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Diet for the Mind

Diet for the MIND is a book I HIGHLY recommend. The author is the researcher/creator of the MIND diet - a combination of the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet (for heart health). It's encouraging and will make you feel like you can BOTH help your mind and eat delicious food! Bon Apetit!

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Long Bright River

The Skimm recommended Long Bright River, but I'm not sure I can do the same. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very well written and for those of us who are police procedural junkies (my particular poison is Law and Order SVU) it is definitely worth a read - it slowly builds into a fast, suspenseful read and I did enjoy it. I just don’t think it’s an unqualified “I loved it”! But if you want to check it out - and you may, it has 4.5 stars on Amazon - click the title above.

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This Tender Land

This Tender Land - First book of 2020! And it was an excellent read. From the very first page you can tell you’re in the hands of an excellent storyteller. Set in the midst of the depression and by the author’s own admission a bit of a Huck Finn book, I found it most excellent. 

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Then She Was Gone

For those of you who enjoy dark and twisty reads like Girl on the Tain and Gone Girl, Then She Was Gone is a great book. Sad, tragic, psychological, redemptive - it pretty much has it all. Well done, Lisa Jewell!!

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Tried to buy the @reesesbookclubxhellosunshine April book selection, Happiness, but the bookstores were all SOLD OUT! I like my #memoirs as physical books so I will have to be patient for a couple of days! Until then.... the riveting Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell of the UK is keeping me excellent company!! #bookaday #kimlovelovestoread #authorsofinstagram

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So happy that @thedaringlibrarian received the book I sent for her #middleschool library!! If you’d like to have a copy of #aclearingintheforest sent to your favorite school library, hope over to my instagram (@klovestump) and direct message me with the name of the #librarian #school #city and #state and I will see what I can do!! 

Happy #spring #easter and #springbreak one and all!! 🌸 🐣 🏖  = = #bookgiveaway #bookaday #kidlit #yalit#authorsofinstagram #fantasy#bookstagram #bookish

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Christmas Trolls by Jan Brett

For a favorite children’s Christmas book on this ninth day before Christmas we have Jan Brett’s book Christmas Trolls. This one is particularly good if you have some kiddos who are all about the getting and not the giving! Funny and sweet with a message of giving AND receiving!

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Christmas in the Barn

My favorite children's Christmas book for this second Sunday of Advent is "Christmas in the Barn" by none other than Margaret Wise Brown​ of Good Night Moon​ fame. It is a sweet retelling of the Christmas story complete with animals, shepherds, and wisemen. It's a newer edition with bright and engaging illustrations by Anna Dewdney​.

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The First Christmas

On this first Sunday of Advent I'm posting my most favorite retelling of the Christmas story, The First Christmas. It's a beautiful, quiet book and the black silhouette illustrations enable you to put yourself in the story without distractions. It uses text from Matthew and Luke from the King James Version so it is very lyrical.

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Dream Snow

Today’s favorite Christmas Book (#6) is Eric Carle’s Dream Snow. Which I know for a fact is a favorite at my friend Jennifer’s home. Happy reading all you mom and dads!

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The Night Before Christmas

The first day of December brings The Night Before Christmas. This is a beautiful edition with intricate decorate borders on each page. Though tempted to hold this one until - well, you know - the night before Christmas, that would be far too late for you to get a copy! The Little Golden Book version was the staple at my home growing up and I LOVED it!

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The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree

Favorite Children’s Christmas Book #4 was recommended by my daughter, Stuart Mullens (nee Stump), The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. And since it’s, at least partially, a daddy-daughter tale, it’s only appropriate that her Daddy is holding the book for this photo. Thanks, you two! 

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Christmas Book #3 - It’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Who can resist little Cindy Lou Who? Or the Grinch, when he learns Christmas is so much more than "what comes from a store." You can keep track of the full list of my favorite Christmas books right here as it grows day by day. 

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

If yesterday’s choice of The Polar Express stands a good chance of making you cry, today’s book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is guaranteed to make you laugh. And a shout out to Charlotte’s of Charlotte, NC for letting me borrow their Christmas tree for this photo!

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The Polar Express

Now that we're turning from Turkey to Tinsel (i.e. from Thanksgiving to Christmas), I thought I'd post some of my favorite Christmas books for you moms and grandmoms to read aloud to your little ones this season. I have to start with The Polar Express, which as my two children can attest, I could hardly ever read to the end without crying! The Polar Express​ contains its own special kind of Christmas magic - many thanks Chris Van Allsburg​.

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What to read on the day of the #Charlottesville Protests

Jodi Picoult’s book Small Great Things is an excellent novel that explores white supremacy and racial prejudice. I cannot recommend it highly enough. 

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Here in the Middle Makes List

Here in the Middle made Scary Mommy’s list of 8 inspirational titles. If you want to read the beginning of my essay which is included in the anthology you can do so here. And best of all, the list came out on my birthday! What a great gift!