2016 Reading Challenges

2016 reading challenges goals posts and books read.

25 Reading Challenges to Unleash Your Inner Bookworm
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25 Reading Challenges to Unleash Your Inner Bookworm

    I was not what you would call a bookworm back in 2011 when I started blogging. “I don’t have time to read”, I’d say to myself, just as often as I’d say “I don’t have time to exercise” (trust me, I said both all. the. time).  I never just read for pleasure. In hindsight,…

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A Perfumer’s Secret by Adria J. Cimino

Blurb: 3* – I LIKED IT! – I have a soft spot for books set in France and enjoyed learning about the talent and artistry of perfumers in creating memorable scents in A Perfumer’s Secret by Adria Cimino.   Synopsis from Goodreads: “The quest for a stolen perfume formula awakens passion, rivalry and family secrets in…

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The Stars Over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner Shines

Stars Over Sunset Boulevard is an intense and beautiful story about friendship, love and those dreams we long for. I highly recommend this book for fans of classic movies and want to get behind the scenes in 1930’s Hollywood. Synopsis:   “When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind ends up…

The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom by Alison Love & Giveaway!
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The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom by Alison Love & Giveaway!

Blurb: “3* – I Liked It! – The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom explores the Italian immigrant experience living in England and the forbidden love stories between Italians and English during WWII.   Synopsis from Goodreads: “The first meeting between Antonio and Olivia at the Paradise Ballroom is brief, but electric. Years later, on the…

In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson Book Review & Author Interview
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In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson Book Review & Author Interview

Do you believe in heaven? the afterlife? reincarnation? soulmates? Can love survive and overcome death? In the historical fiction novel In Another Life, author Julie Christine Johnson transports us between the present day and early 13th century France to find the answers.      Eighteen months after historian Lia Carrer tragically loses her husband Gabriel, she decides to begin her life again….