tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84671186780506964332024-03-14T14:50:07.003-04:00Lisa Ks Book ReviewsA blog for and about Cozy mysteries and their wonderful authors. Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2739125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-13850450072681177302023-08-27T02:34:00.001-04:002023-08-27T02:34:49.633-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvKh82W4GWbreixHEIFPQ2jwpdRl7xsk0x-ZKWh9sNU_jtR2-nE5qZGVulm6zdTlQW-XedjIiug2EcpJy47veONHvODuuVT6vIL15ZQTiRYzNQydiyuRPKcfzmVWuqh8wgAEMbNk-Jb1cOceazrAUHxngR02wRJLnQQKQIsLFj02rsdcaguRTPBCdg-Zt/s446/28685862_10156326355262792_8832686817688751882_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="446" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvKh82W4GWbreixHEIFPQ2jwpdRl7xsk0x-ZKWh9sNU_jtR2-nE5qZGVulm6zdTlQW-XedjIiug2EcpJy47veONHvODuuVT6vIL15ZQTiRYzNQydiyuRPKcfzmVWuqh8wgAEMbNk-Jb1cOceazrAUHxngR02wRJLnQQKQIsLFj02rsdcaguRTPBCdg-Zt/w236-h236/28685862_10156326355262792_8832686817688751882_n.jpg" width="236" /></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; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello, dear friends. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Well, I have been gone much longer then planned. I'm so about that. While I get on Facebook and chime in, I've still been pretty much inside my own head. My goal is to get back to reading, reviewing, my blog and all of you. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thank you all for your kind words, and your patience. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I hope your summer has been a good one, and as we grow closer to Fall (Yay!), I hope it only gets better. While so many mourn the loss Summer, I welcome it. Once the cooler air, better yet, the crisp chilly air of Fall comes around, I always find myself coming back to life. So please, hang in there a little longer with me. I will be back!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hugs and love to you all.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Lisa</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><p></p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-7061633327332690092023-07-17T11:32:00.008-04:002023-07-17T11:33:36.177-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3AW-US283bEUf57arL4sACFMxdVcWnmmDZIPKbWTMB4mkE79RmS-cJvh6jxrxhrLnB0BmQVDO4Q_gwszhlXoiQm19jkfq84BVGXTwmhKKrnpGQPcUtJTCgXsZoAuUvIcLox9yh4wdn4gy8PE-fRfn1mIlNUzdn24F4d6Bfrq95cCYN-aeCuyaeKsG1PD/s260/28906362_10156345798152792_655501066_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="260" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3AW-US283bEUf57arL4sACFMxdVcWnmmDZIPKbWTMB4mkE79RmS-cJvh6jxrxhrLnB0BmQVDO4Q_gwszhlXoiQm19jkfq84BVGXTwmhKKrnpGQPcUtJTCgXsZoAuUvIcLox9yh4wdn4gy8PE-fRfn1mIlNUzdn24F4d6Bfrq95cCYN-aeCuyaeKsG1PD/s1600/28906362_10156345798152792_655501066_n.png" width="260" /></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; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello my friends.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I wanted to check in after being quiet for so long.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm doing well. I'm not sick. Not in a eat broth, get some sleep kinda way.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Most of you already know that I have bi-polar as well as panic and anxiety disorder. In that mixed depression. With the help of medications, I do much better then I did about 30 years ago when diagnosed. However, there are times when my medication, and me being a born goofball just aren't strong enough to get me through sometimes. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But I am trying. I am trying hard. For you, my family, and myself, I'm trying so hard. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Lisa Ks Book Reviews will continue! As soon as I can get myself back on an even keel, I will be back. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You didn't think you could get rid of me that easily did you? </span><span style="font-size: large;">😉</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Sending love, peace, and light to you all. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWtc85o3DnQ2tG1Du9kbX0t0VrIZXjAFuUu6pyO7lwxtsllXvYa8st1F5lEXUVpc0kY-iC_vN_TMu-GUTZucTFcLyXS15hiIiByvosqiKrGqSHTMaEEMR1gdtciyQYup7TnUBGADtURqQpBRzxRZfaUoKQXAmxPhMnSluC92M4zs2Ikcork7fQ-_5Pzxi/s398/83292731_762698497474166_1828062149897879552_n.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWtc85o3DnQ2tG1Du9kbX0t0VrIZXjAFuUu6pyO7lwxtsllXvYa8st1F5lEXUVpc0kY-iC_vN_TMu-GUTZucTFcLyXS15hiIiByvosqiKrGqSHTMaEEMR1gdtciyQYup7TnUBGADtURqQpBRzxRZfaUoKQXAmxPhMnSluC92M4zs2Ikcork7fQ-_5Pzxi/w212-h212/83292731_762698497474166_1828062149897879552_n.png" width="212" /></a></div></span></div><p></p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-45755870930974257432023-06-16T10:04:00.001-04:002023-06-16T10:04:08.611-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; outline: none !important; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;">Hello all. As you must have noticed by now, nothing new has been happening on my blog. There are 2 reasons.</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: small; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;">1: First to happen . . . I haven't been able to load any images to my blog. I've been working hard on trying to figure it out, but so far, nothing.</span></b></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></b></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: small; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;">2: I've been having some flare ups </span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: small; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;">of my bipolar, and have had a struggle with my depression. May & June are hard months for me. For my family. The anniversary of both my parents deaths, the anniversary of my brother's death, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, the birthday of one of my dearest friends who has now passed. It's all too much in a small space of time.</span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" />I'm so sorry to have been MIA. I am going to strive to get things back on track. I'm giving myself a deadline of July 1. I pray you all can hang in there with me as I work on getting my blog, and my presence in the cozy community back in order. In the mean time, love and joy to you all. Good bless. Hugs to you all.</span></b><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;"></span></b></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.12px; outline: none !important;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-78038665812609488572023-06-02T00:00:00.002-04:002023-06-02T00:00:00.138-04:00<p style="text-align: center;">A huge THANK YOU to my friend Karen, for looking after all of you for me. She's so busy in life right now, that it means more than words can say that she would help out, even without being asked! Love you, Karen! </p><p style="text-align: center;">As for things here. I still can't upload images. If I can't soon, it looks like I may have to set up a new blog. (Insert sad face here) Either way, I will be back up and running ASAP. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hugs my friends. And, Happy June! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Lisa</p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-50224210066226009862023-05-31T03:00:00.026-04:002023-05-31T03:00:00.148-04:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF86Xd6WWJCuG8T6DyYgjbyo88C9mLR4paYQDx35QvUuDO-pOXeJfpK3yfLQ5NcMVrIwB0StBsmWygoI1vur7-dUaU3WS7CM29sbQQ3E1RVA4PzE0jrOXUZHJVfQLbQPYwUq0rh5aIlfF9-F2oP0Gc73ZASCkVNxxmiYsxkcBe9FTUDt5fwEIWhQ1P/s398/350106461_649489143178968_704455480051776871_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF86Xd6WWJCuG8T6DyYgjbyo88C9mLR4paYQDx35QvUuDO-pOXeJfpK3yfLQ5NcMVrIwB0StBsmWygoI1vur7-dUaU3WS7CM29sbQQ3E1RVA4PzE0jrOXUZHJVfQLbQPYwUq0rh5aIlfF9-F2oP0Gc73ZASCkVNxxmiYsxkcBe9FTUDt5fwEIWhQ1P/s320/350106461_649489143178968_704455480051776871_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Welcome back and thought I would share about a Facebook event that is happening June 6th so you have time to mark your calendars! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlZ9ooAhJFEDnWHY9Ap-yw70ZTQDznbeuKB_8_gnWpdqM5XXmywvLiEubQ0o9u1Z8_ouZ-55MNhbZ0DmjTlfMrxNfe6uOFGR2qXkAaUQr4wF7vhkeTl_S4Vwcvs0cCK4pcTpxmfqHFNnW67_j0KgYTBL7qBHRrp9jawWNFtWOHPE6_Oi9Ob3yk8eA/s600/349605740_1665151337324637_6603594521665686651_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="600" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlZ9ooAhJFEDnWHY9Ap-yw70ZTQDznbeuKB_8_gnWpdqM5XXmywvLiEubQ0o9u1Z8_ouZ-55MNhbZ0DmjTlfMrxNfe6uOFGR2qXkAaUQr4wF7vhkeTl_S4Vwcvs0cCK4pcTpxmfqHFNnW67_j0KgYTBL7qBHRrp9jawWNFtWOHPE6_Oi9Ob3yk8eA/w400-h335/349605740_1665151337324637_6603594521665686651_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>June 6th is the release date for Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates and over on her Author page on Facebook she is hosting an event that I highly recommend attending. Virtually of course !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3qSG9tEGcSubwdxXLhjF0qtiKDb-lsVTa3HYR-PzCQZ9_sW0NH_khinfttIdsObV5t4VLzOwQpH8UBHWZyIkWJ3yD4kZxk3CoPYcHbDYlR5hY-bBPkB1RmLc8Mg223SvQitTWqVzf8WKD-OcJDsEkSE926C_-LKhxz5VE6Fn-KnWFvlvqKRKn2wf/s960/348963177_558863863068627_2488104554028253324_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3qSG9tEGcSubwdxXLhjF0qtiKDb-lsVTa3HYR-PzCQZ9_sW0NH_khinfttIdsObV5t4VLzOwQpH8UBHWZyIkWJ3yD4kZxk3CoPYcHbDYlR5hY-bBPkB1RmLc8Mg223SvQitTWqVzf8WKD-OcJDsEkSE926C_-LKhxz5VE6Fn-KnWFvlvqKRKn2wf/w400-h225/348963177_558863863068627_2488104554028253324_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>So many Authors are participating in this event, which is on Facebook and can be found on Eva Gates and Vicki Delany's Facebook page. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICh5sRLzs7-90I6o7xhn88ERpGq-v7ZWGFHp7hYGQJjVWH-EaZtp-XeQPQ9xjtDYZU5HtDhQ_RK1uwHAnZBT-QTLU6mMOZPhf6oiVVXdyUJ4JN8ufereFNj-hLl4LAvDF-l3kXQwJRCc8Yo8qTEiosKr8-Eh4GshNRz49Tjbvc2Lvl4LoQjmRnB6k/s398/350354862_577256644277395_1360703876825133788_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICh5sRLzs7-90I6o7xhn88ERpGq-v7ZWGFHp7hYGQJjVWH-EaZtp-XeQPQ9xjtDYZU5HtDhQ_RK1uwHAnZBT-QTLU6mMOZPhf6oiVVXdyUJ4JN8ufereFNj-hLl4LAvDF-l3kXQwJRCc8Yo8qTEiosKr8-Eh4GshNRz49Tjbvc2Lvl4LoQjmRnB6k/w400-h400/350354862_577256644277395_1360703876825133788_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Mark your calendars and RSVP for this amazing event, more than 150 people have already signed up for it! A lighthouse, a wedding, a mystery and so much more! I hope to see you there.</p>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-84145416151100649142023-05-30T03:00:00.001-04:002023-05-30T03:00:00.148-04:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9tC0Tz2k2UUBhmAIqaIXA1F67FLHZpLDh1wXzcOjeXhnepiztphev91aq45D80k3T-70zovsv8phPUU4a5yN2r8zb7qd0_azRiwMq7aLfnPN2aJg45Lw_el1U1--t12rdPT_yLrZEvryPzYGmfuPwNInKG5MRdvu-Ejzwcw9DuH3p7mp-L80pzc0/s398/350361103_566794055612481_1983367123787987899_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9tC0Tz2k2UUBhmAIqaIXA1F67FLHZpLDh1wXzcOjeXhnepiztphev91aq45D80k3T-70zovsv8phPUU4a5yN2r8zb7qd0_azRiwMq7aLfnPN2aJg45Lw_el1U1--t12rdPT_yLrZEvryPzYGmfuPwNInKG5MRdvu-Ejzwcw9DuH3p7mp-L80pzc0/s320/350361103_566794055612481_1983367123787987899_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well It looks like Lisa is still having some trouble with uploading images to her page, somehow it is letting me. But I feel her frustration and I through my desk in full support.<p></p><p>I hope you will accept me filling in...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xHjSlob16xmVKXLVfgsvl7zZ-Q4sHyYXBQsGEIkd45PKIjEchXh6g2HfdO2S3_lMnNJPnjBa5kwHBCkhbCaZfKZc62EmsoStDMmXLvZBiyBaasRFFbFlRisiiYrt65pAmhsNwVN4wHvziKIpZ9wA3lX1FfdCHwjI-EBRqxlV0D4e82Pf5SzFX8W7/s398/350147166_3582360828674915_4539488707877381652_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xHjSlob16xmVKXLVfgsvl7zZ-Q4sHyYXBQsGEIkd45PKIjEchXh6g2HfdO2S3_lMnNJPnjBa5kwHBCkhbCaZfKZc62EmsoStDMmXLvZBiyBaasRFFbFlRisiiYrt65pAmhsNwVN4wHvziKIpZ9wA3lX1FfdCHwjI-EBRqxlV0D4e82Pf5SzFX8W7/s320/350147166_3582360828674915_4539488707877381652_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I have some exciting news from the Cozy World to share, Two Cozy Mysteries I can't wait to read...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PuTxoZ1ZZ32M95tTqAyVtZBEuwcZ1EC283_yOSXjTfbKTRGCPkW4PMsTr3L6CKWqssRR7AV90uspeaXIzGWWMky9dhaqTW7KDFgl6-mRoAIkkzMEE2xQuGqFLBGUE5HfHmQ19U1yhXpjdCvupFDESxTFnGdDzNUWW6dQ1jvqoWafTL1kG0r8oEJp/s499/51RLPje63ML._SX309_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="311" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PuTxoZ1ZZ32M95tTqAyVtZBEuwcZ1EC283_yOSXjTfbKTRGCPkW4PMsTr3L6CKWqssRR7AV90uspeaXIzGWWMky9dhaqTW7KDFgl6-mRoAIkkzMEE2xQuGqFLBGUE5HfHmQ19U1yhXpjdCvupFDESxTFnGdDzNUWW6dQ1jvqoWafTL1kG0r8oEJp/w249-h400/51RLPje63ML._SX309_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p>Coming July 4th!!! Scaredy Cat by Sofie Ryan, book 10 of 11 in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series is going to be released! I love this cover!</p><p>"Secondhand store owner Sarah Grayson and her affectionate rescue cat, Elvis, will scare up a few leads to find a killer in the newest installment of this captivating New York Times bestselling series.</p><p> After a long, cold, and snowy winter, it seems as though spring may be arriving early in Maine. Sarah Grayson is busy at her store, Second Chance, and she’s looking forward to an afternoon break from the hustle and bustle, tagging along to the North Harbor Spring House Tour with her friend Detective Michelle Andrews.</p><p> But it turns out one of the houses has a haunted history, and when a ghost hunter is found dead on the premises, Sarah knows the best way to uncover the killer/to solve the mystery is by investigating the not-so-dearly departed. With help from Elvis and Charlotte’s Angels, the crew of senior citizen private detectives who work out of the store, she’ll close the case on this creepy crime" - Amazon</p><p><br /></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpQ4dKwjbqkZGXHglMdSsy8URPt3S_fQPv2zJfuAy8AHcsK2EF-VNZ5NW-TOB_Y98wuyGGDaAoINuo17wRVkCbObfuJqohuKYuDLzlPIo9M7JpPyqgMbFzgn2p6SdhSkBnt6CK62MExgHfQv1UZr2sKdyGEyirboz07XiGkAFx8TNmiYdB8kNMIC_/s499/513rqv6xtrL._SX304_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpQ4dKwjbqkZGXHglMdSsy8URPt3S_fQPv2zJfuAy8AHcsK2EF-VNZ5NW-TOB_Y98wuyGGDaAoINuo17wRVkCbObfuJqohuKYuDLzlPIo9M7JpPyqgMbFzgn2p6SdhSkBnt6CK62MExgHfQv1UZr2sKdyGEyirboz07XiGkAFx8TNmiYdB8kNMIC_/w245-h400/513rqv6xtrL._SX304_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /> Ok you may not know me that well but I am obsessed with tea and this particular series. This has me so excited and preordering Laura Childs July 4th, 2023 release of A Dark and Stormy Tea, I am already thinking of the teas I shall sip with this in my tea tent! <p></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"A possible serial killer on the loose sends tea maven Theodosia Browning into a whirlwind of investigation in this latest installment of the </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">New York Times</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> bestselling series.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It was a dark and stormy night, but that was the least of Theodosia Browning's troubles. As she approaches St. Philips Graveyard, Theodosia sees two figures locked in a strange embrace. Wiping rain from her eyes, Theodosia realizes she has just witnessed a brutal murder and sees a dark-hooded figure slip away into the fog.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In the throes of alerting police, Theodosia recognizes the victim—it is the daughter of her friend, Lois, who owns the Antiquarian Bookshop next door to her own Indigo Tea Shop.