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Audiobook Review : Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Title : WildAuthor : Cheryl StrayedNarrators : Bernadette DunneGenre : Non-fictionPublisher : Random House AudioListening Length : 13 hours 2 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Cheryl loses her mother to cancer and the loss hits her hard. When she tries to keep her siblings together as a family, it doesn’t work and they […]

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Book Author Event : 5 great authors and their books!

[amazon_link id=”1451695659″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I had the pleasure of attending a Book Event on June 30th, a Sunday afternoon where we got to hear from four different female authors. There was Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni with her recent book “The Oleander Girl”, Saborna Roychowdhury with her book “The Distance” which is soon to have it’s […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #4

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Wordless Wednesdays #3

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Wordless Wednesdays #2

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Wordless Wednesdays #1

Starting up a new Wordless Wednesday photo series this month. Here’s the first :

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And here it comes!

The great weather I mean. After that harsh, and what felt like ever-long Texas drought, it is good to step out in the morning and see the outside temperature lower than that inside the house. It’s started getting cooler since the end of September, and I’m looking forward to the evening walks and lake-side bike-rides. […]

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I won !

Earlier I’d posted an entry for the Favorite Female Character contest at Women’s Web. This was fun to write, since I do enjoy the series and Mma Ramotswe is the main reason the series is what it is. If you haven’t read these wonderful books yet, do go find them; they are well-worth the time. I […]

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Mother’s Day 2009

Another Mother’s Day has passed. And this time along with beautiful handmade cards I actually got thoughtful store-bought gifts 🙂 . And lots of hugs and kisses. And promises of foot massages when “Mom” got tired (oh, their tiny hands !). I’ve a lot to be Thankful for. It’s a little late, but to all […]

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