it was but it wasn’t a favorite of mine. It really annoyed me
that in one sentence the main character would refer to her mom and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dad as mom and dad and in the next sentence
she would refer to them by their first name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice and the Reign of a Dirty Cop</span></i>
–Gus Garcia-Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKXJFFuH3u-mZg3R9yLSOHzG884_3aE3UfFiuAo3b-1DRKmwh_jLaLwRQiEENfT_pfi75o95a7BkfFe-dUML08VLaMYGq77LjVihpP8hrNh1r2dXneTegwktgdzuAELg5eaSzk4HqPEJgC2Cw6UOXMFVoL7NXR2EKpvt_iyJ2K0l97LyO_7sNtIpBTDI/s500/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKXJFFuH3u-mZg3R9yLSOHzG884_3aE3UfFiuAo3b-1DRKmwh_jLaLwRQiEENfT_pfi75o95a7BkfFe-dUML08VLaMYGq77LjVihpP8hrNh1r2dXneTegwktgdzuAELg5eaSzk4HqPEJgC2Cw6UOXMFVoL7NXR2EKpvt_iyJ2K0l97LyO_7sNtIpBTDI/s320/12.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This isn’t a book I would have normally picked up but my
brother wanted me to read it and tell him about it (since he doesn’t have a lot
of free time). It was a really good book. It was a little hard to follow sometimes
because since it’s a non-fiction book, there were a lot of people to keep track
of.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-14924682753126524082023-07-26T12:43:00.005-07:002023-07-26T12:43:19.250-07:00What's Up Wednesday: July 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQmFw8CiUhskevj9pW8bd56ZcS43CtRwnUaZpA2BHAHXNGcBYxVl8CgvZnv07TdNrrr0e6lY7eBdSNPxHVfKFCRYLy9Y6TeGknOUix5eY_Vm2JiN_ZZfPTB3F1e2_WsI7tQqVPE58YeRJH3NzVoKeE2zq38mF2svd5QRExDURrgXwGCTr4rHkYMK96JU/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQmFw8CiUhskevj9pW8bd56ZcS43CtRwnUaZpA2BHAHXNGcBYxVl8CgvZnv07TdNrrr0e6lY7eBdSNPxHVfKFCRYLy9Y6TeGknOUix5eY_Vm2JiN_ZZfPTB3F1e2_WsI7tQqVPE58YeRJH3NzVoKeE2zq38mF2svd5QRExDURrgXwGCTr4rHkYMK96JU/w423-h188/BLOG%201.png" width="423" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Filet mignon and vegetables</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Pepperoni roll</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wednesday: BLT</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Family time, swimming, reading.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trip to visit my family, attended an amazing country music concert, celebrated my nephew's birthday, lots of reading and swimming.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filming for my Youtube channel.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trip to visit my family and the concert.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading..</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: I binged the whole season of Sweet Magnolias with my sister in law the day after it came out.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: I read a lot of books this month and will recap them in a book blog post next month.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sam Hunt, Brett Young, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, Bailey Zimmerman</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attending my best friend's daughter's 1st birthday party and I'm not sure what else.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will be visiting my family again and I think I'm also going to the lake with my dad.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I covered everything.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-40772214781062101812023-07-11T06:54:00.004-07:002023-07-11T06:55:32.416-07:00Books Read in June 2023<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUesdYLUFE3rVHNfRI4p57D8mLPvAsc_X1CZpYdwuDXV8UBk982HKA8RlYTmDnl60ZsAQMoc6JFAgViRuezNV76qvF_N4aImnY_5CohNPcMp7GKyPFs_LLVRQaYOnQSEigESWuD4B6PlM1eXzbpci4IKUf9vDx-hfiZI912tdhInqwfi3Zxn166dM7qaA/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUesdYLUFE3rVHNfRI4p57D8mLPvAsc_X1CZpYdwuDXV8UBk982HKA8RlYTmDnl60ZsAQMoc6JFAgViRuezNV76qvF_N4aImnY_5CohNPcMp7GKyPFs_LLVRQaYOnQSEigESWuD4B6PlM1eXzbpci4IKUf9vDx-hfiZI912tdhInqwfi3Zxn166dM7qaA/w272-h363/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="272" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Fastball </span></i>–Megan Cousins (Wild Pitches #3)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWc1QZWVxP9iLtnfW8TNW1f-PDUe0Tv3KBn-Sh4mFWTe4ymWUX1cTAblsutBlTlclEZ8meKlc5oWOxQ5Iy5imhDH8dsj2XYOtiNHHzY3mekf4ycobCNsQ3dMiorTiBEU7nsHJEsbL9oQLf5VgL6sxB_GL88TF5X09LEMivbaZjAjJ3AbzsDvRvdLFtQOA/s600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWc1QZWVxP9iLtnfW8TNW1f-PDUe0Tv3KBn-Sh4mFWTe4ymWUX1cTAblsutBlTlclEZ8meKlc5oWOxQ5Iy5imhDH8dsj2XYOtiNHHzY3mekf4ycobCNsQ3dMiorTiBEU7nsHJEsbL9oQLf5VgL6sxB_GL88TF5X09LEMivbaZjAjJ3AbzsDvRvdLFtQOA/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A romance series with themes of baseball? Sign me right up!