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Even though this appears to be the work of a serial killer who is stalking the back alleys of Charleston, Lois begs Theodosia for help. Against the advice of her boyfriend, Detective Pete Riley, and the sage words of Drayton, her tea sommelier, amateur-sleuth Theodosia launches her own shadow investigation. And quickly discovers that suspects abound with the dead girl’s boyfriend, nefarious real estate developer, private-security man, bumbling reporter, and her own neighbor who is writing a true-crime book and searching for a big ending."- Amazon </span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Neither Lisa or I are Amazon Affiliates. I just get most of my pre ordered books through Amazon. I am no longer receiving advanced reading copies so if you see me get really excited you can bet these are ones I have chosen to add to my TBR list this summer!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks for joining us here and for luck that Lisa can be online again soon! </span></span></span></p>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-9619604280235843822023-05-27T03:00:00.002-04:002023-05-27T03:00:00.132-04:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPhB1gdMDiwMed7WmkJ7YJltfPbTmVeUqZx-sy8hzgs149zLHV5waP_N3zGjOmZJdHQWfZWAWYojTvBSl-L_dteY1HxhSz0aKj4Nlq9T6NJBF8BvJEa7UwodRk4K_1-vNZKx_aDu1V_4P4-PllaMZjb8jCgqEbikOiqA4hH7xHPdpI4PrdS46GtKO/s398/349209683_546794074324625_2960379302138707479_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPhB1gdMDiwMed7WmkJ7YJltfPbTmVeUqZx-sy8hzgs149zLHV5waP_N3zGjOmZJdHQWfZWAWYojTvBSl-L_dteY1HxhSz0aKj4Nlq9T6NJBF8BvJEa7UwodRk4K_1-vNZKx_aDu1V_4P4-PllaMZjb8jCgqEbikOiqA4hH7xHPdpI4PrdS46GtKO/s320/349209683_546794074324625_2960379302138707479_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Greetings! I hear for you in the USA it may be a long weekend, here in Canada ours was last weekend and I was so tired i never got around to making a Jello Pie I had been wanting to try. <p></p><p>When my parents were alive and my dad still working he had a lady in the office who made us this pie once and I absolutely loved it, having had no idea at the time how she made this magical fluffy red pie, and now many decades later, I learned that it was a Jello Pie! </p><p><a href="https://www.kraftcanada.ca/recipe/jell-o-fruity-strawberry-pie-109684" target="_blank">Specifically this recipe I found on the Kraft Canada Website which you can also find by clicking this sentence. </a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGNOxuTqDmj2m0s4oWhfrnGxPTJZMNy1k46iMVoh4BVfVkWo1IZd950NkjpcmiA6ae4eYmH8MQLHfP3izo38DgkyQ3BDc7xMi_l3TM_Cy9FQDUzY3KoGMwrhsZ-xSWFOkyzCrRJELizDI_RU9CP9a0YKuVA2L6t0MTSlfGyTA_3M5BWy7bKJ_lXD2X" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGNOxuTqDmj2m0s4oWhfrnGxPTJZMNy1k46iMVoh4BVfVkWo1IZd950NkjpcmiA6ae4eYmH8MQLHfP3izo38DgkyQ3BDc7xMi_l3TM_Cy9FQDUzY3KoGMwrhsZ-xSWFOkyzCrRJELizDI_RU9CP9a0YKuVA2L6t0MTSlfGyTA_3M5BWy7bKJ_lXD2X" width="320" /></a></div><br />Hoping that this photo is viewable to you all, it is from the Kraft Website and I was in absolute disbelief that while I was looking at recipes this yummy childhood memory has been rediscovered!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugONmerD2MtAjbYTnXNv_vmZ1CyQfC9zouyVR1hQk7z3z8NXQ429EYBC8UO8eF0EZcT4ThhCfNwiocRTRQiS4Jr5Wk6BHIPFCXWev9sQr2-tSuIz6rzqqzlXoF0BZtWUZNsvXAbWGxItDi1z4WsVMN_CRMB1m_J1zxAopkkjaAttKMSR50vvcEcJo/s398/350089518_926667118552018_841968582446959939_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugONmerD2MtAjbYTnXNv_vmZ1CyQfC9zouyVR1hQk7z3z8NXQ429EYBC8UO8eF0EZcT4ThhCfNwiocRTRQiS4Jr5Wk6BHIPFCXWev9sQr2-tSuIz6rzqqzlXoF0BZtWUZNsvXAbWGxItDi1z4WsVMN_CRMB1m_J1zxAopkkjaAttKMSR50vvcEcJo/s320/350089518_926667118552018_841968582446959939_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>What I think I love most about this pie is that it combines my favorite parts of having pie, the fruit and the creamy topping, into the pie! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht453c0c6O9RWe8TUCaLmY9ftOyTcdwBFamDu4iw-JpoEnKlCoNXTPg05zFdPnK9dTXayQuLziW9vzDCZJc3VCRPreCTJ_aB39uDW3XxZXXROQzgyi3QhLHgCjdO5wcF8UrJxe_d82DZsOffwTA-G8fDx-yIoOhzfTj8FJiKwmlnZH5DPlCoU1-0xf/s398/343570570_254926997105476_8129942240380764890_n%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht453c0c6O9RWe8TUCaLmY9ftOyTcdwBFamDu4iw-JpoEnKlCoNXTPg05zFdPnK9dTXayQuLziW9vzDCZJc3VCRPreCTJ_aB39uDW3XxZXXROQzgyi3QhLHgCjdO5wcF8UrJxe_d82DZsOffwTA-G8fDx-yIoOhzfTj8FJiKwmlnZH5DPlCoU1-0xf/s320/343570570_254926997105476_8129942240380764890_n%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>While I am not sure how you will be spending your holiday weekend I hope it is with people you love, or doing something you love. </p><p>I will let you know how my pie turns out! Let me know if you make this or if you have a similar pie recipe you would share!</p><p><br /></p>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-50564726696408620812023-05-26T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-26T00:00:00.146-04:00<p style="text-align: center;">Hello all.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Something has gone wrong, again, between my computer and my blog host site. I can't upload any photos. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sigh.</p><p style="text-align: center;">PLEASE stick with me. I want to work through very carefully. There are 10 years of post on this blog. So far, the only "fix" options I have found is to set up a new blog. I can't stand the thought of losing everything. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Please send good thoughts, vibes, and prayers that I can figure this out. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Love and hugs to you all,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Lisa</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-79013209399664140682023-05-25T22:31:00.000-04:002023-05-25T22:31:11.021-04:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS6m76t7MrJEQgQbNKK87mhinuYjnRmsX-l_Azyj7XQKBRPXX9mJ0aJg22Y4PXmujnOqxfh7Rn4lLj_ioUg-DPxYajxDgi_FImbIH-sd8VZuNrb3cKdSfJLjzYfz_EHtbChSqNi1Hd_F07Ojg46sc4vIpyJ80GW4_tS0oLRjuySzgadyk5J025YYD/s398/349295008_1384766565650961_8319937727222306109_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS6m76t7MrJEQgQbNKK87mhinuYjnRmsX-l_Azyj7XQKBRPXX9mJ0aJg22Y4PXmujnOqxfh7Rn4lLj_ioUg-DPxYajxDgi_FImbIH-sd8VZuNrb3cKdSfJLjzYfz_EHtbChSqNi1Hd_F07Ojg46sc4vIpyJ80GW4_tS0oLRjuySzgadyk5J025YYD/s320/349295008_1384766565650961_8319937727222306109_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sending love to you all today and hopefully some cozy laughs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiFSbCmF9qn30kEDba3fKnnF1iWrLDyyL80dFnt_ltvq006I3rHjOZ_6UK1XKUVOCIqHUPu8JP6q5dmBX78NzAh2TmSyajka1eXqEMuoBlfPkcE4trXImeYDlGE-YR6CCoz_yVzjWFHQnIrENbVWf7pWR9X5md25Ym0BrAvzFtdROBt5eshdc3uJs/s1462/carlicenceplatesafe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1462" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiFSbCmF9qn30kEDba3fKnnF1iWrLDyyL80dFnt_ltvq006I3rHjOZ_6UK1XKUVOCIqHUPu8JP6q5dmBX78NzAh2TmSyajka1eXqEMuoBlfPkcE4trXImeYDlGE-YR6CCoz_yVzjWFHQnIrENbVWf7pWR9X5md25Ym0BrAvzFtdROBt5eshdc3uJs/s320/carlicenceplatesafe.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> So... I did a thing, cost under $3 and has hopefully brought a smile or two to people passing by...<p></p><p>This is my second Bug, but I never put eyelashes on car before, wondering how long they will last! "Tea Kettle" is this ones name and she was lacking personality.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJPvFrQcH0ooS1uUDVwZ8jDV5YcDw-HSYvYwZA4WlYtjHg08KRSgHL3-4e7FNwmRfULsc3ZooCSRkcL7aV3iA6NCgZDSe8_aaqEwUYrJQUN07AmUyhSJSERwmxAjoahx_7LoVxz3C-UECbEeH9iSK2NmI_IbskWdn8K_TMryEmcvRmqtrAqeQuc1w/s1440/349221217_1296122600995337_7954463794984928434_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJPvFrQcH0ooS1uUDVwZ8jDV5YcDw-HSYvYwZA4WlYtjHg08KRSgHL3-4e7FNwmRfULsc3ZooCSRkcL7aV3iA6NCgZDSe8_aaqEwUYrJQUN07AmUyhSJSERwmxAjoahx_7LoVxz3C-UECbEeH9iSK2NmI_IbskWdn8K_TMryEmcvRmqtrAqeQuc1w/s320/349221217_1296122600995337_7954463794984928434_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This was my first love, I called her "Teapot"! I miss this car so much and tried to keep her alive for as long as I could. I really loved everything about her, especially how I could transport special surprises for my nieces like this one on the eve of her birthday so many years ago. Now I am imagining what she would have looked like with eyelashes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy-E9TsucpVleJkPkU56Jd7kpN7BCiRHpN52fZO2VSPYr2hQOkBB1qMJTE0luGaSCAMUQ5u9xBgnMKLHdhLBbx52kfuFgHNfCaX03mwYOYi0mFb6ap03me68s-gVsEbUDW3-sqSipTWDWgHYPsVwlpCr9Tsuap6-GdnXsa0esa8XUVlSx76L2jIr0/s398/349430543_2794802557317601_2403632455539243668_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy-E9TsucpVleJkPkU56Jd7kpN7BCiRHpN52fZO2VSPYr2hQOkBB1qMJTE0luGaSCAMUQ5u9xBgnMKLHdhLBbx52kfuFgHNfCaX03mwYOYi0mFb6ap03me68s-gVsEbUDW3-sqSipTWDWgHYPsVwlpCr9Tsuap6-GdnXsa0esa8XUVlSx76L2jIr0/s320/349430543_2794802557317601_2403632455539243668_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The new Eyelashes on Tea Kettle, hopefully will bring some much needed lightness and humor to my morning commute, oh and I can't wait to see my teenagers responce at seeing them before he gets in the car to drop off at his school....</p><p>I shall keep you posted!</p><p><br /></p>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-22717686384056175162023-05-25T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-25T00:00:00.139-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs8TqsU1-qQs0nor7noC1Z3ksJjAdAvl5pWPnKiJTCvC-L91w8GdYS6-RtZZd2iJSKjUHCrFfgQYIPQN_ekJPHLF6S5laRg4svt8SW75aJBPk4UpRlluhsuvutY5TZUXKFRkBtz3ieWW1YiP8gILvZ1KArReal1m5ZKnbDtuOKcNdNKx9lpVwh7Zkuw/s665/241007628_10160096343852792_2189641633367084995_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="658" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs8TqsU1-qQs0nor7noC1Z3ksJjAdAvl5pWPnKiJTCvC-L91w8GdYS6-RtZZd2iJSKjUHCrFfgQYIPQN_ekJPHLF6S5laRg4svt8SW75aJBPk4UpRlluhsuvutY5TZUXKFRkBtz3ieWW1YiP8gILvZ1KArReal1m5ZKnbDtuOKcNdNKx9lpVwh7Zkuw/w245-h247/241007628_10160096343852792_2189641633367084995_n.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Just had to get this off my chest. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I have brought this up before, and am sure I will again.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you feel there should be such a thing as an "edgy" cozy? I don't.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I do not think cursing should be in Cozy Mysteries. I have come to except a h*ll or d*mn here and there, but multiple, multiple times on one book? Multiple times only half way through the book? It's too much. And then there are other words that are worse. B*tch, b*stard! What? In a cozy? No! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Also, sexual suggestions have become a bit too descriptive. We all know some of our characters have sexual relationships. But some of the descriptions have been very risqué. And using the word erotic!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I love our cozy authors. I have a high respect for their talents. Maybe it's the publishers that want them a little more than cozy. But I miss the day when I could pick up a cozy and know it would be like a "Hallmark" type of read. I could pass books on to anyone pre-teen to 100, and know that they were appropriate.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I have friends and fellow readers who feel the same. Anyone out there feel that way too?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for hearing my rant. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9IwL0-9zW_F5EtcRp827XYchosx5fuzpNy1QgRTLV_5eslFZnCWnMYyMkljLuHcm9r-_o5F-YX_C6TT6cmDmTiLP_QtnfB_Y0Lm8-QNnCxouwrhfvLxsVU2PhuZr9k1u2MjZmiM3P34ITAfty7g2JYt-FjOsJEYvFu7slybB5K5npV8kVRZNhTrjMg/s540/360_F_502132502_B3nHQPdnJLtWO4tyYOlTXYs941sVaDYF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="540" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9IwL0-9zW_F5EtcRp827XYchosx5fuzpNy1QgRTLV_5eslFZnCWnMYyMkljLuHcm9r-_o5F-YX_C6TT6cmDmTiLP_QtnfB_Y0Lm8-QNnCxouwrhfvLxsVU2PhuZr9k1u2MjZmiM3P34ITAfty7g2JYt-FjOsJEYvFu7slybB5K5npV8kVRZNhTrjMg/s320/360_F_502132502_B3nHQPdnJLtWO4tyYOlTXYs941sVaDYF.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><p></p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-72541833224835547722023-05-24T03:00:00.001-04:002023-05-24T03:00:00.162-04:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9a_LyZvbRZpcPzqwrD1qNHwBm7_Kl2HiPoxBEgsmOg0x5dPUhn77HUUp87RQWB7JnTTc2YJ0QFafp3qW4ufsdwEoBKygAu9-EVAv_1KdGpzVxC1gNCU6h73EMrL8TYmx3qhlKK9sDuSuN9LD57kC-hj1A74mpaKJOQipcPqasYIVYQx0NOB7KXkdJ/s398/346114207_6412998098787486_7137303304895506809_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9a_LyZvbRZpcPzqwrD1qNHwBm7_Kl2HiPoxBEgsmOg0x5dPUhn77HUUp87RQWB7JnTTc2YJ0QFafp3qW4ufsdwEoBKygAu9-EVAv_1KdGpzVxC1gNCU6h73EMrL8TYmx3qhlKK9sDuSuN9LD57kC-hj1A74mpaKJOQipcPqasYIVYQx0NOB7KXkdJ/w400-h400/346114207_6412998098787486_7137303304895506809_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> This week I am thinking about ways to beat the summer heat. I am not a summer person and while I love a sunny day I don't love a hot day. I have had to check several times this last week if it was hot out or if I was just having a hot flash, sadly sometimes it was both. Why? Why must we suffer in the sun? We where I live A/C is really not that common in homes and we usually get two unbearable weeks in the summer usually in August but, sometimes it is early and often. I have never heard the term "Heat Dome" more than I have in the last few years. Not even sure it is a real thing but something we just have to get used to.<p></p><p>So when the weather gets hot I usually switch to a cozy themed mystery that is fall or winter based. I would love to read a paint and sip mystery, but have not yet found one so if you know of one let me know.</p><p>I took up painting in the last 5 years and I am really enjoying it, I get better each time and it makes me feel really proud and like I am getting that much needed creative outlet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYedyQ4OhDqhcXXivQmGCBcbNtNyjBZAzbVbvUtHjptDtCknwJx_JDFuIZPtPT2QhzY98UvvvnKIEOdlkoS2G8x0BYhBRlONPFWOJ-rfLtO-tQLYg_qurxk0Xe6M28jXrMnqWYMntp0raxT9YbcBJsIiWlGUKDS6fZUCwUNaIP8ZZswTDkHrFQQmg/s398/346115482_983065902725068_5451431330027367626_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYedyQ4OhDqhcXXivQmGCBcbNtNyjBZAzbVbvUtHjptDtCknwJx_JDFuIZPtPT2QhzY98UvvvnKIEOdlkoS2G8x0BYhBRlONPFWOJ-rfLtO-tQLYg_qurxk0Xe6M28jXrMnqWYMntp0raxT9YbcBJsIiWlGUKDS6fZUCwUNaIP8ZZswTDkHrFQQmg/w400-h400/346115482_983065902725068_5451431330027367626_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To escape the summer heat, I am sharing a few favourite series you might be able to find at your library, and one series I have been meaning to start! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One past summer I was obsessed with the fiber craft type mysteries, knitting, (which I can do, kinda), crochet, (which I can't yet do), needle point, cross stitch and needle felting are all crafts I have tried.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Absolutely loved the following series:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfrtKPLeNlUoEmrDQvt_2iy2Td2kWOEfJxSEakmufpDDDfbhYwlEoeqVAoEANKzSLXCCGCl_kXCquf0rE_OMRAVinAJZQLbxByST_l2THT2xi1rreqd0iiRhhK5hC_6J8u3CQlyWfjudtRKbKUs_i7PDp0sUXD6lISmaN94nHCcr74nH5m4hj6N6y/s350/10cedc8a8066432d27cca3aebe3927df42a28060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="217" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfrtKPLeNlUoEmrDQvt_2iy2Td2kWOEfJxSEakmufpDDDfbhYwlEoeqVAoEANKzSLXCCGCl_kXCquf0rE_OMRAVinAJZQLbxByST_l2THT2xi1rreqd0iiRhhK5hC_6J8u3CQlyWfjudtRKbKUs_i7PDp0sUXD6lISmaN94nHCcr74nH5m4hj6N6y/s320/10cedc8a8066432d27cca3aebe3927df42a28060.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Maggie Sefton's Knitting Series! Such a fun read and very fun knitting patterns, there are 16 books I believe in the series so a summer of good reading and projects await you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeWnuwaTY97VcyOJP3hFUqTNIsMKVczNFIBakSDHbu2DRW9-MFeTKICkPJM_-qFV0YohvlwgBXac-s8oU4O8mZSQxaFlajuJ2nljdInoibZSwjVdDUWr6uCQZ8OYvSc0MP6h2Rfe-LhPVI_NHBpO0-m0Xkuh9MUMy10dnzsxaFaSyhWXM_vFNdO2C/s450/9780425279441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeWnuwaTY97VcyOJP3hFUqTNIsMKVczNFIBakSDHbu2DRW9-MFeTKICkPJM_-qFV0YohvlwgBXac-s8oU4O8mZSQxaFlajuJ2nljdInoibZSwjVdDUWr6uCQZ8OYvSc0MP6h2Rfe-LhPVI_NHBpO0-m0Xkuh9MUMy10dnzsxaFaSyhWXM_vFNdO2C/s320/9780425279441.