Author Archives: Jenn

2019 The Big Game’s On Read-a-thon: Kick-off!

It’s finally here, the kick-off for The Big Game’s On Read-a-thon!  Although the official Superbowl kick-off isn’t for several hours yet, I wanted to give everyone the opportunity to start reading if they choose! There’s still time to sign-up if you haven’t … Continue reading

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2019 The Big Game’s On Read-a-thon: Pregame

Before the big game begins tomorrow, I wanted to go over a few “rules”, which aren’t really rules per se but to go along with the whole football game theme I’ve got to stick to the terminology!  The read-a-thon officially … Continue reading

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Winter Book Preview: February 2019, Part I

As I write this, a polar vortex is making it’s way to the DC area.  High winds, bitterly cold temperatures…perfect reading weather, right?   Following are my most anticipated books of February.  Getting back to the routine of doing this … Continue reading

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2019 Big Game’s On Read-a-thon!

It’s that time again!! It’s not rare for me to come up with excuses reasons to spend obscene  amounts of time reading.  With Superbowl Sunday just around the corner, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to curl up with a … Continue reading

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Review: Once a Midwife by Patricia Harman

I adored reuniting with Patience. I’ve come to love her character and her stories of delivering the children of Hope River.  This particular novel had vastly more influence from the outside world than previous titles in the series.  I mourned … Continue reading

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Book Club: Favorite Reads of 2018

  The fiction book club I lead at One More Page Books kicks off the new year by talking about our favorite reads of the previous year.  We call it a book club potluck: instead of food we bring book … Continue reading

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Review: The Au Pair by Emma Rous

I thought I had it all figured out when I started reading this title.  In some aspects I did…but Rous when far beyond what I could have ever expected! Told in alternating time periods (then, with Laura as the main … Continue reading

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How ‘They Both Die at the End’ by Adam Silvera Helped Me Deal with Loss

There’s a story about the the timing of my reading this title. I purchased this book during Small Business Saturday and it’s been in a pile of unread books since then.  I recently lost a dear friend to cancer. Terry … Continue reading

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Winter Book Preview: January 2019

I’m attempting to get my blog mojo back!  I realized that once I stopped doing these book previews (which helped keep me organized) I lacked a focus! Following are the January titles I’m looking forward to most. I’ve included the … Continue reading

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Guest Review: National Geographic’s Atlas of World War ll

It is in my opinion that the book, Atlas of World War II, is perhaps the greatest history and WWII book I have read. Not only does it give great detail about how the war was fought, but it also … Continue reading

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