I really enjoyed this book and the relationship between the main characters and
the male main character and his family. I’m excited that there will be at least
one more book in this series.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Six summers to fall</span> </i>–C.W. Farnsworth<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u9-JNgtn4o4KaKi-Jz5195D6-rl6FQswQPtRtNdwWUop4kbKQcFPP3HLYzU56-aH0uTy22CwBOVjwyjdfKgLhQBG6U9RmaUWrjzBOuVHFp7C2Daix1Ltaz2BSYo8124L6avxAJwhLyNwiOvG4Qe1rVPE2KfHdaRW1f7pe_qUvc59WfaS6nu2mlAvBSU/s2560/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u9-JNgtn4o4KaKi-Jz5195D6-rl6FQswQPtRtNdwWUop4kbKQcFPP3HLYzU56-aH0uTy22CwBOVjwyjdfKgLhQBG6U9RmaUWrjzBOuVHFp7C2Daix1Ltaz2BSYo8124L6avxAJwhLyNwiOvG4Qe1rVPE2KfHdaRW1f7pe_qUvc59WfaS6nu2mlAvBSU/s320/2.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I really enjoyed this novel. I am excited to read more from
this author. I loved the relationship between the main characters. I also loved
the setting (any book that takes place at the lake always makes me so happy).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Open Road Summer</i> </span>–Emery Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2xD0f5vGTFn0jy5SJYyNPqTqJAJ4wojH7JNPpEKr5FU_MzkDIF-m2zQw5yFp6ISSdmA3oc5VgkAqQ0QPGgNx0ODa773cjEAxmOGUlldV8euVRxGWqd0_pYf-7SHzu77m0aB8IMkIK2RQzdcB1t813GLZj_9F3RDEF6VjmCQTLjyXGyviRk7CqDNeSss/s475/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2xD0f5vGTFn0jy5SJYyNPqTqJAJ4wojH7JNPpEKr5FU_MzkDIF-m2zQw5yFp6ISSdmA3oc5VgkAqQ0QPGgNx0ODa773cjEAxmOGUlldV8euVRxGWqd0_pYf-7SHzu77m0aB8IMkIK2RQzdcB1t813GLZj_9F3RDEF6VjmCQTLjyXGyviRk7CqDNeSss/s320/3.jpg" width="214" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved the relationship between the two best friends in
this novel and how they were always there for each other during hard times. I
really like this author and her writing style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Mr. Wrong Number</span> </i>–Lynn Painter<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGt7IVCyISEmNWR8CIxhimKkr0kR-v9i1W1jSFgRpIjed6rgNE-ZeVyT8yXv4AfkS07GfJTcMzirkbshtVEVCq97hMSjrOSGKn7W3Sc0lkiqDoJGd4TB89PIhVaQuE_bo3LCudEzullwaAMZFbX2CY22RHUKB1j4wPhGwaqt0ORPtl_Q0sJn9v7WQ70k/s275/4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGt7IVCyISEmNWR8CIxhimKkr0kR-v9i1W1jSFgRpIjed6rgNE-ZeVyT8yXv4AfkS07GfJTcMzirkbshtVEVCq97hMSjrOSGKn7W3Sc0lkiqDoJGd4TB89PIhVaQuE_bo3LCudEzullwaAMZFbX2CY22RHUKB1j4wPhGwaqt0ORPtl_Q0sJn9v7WQ70k/s1600/4.png" width="183" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I love Lynn Painter’s novels and really enjoyed this one as
well. I really loved the relationship between the two main characters and how
their relationship developed throughout the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">The Love Wager</span> –Lynn Painter<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkY3_q-uVHrROYnnw8FCWxaJZqFip_2kTPDaFqxJNWDe1O_2Ix3T966ZVJZ6rN5q5X4Y1MNyY5x6OzjLbUQr-QAVbpgF1yNMQA2IstUnZhVwHHvMi-e-_ZQuJeo5vEdjteNTTd8riBkr2q5GouaLxi_qWDcglbO9zS1FMvxYnLJfI5P47M96rVRgVrEYs/s500/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkY3_q-uVHrROYnnw8FCWxaJZqFip_2kTPDaFqxJNWDe1O_2Ix3T966ZVJZ6rN5q5X4Y1MNyY5x6OzjLbUQr-QAVbpgF1yNMQA2IstUnZhVwHHvMi-e-_ZQuJeo5vEdjteNTTd8riBkr2q5GouaLxi_qWDcglbO9zS1FMvxYnLJfI5P47M96rVRgVrEYs/s320/5.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another fabulous novel by Lynn Painter. I really love her
writing style and the characters she creates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Two Truths and a Lie</span></i> –Meg Mitchell Moore<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymXjjn-1boSPmvV9xZ87FrT6rL_irDjtBfJaORZobtsJQciuW7ozO5hlAMwRTl6t890WLCmrF6b4ZF4TwjqFoUpBN2qVwy2A-yap9tx3mYe6eV7yw7rdpzIKEH8QcODUBGfh4z64tAquoJgkag_o72HN2kCJUste_OIyAh32B46V4ABcuTWtBpPjy0qY/s648/6.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymXjjn-1boSPmvV9xZ87FrT6rL_irDjtBfJaORZobtsJQciuW7ozO5hlAMwRTl6t890WLCmrF6b4ZF4TwjqFoUpBN2qVwy2A-yap9tx3mYe6eV7yw7rdpzIKEH8QcODUBGfh4z64tAquoJgkag_o72HN2kCJUste_OIyAh32B46V4ABcuTWtBpPjy0qY/s320/6.webp" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I picked this novel up at random at Barnes & Noble and
I’m so glad I did. It was so good. I love how it is told from 4 different
POV’s. I can’t wait to read more from this author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Prepped </span></i>–Bethany Mangle<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufemYYdhuY9wb8E8DttEu_GqzUhNN8DGrgVzWJZw794RpTpDGt_0DlPaUvSKk-IoD4yMnawftuCxPu8S2owDNGR4qm2YQfqvfl0q4TR8GT6SngKVV7jVM8tpuTnM0q3ovE0FfEZLRz02uBH-qANFPItCUTj7mXqj9ZJgtkqp4vnvq87tvYR6Onyb6Zk4/s275/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufemYYdhuY9wb8E8DttEu_GqzUhNN8DGrgVzWJZw794RpTpDGt_0DlPaUvSKk-IoD4yMnawftuCxPu8S2owDNGR4qm2YQfqvfl0q4TR8GT6SngKVV7jVM8tpuTnM0q3ovE0FfEZLRz02uBH-qANFPItCUTj7mXqj9ZJgtkqp4vnvq87tvYR6Onyb6Zk4/s1600/7.jpg" width="183" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;">This book was very different from the first Bethany Mangle
novel I read. It was good but it was also very sad for multiple reasons which
is why I gave it a 3 star rating instead of a 4. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still