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>I would be remiss if I did not mention the amazing Betty Hechtman Crochet Mystery series, her books made me laugh, cry and had some great recipes in them as well. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjPwkczNyFqsiC5nSMd6LaqcmJp2DKxnOkfc9DT465PD_UKOvbAdp8FvoR67Pc91Aq4C52h6sV5twUSMd2rrHE115q3Dl5PDmsEXMSpxndNSMRuZ-M34yHYACACFVXxXRvZv9YmEWDljd4eguUAJpdlwX61X8cXG68ygQ0wpgHbEIpzOnGjGedHSI/s250/51m8V80xE0L._SL250_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="155" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjPwkczNyFqsiC5nSMd6LaqcmJp2DKxnOkfc9DT465PD_UKOvbAdp8FvoR67Pc91Aq4C52h6sV5twUSMd2rrHE115q3Dl5PDmsEXMSpxndNSMRuZ-M34yHYACACFVXxXRvZv9YmEWDljd4eguUAJpdlwX61X8cXG68ygQ0wpgHbEIpzOnGjGedHSI/w198-h320/51m8V80xE0L._SL250_.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br /><div>I loved so much Amanda Lee's Embroidery series and her beautiful Irish Wolfhound apprentice! </div><div>there are 10 books in this series and I loved Better off Thread, but so many wonderful titles in this series. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZPfzV3_C84C_IvicuWcWNMUcBMEcUN226XUisH79yXVnhpGd3YlMkg3rJ8f9M_YxWrlnhc-hm7qlallYN91p75nXUX9O4NcxGoZTNWjGAq4flYtRo5o5ecENlIojugw5XvbzIYd9-haFyjFcri1duh2ozIQ3LZ-p9z9pmQTWvXGCx8-vK2420ZsL/s398/346111049_1355514268393980_966392187341776032_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZPfzV3_C84C_IvicuWcWNMUcBMEcUN226XUisH79yXVnhpGd3YlMkg3rJ8f9M_YxWrlnhc-hm7qlallYN91p75nXUX9O4NcxGoZTNWjGAq4flYtRo5o5ecENlIojugw5XvbzIYd9-haFyjFcri1duh2ozIQ3LZ-p9z9pmQTWvXGCx8-vK2420ZsL/s320/346111049_1355514268393980_966392187341776032_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z2KFtnjcIQrjjqFmHZhb-7Q4kacOB0cJGsvXxHQaHhTfc6GlBqfLnUMw3EkwS0l3qCYkYn7aYJ0cAgQ9tT8Rj7bb-vY67w47C_oApndE1x6hP1dPJ8Y_TQvY7apdHA8MhJyquGeYVEqZ57wAmzTg_o9vT7z8XZl-JjbWl5QR7Wl4-pW9pOkLFTow/s346/5146BtyDptL._SY346_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="215" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z2KFtnjcIQrjjqFmHZhb-7Q4kacOB0cJGsvXxHQaHhTfc6GlBqfLnUMw3EkwS0l3qCYkYn7aYJ0cAgQ9tT8Rj7bb-vY67w47C_oApndE1x6hP1dPJ8Y_TQvY7apdHA8MhJyquGeYVEqZ57wAmzTg_o9vT7z8XZl-JjbWl5QR7Wl4-pW9pOkLFTow/s320/5146BtyDptL._SY346_.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p>A series I had been meaning to read is the Amish Quilt Shop Mystery series by Isabella Alan (aka Amanda Flower!)</p><p>I would love to hear your crafting cozy suggestions to keep my mind busy when my hands are not crafting on these hot summer nights!</p><p>Looking forward to sharing more with you again soon!</p></div></div>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-2107170156269314942023-05-22T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-22T00:00:00.152-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4NCpAXcHszOEMZwAl3kupsEWIQrTM-IU1cCG0o9Yas27804mV3MVLfrlWJJBotjyxpXn7yRaLiUIlkJl5YWIWe1To8zXqtKtp8IaI2iK5GQB59pl3twAR9cAv--ZC5V7whx2vfFVvTK-OZ4_zOSWwAkuZFBE-uXUWbBriScgq5j4lSw9rCw_bPWAmw/s846/Watercolor-Books_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="846" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4NCpAXcHszOEMZwAl3kupsEWIQrTM-IU1cCG0o9Yas27804mV3MVLfrlWJJBotjyxpXn7yRaLiUIlkJl5YWIWe1To8zXqtKtp8IaI2iK5GQB59pl3twAR9cAv--ZC5V7whx2vfFVvTK-OZ4_zOSWwAkuZFBE-uXUWbBriScgq5j4lSw9rCw_bPWAmw/s320/Watercolor-Books_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>We can do it! 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vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://jayneannkrentz.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jayne Ann Krentz</strong></a> is giving away a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card (winner's choice), to celebrate the release of Amanda Quick's <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE BRIDE WORE WHITE</b>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://jayneannkrentz.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tricia Cerrone</strong></a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is giving away a $100 Amazon gift card to one winner and ebook copies of </span><b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">GLIMMER</b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> to twenty additional winners.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.triciacerrone.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁</b></div><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/AmazonGC25_black-1.jpg?v=1684511896" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://colleencoble.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Colleen Coble</strong></a> is giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card to one winner.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://colleencoble.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁</b></div><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/book-with-letters-coming-from-cloud.jpg?v=1684511896" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://ninacrespo.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nina Crespo</strong></a> is giving away a surprise book related prize to one winner!</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://ninacrespo.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁</b></div><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amazon-200-wide-card.jpg?v=1684511897" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://denisehunterbooks.com/contests-extras.php#contest" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Denise Hunter</strong></a> is giving away a $25 Amazon gift card to one winner to celebrate the release of <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A NOVEL PROPOSAL</b>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://denisehunterbooks.com/contests-extras.php#contest" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁</b></div><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/guardian-k9-on-call.jpg?v=1684511897" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.lindaojohnston.com/contest.htm" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Linda O. Johnston</strong></a> is giving away a copy of <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">GUARDIAN K-9 ON CALL</strong> to one winner. (winner's choice of print or Amazon eBook)</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.lindaojohnston.com/contest.htm" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US only</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-2" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/generic-gift-card.jpg?v=1684511897" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://corrina-lawson.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Corrina Lawson</strong></a> is giving away a $25 gift card plus a copy of <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">RISE OF THE FIRESTARTER</b> to one winner.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://corrina-lawson.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US only</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁</b></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50-amazon-gift-card.png?v=1684511897" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://heatherlong.net/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heather Long</strong></a> is giving away a $50 Amazon gift card.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://heatherlong.net/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁</b><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Linda-Lael-Miller-Necklace.jpg?v=1684511897" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lindalaelmiller.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Linda Lael Miller</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is giving away a beautiful Montana Silversmith necklace (valued at $85) and a $25 Amazon gift card to one winner.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.lindalaelmiller.com/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US only</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁</b><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #20124d; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJvhhzgrxu62YaTp4cTzTq484TxTO51VUDASzKe53eq8CNsIfArvxQfuwxJ4T--VOYUnShnBtfIA9LOyO0zEC-AvwTdIMNLob8xcl4_yCyeu3ccQ3RNUapRap5mdIA6_XZzvqyeg5ZxHl57_XQiFEl_SJE_qm6pXh-hAxMfvAlYsF71Nj2-bXPC8SXzQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="190" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJvhhzgrxu62YaTp4cTzTq484TxTO51VUDASzKe53eq8CNsIfArvxQfuwxJ4T--VOYUnShnBtfIA9LOyO0zEC-AvwTdIMNLob8xcl4_yCyeu3ccQ3RNUapRap5mdIA6_XZzvqyeg5ZxHl57_XQiFEl_SJE_qm6pXh-hAxMfvAlYsF71Nj2-bXPC8SXzQ" width="152" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRGjf136Yiu0Z3Np320VKdjq0wZuZtusJfwwf7l9frmbkFwWu65D1QUTAta2iI7iQr5gMuuESoQawnCECWzknST2TiRc67OmLIFVsn_ETZpzntpPPVTW0_lT0AOGh8fYRI4p4xayX7L3W_FByZPJdIo_pyLDP2ctYCNdBDMiUsp1L3L76M5fEdhsjs5w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="190" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRGjf136Yiu0Z3Np320VKdjq0wZuZtusJfwwf7l9frmbkFwWu65D1QUTAta2iI7iQr5gMuuESoQawnCECWzknST2TiRc67OmLIFVsn_ETZpzntpPPVTW0_lT0AOGh8fYRI4p4xayX7L3W_FByZPJdIo_pyLDP2ctYCNdBDMiUsp1L3L76M5fEdhsjs5w" width="152" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Note from Lisa: The Love Inspired line of books aren't Cozies, but they faith based and or written by Christian authors, so, they are all very clean like Cozies)</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://jessicarpatch.com/contest/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jessica Patch</strong></a> is giving away the entire <i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Quantico Profilers Series</i> which includes: <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TEXAS COLD CASE THREAT, COLD CASE KILLER PROFILE</b>, and <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TEXAS SMOKE SCREEN</b> to one winner! (eBook copies if the winner is outside the US)</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://jessicarpatch.com/contest/contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>Enter Here</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁</b><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁</b></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/guarding-the-witness-191x300.jpg?v=1684511897" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.laurascottbooks.com/contest" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Laura Scott</strong></a> is giving away copies of <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">GUARDING THE WITNESS</b> to three winners.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.laurascottbooks.com/contest" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US only</span></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Mermaid-bottle-stopper.jpg?v=1684511897" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.sheilasplace.com/contest.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheila Roberts</strong></a> is giving away a mermaid bottle stopper to celebrate the release of <b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MERMAID BEACH</b>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.sheilasplace.com/contest.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US only</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁</b><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁</b></p><div class="cf contest-image-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cf contest-image-outer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="contest-image" id="contest-image-1" src="https://www.writerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amazon-200-wide-card.jpg?v=1684511898" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 200px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.writerspace.com/writerspace-contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: maroon; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Writerspace </strong></a>is giving away a $25 Amazon gift card to one winner.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.writerspace.com/writerspace-contest/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Enter Here</i></b></span></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="allowed-countries-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US only</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">🎁🎁🎁🎁</b><b style="color: #20124d; 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Then follow the above directions.</span></b></span><div style="line-height: 22.176px; text-align: start;"></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2H-v0kfk_VMd43fSCepRsYw1vzhgC4Zp24-p-_TyIn4mv2lCibZBHFCX8jfl9zLxjgSiY2_uo0ssVzLFQcToV-QbyNwX4Cgh_tw8OClAUyenwaRpRQCH8xUZH2RKOvdxbHm3KtNqW5UZk-k1MqI3XIHbefrK5lc8gK1BgcZliPFYJ5OQAYof-PHoRg/s800/71_195541a61c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="800" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2H-v0kfk_VMd43fSCepRsYw1vzhgC4Zp24-p-_TyIn4mv2lCibZBHFCX8jfl9zLxjgSiY2_uo0ssVzLFQcToV-QbyNwX4Cgh_tw8OClAUyenwaRpRQCH8xUZH2RKOvdxbHm3KtNqW5UZk-k1MqI3XIHbefrK5lc8gK1BgcZliPFYJ5OQAYof-PHoRg/w295-h202/71_195541a61c.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><p></p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-69866161029014763492023-05-19T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-19T00:00:00.138-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.86px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo83DoSKkDzggpSBhKc-58RXngTs7N7DvUEYCKikybkNYPcNmbdeH6HwQoYge6n4HVpBvEPg2LfnlYDXVguitZ0mFI3wWwW_-X5YXnffmAij_5CxLiVRWGHWMpE-ktZ297NBmIf_QlBkSC-9p-PeAwUQbVFk-Rc71a-7xpUa8PQFseaS38lX0yKgxtVQ/s559/05%20Fridaya0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="559" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo83DoSKkDzggpSBhKc-58RXngTs7N7DvUEYCKikybkNYPcNmbdeH6HwQoYge6n4HVpBvEPg2LfnlYDXVguitZ0mFI3wWwW_-X5YXnffmAij_5CxLiVRWGHWMpE-ktZ297NBmIf_QlBkSC-9p-PeAwUQbVFk-Rc71a-7xpUa8PQFseaS38lX0yKgxtVQ/w400-h204/05%20Fridaya0.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b><h2 class="date-header" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018</span></span></h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Book 1 in the Southern Cake Baker Mysteries</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">CAKE & PUNISHMENT</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77wu4zpeWrZ6AZPVhLChaFBCaKnCKlP7oFf-mAdmuQJNOUnqqg6jc4pU_j1KkqwAZrnK3AxZ1X2XtrQlKvHPz3eL7vq2yidacGXlxztrTe7iENstD6sTKRfeJLBo7qoJeDsB3h4tUMUZx/s1600/CAKE+%2526+PUNISHMENT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77wu4zpeWrZ6AZPVhLChaFBCaKnCKlP7oFf-mAdmuQJNOUnqqg6jc4pU_j1KkqwAZrnK3AxZ1X2XtrQlKvHPz3eL7vq2yidacGXlxztrTe7iENstD6sTKRfeJLBo7qoJeDsB3h4tUMUZx/s400/CAKE+%2526+PUNISHMENT.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="text-align: start;">In the first of a delectable new Southern-set baking cozy series, Sophia Cummings, pastry chef extraordinaire, must craft the perfect cake for an old friend’s wedding while sifting through the suspects in a murder. </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><i><span style="text-align: start;">Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She’s not there a minute before she’s charmed into making her high school friend Charlotte’s wedding cake. The kitchen at the Rumford Country Club seems perfect until Chef Emile’s body is discovered, sprawled near the stove, a cast iron skillet on the floor close by. </span></i><span style="text-align: start;"><i>With one look at the shiny, new frying pan, Sophia knows it’s not Emile’s. She offers her knowledge to Sheriff Carter and her talents to Evelyn, the manager, who needs an interim chef. The mood in the country club is grim: Emile’s peppery personality had burned members and staff alike. Sophia wonders which one of them burned him?</i> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and JoAnna Carl, <i>Cake and Punishment</i>―with authentic Southern recipes!―will satisfy your sweet tooth.