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WWW Wednesday — January 8th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your 2025 is going really great for everyone. I know many of you have set your reading goals for the year weather on Goodreads, Storygraph or another reading tracking app or website. I have set my Goodreads goal again at 75 for 2025 plus I’m using Storygraph and the app Bookly. I’ve also created a spreadsheet (I know) and I can see the eyes…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Google Images Happy 2025 everyone! Forgive the all caps title but I feel it was warranted as we have entered into a new year and not only a new year but we’re a quarter century into the 21st century so think about that!  So I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very Happy and Blessed 2025. I don’t know how everyone’s 2024 went but for me it was a year of change (new church) and big…

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Goodbye 2024! Last Blog

Image from Google Images Well by the grace of God we have arrived at December 31, 2024 and I am ready to say goodbye to 2024. This year for many has been a great year and to those of you I say congratulations and I am so happy this year was a year of prosperity and abundance and I’m not talking about financial either. But if this was a year of great health, healing, restoration, renewal, a new…

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New Year’s Eve Fashion

Hello fellow fashionistas! Well in just a few days we’ll be saying good bye to 2024 and hello to 2025 and of course we’ll be doing it in style! Weather you will be attending a big New Year’s Party, a small gathering of friends and family, going to church, or just staying home curled up on the couch watching the ball drop in Time Square or going to church as fashionistas we have to make it…

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WWW Wednesday but on Thursday — December 26th

Happy Thursday to all my fellow book lovers and friends and Happy Boxing Day to all my fellow Brits, Aussies and other regions of the world that celebrate Boxing Day! Happy Hanukkah for those who are celebrating I know this is the 2nd Day! Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa so Happy Kwanzaa to all! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas full of love, laughter, food, and gifts but of course…

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Merry Christmas!

Happy Wednesday and Merry Christmas, if you celebrate, to all my fellow book lovers and friends! I know this is the day I usually post my weekly reading update titled WWW Wednesday but I decided not to post what I’m reading today and take the time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Christmas is my second favorite holiday and I look forward to not just being off work for two whole weeks but…

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WWW Wednesday — December 18th

Image from Google Images Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! Wow Christmas & Hanukkah are just 7 days away! For many of you it will be a white Christmas but for me it will just be cold. I hope you’ve got all your shopping done or hopefully if you’re like me gearing up for some serious December 24th shopping…LOL.  I thankfully am almost finished…

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WWW Wednesday — December 11th

Picture from Google Images Happy Holidays fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your December is going well and that you are enjoying good friends, good food, family and most importantly good books!  I love the month of the December and all the joy that Christmas brings not to mention all the great sales…LOL! I hope you have gotten all your Christmas shopping done (if you celebrate) or if…

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November Reading Wrap Up

Hello to fellow book lovers and friends! I hope this first week in December has been treating you well. As I stated in my WWW Wednesday post it seems like December came in with lower temps and for those of you who live in parts of the country (United States) or world where you are buried under snow and ice I send my condolences or congratulations to you. I know there are those who love the snow,…

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Fashion File — Cozy Outfits

Happy December fellow style mavens and fashionistas! Well December has arrived and it has brought with it, at least in NC, very cold weather and while my last posts was all about been glam and fabulous for those holiday parties this post is all about what the colder weather brings….coziness!  Even though winter does not officially arrive until December 21st I always think of winter when December…

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WWW Wednesday — December 4th

Happy Holidays fellow book lovers and friends and welcome to another WWW Wednesday the first one of December! Well here we are in the very last month of the year and while I am not a fan of cold weather I love all the holiday cheer December brings (and the food)! I hope everyone (here in America) had a great Thanksgiving and it was full of food, fun, and love with the family. So with December…

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WWW Wednesday — November 27th

Happy Wednesday and to my fellow Americans Happy early Thanksgiving book lovers and worms! I didn’t get to share my WWW Wednesday last week due to how hectic life got but I’m back for a supersized version and I had a lot of 5 star reads! Image from Google Images Wow I can’t believe here we are at the end of November and I don’t know about y’all but I’m ready for some turkey! I hope you have a…

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My 2024 Christmas Cozy Mystery TBR

Happy Friday fellow book lovers and friends! I know we haven’t even celebrated Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving and here I am talking about Christmas! Trust me fellow bibliophiles I am not rushing Christmas and I am eagerly anticipating celebrating Thanksgiving with family and thankfully since we all have the same political beliefs it will be drama free politics wise. Last year I decided to start…

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WWW Wednesday — November 13th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your week is going well. It seems that for the month of November I will be catching on some cozy mystery series so I can read the Thanksgiving or Christmas cozy mystery in those series. I’m still processing the election but thankful to have my faith and books to get me through and that is all I’m going to say after all this is about books not…

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WWW Wednesday — November 6th

Image from Google Images Happy November fellow book lovers and friends! I hope you’re having a great month so far! This month is off to a great start for me and I am anticipating Thanksgiving and eating lots of lots of great food as well as looking at the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special.  Well here we are the first WWW Wednesday of November and I am still working on my October TBR as well as…

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WWW Wednesday — October 30th

Happy early Halloween and Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends if you celebrate the day. I can’t believe we are at the end of October…WOW! Hope your October has been good to go you reading wise as well as life in general This week I have made progress thankfully and thankful for no “off” days as the past two weeks have been me mostly feeling bad so not a lot of reading was done so I’m glad I…

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Fall Fashion File #3 — Boot Season!

Happy last Friday of October fellow fashionistas and fashion lovers! For those of you who love Halloween I hope you’re all set with your costume, parties, and if you have kids treat or tricking! Of course it wouldn’t be a fashion post from me if I didn’t include one about the true love of my life….SHOES! Or in this case boots/booties. While many call Fall cozy season and pumpkin spice season I…