a good novel, it’s just sometimes hard for me to read sad books.</span> </span></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-82431537131311701832023-06-28T08:41:00.002-07:002023-06-28T08:41:36.752-07:00What's Up Wednesday: June 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCTEOqOX1ikDh01YJGuOLSESmBaPCarQer2NHPGgF5vNsf26SeqNDfuJIF5Pz-X0CLp0XWfBOeEol6kxejAxzkqWs4Hqg8oUoQPJsIDI5bVBZF5mrjirjFGseKMrMTdYAxBDj8X1yiTeg9fdNuYLcR04ytsjVH9my3xCtoPl3-M4IGL8LKrnYKbIUh-o/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCTEOqOX1ikDh01YJGuOLSESmBaPCarQer2NHPGgF5vNsf26SeqNDfuJIF5Pz-X0CLp0XWfBOeEol6kxejAxzkqWs4Hqg8oUoQPJsIDI5bVBZF5mrjirjFGseKMrMTdYAxBDj8X1yiTeg9fdNuYLcR04ytsjVH9my3xCtoPl3-M4IGL8LKrnYKbIUh-o/w391-h173/BLOG%201.png" width="391" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOWLpGPy1oUsMWTsR4s4WfK3v32ICu-eSIsczNRLeJxQP3V0prqrRYBXfwi_dOgGGQrguYcMauB0e6-pJedwsIN2meJtFKcmnB_tRolRE_X9w6eCO59rUPQStUr9u8MK_VAsVf1rPaxMCsfdME_MbFfrr_9K5czhpaBwj3ckK77ZYnfREo7r-cmzZWzo/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOWLpGPy1oUsMWTsR4s4WfK3v32ICu-eSIsczNRLeJxQP3V0prqrRYBXfwi_dOgGGQrguYcMauB0e6-pJedwsIN2meJtFKcmnB_tRolRE_X9w6eCO59rUPQStUr9u8MK_VAsVf1rPaxMCsfdME_MbFfrr_9K5czhpaBwj3ckK77ZYnfREo7r-cmzZWzo/w315-h333/BLOG%202.jpg" width="315" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday... Salad with chicken</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Leftovers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wednesday: Chicken parm. & pasta</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thursday: Takeout, I think</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As usual this time of year, I'm thinking about all of my trips to the lake and my trips to visit my family during the summertime. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading, watching baseball (even though the Mets game have been leaving me depressed).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">June 1st-June 4th: The last couple of days that I was visiting my family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">June 3rd: Went to the Mets game and met my friend Ana in person after being Internet friends for years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other than that, I've been doing a lot of reading, watching Youtube, watching baseball.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filming and uploading for my Youtube channel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was excited to go to the Mets game (even though we ended up losing), meeting Ana, spending time with my family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Watching...</span> Baseball, Cruel Summer (I binged season 1 and then season 2 is currently airing).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;">Reading... </span>I'm currently reading <i>Prepped </i>by Bethany Mangle. My June books read post will be on the blog during the next Show Us What You're Reading book link-up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been obsessed with Bailey Zimmerman. I really want to go to his concert when he headlines next year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On Friday, I'm spending time with my bestie and her daughter. I have no plans for the weekend other than watching baseball, as per usual.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trip to visit my family, my nephew N's birthday, going to a country music concert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I covered everything.</span></div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-23130835322251122872023-06-13T07:35:00.005-07:002023-06-13T07:35:35.917-07:00Books Read in May 2023<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmKsQPw1X4WitGxoPM-u0bYAzi1J0YIl98SldcNcA2egmQTJGgEho-Oy7vnEgaKMH_0-SOL_x_CH6vFqtZab-EFGVk5plRABQftWE_F1--SPMnHVvh2Kt4mlPGKWt8MaJbBPDk27jSBZENa2V8kEakG455p1QrXJuKB27GAX8tBWK8YkYpNBzkCTf/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmKsQPw1X4WitGxoPM-u0bYAzi1J0YIl98SldcNcA2egmQTJGgEho-Oy7vnEgaKMH_0-SOL_x_CH6vFqtZab-EFGVk5plRABQftWE_F1--SPMnHVvh2Kt4mlPGKWt8MaJbBPDk27jSBZENa2V8kEakG455p1QrXJuKB27GAX8tBWK8YkYpNBzkCTf/s1600/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Meet Me at the Lake</span></i> -Carley Fortune</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzOdDmrXAarus-xigaDzeg9Si1b5yb6UvcRzBNpGd7dlv_04nEqMRbt5pCIVtxouUeGdkxJO3NoFpX8yRg9lfho7qWNiET3Z6R__cBHlrahJas6clt-Va21ys1MN-XclWDbdd3MkwLbozB3c3jCaWBnvnL5sIVcdpUyHcq6w3KsrElE5JvOMsVXqB/s400/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzOdDmrXAarus-xigaDzeg9Si1b5yb6UvcRzBNpGd7dlv_04nEqMRbt5pCIVtxouUeGdkxJO3NoFpX8yRg9lfho7qWNiET3Z6R__cBHlrahJas6clt-Va21ys1MN-XclWDbdd3MkwLbozB3c3jCaWBnvnL5sIVcdpUyHcq6w3KsrElE5JvOMsVXqB/s320/1.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the second novel from Carley Fortune and she has been added to my list of favorite authors. I absolutely love that her first two books take place at a lake. If you haven't read her books yet, I highly recommend both of them. I loved this book just as much as her first one and I can't wait to read more from her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Happy Place</span> </i>-Emily Henry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNoEvyZAL8SiIzla6Z0MBI5wXB1FZu7MMOs8JmJlbtjelLq5itTjfxi_4u8Y87Pev6AfnWmGLm0Bj3UR3qdD2_PEyKx062THeQoejkL5yPL53CcCsurkuKu2InjbM7HMsUntrJgT03_nPHtkPFUb7DfDf4-8SmmDqVE2LXpV_mP9RcmmaVVvxu0hh/s1000/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNoEvyZAL8SiIzla6Z0MBI5wXB1FZu7MMOs8JmJlbtjelLq5itTjfxi_4u8Y87Pev6AfnWmGLm0Bj3UR3qdD2_PEyKx062THeQoejkL5yPL53CcCsurkuKu2InjbM7HMsUntrJgT03_nPHtkPFUb7DfDf4-8SmmDqVE2LXpV_mP9RcmmaVVvxu0hh/s320/2.