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: large;">📗📖📗</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: large;">📖📗</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">🍽</span><span style="color: #7f6000;">🍽</span><span style="color: #990000;">🍽</span><span style="color: #ffa400;">🍽</span><span style="color: #38761d;">🍽</span><span style="color: purple;">🍽</span><span style="color: #0c343d;">🍽</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">KENTUCKY DERBY PIE</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4HNjza8IaOKDnAE4jhs81rehQ79q2_i5wB00WfdBAeX1FdhrMlJ8Dx7KazjSGoxFBWBWZ29iCWxq72p1eNaZ2SMjEsecXBhaeDgzc2Z9Hjz6wk5hwolHvmHUmvQ7CTTATBu0_62FFE5Q/s1600/attagirlsays.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="229" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4HNjza8IaOKDnAE4jhs81rehQ79q2_i5wB00WfdBAeX1FdhrMlJ8Dx7KazjSGoxFBWBWZ29iCWxq72p1eNaZ2SMjEsecXBhaeDgzc2Z9Hjz6wk5hwolHvmHUmvQ7CTTATBu0_62FFE5Q/s400/attagirlsays.com.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Photo property of <a href="http://attagirl.com/" style="color: #020202; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #073763;">attagirl.com</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 15.84px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;">Photos found via Google Images, and its contributors, with many thanks. </span></span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Y</span></i><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">our finished dish will vary in appearance.</span></i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">(from Maymee Bell’s mama’s, Linda Lowry, own recipe book)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>My Mama’s Derby Pie is smack your mama good! It’s a southern pie with walnuts and chocolate chips. You can use pecans in substitute for the walnuts, but I really like my walnuts!</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ingredients:</span><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">½ cup melted butter<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1 cup sugar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">½ cup flour<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2 beaten eggs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1 tsp. vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">¾ cup walnuts or pecans (your choice not both!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">¾ cup chocolate chips (or more if you really want it gooey!)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Directions</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mix in the order that’s written under the ingredients. This is very important. Pour the mixture into an unbaked 9 inch pie shell. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucYE0W6UaCNLKMlTmsrZyY0MDpzJ9-iUIawVNrr8Fht4OHOoPkXwfQrNF2AkaRQilCAORbWon1Xka4wOvAc82rfb7Qy1dpk80mslCgfvN4dj2amDDN0htSro-B3k6U8WwMtMtEy127sbD/s1600/httpplayzwithfood.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucYE0W6UaCNLKMlTmsrZyY0MDpzJ9-iUIawVNrr8Fht4OHOoPkXwfQrNF2AkaRQilCAORbWon1Xka4wOvAc82rfb7Qy1dpk80mslCgfvN4dj2amDDN0htSro-B3k6U8WwMtMtEy127sbD/s320/httpplayzwithfood.com.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">Photo property of </span><a href="http://httpplayzwithfood.com/" style="color: #020202; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #073763;">httpplayzwithfood.com</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">I am not a pie eater. I haven't found one I like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">But this pie? Oh yeah, I'm ready to give this one a try!</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.86px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: white;">📕</b><b style="color: white;">📖📘📖📙📖📗</b></span></b> </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium;"><b style="line-height: 22.176px;">As always, please leave a comment and </b><b>let me know what yo</b><b>u think!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="line-height: 22.176px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow my blog by </b><b>submitting your email in </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium;"><b>upper right hand corner of this page </b><b>(on the side bar).</b></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Reading from your phone? 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font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">New Releases </span></b></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Part 2</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">JUNE </span><span style="font-family: arial;">27</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2EtBF7pt9FnJztveuY3ni0u1YP9IqOAXgq3ClPQ_Rc3mGb-_1R8pk7TScPm8kX4cbJX61MAP5QtZooXouLAY4b2uD7CFcxXPBSHtNDy4LXdjXhq57e56RIpsKIeT270EgdiKJoIA7LnoGhfSMe7qD9d7fnK1-iyFreSloROzz53OLL0LAOxmuc9cdmg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="306" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2EtBF7pt9FnJztveuY3ni0u1YP9IqOAXgq3ClPQ_Rc3mGb-_1R8pk7TScPm8kX4cbJX61MAP5QtZooXouLAY4b2uD7CFcxXPBSHtNDy4LXdjXhq57e56RIpsKIeT270EgdiKJoIA7LnoGhfSMe7qD9d7fnK1-iyFreSloROzz53OLL0LAOxmuc9cdmg=w196-h320" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">A movie production brings drama―and murder―to a close-knit New England village, forcing Riley Rhodes to scoop out the suspects.</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Former CIA librarian and amateur sleuth Riley Rhodes is loving her fresh start as the manager of the Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop. The leaves are turning, tourists are leaf-peeping, and Penniman, Connecticut is putting finishing touches on the weekend long Halloween Happening. But the village is also buzzing. Former child star Cooper Collins is overseeing the production of a romantic comedy that’s filming on the town green and his domineering socialite mother, Diantha, is planning her lavish Halloween themed wedding at her Inn on the Green. Her fiancé has run the Inn's kitchen for years, ably aided by his recent ex-wife, chef Mary Ann Dumas. An old friend of Riley’s, Mary Ann turns to her when the bride requests a spooky ice cream wedding cake.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But the weekend takes a frightful turn when Diantha is found dead and suspicion falls on Mary Ann. The cast of potential suspects is long―each wedding guest had a chilling motive to kill the vicious heiress. Can Riley unmask the murderer before another guest ends up on ice?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgct3lXoTx6cI9U1HtQY-VdPwu7vBkvVVgZkiTagPV5ghgK-Md42RYg42YeKBpOZbrVTPFBbZH9qxMPXQkGS2mc_JCOqbE125ow8H8xSptg9nufSTRTHyLli9QfP3aJ-bIZw9TaauqPy5ReX_DtZb4XW_T7poWmqcTVzsjHdkMusU2wwYfqUjrbU8sQQA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="306" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgct3lXoTx6cI9U1HtQY-VdPwu7vBkvVVgZkiTagPV5ghgK-Md42RYg42YeKBpOZbrVTPFBbZH9qxMPXQkGS2mc_JCOqbE125ow8H8xSptg9nufSTRTHyLli9QfP3aJ-bIZw9TaauqPy5ReX_DtZb4XW_T7poWmqcTVzsjHdkMusU2wwYfqUjrbU8sQQA=w196-h320" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">They say fortune favors the bold, and Lana Lee is determined to prove that true.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Lana, now officially manager of her family’s restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House, is headed to sunny Irvine, California to attend a restaurant convention with her sister, Anna May, along for the ride. The girls’ very Americanized Aunt Grace has asked them to stay in her posh rental, and as the trip begins, it seems to be just what they both needed. Even the restaurant convention proves to be worthwhile and entertaining, especially when Lana witnesses a dramatic cat fight between a fortune cookie vendor and a journalist.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Lana and Anna May can’t imagine things getting any better until they learn their aunt has yet another surprise in store for them—a swanky cocktail party hosted for the freelancers of Southern California. But on the night of the party, things go south when a close journalist friend of Grace’s mysteriously plunges from the roof top of the hotel. Even more suspicious is the fact that Aunt Grace’s friend is the same journalist Lana saw getting into a screaming match with the fortune cookie vendor at the convention.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">The police rule the death a gruesome accident, but Aunt Grace refuses to accept that explanation and begs Lana for her help uncovering the truth. Lana, Anna May, Aunt Grace attempt to keep up appearances as they search for answers, but unwanted attention from suspicious colleagues and convention attendees starts to surface, causing Lana to wonder if they’ll find the killer in time…or if they’ll be the next ones pushed over the edge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi52yhDQ7YeGL2I0CBXUhPtNYyRPoQTkVqqIo_cxM9ilz5g8H2rrqLDcC7WI8ssAITMQVI-D9s7P29tVGu7ZBPRLNhtGLt6gnOweZXnnsEO8C8AIG733zKWzeAirdLjvd4VAd_0BNAK5ilFsEla5Z5U7Ty1JFw5ZQ54ywcRfK3mX1_4EqXPOTwWxdKspQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi52yhDQ7YeGL2I0CBXUhPtNYyRPoQTkVqqIo_cxM9ilz5g8H2rrqLDcC7WI8ssAITMQVI-D9s7P29tVGu7ZBPRLNhtGLt6gnOweZXnnsEO8C8AIG733zKWzeAirdLjvd4VAd_0BNAK5ilFsEla5Z5U7Ty1JFw5ZQ54ywcRfK3mX1_4EqXPOTwWxdKspQ=w208-h320" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Acclaimed author Valerie Burns returns to her fresh, new culinary cozy series set in a charming small-town and featuring Madison Montgomery, a social media expert turned bakery owner and sleuth. This light, fast-paced mystery will appeal to fans of Joanne Fluke, Laura Childs, Ellery Adams, and Ellie Alexander.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With small town New Bison’s Spring Festival just around the corner, the pressure is on Maddy to continue her late great-aunt Octavia’s legacy. That means scoring the top prize and transforming Baby Cakes into Southwest Michigan’s must-visit bakery, even though her inexperience in the kitchen brings nightmares of humiliating tagged photos and scathing reviews.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />There’s another reason for lost beauty sleep. A second bakery is opening in town under the ownership of CJ Davenport, a shrewd investor with a reputation for sabotaging anyone who gets in his way. And savvy, flashy Maddy tops his list. It’s a sticky spot to be in—more so when Davenport turns up dead with a Baby Cakes’s knife stuck in his back.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Maddy’s whole life just went from #thriving to barely surviving. Now, supported by the crafty Baker Street Irregulars and her new boyfriend, she must find the courage to face off against a killer who could very well get her name trending for the first and last time . . .</span></div></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcOebzL0FPwifZhCBhDK58dLZiC_BUmxDI5X57rgjWyKcK4iiO9Yoznz8HiPA0lVlDLQGrzrVf_8IE-Cyvdj5FOvD0TFfq1ZtPCF9SztZxqv6CQZXbPk8uqRMzZdEF2ienO4qaJQoEW9l8talNn8Txqqlu0ofSLfOF-kMlfriTXDmutRguKXVaZVLA0A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="306" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcOebzL0FPwifZhCBhDK58dLZiC_BUmxDI5X57rgjWyKcK4iiO9Yoznz8HiPA0lVlDLQGrzrVf_8IE-Cyvdj5FOvD0TFfq1ZtPCF9SztZxqv6CQZXbPk8uqRMzZdEF2ienO4qaJQoEW9l8talNn8Txqqlu0ofSLfOF-kMlfriTXDmutRguKXVaZVLA0A=w196-h320" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Serving up mouthwatering shellfish, the Snowden Family Clambake has become a beloved institution in Busman’s Harbor, Maine. 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Although Wil was a couple of years ahead of him and his friend Melba Gilley, Melba had a big crush on Wil, who dropped out after his junior year. An aspiring musician, Wil hit the road for California and never looked back. Wil eventually became a star, fronting a band and writing award-winning songs. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Coming back to Athena to work for two weeks with students in the college music department, Wil is now the big man on campus. Not everyone is happy to have him back, however. His entourage have been the target of several acts of petty harassment. At first they are easy for Wil to shrug off, but the incidents escalate and become more troubling. When one of the band members is killed Charlie worries that Melba, now deeply involved with the man at the center of the attacks, could be in deadly danger. 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I spent the weekend away at Girl Guide camp, and spent time in the Enchanted Forest at Camp Olave on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc6ktCKXNLy2u1KndOu1Z-hc4i7PiSdsMHWmgRbZSFpNMEm1zXpVeKyLcyo7Qx6z8-qVweQheg-mIBuQweKfNrDMRl0aEibgad3ul30nJUrGKY7RS30e5Ed6GNe33QNp8SL9bn-r9w0r7z5jJmXM9PzCIcCKJu1bC5qrcDhMWAcArI11azDx6BAaC/s1212/344663050_564023222524289_4820359081149263384_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc6ktCKXNLy2u1KndOu1Z-hc4i7PiSdsMHWmgRbZSFpNMEm1zXpVeKyLcyo7Qx6z8-qVweQheg-mIBuQweKfNrDMRl0aEibgad3ul30nJUrGKY7RS30e5Ed6GNe33QNp8SL9bn-r9w0r7z5jJmXM9PzCIcCKJu1bC5qrcDhMWAcArI11azDx6BAaC/w309-h320/344663050_564023222524289_4820359081149263384_n.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I actually went to this same camp when I was about 8 and again as an 11 year old. The younger branches of the Girl Guides get to stay in lovely cabins, with bunk beds while the older guides tend to sleep in tents and or in tents on raised platforms.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBSBIVyEuUIyUcSZW7TldDOxkVe2ZfB6DWUmG6ksqX5DQWncIfaWHRo6ijVscIu6NnVT-nU_ceU-iTzqJjMHqlYcjHTx4Tq2igP4-mPxyvmBV7hIYSQ_kXY531hNmT2Xu5uBAfI4qca-OGc4MqCgkfSa4czhBdltdCkHQbwUeB3j5CDyIcmqnS_-S/s1407/344979549_3794902294073699_2226160368936137784_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1141" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBSBIVyEuUIyUcSZW7TldDOxkVe2ZfB6DWUmG6ksqX5DQWncIfaWHRo6ijVscIu6NnVT-nU_ceU-iTzqJjMHqlYcjHTx4Tq2igP4-mPxyvmBV7hIYSQ_kXY531hNmT2Xu5uBAfI4qca-OGc4MqCgkfSa4czhBdltdCkHQbwUeB3j5CDyIcmqnS_-S/w260-h320/344979549_3794902294073699_2226160368936137784_n.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> I remember being shocked and horrified as a young guide at the idea of the hard raised platform and the smelly old oiled cloth type of tent we used to sleep in for the camp...I do however have some truly wonderful memories of the Enchanted Forest and S'mores.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK63SBWHSTK5K_C0SH5GbEJiaAiGGfRX2eoW7eDcznfdu8b4Yw3roGWUAh6hA6QT-CvFo7t_oa-RiPZZNl7qd8OiYc4Of0FshRR292rRI5fxyH_cxx0dGOGmPwtjVwX4Nkgy4_bN6o4bOQicKQm0lXa3i4GnCtfLNfJ4DfRvXuvgRUIW0KDQ66PcU/s2048/344289871_1432042364198602_5589724472012772422_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXK63SBWHSTK5K_C0SH5GbEJiaAiGGfRX2eoW7eDcznfdu8b4Yw3roGWUAh6hA6QT-CvFo7t_oa-RiPZZNl7qd8OiYc4Of0FshRR292rRI5fxyH_cxx0dGOGmPwtjVwX4Nkgy4_bN6o4bOQicKQm0lXa3i4GnCtfLNfJ4DfRvXuvgRUIW0KDQ66PcU/w240-h320/344289871_1432042364198602_5589724472012772422_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I may have brought back some new treasured memories from Camp this weekend and had one or two S'mores.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-jq-Wed3yX_g-HFIl_U_SOK3LnW2JBhG97dj8FfZNGP4Nue2w5vEpL8bXXhvyQwtUwoL5GVecGHwU7ubI6WPzhs5BqUALK3IaH3hJU76U-csn8ApveTpafMJVCFlRvcOh3J_sXT6SRdQV-vO8ro8c2UDrHh5ZuiCbScJ_JfKtQb2f0-ln1wRYhbq/s2048/344674390_792343675847127_953323194724888800_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-jq-Wed3yX_g-HFIl_U_SOK3LnW2JBhG97dj8FfZNGP4Nue2w5vEpL8bXXhvyQwtUwoL5GVecGHwU7ubI6WPzhs5BqUALK3IaH3hJU76U-csn8ApveTpafMJVCFlRvcOh3J_sXT6SRdQV-vO8ro8c2UDrHh5ZuiCbScJ_JfKtQb2f0-ln1wRYhbq/s320/344674390_792343675847127_953323194724888800_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Back to the Enchanted Forest. Just off of the Cabin we stayed in called Brownie Hideaway, we were just a few steps to the Enchanted Forest which contains various offerings to the fairies from groups of Girl Guides who have used the forest over the years, each group adding its own offering during their stay. Our group worked on a special offering under the guise of our very experienced "Brown Owl" , ( I myself was Tawny Owl this year). I am thrilled and amazed by what the girls all worked together on, putting it together at the picnic table that doubled as our outdoor craft station. The girls in my group are aged 7-9 years of age.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25BuB2y_ywdKBmrKvFMDIdYmftzh3hRcdL5VWRMB3Pfy8xng5gCMA1-VYCadkP7ZgbjgWWPxgsWVthkxVCPh8EYJ7ELjLKofNctzHd-YUISc7nDzkeYwMXuHTc2ytHpm9ghdthChiZhJ5yY19cFAiOJS19f6R2J4g-NvC2kTNSnFeUDENLCfFHaqr/s2048/344302920_1213968742594529_8737948142223713540_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25BuB2y_ywdKBmrKvFMDIdYmftzh3hRcdL5VWRMB3Pfy8xng5gCMA1-VYCadkP7ZgbjgWWPxgsWVthkxVCPh8EYJ7ELjLKofNctzHd-YUISc7nDzkeYwMXuHTc2ytHpm9ghdthChiZhJ5yY19cFAiOJS19f6R2J4g-NvC2kTNSnFeUDENLCfFHaqr/w300-h400/344302920_1213968742594529_8737948142223713540_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div>This Fairy Boot House was made from a recycled pair of boots and the roof was made from Umbrella Fabric that was repurposed and stuffed then hot glued to the top. The girls and I found a magical spot to put the boot and make it a welcome spot for a new Fairy Family to move in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmBDw_KNXsjPOZUYvp0UgW4VT6ef4SjWDeghUoj7zUCc0kLobweSXqS3W5TwuB9bA6Z5GkGAgpe-p4HNMAu-d6wkN7FAHyJiq8QFZWTWy3xkY4ZgpZ2P6p3R72Ss1OHMFGN3Pe648dXCgKjxEqY8KBy6eyXqpyoEw-iY182guDHGemV4jV-Mbinby/s2048/344803389_1866377077095454_4030342368770540737_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmBDw_KNXsjPOZUYvp0UgW4VT6ef4SjWDeghUoj7zUCc0kLobweSXqS3W5TwuB9bA6Z5GkGAgpe-p4HNMAu-d6wkN7FAHyJiq8QFZWTWy3xkY4ZgpZ2P6p3R72Ss1OHMFGN3Pe648dXCgKjxEqY8KBy6eyXqpyoEw-iY182guDHGemV4jV-Mbinby/s320/344803389_1866377077095454_4030342368770540737_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOKlrUODJ0f61F95mQJCi1ZsGPwBCkCMtGU1Dz_04biiwahKTNqdhSvh3AB2tDRiO1HJaYbWFpOaixvL7eg-FBcgOJU7TSTnJY71WUp2bOy-YYDNBmKWl3eqVi3GzwrOrmduJyzDuCo7pT_74_FbxUGVBoPYeEv08rvDy8vdOfPPi_U3LLv1TOr6G/s2048/344984250_1290703301542694_200002110612195102_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOKlrUODJ0f61F95mQJCi1ZsGPwBCkCMtGU1Dz_04biiwahKTNqdhSvh3AB2tDRiO1HJaYbWFpOaixvL7eg-FBcgOJU7TSTnJY71WUp2bOy-YYDNBmKWl3eqVi3GzwrOrmduJyzDuCo7pT_74_FbxUGVBoPYeEv08rvDy8vdOfPPi_U3LLv1TOr6G/s320/344984250_1290703301542694_200002110612195102_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I had to take a few photos of the brilliant recycled crafts that were also left as offerings. </div><div>The key wind chime was a favorite of mine, along with the driftwood tree...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMze-VjOajPHcp2im0sGBm9PBCHmnr2ZexyWTVb4fY3tcWQBXrbviSAkrnkTf73OjCIDUFqfsODBY97px3KDvyFT8mry9xO0wDwcQWaQlQLD_SWCy_qS0t6hOHMRBlR6CyDqGFM2CalAbG3hTKOT0NfNOrkBZ7zgkWbnlFBvA6YXHC-3wFsayOX-bs/s2048/344579294_1574955499666386_5140193211161640779_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMze-VjOajPHcp2im0sGBm9PBCHmnr2ZexyWTVb4fY3tcWQBXrbviSAkrnkTf73OjCIDUFqfsODBY97px3KDvyFT8mry9xO0wDwcQWaQlQLD_SWCy_qS0t6hOHMRBlR6CyDqGFM2CalAbG3hTKOT0NfNOrkBZ7zgkWbnlFBvA6YXHC-3wFsayOX-bs/s320/344579294_1574955499666386_5140193211161640779_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><p>A fun nod to witches, can be seen here, I found with this Harry Potter themed offering.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0zugtBayFGMtMNLToK5UaDwm6055X_se66gq4KTTZULJGndNWf9_vaqoRi4oGhONAw_hgVITms89zl4cAVRZxqupylE92K1Fb2ESujf0gELsl2xdSctlvbukhUqn2h6VHyREIGHfvcTMiVMB9lsbn6Vy7dy3tD9pHFS0hEnI0-jNu9Rp3h9IuCP1/s2048/344581665_783190396770385_3829493507802531956_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0zugtBayFGMtMNLToK5UaDwm6055X_se66gq4KTTZULJGndNWf9_vaqoRi4oGhONAw_hgVITms89zl4cAVRZxqupylE92K1Fb2ESujf0gELsl2xdSctlvbukhUqn2h6VHyREIGHfvcTMiVMB9lsbn6Vy7dy3tD9pHFS0hEnI0-jNu9Rp3h9IuCP1/s320/344581665_783190396770385_3829493507802531956_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Hidden in the Enchanted Forest for all to find at every twist, turn and under every leaf and tree there is always something new to see. A tiny statue, bird houses, mushrooms, fairy circles, owls, statues, crafts are everywhere.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC0hiVBUA51-N4BHfXY-llr_e1oRapXsgBr455I6SPxj4F66bVo5bTRq67l3QSKmOt3r4wZNsydH6w2T6N247qkSH5myYss8kAnAsbZkSAH_JZD6rIjX2aNY5-BgncE8ZJhuOVFeCnTM-w7s_CUbktXdxfcgelVXwOgtzWqr0E4IOxX8LTLDXJnYA/s2048/344691476_582305907056372_7369365697270568489_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC0hiVBUA51-N4BHfXY-llr_e1oRapXsgBr455I6SPxj4F66bVo5bTRq67l3QSKmOt3r4wZNsydH6w2T6N247qkSH5myYss8kAnAsbZkSAH_JZD6rIjX2aNY5-BgncE8ZJhuOVFeCnTM-w7s_CUbktXdxfcgelVXwOgtzWqr0E4IOxX8LTLDXJnYA/s320/344691476_582305907056372_7369365697270568489_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>This little sign, touched my heart, as the branch I am most fond of, has always been the time I spent in Brownies, which was originally the youngest group of guiding, now it has been renamed "Embers" as people have lost the meaning of the old word, meaning Fairy Folk Helpers and unfortunately the name Brownies, has been perceived as a racially motivated term that has stopped girls from joining this program in recent past. I hope with the new name others will find the cozy magic that I did and continue to enjoy. We changed the name not the magic I have been assured.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9PwYApiluyGqHRElxKKwriyoiiFxlFjBa6EFnImnyaA9uXF_35JPkOfaXuUzhq3OQxEchL1KA3YqjORJhQBXqBkTGEv3GCAS2JX_tiVn-xacQe_aS-tFsBWVI7iFx77uQDSESVW3lKhFKM2_slg2Syl01raAIUHgP0n-igXb1Y1QT6awlhPKtADC/s1935/344305408_6222344807862507_8936861342298505606_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="1935" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9PwYApiluyGqHRElxKKwriyoiiFxlFjBa6EFnImnyaA9uXF_35JPkOfaXuUzhq3OQxEchL1KA3YqjORJhQBXqBkTGEv3GCAS2JX_tiVn-xacQe_aS-tFsBWVI7iFx77uQDSESVW3lKhFKM2_slg2Syl01raAIUHgP0n-igXb1Y1QT6awlhPKtADC/s320/344305408_6222344807862507_8936861342298505606_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This camp was over the Mother's Day weekend and a bit bitter sweet for me, my mother pictured in one of the above photos of me in my Brownie Uniform, has been gone since September of 2010. My mother was also a guiding leader. My parents had talked about moving to the Sunshine Coast, to retire, something they never got a chance to do, and here I was on its shore, on Mother's day. I brought up with me this cup which was my grandmothers that my mother had bought for her and sent to Montreal, and now I have it all these years later some 3,000 miles away. Packed it in my back pack for just this special morning tribute and to bring a bit of my mother with me. It was not a sad but proud moment for me, and a beautiful tribute and memory I created.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxvHghzCLcEOQ6M6xQG2WTKalZ25UN0ah-Y_fkZrpSKPk8QPA5Au3HgU0anPCAj_4GW7JDr1a50P0sSBcqGkGMKlf_4fiscap5FSt7uD6WVTwF6v71c7IWtV0-XFUXw12lLW0InQ7aTJCATVBsvpG2pKxeFVFamKbdlXhTMdyEabeHMx1AuwJxj9S/s2048/344584288_172310542455547_2597247075346925089_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxvHghzCLcEOQ6M6xQG2WTKalZ25UN0ah-Y_fkZrpSKPk8QPA5Au3HgU0anPCAj_4GW7JDr1a50P0sSBcqGkGMKlf_4fiscap5FSt7uD6WVTwF6v71c7IWtV0-XFUXw12lLW0InQ7aTJCATVBsvpG2pKxeFVFamKbdlXhTMdyEabeHMx1AuwJxj9S/s320/344584288_172310542455547_2597247075346925089_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The morning before I stole a few movements along the beach with my Sign I found at the Dollarama here that said the words that I felt like our camp embodied. </p><p>"May you touch dragonflies, and stars, dance with fairies and talk to the moon...", last September a friend of a friend was moving and offered me this perfect little cup,with a little brown owl on it, which also safely made its way in my back back. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ss6KI7tno6pykwVp3UO-Qm-qW5Eycdcd_hJRir6k6wgt7uum8rK239tdBQjqzpFrwn8EOIf00VhKmJUCLorvQmSC5fKBGi2lmvvh3hsbRUw9t-t0T6DX3zZZviXerlRHYM9lCAMawkqwwRuQ9Pmx_B-q3GMRwP6nczZeZxJK3i_Pur6tym_IRTr8/s398/344580506_174036952278533_2714684927771971751_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ss6KI7tno6pykwVp3UO-Qm-qW5Eycdcd_hJRir6k6wgt7uum8rK239tdBQjqzpFrwn8EOIf00VhKmJUCLorvQmSC5fKBGi2lmvvh3hsbRUw9t-t0T6DX3zZZviXerlRHYM9lCAMawkqwwRuQ9Pmx_B-q3GMRwP6nczZeZxJK3i_Pur6tym_IRTr8/s320/344580506_174036952278533_2714684927771971751_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>After such a enchanting weekend I felt like I was thrown back in to reality, back to the, quick tempered nonsensical, non magical daily grind. Filled with warm memories and respect for my fellow guiders, those past, present and future, stuffed with great food, warm and fuzzy thoughts, a song stuck or two stuck in my head and perhaps a story idea or two.</p><p>Thank you for allowing me to share with you today and I would love to hear if you were a Girl Guide, Girl Scout etc...Would you be interested in a guiding/scouting cozy mystery? </p><p><br /></p></div>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-12245816131778926522023-05-16T00:00:00.003-04:002023-05-17T22:14:21.887-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyRmCeH35Li_hvP_WAGqouOsM0BpltbO3xDKWVMKp-QksMavFqpeBufkldsiAq74DcqORjhSOVUdYIWKt30hk1Mw5WYzm9f6brimUi8KwSytvCsL_2yqI8ad37kBWFjtUYLtPQmsKr38oxIg2W9UslW-sWj1RTV-D9FQzuqALBmmrW1YWXetsxAXrDQ/s626/hand-drawn-flat-design-stack-books_23-2149342941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="626" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyRmCeH35Li_hvP_WAGqouOsM0BpltbO3xDKWVMKp-QksMavFqpeBufkldsiAq74DcqORjhSOVUdYIWKt30hk1Mw5WYzm9f6brimUi8KwSytvCsL_2yqI8ad37kBWFjtUYLtPQmsKr38oxIg2W9UslW-sWj1RTV-D9FQzuqALBmmrW1YWXetsxAXrDQ/w291-h291/hand-drawn-flat-design-stack-books_23-2149342941.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>What new books will June have for us?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Check them out!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>June New Releases</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Part </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">JUNE </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/a/AVvXsEiseVanqyHILM92kD1qj9we0df1Tv7k-MOVcczCxl-ONM8sAFhdzhA9204IIuK-U8Hy2ELBjMaoEUHH5BdNgnZwL47U5_kxAkoQ6LX2HZb0Z3gmtu-IUJ2cPSiOA0rzp3YdLAEOjXuJglobZeUXirCKoXyzGJlWFBNmrVj5XBntlTtpaiVUgJ6JtTyrtQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiseVanqyHILM92kD1qj9we0df1Tv7k-MOVcczCxl-ONM8sAFhdzhA9204IIuK-U8Hy2ELBjMaoEUHH5BdNgnZwL47U5_kxAkoQ6LX2HZb0Z3gmtu-IUJ2cPSiOA0rzp3YdLAEOjXuJglobZeUXirCKoXyzGJlWFBNmrVj5XBntlTtpaiVUgJ6JtTyrtQ=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; text-align: start;">Fans of female sleuth cozies will delight in </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important; text-align: start;">New York Times</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; text-align: start;"> bestselling author Lynn Cahoon’s latest installment in her long-running Tourist Trap Mystery series.</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With the Moonstone Beach Festival coming up, Jill is touching base with her fellow small business owners to make it as successful as possible. It’s frustrating when Darla, the owner of South Cove Winery, is late to a big meeting, but they manage to get the discussion rolling about the kite flying event and the big Battle of the Bands—which Darla’s musician boyfriend is hoping will be his big break. And Jill, of course, will be there with her food truck, hoping for a financial boost after a slow spring.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But amid the fun in the California sun, someone will soon be planning a funeral instead of a festival—and Jill and her detective fiancé will have to find out who ruined the Moonstone Beach mood with murder . . .</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/a/AVvXsEjaKkYkax_OdzSWV42_GS8-iuaxJ6GZKqcZv4Om6MI-NZjORRGR0OCJTjE6zEAB5Y0o78zuiEQ5jHXqQE8FXIK98TeWxKo71Z3S5QTN3ii3sWc3aqEGKptrGYdi5fRbl7MLLHbOfDfQXm74BWXaLW66Cv9E-d0W4pG0DdvxF9bsuaG-mjNnfnQjEpyNrA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaKkYkax_OdzSWV42_GS8-iuaxJ6GZKqcZv4Om6MI-NZjORRGR0OCJTjE6zEAB5Y0o78zuiEQ5jHXqQE8FXIK98TeWxKo71Z3S5QTN3ii3sWc3aqEGKptrGYdi5fRbl7MLLHbOfDfQXm74BWXaLW66Cv9E-d0W4pG0DdvxF9bsuaG-mjNnfnQjEpyNrA=w212-h320" width="212" /></a></div></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">Unexpected visitors bring old baggage and big trouble to Hillside Manor, threatening the livelihood and life of innkeeper and amateur sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn in this charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from beloved </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">New York Times </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">USA Today</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;"> bestselling author Mary Daheim.</span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">When Joe’s conniving ex-wife Vivian and her latest husband, Lord Plumbsley, suddenly show up at the B&B, they’re accompanied by an entourage, which includes three other couples who immediately raise Judith’s hackles. But while she’s suspicious of these unwanted guests, Judith doesn’t know that the Plumbsleys and their hangers-on have nefarious plans for the inn that will ensnare her and her husband, Joe.</div></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">When the guests’ real estate agent is murdered, the clues all point to the Flynns. To clear their names—and save Hillside Manor—Judith and Joe will have to outsmart and outcon a gang of clever and determined criminals with more than murder on the agenda. </span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">JUNE </span><span style="font-family: arial;">20</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/a/AVvXsEi1bH7Ryh5a5PiWOlDeixBC3aNTwhETZs-PSpCtW8zoX087SgV3J-_c2XZhHvtLoQovktpowPSgkhmGOq1dEC2htK1hwS7VYCDG3ylsDhdmMTyVgVaHRTTGXhQuE-6RH_FnQ9tDV4jO9zXL5r5TN8uONLic1D81h7W1VDU9gnpywE8yun1rEF8JdzZvag" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1bH7Ryh5a5PiWOlDeixBC3aNTwhETZs-PSpCtW8zoX087SgV3J-_c2XZhHvtLoQovktpowPSgkhmGOq1dEC2htK1hwS7VYCDG3ylsDhdmMTyVgVaHRTTGXhQuE-6RH_FnQ9tDV4jO9zXL5r5TN8uONLic1D81h7W1VDU9gnpywE8yun1rEF8JdzZvag=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; text-align: start;">Debra Sennefelder whips up cookies and crime in a delicious new cozy series, perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Peg Cochran.</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Wingate, Connecticut, is famed as one of the top ten shopping destinations in the state, and home to Mallory Monroe’s beloved Cookie Shop—a place where patrons are greeted with the heavenly aroma of freshly baked cookies that are as beautifully decorated as they are insanely delicious.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But things aren’t going so smoothly for Mallory. Her two employees are a disaster in the kitchen, she catches her boyfriend with another woman, and she’s seen having a fierce argument with food blogger Beatrice Wright, who accuses Mallory of stealing her cookie recipe. Then Beatrice turns up dead in her kitchen, flour outlining her body and a bloodied marble rolling pin nearby. Mallory immediately becomes suspect number one, her sales plummet, and she desperately tries to clear her name—but that’s not the only murder the killer is baking up.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Debra Sennefelder has cooked up a perfect recipe—endearing characters, a picture-perfect evocation of small-town life, and a quaint sweets shop. And just when things get a little too comfy, there’s always a murder or two for good measure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Only three titles for Part </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, but more great titles to come in Part </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on Saturday!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierc8EhqrLJrze1xQ_KXCB4kzKE1FXqDdHScTCGO7c-il2A6OhrHR180fQYqKVHeutubhTCutLcnUhvABajccqtqdAc5NnWhvsJTnZRSTdVD0V-Qob-Pr6eEbdIdRTOd4jtxzh56rALY9R4BvZOqi0ZdsmPnobmu21Dnd3d9oJBZA1Ikd2-OxgVsvR4Q/s398/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierc8EhqrLJrze1xQ_KXCB4kzKE1FXqDdHScTCGO7c-il2A6OhrHR180fQYqKVHeutubhTCutLcnUhvABajccqtqdAc5NnWhvsJTnZRSTdVD0V-Qob-Pr6eEbdIdRTOd4jtxzh56rALY9R4BvZOqi0ZdsmPnobmu21Dnd3d9oJBZA1Ikd2-OxgVsvR4Q/w239-h239/05.png" width="239" /></a></div></b></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><b style="line-height: 22.176px;">As always, please leave a comment and </b><b>let me know what yo</b><b>u think!