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I absolutely loved this book. I think it's probably my favorite Emily Henry book (although I have loved them all). I love the characters in this novel, the setting and I loved the ending.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Love in the time of Serial Killers</i> </span>-Alicia Thompson</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFBdPbEGzWQmYFbA1HwiBPH_5faCXHtE93FpE-JOs8bjbK_L2Y--3v3Gg9w2tuKhqdZNywEBhdkM6F1-ORqBwoKR1YsFW5jdOm9aJTF3eAbEijFpA2eb91bOLY1H0NSyh--ACH7_wKVYHX6BnFgHphpAj-_OGIPSJI_C-3MLcQsFixj-dx1-Mypqa/s275/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFBdPbEGzWQmYFbA1HwiBPH_5faCXHtE93FpE-JOs8bjbK_L2Y--3v3Gg9w2tuKhqdZNywEBhdkM6F1-ORqBwoKR1YsFW5jdOm9aJTF3eAbEijFpA2eb91bOLY1H0NSyh--ACH7_wKVYHX6BnFgHphpAj-_OGIPSJI_C-3MLcQsFixj-dx1-Mypqa/w191-h287/3.jpg" width="191" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While I did enjoy this book, it wasn't my favorite and I don't see myself re-reading it but it was enjoyable enough. I did like the development of the relationship between the two main characters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Smart Girl Summer</span> </i>-Kristin Rockaway</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8cMt0AnTeO6A4i0jI5P_mx9kmstcaB3Yza4N_0Vq-YxZfAdWJqNOrNEaABOLZnBDCbOBfoLzcFAxUYXTqcV27VtOPwU16y0YNSHB5BShKgzUs1AFvbZqwuQuTP72s05vDlVfZVs1cGSx7qoEv2QSseGE7t8t0_4DLZr82jYuGLsggjWCMOtnjFsL/s500/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8cMt0AnTeO6A4i0jI5P_mx9kmstcaB3Yza4N_0Vq-YxZfAdWJqNOrNEaABOLZnBDCbOBfoLzcFAxUYXTqcV27VtOPwU16y0YNSHB5BShKgzUs1AFvbZqwuQuTP72s05vDlVfZVs1cGSx7qoEv2QSseGE7t8t0_4DLZr82jYuGLsggjWCMOtnjFsL/s320/4.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was a cute summer read. I liked all of the main characters and the relationships between them all. I really like Kristin Rockaway's writing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><i>I Miss You, I Hate This</i> </span>-Sara Saedi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_31d9f7s4cBd68ud0Itw5h63gKblm_0_SSXanii1PqNHzYrcGFEiZiUGyICHv_6GwAbC-RNtYER4YfDEcbpDs7pSBJzcE1Zj9Bt_qI-TBgwwuMq_7gFp1Xp2PxeywGzdIlzikFJlnhUyMMwNqJd-1SrlfXkl7_bJ9sLK2gZ7QUHJ6sf4QujFPf78r/s488/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="488" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_31d9f7s4cBd68ud0Itw5h63gKblm_0_SSXanii1PqNHzYrcGFEiZiUGyICHv_6GwAbC-RNtYER4YfDEcbpDs7pSBJzcE1Zj9Bt_qI-TBgwwuMq_7gFp1Xp2PxeywGzdIlzikFJlnhUyMMwNqJd-1SrlfXkl7_bJ9sLK2gZ7QUHJ6sf4QujFPf78r/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I found this book while browsing at the bookstore. I enjoyed it. It was very sad at some parts but overall it was a good read. This novel focuses on the relationship of two best friends while they have to be separated during a pandemic where a disease is threatening teenagers. The novel is told in alternating chapters between the best friend's POV's. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">Liar's Beach </span></i>-Katie Cotguno</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpicq55KjgZURHa9gUiv4XI3AtB6JcZ3vNLlmqksWkfHDsHBEkjX8TgEcvmAo7giVOvbk5e2Wx5MXhFGneLKy7nejMTwazMBar23IjSobQyitJ0uAtTT8W9qeMKcPiouBp_RN7ePkBxYhtC6urw3-KkFcn4mw9btIji1KrxlYmsad5U0Nm4eVORyK/s500/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpicq55KjgZURHa9gUiv4XI3AtB6JcZ3vNLlmqksWkfHDsHBEkjX8TgEcvmAo7giVOvbk5e2Wx5MXhFGneLKy7nejMTwazMBar23IjSobQyitJ0uAtTT8W9qeMKcPiouBp_RN7ePkBxYhtC6urw3-KkFcn4mw9btIji1KrxlYmsad5U0Nm4eVORyK/s320/6.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The newest novel from one of my favorite author's. I really enjoyed this novel. I loved all of the characters and the setting as well. If you like YA novels, I definitely recommend this one and all of Katie's other novels as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Darlings</span></i> -Hannah McKinnon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHzuJntyDCTU4ftkmiiCEh-Q09Vgp3WA-PK67mgsvHP2dYod8NI6bbhPatDDUnHT-aEFkDsLtxMygvQZY5abXIP4hxRiJ9NmEU7w3uTf4DO3hOUoHvbPCWUokqhUOmkH8ZsesLONq0dvCcHu4zVQymwZd7Q_hy1Hd4SFE3rezX6oFXrD-KNQnbJJT/s1000/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHzuJntyDCTU4ftkmiiCEh-Q09Vgp3WA-PK67mgsvHP2dYod8NI6bbhPatDDUnHT-aEFkDsLtxMygvQZY5abXIP4hxRiJ9NmEU7w3uTf4DO3hOUoHvbPCWUokqhUOmkH8ZsesLONq0dvCcHu4zVQymwZd7Q_hy1Hd4SFE3rezX6oFXrD-KNQnbJJT/s320/7.jpg" width="206" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hannah McKinnon is another favorite author of mine and this is her latest novel. Also, how cute is the cover? This story was told with three different POV's, alternating by each chapter. I highly recommend all of Hannah McKinnon's novels including this one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Comeback</span> </i>-Lily Chu</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 3 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjziDhw9OEtWvTTh9-dCkcFGaz_xu39Bp9wWudPCxWPAdmZRhLJ3ijyCUDz5XakjgGZ7_902xpZLCgl7eJhYkLGDBfpYO69qnpayz1miS6Q7rYOGiW0jjasZfYrOs9-ooLMVDWuj2aPiGGHwtxFeCeQoffieKJa29Dy51Tzd-EH6zfe475P-x_9cy/s400/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjziDhw9OEtWvTTh9-dCkcFGaz_xu39Bp9wWudPCxWPAdmZRhLJ3ijyCUDz5XakjgGZ7_902xpZLCgl7eJhYkLGDBfpYO69qnpayz1miS6Q7rYOGiW0jjasZfYrOs9-ooLMVDWuj2aPiGGHwtxFeCeQoffieKJa29Dy51Tzd-EH6zfe475P-x_9cy/s320/8.jpg" width="214" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had really high hopes for this novel since I loved her first novel so much. While this was an enjoyable read, it didn't grab me like her first novel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Curveball</span></i> -Megan Cousins</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 5 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqf-3myGrZgAm71ruAuv8IUaZUUmQnVFfnVGTAAP617z3O7xxbepHGwEtHgiwR78cuw1DPSeT1X1akVKuSnM6Def9Z7GpRfb4K56ANQy9vTri1resf_Judw3NGjEGR0_PYq2BjUVm5tCPoRBd-mUd2cVY1wzAgJ1ZTwT5yJXxtJTuwN5CPoty_s9k/s1000/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqf-3myGrZgAm71ruAuv8IUaZUUmQnVFfnVGTAAP617z3O7xxbepHGwEtHgiwR78cuw1DPSeT1X1akVKuSnM6Def9Z7GpRfb4K56ANQy9vTri1resf_Judw3NGjEGR0_PYq2BjUVm5tCPoRBd-mUd2cVY1wzAgJ1ZTwT5yJXxtJTuwN5CPoty_s9k/s320/9.