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="line-height: 22.176px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow my blog by </b><b>submitting your email in </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><b>upper right hand corner of this page </b><b>(on the side bar).</b></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Reading from your phone? 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I wasn't. I have had stomach issues since I was a child, and they flare up when they want. Even if I don't have any posts scheduled. The nerve! </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhRXjSBQd4I5dc4Q-6jecxpctHBD1Q_JcMAX1xWym9vVI4_BnC--y6mPOHaBBr9MHAl4AmYCYVlraaAIE7KyqnAJtMR737OeAYToTwoQnNb70moFXYH69SVFMaI_2rpZ0Bg7XKb3wZl5j9x4HOGowHUGvkjJJjKqndM01xQx1HWxHyAHJP856ocpp_Q/s846/Watercolor-Books_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="846" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhRXjSBQd4I5dc4Q-6jecxpctHBD1Q_JcMAX1xWym9vVI4_BnC--y6mPOHaBBr9MHAl4AmYCYVlraaAIE7KyqnAJtMR737OeAYToTwoQnNb70moFXYH69SVFMaI_2rpZ0Bg7XKb3wZl5j9x4HOGowHUGvkjJJjKqndM01xQx1HWxHyAHJP856ocpp_Q/s320/Watercolor-Books_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ready? Get set. Go win a book! </span><span style="font-size: large;">🙏</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7tBF2XWDTkjyEdnejdSydcMN6dlEixkFQUgYMRsEfIKHOMn-mOGuD50i2OzMho30ZvOt-UwO1j-AIzoQen7hxZ0DxxrJ6iawlSsLYuJaEJo1eL5A_LDG9KixHMewaZPiweRFd3DChZvEXb7tupHNdyrzDs_-0MQXuc2ZQxkRJUp9fo_7y7D4qgHlbfw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7tBF2XWDTkjyEdnejdSydcMN6dlEixkFQUgYMRsEfIKHOMn-mOGuD50i2OzMho30ZvOt-UwO1j-AIzoQen7hxZ0DxxrJ6iawlSsLYuJaEJo1eL5A_LDG9KixHMewaZPiweRFd3DChZvEXb7tupHNdyrzDs_-0MQXuc2ZQxkRJUp9fo_7y7D4qgHlbfw=w207-h320" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/367167-murder-is-a-piece-of-cake?ref=giv_enter_cta"><span style="color: #2b00fe; 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position: relative;" width="276" /></a></div></div><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Giveaways are a mix of Print and eBooks. If you're looking for one or the other, please look carefully before entering. </span></b></div></b></span></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Make sure to check out Goodreads giveaway in other genres.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Again, I k</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">now Goodreads giveaways can be hard to win because of the volume of people who enter them. But stick with it. I have won a few titles, and you can too.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, since it can be hard to win, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm still entering each giveaway as well!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">If I win, one of you will win it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">I have entered each giveaway I have posted today. If I win a book, I will have a giveaway here and one of you will have another chance to win the book . . . from me! I like knowing that your my friends will have that second chance to win.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">So, GOOD LUCK to you!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">And wish a GOOD LUCK to me (for you)!</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-size: 13.86px;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #020202; font-size: 13.86px;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKKwxt5UIlXH2inIrBBfqsi1eo4SRPV-hm96Jh-1wkz3JtgH3RpQEEiBaSX-0j1H4CzAp_rzp545x1iI70kHXqDrzcH_8qkeSwo4XyiGUQmQgdmfqCwTj_UbKm-5YUMHXeAHsAjjfEh5Xcm_IdLa4P5786m_DahYuJqnkUvu1XWYtiAXczdL4ussqIQ/s1772/EDS092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1772" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKKwxt5UIlXH2inIrBBfqsi1eo4SRPV-hm96Jh-1wkz3JtgH3RpQEEiBaSX-0j1H4CzAp_rzp545x1iI70kHXqDrzcH_8qkeSwo4XyiGUQmQgdmfqCwTj_UbKm-5YUMHXeAHsAjjfEh5Xcm_IdLa4P5786m_DahYuJqnkUvu1XWYtiAXczdL4ussqIQ/w238-h238/EDS092.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b style="line-height: 22.176px;">As always, please leave a comment and </b><b>let me know what yo</b><b>u think!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="line-height: 22.176px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow my blog by </b><b>submitting your email in </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b>upper right hand corner of this page </b><b>(on the side bar).</b></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Reading from your phone? 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Sadly author Sheila Conolly passed away in 2020. She has been missed. She has left us her wonderful books, and delicious recipes, like the one featured today. </b></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNQya6baD9pvQUAtNQvKTx3B7sirnw1aroz8x1tiyENFm0fSorOSKteLbLocuTi9jAvKCR0DfVD48KDxohYE67lK4GbO8mzk7wo37wZPVRgYLMDukBkLxk0-MMudj7GN_UXn-mwyMvFLYNJ9ZDHa4T8KOEGqUEZuUON82cFBFwA9XxQYRxbxf83gyMw/s320/friday+food+frenzy01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="320" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNQya6baD9pvQUAtNQvKTx3B7sirnw1aroz8x1tiyENFm0fSorOSKteLbLocuTi9jAvKCR0DfVD48KDxohYE67lK4GbO8mzk7wo37wZPVRgYLMDukBkLxk0-MMudj7GN_UXn-mwyMvFLYNJ9ZDHa4T8KOEGqUEZuUON82cFBFwA9XxQYRxbxf83gyMw/w223-h220/friday+food+frenzy01.jpg" width="223" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>September 15, 2017</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>~ ~ ~ ~ ~</b></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Apple-Cherry-Marzipan Pie</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiRB-kPforvLsvN9lvWPvjK1gfo1kRiiJNfJ-FgZuUmfO7NrfHJkiA98lMvh4gfKHjYe3HFtqd3TJiVEAlsSIBnBxGksdi_tDRCNNN7X0S8CLuqMb7V45nQcCT_OD9XvkalTV3ylIKuw/s1600/9+baked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiRB-kPforvLsvN9lvWPvjK1gfo1kRiiJNfJ-FgZuUmfO7NrfHJkiA98lMvh4gfKHjYe3HFtqd3TJiVEAlsSIBnBxGksdi_tDRCNNN7X0S8CLuqMb7V45nQcCT_OD9XvkalTV3ylIKuw/s320/9+baked.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">All photos are by and property of Shelia Connolly</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crust:</span></span></b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b>8 oz (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces</b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b>1 lb plain white flour</b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1/4 cup white sugar</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Pinch of salt</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Water (about 5 Tblsp), chilled</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNKBn1T4gK3_3l59UDGmIWbQKVvMu8JKEiJq4o5Ut55X0gwzJhAKy3NrPybgR8HKwpJ8LR1Kk2dvDr_IkxU9uN1Bn7gsUjf2qrpYjRBDYuYNxkWjNrOVyJPMt71TEC2jY272j3wvgqiU/s1600/1+ingred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNKBn1T4gK3_3l59UDGmIWbQKVvMu8JKEiJq4o5Ut55X0gwzJhAKy3NrPybgR8HKwpJ8LR1Kk2dvDr_IkxU9uN1Bn7gsUjf2qrpYjRBDYuYNxkWjNrOVyJPMt71TEC2jY272j3wvgqiU/s320/1+ingred.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b> Place the butter and flour in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles crumbs. Add the sugar and salt and pulse again.</b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DVpHpSFG-HEx1Log3lL6PDRznB2_0NKJJVbMSQUfPvd2Pamt62l-VHqm9vi8bLyA9hO2v2Gm64YdoOVvvIZP40_VLw3lBktMJeHXOhoC_B4JfQoKCRh6U9I9oSD0AzeaipnUySfIDGY/s1600/2+crust+crumbs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DVpHpSFG-HEx1Log3lL6PDRznB2_0NKJJVbMSQUfPvd2Pamt62l-VHqm9vi8bLyA9hO2v2Gm64YdoOVvvIZP40_VLw3lBktMJeHXOhoC_B4JfQoKCRh6U9I9oSD0AzeaipnUySfIDGY/s320/2+crust+crumbs.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Place the water in a cup or pitcher and add slowly until the mixture holds together to form a dough (you may not need all the water, but it shouldn’t be crumbly).</span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-Vn61oy_bI6Xj0qQnbiZ8f5aGqEBwnBJ6uPT8OslhcLnMNTW-uzmR3nEQnvUb-FbhZmBK5AsF_1Y1jkyIL3dJUy34_tYf-YLTvd5jUIJpD2kfnZE2vj4Os7Nk_mJtoKD1mAKC2HxVNY/s1600/3+crust+mixed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-Vn61oy_bI6Xj0qQnbiZ8f5aGqEBwnBJ6uPT8OslhcLnMNTW-uzmR3nEQnvUb-FbhZmBK5AsF_1Y1jkyIL3dJUy34_tYf-YLTvd5jUIJpD2kfnZE2vj4Os7Nk_mJtoKD1mAKC2HxVNY/s320/3+crust+mixed.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Knead on a floured surface long enough to combine. Wrap it in plastic wrap or put in a plastic ziplock bag and chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.</span></b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t23T5ESh8Th9Y_LIpV3ELx7XLuxGgsIwZUlSjqqHJTyBMR2jSeqxrD2LO7J9Wy2mGbdGKGCPAFPc7JeN1m0VG1xeEY81r_se9agtsyzju_Wamvh26kZ9DOw8c7kFrdmVcAal7uR2KZ8/s1600/5+filling+ingred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t23T5ESh8Th9Y_LIpV3ELx7XLuxGgsIwZUlSjqqHJTyBMR2jSeqxrD2LO7J9Wy2mGbdGKGCPAFPc7JeN1m0VG1xeEY81r_se9agtsyzju_Wamvh26kZ9DOw8c7kFrdmVcAal7uR2KZ8/s320/5+filling+ingred.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Filling:</span></span></span></b></span></b></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Zest of 1 lemon</span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Pinch of ground cinnamon</span></b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"></span></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">1/3 white sugar</span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"></span><span style="text-align: left;"></span></b></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">4 Tblsp cornstarch</span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">6 apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2” slices (I used the last of my home-grown Cortlands)</span></b></div></span></b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtyU7SOeqcWH-NAkLjX2SDn30SZPNAbrADCZCNsDlrVEcoYz7Wcfd7AjUBjE54Vou2q5xl9iw1VyQ8tPxYNhtQUaccXbdAlc3cFWYfIBGAO4l9rgJJQopIiIgjGk3uZsmkAkTDZdSiYY/s1600/4+apples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="184" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtyU7SOeqcWH-NAkLjX2SDn30SZPNAbrADCZCNsDlrVEcoYz7Wcfd7AjUBjE54Vou2q5xl9iw1VyQ8tPxYNhtQUaccXbdAlc3cFWYfIBGAO4l9rgJJQopIiIgjGk3uZsmkAkTDZdSiYY/s320/4+apples.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">7 oz marzipan, cut into small cubes</span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">1 cup dried cherries (or you could substitute cranberries)</span></b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.</span></b></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> In a bowl, combine the lemon zest, cinnamon, sugar and cornstarch.</span></b></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Flour a board and a rolling pin. Remove the pastry from the refrigerator. Divide into two portions, one half the size of the other (bottom and top). Roll out the larger piece and fit it into a 9” pie pan (the pastry should overlap generously), pressing it against the sides of the pan. Place in the freezer to chill for 10 minutes.</span></b></div></span></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG5-lFp-uNhtBLT91Fkaeaee0mbFn5hSjmbaSv0xOv28J3yrQzZu2JR2qQyrHkmF34-yt49ZviR2FGZwY2j5JUcojKTfytUNG-s_TwUcjjULfBJhDxM_kM9XY-5rbTyUpEBJdLsIod_A/s1600/6+bottom+crust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG5-lFp-uNhtBLT91Fkaeaee0mbFn5hSjmbaSv0xOv28J3yrQzZu2JR2qQyrHkmF34-yt49ZviR2FGZwY2j5JUcojKTfytUNG-s_TwUcjjULfBJhDxM_kM9XY-5rbTyUpEBJdLsIod_A/s320/6+bottom+crust.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><em style="text-align: left;"> An aside: this recipe worked better than most of my pie crusts. For a 9” pan, this must be rolled fairly thin, but it held together well and was elastic enough to fit into the pan. When baked, it was nicely crumbly and light. It’s a keeper!</em></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Arrange a layer of apple slices in the pie dish and sprinkle with the marzipan cubes and cherries. Repeat in layers until the pan is nearly full at the edges and heaped in the middle.</span></b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg228DnGUucMCyekyGTYq7r7Cda5E5VnBQCFW0taQexU7VXniXfDaJ1fSdsHnJQALWyJG0EHIfXdsUrYluGqEFsq1P8LNS6NDkNmCmOIQWtGoe0DSvjkys38ekySmIRQcKZc0ryoRtys9E/s1600/7+filling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg228DnGUucMCyekyGTYq7r7Cda5E5VnBQCFW0taQexU7VXniXfDaJ1fSdsHnJQALWyJG0EHIfXdsUrYluGqEFsq1P8LNS6NDkNmCmOIQWtGoe0DSvjkys38ekySmIRQcKZc0ryoRtys9E/s320/7+filling.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Roll out the smaller piece of dough to make a lid that fits over the apples. Crimp the edges of the bottom crust over this to seal. Make a hole in the center of the crust to let the steam escape. </span></b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ThlN6bSlzZoMq53mtH2XC7AOhBVBbLFTJVOgo_-YJNo9rGNfO5LmG3A4YC8dfz3kzzhTN7ZflBZWQufPLDQnxsAxL3tF5kDvn7uNCv5nWBP5OcjcoZxsvGRpJxCqUY78uhdYUB899Sk/s1600/8+ready+for+oven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ThlN6bSlzZoMq53mtH2XC7AOhBVBbLFTJVOgo_-YJNo9rGNfO5LmG3A4YC8dfz3kzzhTN7ZflBZWQufPLDQnxsAxL3tF5kDvn7uNCv5nWBP5OcjcoZxsvGRpJxCqUY78uhdYUB899Sk/s320/8+ready+for+oven.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> If you like, beat an egg yolk with a little water and use as a glaze over the crust.</span></b></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"></span></b></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the pastry is golden-brown (test to make sure the apples are soft). If it’s getting too brown after 25 minutes, cover the top with foil to keep the edges from burning.</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"></span></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyjW22lAH1u-sJVXeV0mCaBdrTDWDvUGSNiTI9h74heedM1_uMYS1KBwxbcwyHEXsE8mtqwsPkP_kZdq8cJSW7CWCngBDsasoh77kg5AdSV4582Lo-rkXCqz4BiiwKj89pf7110gqEVA/s1600/10+inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><img border="0" height="240" kasperskylab_antibanner="on" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyjW22lAH1u-sJVXeV0mCaBdrTDWDvUGSNiTI9h74heedM1_uMYS1KBwxbcwyHEXsE8mtqwsPkP_kZdq8cJSW7CWCngBDsasoh77kg5AdSV4582Lo-rkXCqz4BiiwKj89pf7110gqEVA/s320/10+inside.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 4px; position: relative;" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">This pie looks and sounds </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">amazing, doesn't it?</span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>~ ~ ~ ~ ~</b></span></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700;">RIP</span></span></p><div style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">Sheila Connolly</span></span></div><div style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; 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font-size: large;">Your kindness and goodness forever missed.</span></div><div style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">4/20/20</span></span></div><div style="color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEmdjKryN9f6av5FfBWq6HC0LUHRUmf7jg0v4nJEj3wa7dBA8GtPvzACeX3qzLZuUCE6xTxoElgW5KcrAUAx1UIl3zi83B4Y2gRZeAOkIM8_I8TiikLp7c5TkvZfQaA_yVb804nyiDEyZngK9W_Z4wwMcDJtnnCn3-s9OOCvCHNLWgegw30KjR3cTsg/s1000/1000_F_235371885_IM6FYZ15woqRKHOZr8dtjRMe0BlUIzrQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEmdjKryN9f6av5FfBWq6HC0LUHRUmf7jg0v4nJEj3wa7dBA8GtPvzACeX3qzLZuUCE6xTxoElgW5KcrAUAx1UIl3zi83B4Y2gRZeAOkIM8_I8TiikLp7c5TkvZfQaA_yVb804nyiDEyZngK9W_Z4wwMcDJtnnCn3-s9OOCvCHNLWgegw30KjR3cTsg/s320/1000_F_235371885_IM6FYZ15woqRKHOZr8dtjRMe0BlUIzrQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-88652747246257268932023-05-11T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-11T00:00:00.146-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIk6ekYSPPEmHk0Ih5OfxkWErrVTbzrLz4TdFxuRPmVBMS2YiBlKOqqHCj2a3otjvUVeOovdMlG6o3gJLp75yibXhpl3-dx3uurnhU7_r-IYjWokRF25WAOuO3FAXkp0yWM7jEwNmSDNyc7UbVXl28i6Hwt3SRhHfv5kgStuj_juudHVi4Yif1TfV1w/s980/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="980" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIk6ekYSPPEmHk0Ih5OfxkWErrVTbzrLz4TdFxuRPmVBMS2YiBlKOqqHCj2a3otjvUVeOovdMlG6o3gJLp75yibXhpl3-dx3uurnhU7_r-IYjWokRF25WAOuO3FAXkp0yWM7jEwNmSDNyc7UbVXl28i6Hwt3SRhHfv5kgStuj_juudHVi4Yif1TfV1w/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I do love a slow cooker. It fills your house with the most delicious aromas. And they're great in the summer time for having a nice hot meal without heating your house up.