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the first novel in the Wild Pitches series. A romance series revolving around my favorite sport? Sign me up! I loved this book so much. The relationship between the two main characters was wonderful!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Changeup</span> </i>-Megan Cousins</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Rating: 4 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoBSKAPYSEvsu3qITk9NHio3E5eu4bM4JLVQMePJOBveJymCy7YN5PVxmzTpf1muwsrsxc0fa_kWSqp5ntBazb0Gjaab2sXNjcYxqcBe7KVGCzcNmTOYHLh-Va4l-WlB_IQD-f7H9poZU2UlCR4bBvje51aCArIPXGFp_Ghccd2FCqCK7bztIhjTV/s600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoBSKAPYSEvsu3qITk9NHio3E5eu4bM4JLVQMePJOBveJymCy7YN5PVxmzTpf1muwsrsxc0fa_kWSqp5ntBazb0Gjaab2sXNjcYxqcBe7KVGCzcNmTOYHLh-Va4l-WlB_IQD-f7H9poZU2UlCR4bBvje51aCArIPXGFp_Ghccd2FCqCK7bztIhjTV/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The second novel in the Wild Pitches series and it was very enjoyable. I rated this one 4 stars as I didn't love it as much as the first novel in the series but it was still really great.</span></div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-17821032808003970072023-06-06T11:22:00.002-07:002023-06-06T11:22:07.635-07:00What's Up Wednesday: May 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOaMNxySrtw7uEYEyU_HpDLBQm2uoViQEmX4RYo7lge716JWPQrNmjF9NFLgjiFihtq8xH-koLaCV8ztB6fNOOhBhtfcFohTe6hi1K48Bb6fv1VTFUzoV6J0L5B1EEAUJx_h2tHe9KF9s4SyXWwIwJVOik7uiFa483IzegAgqJ-yq2JyJj3pS5Smu/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOaMNxySrtw7uEYEyU_HpDLBQm2uoViQEmX4RYo7lge716JWPQrNmjF9NFLgjiFihtq8xH-koLaCV8ztB6fNOOhBhtfcFohTe6hi1K48Bb6fv1VTFUzoV6J0L5B1EEAUJx_h2tHe9KF9s4SyXWwIwJVOik7uiFa483IzegAgqJ-yq2JyJj3pS5Smu/w356-h158/BLOG%201.png" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3r-6o1MCQao4f-7KTvXBw-IgoebwyxUax2Q_XBzRe4XVITVPBQe8xpRq4cs6iBSkomxUaJsVOofYbhMjCSbOCSFnxvwlhE0SgJGlehcum1nDRz1WPx-0G_kemljsTszXr7A1uADxjPyrR5K0V2zVseATRQdhgpgbVh4OOgzY0Rmz3WC8EQXBimu4/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3r-6o1MCQao4f-7KTvXBw-IgoebwyxUax2Q_XBzRe4XVITVPBQe8xpRq4cs6iBSkomxUaJsVOofYbhMjCSbOCSFnxvwlhE0SgJGlehcum1nDRz1WPx-0G_kemljsTszXr7A1uADxjPyrR5K0V2zVseATRQdhgpgbVh4OOgzY0Rmz3WC8EQXBimu4/w313-h331/BLOG%202.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: BBQ (Sliders, chicken, steak, corn, salad)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesady: Leftovers from BBQ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wednesday: Fried ravioli and chicken</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thursday: Pasta</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friday: Chicken, zucchini, salad</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Saturday: Early lunch before I went to baseball game, donut/milkshake combo at ballpark, chips & salad as a snack when I got home</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sunday: Pasta, chicken, salad</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My wonderful trips to visit my family during the spring/summer months.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quality time with family, baseball, reading.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the 3rd I spent the day with my best friend and her daughter. Celebrated my mom on Mother's Day. I watched lots of baseball. Trip to visit my family and lots of quality family time.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the 5th, it was Pumpkin's 10th birthday and the first one she's celebrating in Heaven. It was a really emotional day. I miss her so badly that my heart aches from missing her everyday. As of May 1st, it's been 7 months since we had to put her to sleep because she was so sick with cancer.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filming for my Youtube channel.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quality time with my family.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: Baseball/TV shows/NBA/Fatal Attraction</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: I read 10 books this month. Blog post will be coming next week.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Zoe Clark, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Bailey Zimmerman</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attended a baseball game, met my planner friend Ana in person for the first time, family time.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lots of baseball!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I covered everything.