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0S7xtyUNvvBf_BEodaE4hWYc2kiUZqf8WmLg7thz5i8RFUIXRXSjPk_twviZZ-IyMHl5d4_gVOZrpiPjXojovoCXQv4DmoVRDYJbxkUxqlsm2FPIG8AzXrIH2wuof-73bMXW1QO9NZQH3YDRc2accvY3i3F10AEHK_dlDx-iMsuQFay7kai16yAk_uA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0S7xtyUNvvBf_BEodaE4hWYc2kiUZqf8WmLg7thz5i8RFUIXRXSjPk_twviZZ-IyMHl5d4_gVOZrpiPjXojovoCXQv4DmoVRDYJbxkUxqlsm2FPIG8AzXrIH2wuof-73bMXW1QO9NZQH3YDRc2accvY3i3F10AEHK_dlDx-iMsuQFay7kai16yAk_uA=w249-h320" width="249" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>CROCK-POT ESSENTIALS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>101 Recipes to Make with your Slow Cooker</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Anne Schaeffer</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;">There’s nothing better than coming home after a long day at work, and dinner is already done! Perfect for family dinners, poker nights, watch parties, and bonfire bonding, Crock Pot Essentials features 101 delicious slow cooker recipes that are easy to make, take minimal effort, and can either feed a couple or a big crowd. This collection of crock pot recipes includes ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert to satisfy any appetite or occasion! From breakfast burritos and blueberry cobbler to jambalaya, beef stew, barbecued ribs, and so much more, Crock Pot Essentials has all the inspiration you need to make the most of your slow cooker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;"><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/AVvXsEiaWN248M1-q5sRCOCeh7f9vJs5HuWsu2sY87VplNoL_BNe0DKcnPt88WtPKcPeyUisBOhMCmHu0qG8ALAuUVfLJIeWnoDugm6rCTisKsxa-_s4efmNytgyia8nGKRDmKOwkkxceguoI3y_0RBNdv05HNeCgJi3026WALH4sm06WBRoNWIS0HdJqXwbdg/s275/images.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWN248M1-q5sRCOCeh7f9vJs5HuWsu2sY87VplNoL_BNe0DKcnPt88WtPKcPeyUisBOhMCmHu0qG8ALAuUVfLJIeWnoDugm6rCTisKsxa-_s4efmNytgyia8nGKRDmKOwkkxceguoI3y_0RBNdv05HNeCgJi3026WALH4sm06WBRoNWIS0HdJqXwbdg/s1600/images.png" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You would
think one could have enough slow cooker cookbooks. I for one cannot have
enough. I always find something new to try in each one. <i>CROCK-POT ESSENTIALS
</i>is no different.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Author
Anne Schaeffer has put together a lovely volume. My stomach growled through a
good portion of the book, and I can’t wait to try out some of the incredible sounding, and looking recipes. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Speaking
of looking at the recipes . . . the photos are great! Beautiful colored photos
of every recipe. Photos of the finished dishes are a big must for me. I like to
reference them after I’ve made my own attempt at the recipe just to see how
close I got. So, yaya for the photos!</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After a brief
introduction with some great tips, the chapters and pages of incredible recipes
unfold in a culinary slow cooker wave.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You’ll
find mouth watering dishes like . . . Crab Chowder with Roasted Veggies, Crockin’
Taco Soup, Turkey Pot Pie in a Bowl, Summer Pesto Soup, Overnight Apple Pie Oatmeal,
Blueberry French Toast, Loaded Potatoes, Bacon-Wrapped Corn, Saucy Meatballs,
Buffalo Chicken Pasta, Hawaiian Pizza, BBQ Ribs, Shrimp Creole, S’mores Brownies,
Orange Cheesecake, and more!</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My one
negative has to be the lack of dessert/sweets choices. There’s only five. With
all of the tasty meal choices available, more after dinner delight choices
would tie it altogether. <br />
<br />
All in all, <i>CROCK-POT ESSENTIALS</i> is a nice addition to your slow cooker
library. </span></b></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOppIPzo-2NMUoaJ8aiOB5qZZEowJUEAmnnIVn-I9mbnDkLwA4DhtulGz2JBS7cOwD1-enKY4jp55-WOF-9m0jkWXyujh_Oh9gsIhOtPEwP1MqVbDe5EEvipr82UnFY-TM8AwRJhUup9miDMtHnD1VkuaRFZt9PvpdEL6suBF5T0U2SzcNttsIf6eEpA/s398/20271972_10155628106877792_1059545567_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="398" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOppIPzo-2NMUoaJ8aiOB5qZZEowJUEAmnnIVn-I9mbnDkLwA4DhtulGz2JBS7cOwD1-enKY4jp55-WOF-9m0jkWXyujh_Oh9gsIhOtPEwP1MqVbDe5EEvipr82UnFY-TM8AwRJhUup9miDMtHnD1VkuaRFZt9PvpdEL6suBF5T0U2SzcNttsIf6eEpA/w241-h219/20271972_10155628106877792_1059545567_n.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.176px;"><b style="line-height: 22.176px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">As always, please leave a comment and </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="line-height: 22.176px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b>let me know what yo</b><b>u think!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b>Follow my blog by </b><b>submitting your email in </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b>upper right hand corner of this page </b><b>(on the side bar).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><b>Reading from your phone? 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This is a<a href="https://www.becel.ca/en-ca/recipe/soft-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies-205659?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw3ueiBhBmEiwA4BhspDLqYvuOeLwCbHFBURe0mJCP3HBFyb4Qs-psYA_d3A1iXF2-kf2wyBoCKWwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank"> Becel Recipe </a>which is a margarine here in Canada, not sure what you have where you are but our butter is weird here in Canada, too hard and doesn't seem to soften, so I have switched to baking with margarine. If you click here you will be taken to the site for the recipe. I did not have the flaked salt but it was absolutely amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6awhNSJYQHC06zkOMdoyZLBxujbXv3oyijEc3E131doko0GtXLqnXj_5cpcRRVP1CAoZTML1XUd76eY0jVtMC5IFrzP1FmUIZL13HUlhJ0rCmL-EdngAtF1EzbyIhAYZr2CIHTqN5Ie6M6imoldCK_EQX2RtokfkYjNQFqyRE2Y7kTqKZoCm2hj5q/s1920/342993811_201631865545919_7809334246573962414_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6awhNSJYQHC06zkOMdoyZLBxujbXv3oyijEc3E131doko0GtXLqnXj_5cpcRRVP1CAoZTML1XUd76eY0jVtMC5IFrzP1FmUIZL13HUlhJ0rCmL-EdngAtF1EzbyIhAYZr2CIHTqN5Ie6M6imoldCK_EQX2RtokfkYjNQFqyRE2Y7kTqKZoCm2hj5q/w225-h400/342993811_201631865545919_7809334246573962414_n.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazing until I ran out of Chocolate Chips, I have teens, boys, always fixing for a treat and well we made a few recipes with chocolate chipits here this week and I had about 1/4 of what I needed so I problem solved with a box of chocolates I got for my birthday,,,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf1W1OMPOL-PqRG0LfewB-_2_vxAAgxHiMgCqMqbmLiAIwH2w7067LAfLYWNcGxrQqEnO__lM5uZthldAv7Nac1qa8feA3hP96Ppmn_BryjZI8lZ8xQK96z8yhpTy62xzOLvbb3rqq0jfPpf8r_ClWOvmakx8RNDgvu7-jq2J9RcbOhSWaQ9zooNC/s2048/343972739_1179180716081110_8091155814915298989_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf1W1OMPOL-PqRG0LfewB-_2_vxAAgxHiMgCqMqbmLiAIwH2w7067LAfLYWNcGxrQqEnO__lM5uZthldAv7Nac1qa8feA3hP96Ppmn_BryjZI8lZ8xQK96z8yhpTy62xzOLvbb3rqq0jfPpf8r_ClWOvmakx8RNDgvu7-jq2J9RcbOhSWaQ9zooNC/w300-h400/343972739_1179180716081110_8091155814915298989_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They taste better than they look, I was given a box of Lindt Chocolate Balls, and with the dough that lacked chips, I added one big ball to it, squished it down and baked it until well it looks like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A house full of grateful boys and we are now also out of milk, so I guess I will leave you here and hit the grocery store!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Wednesday, Happy Baking oh and check out this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHNS0Ln2vVqwtm6xj8t9kTQ7zAiGohxXJnpERrIhTxp1Fd627bI3QdsYfpEvIEMdQUOdHL5Go_ld4Nvf73kkU--SOYHxQkk0yHy9eb_oJeBCZweLXf1prc30P9Pxbtd0nFPjSUaNx8-89C17wlVWS6NDkFDPqDC3G2NyaprK3JcQGBasJ4_nS3jIG/s2048/345599319_259180136566049_5409225164366851845_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHNS0Ln2vVqwtm6xj8t9kTQ7zAiGohxXJnpERrIhTxp1Fd627bI3QdsYfpEvIEMdQUOdHL5Go_ld4Nvf73kkU--SOYHxQkk0yHy9eb_oJeBCZweLXf1prc30P9Pxbtd0nFPjSUaNx8-89C17wlVWS6NDkFDPqDC3G2NyaprK3JcQGBasJ4_nS3jIG/w265-h400/345599319_259180136566049_5409225164366851845_n.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rhys Bowen's Up coming Her Royal Spyness Mystery cover was just released. I can't wait! Save the date as this one is going to be released November 7, 2023</div><p><br /></p>Thank you for letting me share today and I hope you have a lovely week!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Karen M. Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02669471456337724048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-27967595043476390902023-05-09T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-09T00:00:00.161-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BMP0p9BpJxVl0luv0o6OtyQttXxDbAJAJ1mumLuI1KEj-hmhf3sX-3W9MLA5Q0Ne-pdfPW09l2O-uPkpQR4rhhFIEM3MOuxPswFMtR_jNQK7S6BUgisfWyeiQQUdybMi-fQi2FUnIX0vQEQMp3Ll87vFQyzi95laLRUxnvD1q9aL2XlUVia40Rq0NA/s701/05%20Fridaya0a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="701" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BMP0p9BpJxVl0luv0o6OtyQttXxDbAJAJ1mumLuI1KEj-hmhf3sX-3W9MLA5Q0Ne-pdfPW09l2O-uPkpQR4rhhFIEM3MOuxPswFMtR_jNQK7S6BUgisfWyeiQQUdybMi-fQi2FUnIX0vQEQMp3Ll87vFQyzi95laLRUxnvD1q9aL2XlUVia40Rq0NA/w400-h164/05%20Fridaya0a.jpg" width="400" /></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; font-size: medium;"><b>I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since I first posted this Off Topic.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm still loving reselling, and have managed to actually find some nice Youtubers. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>As for the group I mention below, well, not of them have really become more helpful. What is it with some people? Anyway, enjoy this Off Topic Flashback from August 2021!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgALrqAdF97yY2P_70V2m0XLsRf8Gh4TOxU8IlfJjw_PO5LpLTovrnj6d58OCGFtotURLtwEY25DEpkscXcFJftPBbw0_-UqO1sxykw3sr246rAprzSYCldeWlS_Tya5r5qDlrfHP8tPk/" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="320" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgALrqAdF97yY2P_70V2m0XLsRf8Gh4TOxU8IlfJjw_PO5LpLTovrnj6d58OCGFtotURLtwEY25DEpkscXcFJftPBbw0_-UqO1sxykw3sr246rAprzSYCldeWlS_Tya5r5qDlrfHP8tPk/w400-h226/image.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Another off topic day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Today I want to talk about my experience with trying to fit in with a new group on Facebook. A group of . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_bG7580Yg4E9Ga2onArRapyyP2kBaoPedcIODeDXLra5t8RbYZA9euIzgNxO43lqp17W-c2p82g-LpMF_jrl_eGw4BkgmYzoVZf9cyAkeIVEgJfHpICmQDUcr_zw5ci90t10xfMUh_6-/s2795/resellerStamp.png" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="2795" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_bG7580Yg4E9Ga2onArRapyyP2kBaoPedcIODeDXLra5t8RbYZA9euIzgNxO43lqp17W-c2p82g-LpMF_jrl_eGw4BkgmYzoVZf9cyAkeIVEgJfHpICmQDUcr_zw5ci90t10xfMUh_6-/w400-h111/resellerStamp.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">As many of you know, I've started selling things that I have mostly thrifted or purchased on sale for some great deals. Vintage, retro, new, clothing, purses, shoes, electronics, toys, anything that I know someone else will enjoy. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqJzY7_4ryZB52wROaWgCpO_AiISoVL4oek8_nNFkGiUhAfZzjiW_CTMxsQIeMchdaCZHbGeT8u4v3cAYyn6sQ6lGtaX0gVJomI9rEhtLr862GQyDdaaT_nyy7dgAGC-s0QyDe9WJmog3/s1808/01+Unique.JPG" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1808" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqJzY7_4ryZB52wROaWgCpO_AiISoVL4oek8_nNFkGiUhAfZzjiW_CTMxsQIeMchdaCZHbGeT8u4v3cAYyn6sQ6lGtaX0gVJomI9rEhtLr862GQyDdaaT_nyy7dgAGC-s0QyDe9WJmog3/w200-h156/01+Unique.JPG" style="border: none; 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And a little extra money never hurts. 😉 </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I would love to say I know something about everything I purchase or am looking to purchase. I don't. LOL But, I am learning. There is of course great information online. And I love researching the old school way. Yup. 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position: relative;" width="247" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>And those are just for glass, ceramic, and porcelain items! </b><b>I have a lot of different ones that I thrifted, of course.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Slightly off topic of the off topic:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Many of you may know I'm a germaphobe. What?! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How is it that I can thrift, and read used books? Hand sanitizer, and surgical gloves! 😀</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnSQH4gn8AGztcH2nSqSj0eXPEGhgAPo04ILaRmsT3BKWsHZR8T9NM7d4yKETiLDUkLlrvFMCT9NilU8q4dd4fI_5YhiqaY9DkaRdjpnFncsD7EAWqTusbu00-H9B-6G0XzY6sBOjs5Fa/s500/YouTube.jpg" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="500" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnSQH4gn8AGztcH2nSqSj0eXPEGhgAPo04ILaRmsT3BKWsHZR8T9NM7d4yKETiLDUkLlrvFMCT9NilU8q4dd4fI_5YhiqaY9DkaRdjpnFncsD7EAWqTusbu00-H9B-6G0XzY6sBOjs5Fa/s320/YouTube.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Okay, back to the resellers. I follow several of them on YouTube. They do shopping videos of thrift stores, yard sales, estate sales. I have learned so much by watching these videos. They've truly been study aids for me. With all that being said, I don't like some of the reseller/Youtube personalities. A few of them I adored watching and still do. But, the more popular some of them became, the more they became, hmmm, better than thou. This makes me sad, because I use to enjoy watching most of these people. </b><b>Now I watch some of them simply for the learning aspect.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMvW4Ucaq19r2_XHwCrSKe1qyYi9HQbsvhyQ_5KH4JpYFx2-_dqG5opbsBltwWk3n-zZmaPdRPMhbjU0hcS8V2nPXnUlUXKaFyPAHugYr_8hGmn1dnTioB5RoxColpTkTYbrpXM5bECDG/" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="728" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMvW4Ucaq19r2_XHwCrSKe1qyYi9HQbsvhyQ_5KH4JpYFx2-_dqG5opbsBltwWk3n-zZmaPdRPMhbjU0hcS8V2nPXnUlUXKaFyPAHugYr_8hGmn1dnTioB5RoxColpTkTYbrpXM5bECDG/" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Several of these resellers have Facebook groups. They started them to help others to have a place to ask questions. Somewhere to learn and share information. Somewhere for like minded people to talk about what we do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN1bf_A5NNfjt2UMlUViWk5F1vvSBhGdmDEnkUBLzH0x56Jw0Y51ZOtRVbeAnxX_hsKX2b1tCXQykzFlv6Qe3PGRic73XvKvyf-x3CLbVtJ3bYfKYFKpPOV7HfX4ZlDnxv_1-Dw-ARFvW/s478/teaserbox_4102242353.png" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="478" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN1bf_A5NNfjt2UMlUViWk5F1vvSBhGdmDEnkUBLzH0x56Jw0Y51ZOtRVbeAnxX_hsKX2b1tCXQykzFlv6Qe3PGRic73XvKvyf-x3CLbVtJ3bYfKYFKpPOV7HfX4ZlDnxv_1-Dw-ARFvW/s320/teaserbox_4102242353.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've joined a couple. I learn a bit from them as well. A couple of days ago, I submitted a post to one of them. I posted a photo from Marketplace of a suspicious looking piece. The piece itself looked fine, but the way it was marked on the bottom just didn't seem right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, I posted the photo and asked if anyone saw what was wrong with it. I didn't say what I saw wrong, because I wanted to see if it popped to anyone else. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was flooded with questions and comments like, "Did you research it", "Pull the felt back from the bottom", "I don't get what you're asking". I answered all of them. A couple hours later when I went to answer another, I saw that my commenting rights had been turned off for 72 hours. ?!?!?! Seems like I had broken a rule. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrLKbGQLFCcTLpR3jVz7oIzWI16KPfz__Ey5UjAKrRleBzPOZ0H0bZGW62wShQp5G4pujkur08_QIu9j9n74nDPJw9DNO5NOfC8xuaTl55bN3xBbBcDIq5l-p3NIqUDToEZJJtuqO3wp9/" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrLKbGQLFCcTLpR3jVz7oIzWI16KPfz__Ey5UjAKrRleBzPOZ0H0bZGW62wShQp5G4pujkur08_QIu9j9n74nDPJw9DNO5NOfC8xuaTl55bN3xBbBcDIq5l-p3NIqUDToEZJJtuqO3wp9/" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I messaged the admin who has suspended me, or as I think of it, put me in a time out. She said the reason was because according to the rules, you can't ask for help to purchase an item. You must own the item before you can ask for help. First off, I didn't ask for help purchasing an item. I shared with them an item I felt had been falsely advertised, and I thought it could be a teaching moment. Second of all, why would you have a rule that says you have to purchase the item before you can get help. Wouldn't that be a little late? Seems like her answer to my what-on-earth-did-I-do-wrong question answers that. She informed me that she and others had spent close to 9 hours researching the piece for me. ??? Did they even read my question Cause I really feel they didn't. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ABzFoIz_dh9c_mSSNTUmtjskEjwHdv-MYu7_NNiCw328ieIoCn_ZPmJY1W6HrhvC0XnD3eZESXsJpliWxW2OioUhcJRI7XcCD5B1MXtNlggfAAWuJh9ko4SXggyviLfSFvg9c-bTTnst/s331/maxresdefault.jpg" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="331" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ABzFoIz_dh9c_mSSNTUmtjskEjwHdv-MYu7_NNiCw328ieIoCn_ZPmJY1W6HrhvC0XnD3eZESXsJpliWxW2OioUhcJRI7XcCD5B1MXtNlggfAAWuJh9ko4SXggyviLfSFvg9c-bTTnst/w320-h267/maxresdefault.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, I replied to her message to me, which contained much more about my rebel post than I have told you, and let her know how mistaken she was about my question, and to set the record straight that I am 54 years old, and know one has a right to put me in a time out. And I told her I would be leaving the group because it was not a place I wanted to be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzUgnqTylP6-hTAXO_XEmcFjtDHrGeCh4_VK8RyT3fUcqCcy0J37lKaNSsCXNI0l8shMV6-s5mvH_f941jNmnXkiHXPBTMyIawAv4wQ_fO3pGZoaFhAFNJovHDkIu1TZIY1OV4J0919of/s489/Cozy-Mystery-BRL.jpg" style="color: #020202; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="131" data-original-width="489" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzUgnqTylP6-hTAXO_XEmcFjtDHrGeCh4_VK8RyT3fUcqCcy0J37lKaNSsCXNI0l8shMV6-s5mvH_f941jNmnXkiHXPBTMyIawAv4wQ_fO3pGZoaFhAFNJovHDkIu1TZIY1OV4J0919of/w400-h108/Cozy-Mystery-BRL.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All of that leads me to this . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The cozy community rocks! Never ever was I once treated poorly. It's been open arms all the way! And they set a high standard for other groups and/or communities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How about you? Have you tried joining any other groups centered around other interests of yours? If yes, how did it go? I'd love to hear about it.</span></div></div></div></b></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgZAy2f5G_igmL48fZrFNhCukx5j38ZXRqUPR0jOBvNN_gTD6BC5mEtOnUckDhsmfuV_oJ0pIGORA99eQYjoFVIeG_j4UPvPzBRzGTGmJy5pv9eoLG4Y4-Fwpv12HZ8NMOrmZwDfp5kcO/s398/42665027_482524808911194_1597311952428728320_n.png" style="background-color: white; color: #020202; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgZAy2f5G_igmL48fZrFNhCukx5j38ZXRqUPR0jOBvNN_gTD6BC5mEtOnUckDhsmfuV_oJ0pIGORA99eQYjoFVIeG_j4UPvPzBRzGTGmJy5pv9eoLG4Y4-Fwpv12HZ8NMOrmZwDfp5kcO/s320/42665027_482524808911194_1597311952428728320_n.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">~~~~~</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Wish me luck for the next 2 years! </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXRg7US0vvxECK2DSXgfeKccw3nU4QWUmyGtEGfcpilIVrBxzt06UMiaS6gN2BF7riCirL5htPljH7j2aXp4s6g1fgOTbmWuHPl58VQP6YhByuqPmP_OUNmUl1i8JIt1ylZiegGpkGpT2CPkYbmdVpR9Cqg2n_OFQrX2_AE0b9eKTz8Gmx51DEck4CA/s340/il_340x270.4398810447_3fmt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="340" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXRg7US0vvxECK2DSXgfeKccw3nU4QWUmyGtEGfcpilIVrBxzt06UMiaS6gN2BF7riCirL5htPljH7j2aXp4s6g1fgOTbmWuHPl58VQP6YhByuqPmP_OUNmUl1i8JIt1ylZiegGpkGpT2CPkYbmdVpR9Cqg2n_OFQrX2_AE0b9eKTz8Gmx51DEck4CA/s320/il_340x270.4398810447_3fmt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-6009555580772642472023-05-08T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-08T00:00:00.145-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vwIFavkkiSC1z3cLbCIq0caaUdwrS2o7sRaIbO256v_XwQLlglTUmHfs6fbuKCTleAIv4TCdRhDTZsp6lSaySOlJw2IcQ00bnAKiMyRuNn31b6b4PD8rkBOPGgAWWqDxcUKKgI4XCO8h2yKkWsrOv_9lxMk7m9_-tW2-n6DpZBM3rmSOyq0BT4VcSw/s540/360_F_509955449_awSmQ2nn0gxJoKa4HMZdA537yDR0jEuL%20(1)0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="540" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vwIFavkkiSC1z3cLbCIq0caaUdwrS2o7sRaIbO256v_XwQLlglTUmHfs6fbuKCTleAIv4TCdRhDTZsp6lSaySOlJw2IcQ00bnAKiMyRuNn31b6b4PD8rkBOPGgAWWqDxcUKKgI4XCO8h2yKkWsrOv_9lxMk7m9_-tW2-n6DpZBM3rmSOyq0BT4VcSw/s320/360_F_509955449_awSmQ2nn0gxJoKa4HMZdA537yDR0jEuL%20(1)0.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Hello there brave giveaway goers!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Ready for another attempt?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Here we go!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #134f5c; 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If you're looking for one or the other, please look carefully before entering. </span></span></b></div></b></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Make sure to check out Goodreads giveaway in other genres.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Again, I k</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">now Goodreads giveaways can be hard to win because of the volume of people who enter them. But stick with it. I have won a few titles, and you can too.</span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, since it can be hard to win, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm still entering each giveaway as well!</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;">If I win, one of you will win it!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><div style="text-align: center;">I have entered each giveaway I have posted today. If I win a book, I will have a giveaway here and one of you will have another chance to win the book . . . from me! I like knowing that your my friends will have that second chance to win.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;">So, GOOD LUCK to you!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;">And wish a GOOD LUCK to me (for you)!</span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVpX2bgOrU8VvsZSG1r07gyp9-jCJbadZxC6g-rEh4bQnWTegR3dfd_Aws_ZPguk7Wy3PdyDMo0Bru3oLVdSMNOaSzHuyAsoOMUGX0e0M1YiMdMdcvaeU4wxqQlzgjuLzLbIBPu2jvJ7lvk_V7g0vddCefm42WES4G_CC5mv9sysZw6imqp-tSqSUzg/s700/100-Good-Luck-Wishes-1-GettyImages-1340286353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVpX2bgOrU8VvsZSG1r07gyp9-jCJbadZxC6g-rEh4bQnWTegR3dfd_Aws_ZPguk7Wy3PdyDMo0Bru3oLVdSMNOaSzHuyAsoOMUGX0e0M1YiMdMdcvaeU4wxqQlzgjuLzLbIBPu2jvJ7lvk_V7g0vddCefm42WES4G_CC5mv9sysZw6imqp-tSqSUzg/s320/100-Good-Luck-Wishes-1-GettyImages-1340286353.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><b style="line-height: 22.176px;">As always, please leave a comment and </b><b>let me know what yo</b><b>u think!</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="line-height: 22.176px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Follow my blog by </b><b>submitting your email in </b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 22.176px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><b>upper right hand corner of this page </b><b>(on the side bar).</b></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Reading from your phone? Scroll to the bottom of your page and click </b><b style="font-family: georgia;">"View web version". </b><b style="font-family: georgia;">Then follow the above directions.</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZHW44QpcBXdZoy3P3bk0a7kMumQhb0hWwz75NM1bW6qY8Ide8MjOo7e0A86p0dvz0YWpw24lMlAkSH_15p2hEFI80RuPTddtKVNnQfKYFp_X4g16qSD54aJUG6G1ivAn9syDybQ0uJtHm75QUV_VuZf9K5ONc6t1ClQrcBvIozhkoriAFNyzqlCUtw/s1024/happy-monday-animated-sun-1024x1024.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZHW44QpcBXdZoy3P3bk0a7kMumQhb0hWwz75NM1bW6qY8Ide8MjOo7e0A86p0dvz0YWpw24lMlAkSH_15p2hEFI80RuPTddtKVNnQfKYFp_X4g16qSD54aJUG6G1ivAn9syDybQ0uJtHm75QUV_VuZf9K5ONc6t1ClQrcBvIozhkoriAFNyzqlCUtw/w237-h237/happy-monday-animated-sun-1024x1024.png" width="237" /></a></div></b></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></div></div></div></div>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467118678050696433.post-44882610939354675312023-05-07T00:00:00.001-04:002023-05-07T00:00:00.223-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir78hsVwZ85w2HGFbjYNPFkZHG3JkFRta_dV9zZXbetDbERF2qXvyQB9yEwjfJO7Tl63ppHIprAEAurQwO_3GfIaUNe5gz6j8rhceKLnajgOFxTUIcgAmfnN6-9u9UFZb4PytxXpFKnymqGb1yEpSyx_1skt848rWtUy39iAoEfLoUYAyI2-YtOqzhrQ/s720/watercolor-illustration-girl-who-loves-read-books-lying-down_530928-414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="720" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir78hsVwZ85w2HGFbjYNPFkZHG3JkFRta_dV9zZXbetDbERF2qXvyQB9yEwjfJO7Tl63ppHIprAEAurQwO_3GfIaUNe5gz6j8rhceKLnajgOFxTUIcgAmfnN6-9u9UFZb4PytxXpFKnymqGb1yEpSyx_1skt848rWtUy39iAoEfLoUYAyI2-YtOqzhrQ/w359-h256/watercolor-illustration-girl-who-loves-read-books-lying-down_530928-414.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #020202; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;">More of my favorite series!</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #020202; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ~~~~</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.86px;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">VINTAGE TOY SHOP MYSTERIES</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Barbara Early</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNOjiUOLP-KnYtrc-yhHFQ15yqMjCqgTsOZF4EnjprGaj-poD4DgICFyqtdZNzdEctYKPbaC510-UNGi_p1NHgD5CR4FY880yuCNVLCh95vysr9lsldOEQz0AHx1sAUCC-mg4jhKFn__Vbx23trgO7-MjLH5atfW6QrLpEXyStt5-BGxtAfMN4ey5zfA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNOjiUOLP-KnYtrc-yhHFQ15yqMjCqgTsOZF4EnjprGaj-poD4DgICFyqtdZNzdEctYKPbaC510-UNGi_p1NHgD5CR4FY880yuCNVLCh95vysr9lsldOEQz0AHx1sAUCC-mg4jhKFn__Vbx23trgO7-MjLH5atfW6QrLpEXyStt5-BGxtAfMN4ey5zfA=w213-h320" width="213" /></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: arial;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland but it was never her dream to manage her father’s vintage toyshop. However, after he sank his entire police pension into the business, someone needed to help him turn his dreams into reality—and keep him from sneaking off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, NY.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">The mood goes from nice to naughty when a nervous man, who was trying to have his antique toys appraised, is found in the shop with a lawn dart through his chest. Suddenly, Liz’s business plan is plunged into deep freeze, while she and her father find themselves toying with a cold-blooded killer who’s playing for keeps.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">Now, it looks like Christmas might be cancelled for the neighborhood kids if Liz can't wrap up the case.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl_RavaTwTSvmHAbBXHCYS1Uj-hhs2o4NFVUudWFoDdX-Oh88PhvQL5TwOVtLOBtCGQCjoc9H92GC0uKhyrOhHqY9_RPLyEwIb7lhvN-zySbljAEyhlCjaOTgGxoC1PdhxdCx73Ob8R5GlOWWIy3y3EnQG5dMmngeaOp1bLe9ZpR1rAPg-etAFqYVpaA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl_RavaTwTSvmHAbBXHCYS1Uj-hhs2o4NFVUudWFoDdX-Oh88PhvQL5TwOVtLOBtCGQCjoc9H92GC0uKhyrOhHqY9_RPLyEwIb7lhvN-zySbljAEyhlCjaOTgGxoC1PdhxdCx73Ob8R5GlOWWIy3y3EnQG5dMmngeaOp1bLe9ZpR1rAPg-etAFqYVpaA=w213-h320" width="213" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAM63s1ZsE4o1dtwwiDu1hsmBViPBTqoihVJIbK4i3pC16orkPv0fs4tbHJmWQRx70x2M5izZszeuvPGSNVEzm78z7aCdHoXZ8LJ5WMUHTNH2LNFSwrcbJxwX5XSIvFAHgK17p27lSTZHBbi_pmjXXRFS6D8eUzV2hoELsIDPfM1Yixz5002MqcJqcwQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAM63s1ZsE4o1dtwwiDu1hsmBViPBTqoihVJIbK4i3pC16orkPv0fs4tbHJmWQRx70x2M5izZszeuvPGSNVEzm78z7aCdHoXZ8LJ5WMUHTNH2LNFSwrcbJxwX5XSIvFAHgK17p27lSTZHBbi_pmjXXRFS6D8eUzV2hoELsIDPfM1Yixz5002MqcJqcwQ=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">~~~~</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">COOKBOOK NOOK MYSTERIES</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">by</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #020202; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Daryl Wood Gerber</span></b></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/AVvXsEirCv9p-_euzKC3xIWQJOpL7Qg7RvHXp9kdDXUSnUuLxpsyxlm_OOXMfnrdi8L-9dEFNRLPeldNzbAQZrtTSFWWl6bj91Ian616ogazLcNATThT0FxMnCpIqpM0phNIiIsyAIkpVP6QpNgYVscgYe7LbvzopUIqwJF3C1gx_WIxgYnxeDe5tUgqim5-Vg/s499/a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCv9p-_euzKC3xIWQJOpL7Qg7RvHXp9kdDXUSnUuLxpsyxlm_OOXMfnrdi8L-9dEFNRLPeldNzbAQZrtTSFWWl6bj91Ian616ogazLcNATThT0FxMnCpIqpM0phNIiIsyAIkpVP6QpNgYVscgYe7LbvzopUIqwJF3C1gx_WIxgYnxeDe5tUgqim5-Vg/s320/a.jpg" width="199" /></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: arial;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; text-align: start;">In need of a change, Jenna Hart leaves the high-pressure world of advertising to help her aunt, Vera, open a culinary bookshop and café. Back with her family in Crystal Cove, California, Jenna seems to have all the right ingredients for a fresh start—until someone adds a dash of murder.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As a marketing expert, Jenna wants to make sure the grand opening of the Cookbook Nook draws a crowd, and no one is better at getting attention than her old college roommate, celebrity chef Desiree Divine. But when Desiree arrives in quiet Crystal Cove to do a cookbook signing, the diva stirs up more trouble than business…especially when she turns up dead.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Known for stealing husbands and burning bridges, Desiree left behind plenty of suspects—including Jenna. 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I'm so sorry. I can't blame it on anything but me this time. The week got away from me! I thought I had scheduled posts, and I hadn't. I had my days all confused. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm so happy Karen is sharing Wednesday with us. She left you a great short story this week, didn't she? Well done Karen!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Thank you everyone for your continued patience. I'm truly trying to get myself and the blog back on track. Thanks for hanging in!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hugs,</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Lisa</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwErF2P-FiKUF4TIzzaeZwuvPpFPPgWlMu7Q5A52FXOyeUviZUqUmKResZvS6RWZTIgSb1L1ZxxP7u_VNyFUSjIHLCMakAeURUsocRFxZSXBKK3cVA15InuSiQaYvEBuSxN6GBU3evzL1Y5MGhRoAo8ZGednUfXNaFU6JNAimZ7bhyHOt77r2coJiT3A/s398/73375420_1031326013877232_35057704913338368_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="398" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwErF2P-FiKUF4TIzzaeZwuvPpFPPgWlMu7Q5A52FXOyeUviZUqUmKResZvS6RWZTIgSb1L1ZxxP7u_VNyFUSjIHLCMakAeURUsocRFxZSXBKK3cVA15InuSiQaYvEBuSxN6GBU3evzL1Y5MGhRoAo8ZGednUfXNaFU6JNAimZ7bhyHOt77r2coJiT3A/w209-h185/73375420_1031326013877232_35057704913338368_n.png" width="209" /></a></div></b></div><p></p>Lisa Ks Book Reviews http://www.blogger.com/profile/04963173316610740603noreply@blogger.com1