</span></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-84467593375036122332023-05-09T06:57:00.000-07:002023-05-09T06:57:04.076-07:00Books Read in April 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVxoM52Dvw_ABoKW2047Sy8agzMYe-Tgb4jE8kK1oMrOnjlEuY2HrxobTFi6paPO6dVDRTuvkhIS2uXE0AfV-KILrgxqz4qH3VBvOHZnZtNsGOOOvmTMye9rfOSTp_yXcXXJ7-q5Nvl8vGs1oJ3ATitNBaqXiEwfjiFvzqAbGgbLM1pC1T1sqr5md/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVxoM52Dvw_ABoKW2047Sy8agzMYe-Tgb4jE8kK1oMrOnjlEuY2HrxobTFi6paPO6dVDRTuvkhIS2uXE0AfV-KILrgxqz4qH3VBvOHZnZtNsGOOOvmTMye9rfOSTp_yXcXXJ7-q5Nvl8vGs1oJ3ATitNBaqXiEwfjiFvzqAbGgbLM1pC1T1sqr5md/w240-h320/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Your Life Has Been Delayed</i> -Michelle I. Mason</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKQ0C8slab0usHwx949uJO_1Nz1iNCkFGTOeb7D_RPH_V4ifo27qgOk2PNI4K9207LAbSXR-znZ9U7_wXHpiJoMfYjDHG0vGaUQy7yI-76l8oXaouB275cp9siLCRT2sKocubNe1BRcnL-mzbiPRzRugz4MxwWrCrJGlPh8RCyyadSGZjcBdg4OPH/s1024/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="678" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKQ0C8slab0usHwx949uJO_1Nz1iNCkFGTOeb7D_RPH_V4ifo27qgOk2PNI4K9207LAbSXR-znZ9U7_wXHpiJoMfYjDHG0vGaUQy7yI-76l8oXaouB275cp9siLCRT2sKocubNe1BRcnL-mzbiPRzRugz4MxwWrCrJGlPh8RCyyadSGZjcBdg4OPH/s320/1.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This book mixed YA with science fiction. Although I'm not generally a science fiction fan, I really enjoyed this novel and how it was very different than most YA books I've read.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Truth Project</i> -Dante Medema</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 3 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6Ge7Dh78JycNFotSCY9ZLRIqva14mz2IzRSc7ZnFn6yhJTXQsKVsiwq-hWq9jn4L4yTKTceO8496so2ueF_jikhtbJjyQGn16au0WzmhGgktNT4GDYoSKFgIPig5NLjdPKx0tOKbVHZdyNWewT2tOy9p3vxEihfGMD4QCY2piMBNmBV_QAGjleO-/s906/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6Ge7Dh78JycNFotSCY9ZLRIqva14mz2IzRSc7ZnFn6yhJTXQsKVsiwq-hWq9jn4L4yTKTceO8496so2ueF_jikhtbJjyQGn16au0WzmhGgktNT4GDYoSKFgIPig5NLjdPKx0tOKbVHZdyNWewT2tOy9p3vxEihfGMD4QCY2piMBNmBV_QAGjleO-/s320/2.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really enjoyed this book and the storyline. I liked the main character and her relationships with the other characters in this book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>When We Collided</i> -Emery Lord</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJYLqdDC3S-uD8j6tgVe8cpjezwG9jWDpAe7mSK_jdnSKFbhctUqf9PdC-2RQlwpK_a8CERIxY0tuhkGqj8E6phF_7cd5H6iCUsvFmyQNEy4LzitYU8VDslFsw_x-y9WWTkeOgUKMk1eiuQKLzdGh2gEuZJKfh5r622-zpHYTPlDn2z8r0jtFAoQe/s475/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJYLqdDC3S-uD8j6tgVe8cpjezwG9jWDpAe7mSK_jdnSKFbhctUqf9PdC-2RQlwpK_a8CERIxY0tuhkGqj8E6phF_7cd5H6iCUsvFmyQNEy4LzitYU8VDslFsw_x-y9WWTkeOgUKMk1eiuQKLzdGh2gEuZJKfh5r622-zpHYTPlDn2z8r0jtFAoQe/s320/3.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was such a good book. It was the first novel I read from this author and I have her other novels on my TBR list. I also love the cover of this book so much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Meet Me in the Middle</i> -Alex Light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 3 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5sOlZ2PP1eHl7wX8X-4AJ11K1swgzzr8t2NZ3isHIpZQ6iAOIR67dsFkYqN-L_Z2EEgiFs7owUAq2blUNyOLz_NW1CdmQpupudKq87trWgtM2N1CkSKbuW14uBWb6yujoeKPAlw3c-V_FuD2lfLbT9GRJHdN_y7VGp5GLJ2gPNcDk390uzKidI-g/s1000/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5sOlZ2PP1eHl7wX8X-4AJ11K1swgzzr8t2NZ3isHIpZQ6iAOIR67dsFkYqN-L_Z2EEgiFs7owUAq2blUNyOLz_NW1CdmQpupudKq87trWgtM2N1CkSKbuW14uBWb6yujoeKPAlw3c-V_FuD2lfLbT9GRJHdN_y7VGp5GLJ2gPNcDk390uzKidI-g/s320/4.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I enjoyed this novel, the storyline and the characters, especially the main characters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>If We Were Us</i> -K.L Walther</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3KEyLP0-WNhnUGfIyjO0DbffaFQvEmKp0r8IjM94gefj1D5O7ojFzE1aOUmIulYWz9W774qR8Ai2HpWDyV1HdAjTL8IRa5MQRPjHCiHqlgzBWrpNZ9j-icXgIJ_2fx_vqzPSikLI7V-AQ1_uq0kZCZoWXmOTEhF8ugbf0VgDMh1J7esVXYaHpUXv/s2475/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3KEyLP0-WNhnUGfIyjO0DbffaFQvEmKp0r8IjM94gefj1D5O7ojFzE1aOUmIulYWz9W774qR8Ai2HpWDyV1HdAjTL8IRa5MQRPjHCiHqlgzBWrpNZ9j-icXgIJ_2fx_vqzPSikLI7V-AQ1_uq0kZCZoWXmOTEhF8ugbf0VgDMh1J7esVXYaHpUXv/s320/5.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this book so much. I enjoyed all of the characters in this book and the storyline so much. I recommend this novel if you like YA novels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Finlay Donovan is Killing It</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Elle Cosimano</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: I rated all three books in this series 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuq6RdcBu-ThuPOJqlv0oeWpezL5kWtB0SLdHkd_y6ZTTHuEhpHtupH7CKzEd5Lq6gS9sy8s58wCgEbLtAT_Wd1Ob7jT4yzUl-P24hQ1N0CUoN3iho0Ct8UvB1AnsraQrvXpuF-lajNtR9wuCapY3CZMKBkPl_deFt5aoGRjU5t3rF3KI-Q08mFxg/s1375/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuq6RdcBu-ThuPOJqlv0oeWpezL5kWtB0SLdHkd_y6ZTTHuEhpHtupH7CKzEd5Lq6gS9sy8s58wCgEbLtAT_Wd1Ob7jT4yzUl-P24hQ1N0CUoN3iho0Ct8UvB1AnsraQrvXpuF-lajNtR9wuCapY3CZMKBkPl_deFt5aoGRjU5t3rF3KI-Q08mFxg/s320/6.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGZAC8OIywPEXDOxvdqB8NSAsf-GX4OXzXZ_XKshHM8q_sA9paiknzoJH6gYiJlSorUcswRd2VQ2MtKKbJtOR47DPCvu66DDZ_1thuDpujExQEEk9BuvX1Ex0-Giug-s2ILLxTQUoCE8Ys2m-YC0lvxXPM-x26ieJ-keqA4bV8cqNtNKhZmQPklNP/s1000/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGZAC8OIywPEXDOxvdqB8NSAsf-GX4OXzXZ_XKshHM8q_sA9paiknzoJH6gYiJlSorUcswRd2VQ2MtKKbJtOR47DPCvu66DDZ_1thuDpujExQEEk9BuvX1Ex0-Giug-s2ILLxTQUoCE8Ys2m-YC0lvxXPM-x26ieJ-keqA4bV8cqNtNKhZmQPklNP/s320/7.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZOBIVx-0FAD2_KObuQOR4q0TuopYAaKsDR207imvagmMS7RERaJja1VWqkx4WuBR5pNuTCDGFkJkp_dcRlHG6ie-jxUjI9NQhW2XN-dogIVWCSezwn7YEYKwWe9gqR4EDxG7-78VnsWeIA78aHSQcD7ekKsUvhZSO6oXmd8ppWor12qIaJXF9cx2/s1391/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZOBIVx-0FAD2_KObuQOR4q0TuopYAaKsDR207imvagmMS7RERaJja1VWqkx4WuBR5pNuTCDGFkJkp_dcRlHG6ie-jxUjI9NQhW2XN-dogIVWCSezwn7YEYKwWe9gqR4EDxG7-78VnsWeIA78aHSQcD7ekKsUvhZSO6oXmd8ppWor12qIaJXF9cx2/s320/8.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really liked this series and I'm excited that there are going to be more books in the series!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Do-Over</i> -Lynn Painter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT7Evjp_k_XTWgF9AI29SLiGT2X3KkWrLTr2vhAVPF5Ga8SBx6FJ2rjBWJQMwgr6JEUGmxjQUDaB2smomE0J8kra1A4NbpjchbzveALIPP9U1aq8L_A8xMoTy8TkFApbhtUnEWqs0v727xWjbOgDKrjOtkmxf2HFrbJho-vT6n5ZhnVrnTzFXOdR3/s475/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT7Evjp_k_XTWgF9AI29SLiGT2X3KkWrLTr2vhAVPF5Ga8SBx6FJ2rjBWJQMwgr6JEUGmxjQUDaB2smomE0J8kra1A4NbpjchbzveALIPP9U1aq8L_A8xMoTy8TkFApbhtUnEWqs0v727xWjbOgDKrjOtkmxf2HFrbJho-vT6n5ZhnVrnTzFXOdR3/s320/9.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this book so much and I'm so excited that I found this author's works. If you like YA novels, I highly recommend reading Lynn Painter's novels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Better Than The Movies </i>-Lynn Painter</div><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU7_7dn5TEW3wWwg_s472gQUbaYKNXAKcB_KT96usWrd8bErJkarytJ2mYTB6_WcQ15P8kUsYIrhS4N5JvBzNL4P4VVvWbJfAf2a6dyIlZT5148IjjBiUI-dhHLgH_lsjhsXYwOwo51bJHLu7i4aFZC7qDqeduuNXbVvF-SpYcCM2wTpl35oZUuyx/s2114/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="1399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU7_7dn5TEW3wWwg_s472gQUbaYKNXAKcB_KT96usWrd8bErJkarytJ2mYTB6_WcQ15P8kUsYIrhS4N5JvBzNL4P4VVvWbJfAf2a6dyIlZT5148IjjBiUI-dhHLgH_lsjhsXYwOwo51bJHLu7i4aFZC7qDqeduuNXbVvF-SpYcCM2wTpl35oZUuyx/s320/10.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I loved this book so much. I loved the main characters and their relationships with each other.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Accidentally Amy</i> -Lynn Painter</p><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 3 stars</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGykRfLj3s74WkgwwCEKEdtIR7_Wo98hjyJSMlM1QbXq5_THMdTPUI6Vg7-eezYxiazpwAXf3CIc4kCL6LH9FVtehHKcwUHjnMZ1xcki8oVDawpL7B4M4yQ5ZoLBMZJd-OAjtxMye2wL1Tb-383XzDX0XlIieqnMwPfeRPy2wk8THTlDDyjQZT_lva/s2560/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGykRfLj3s74WkgwwCEKEdtIR7_Wo98hjyJSMlM1QbXq5_THMdTPUI6Vg7-eezYxiazpwAXf3CIc4kCL6LH9FVtehHKcwUHjnMZ1xcki8oVDawpL7B4M4yQ5ZoLBMZJd-OAjtxMye2wL1Tb-383XzDX0XlIieqnMwPfeRPy2wk8THTlDDyjQZT_lva/s320/11.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought this was a cute story but it was a little repetitive. </div><p></p>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-5955469447708311952023-04-26T09:11:00.009-07:002023-04-26T09:11:40.116-07:00What's Up Wednesday: April 2023 Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVJ8p7wyfGmeyNb8GKZNcdC6soRGkqb1gSYz_63dbtvuU7iIoK2dihpRDvJBOXs3WKKgwRpmJdSYYsrouZs7YAq1I7Z4kzJNHs7kLbM7NGvQChWw8wpR0LuJIvVeZf2a-hAQuw82U8U2tyQskkPNCX604GXUZUdOnxY894B823cZ_s2oGVf4a5M1O/s600/BLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="600" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVJ8p7wyfGmeyNb8GKZNcdC6soRGkqb1gSYz_63dbtvuU7iIoK2dihpRDvJBOXs3WKKgwRpmJdSYYsrouZs7YAq1I7Z4kzJNHs7kLbM7NGvQChWw8wpR0LuJIvVeZf2a-hAQuw82U8U2tyQskkPNCX604GXUZUdOnxY894B823cZ_s2oGVf4a5M1O/w430-h191/BLOG%201.png" width="430" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhOMlK4jqPdPQNvhhjEpaNCRgImlJfxhlfpHSo9JQx3vOqRJDQNIdNxDOTWw1Y9yF367h5vT8tsWxy-JPIwcJqW5V6BpD4M36PQwnM-5YCgUqtmi-J1SK4BebHuhuFqEf7auSlMsj5dWUWakzMzsI4hNbniCheXv5_nyMA84GwL89fzOysPXr3inx/s800/BLOG%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="757" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhOMlK4jqPdPQNvhhjEpaNCRgImlJfxhlfpHSo9JQx3vOqRJDQNIdNxDOTWw1Y9yF367h5vT8tsWxy-JPIwcJqW5V6BpD4M36PQwnM-5YCgUqtmi-J1SK4BebHuhuFqEf7auSlMsj5dWUWakzMzsI4hNbniCheXv5_nyMA84GwL89fzOysPXr3inx/w359-h379/BLOG%202.jpg" width="359" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What We're Eating This Week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Monday: Cheeseburger, fries, and beans</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tuesday: Roasted pork, roasted potatoes, lima beans</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm not sure about the rest of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Reminiscing About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing at the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Loving...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Baseball is back! Let's Go Mets! I've been reading up a storm this month. I'm on my 10th book of the month.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I've Been Up To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Family visits, a week of sickness (double ear infections & a viral infection), watching lots of baseball, and doing a ton of reading, watching TV/Youtube.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Dreading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nothing that I can think of at the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Working On...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Planning out my content for my Youtube channel for the next few months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Excited About...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was chosen to participate in the Erin Condren planner launch collaboration. My review of the new planners and accessories that I were sent to review is on my Youtube channel:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD3iFtDn67A&t=2s">My EC Review</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Watching/Reading...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watching: Regular season TV shows, baseball, Hallmark movies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reading: I will have my book review next month with the link-up I participate in sharing all of the books I read this month. I'm currently reading <i>Accidentally Amy</i> by Lynn Painter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Listening To...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lots of country and pop music, as per usual.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Doing This Weekend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I need to film a few videos for my Youtube channel. I will be watching sports and I also want to finish the book I'm currently reading.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Celebrating my mom on Mother's Day. Trip to visit my family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">What Else Is New...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I covered everything.</span></div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048653103648153878.post-60459648675009005792023-04-11T06:25:00.001-07:002023-04-11T06:25:10.545-07:00Books Read in March 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzx-y8zPJTKtrNvyF_qlDFsGtinFRIisBk3zrNGvf4UMUvc6zgzO6sWWgIvo6Bk85ltPG05Ifyl41P0Dc8P8-DmlyutdBvQoJax1pLj2GoSXeMre_XAp_5eFaV2AiKmMramwetyc2WNuWNMe-kqcceyrQyk-ixRqbngQ0paTiOSOZryK2WrSQ5pZ8R/s300/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzx-y8zPJTKtrNvyF_qlDFsGtinFRIisBk3zrNGvf4UMUvc6zgzO6sWWgIvo6Bk85ltPG05Ifyl41P0Dc8P8-DmlyutdBvQoJax1pLj2GoSXeMre_XAp_5eFaV2AiKmMramwetyc2WNuWNMe-kqcceyrQyk-ixRqbngQ0paTiOSOZryK2WrSQ5pZ8R/w257-h343/My-Month-is-Booked-1-225x300.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>The Kissing Booth</i> -Beth Reekles (Book #1)<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaLtTYDdhfiHwkRISQbL5wXcJy3d12ybLD3Q5cMHh2hXvbe-jToHb7dH9K2hWCJtmdQQ8IOurVCkxyOlknd_BtUCCyJ4_HSIzydru3Lr6putqTwkBpiVldk8CZKh9LuaxFUooGuvBQe5fNIE3utMoLYfumN2LbxROpaDFKsAeZEu7j9w8yGTcxQkj/s414/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="273" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaLtTYDdhfiHwkRISQbL5wXcJy3d12ybLD3Q5cMHh2hXvbe-jToHb7dH9K2hWCJtmdQQ8IOurVCkxyOlknd_BtUCCyJ4_HSIzydru3Lr6putqTwkBpiVldk8CZKh9LuaxFUooGuvBQe5fNIE3utMoLYfumN2LbxROpaDFKsAeZEu7j9w8yGTcxQkj/s320/1.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Going The Distance </i>(<i>Kissing Booth </i>#2) -Beth Reekles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX8DsFNeoHE80kUz9n-hgBM0T9KKBTvkhAXI_M4_HmpizbkoemMJJIYsg9-etlmcmRKaP6KA00yo9oBlMDEsMiz0MFCMM4Q0ezVXUkzrlGmibWaiUMpvlBDvb2ZdFJt71MwU8yLlYxmyh_pyzi2GC-18f6vYemCHts32A6nJTG7Gho2njzvs1ROVv/s2474/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2474" data-original-width="1653" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX8DsFNeoHE80kUz9n-hgBM0T9KKBTvkhAXI_M4_HmpizbkoemMJJIYsg9-etlmcmRKaP6KA00yo9oBlMDEsMiz0MFCMM4Q0ezVXUkzrlGmibWaiUMpvlBDvb2ZdFJt71MwU8yLlYxmyh_pyzi2GC-18f6vYemCHts32A6nJTG7Gho2njzvs1ROVv/s320/2.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>One Last Time </i>(<i>Kissing Booth</i> #3) -Beth Reekles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 4 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzvnJZlYzr5NTl0n2dVqYmH2bTfkK2SfzYbqRRAmM_KofhaZLjwosQ1K0tm8cGZWrOKIS7w3zbZliK_Ns1qcY-Nw5UQ3qtYHrY-DDJlumsyWlGdqwTedGNaQdml4DMR_XfglmhFFoLJthpURGWTXNkNaVehV5rN31B5Hc6p3BHH5_lRn6p_HBXoQo/s1080/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="703" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzvnJZlYzr5NTl0n2dVqYmH2bTfkK2SfzYbqRRAmM_KofhaZLjwosQ1K0tm8cGZWrOKIS7w3zbZliK_Ns1qcY-Nw5UQ3qtYHrY-DDJlumsyWlGdqwTedGNaQdml4DMR_XfglmhFFoLJthpURGWTXNkNaVehV5rN31B5Hc6p3BHH5_lRn6p_HBXoQo/s320/3.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this book series just as much as the movies and I highly recommend both. I love the relationship between the romantic leads and the friendships between the characters as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Upside of Falling</i> -Alex Light </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Rating: 3 stars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z_IcvbSJH9mwc1KcdjAFclGLZ5iDKJYX_LKllhmUzv_EmXUUz8fgvs9DyEgN3jAFZ_9ijvJB0a8hlKxxFTUfyzhy0tPdQ15A0YprjJulKFX4UrdQD5eBmQ_hvQTPk5b1X5PdNONarcJDgS30cz0ExF1ttXt2uvDM_meyTFYKLx9UmnpMkHEQIcq6/s475/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z_IcvbSJH9mwc1KcdjAFclGLZ5iDKJYX_LKllhmUzv_EmXUUz8fgvs9DyEgN3jAFZ_9ijvJB0a8hlKxxFTUfyzhy0tPdQ15A0YprjJulKFX4UrdQD5eBmQ_hvQTPk5b1X5PdNONarcJDgS30cz0ExF1ttXt2uvDM_meyTFYKLx9UmnpMkHEQIcq6/s320/4.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I enjoyed this book. I liked the relationship between the main characters. I think the cover of this book is so cute.</div>Living Life With Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099454034967605698noreply@blogger.com2