A Month of Faves December Blog Event - 12/23/15

Challenges???

Thanks to these ladies for the month of fun:

 Tanya @ Girlxoxo 

 Andi @ Estella’s Revenge

 Tamara @ Traveling With T

Challenges {The Year End Updates on Reading Challenges, Personal Goals, Resolutions}
 

How did you do? Are you going to do more challenges next year?

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I have never done challenges except for the one on Goodreads, but this year I am going to do a challenge for the first time.

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I met my challenge on Goodreads for this year and for the past four years.  I usually surpass my goal. :)

 

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I am going to join Kathryn at the Book Date for the first time and for my first challenge.

I am going to join in the Women's Fiction Reading Challenge.  I read so many women's fiction books, it should be a good challenge to start with.

A Month of Faves December Blog Event - 12/22/15

And the great thoughts continue....

Thanks to these ladies for the month of fun:

 Tanya @ Girlxoxo 

 Andi @ Estella’s Revenge

 Tamara @ Traveling With T

Books on My Winter Reading List.....

I actually have already read The Things We Keep and am currently reading The Forgotten Room.  

If you want to add a book that I don't have listed, stop by for the review and giveaway of The Violinist of Venice.

1.  The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

2.  All the Winters After by Sere Prince Halverson 

3.  The Forgotten Room by Karen White, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig

4.  The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

5.  In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson

6.  I'll See You In Paris by Michelle Gable

Don't they all look fantastic?

A Month of Faves December Blog Event - 12/17/15

Who is your FAVE...

Thanks to these ladies for the month of fun:

 Tanya @ Girlxoxo 

 Andi @ Estella’s Revenge

 Tamara @ Traveling With T

{The Blogger ShoutOut Edition} –  your fave bookish and/or non-bookish bloggers

Oh...now this is difficult because I love all my book-blogging friends and their sites.

If I have to choose, though, I will choose the following blogs:

FictionZeal

Bermudaonion

BookDate

Traveling With T

Laurel-Rain Snow

Suko

Book Journey 

Fiction Books
BookFan 

I could choose a ton more, but these bloggers stop by most often, we e-mail each other, and I have met a couple of these ladies in person.

If I missed someone who always does stop by, my apologies.

I can't wait to find new blogs to visit when I read everyone's posts.

A Month of Faves December Blog Event - 12/15/15

And the great thoughts continue....

Thanks to these ladies for the month of fun:

 Tanya @ Girlxoxo 

 Andi @ Estella’s Revenge

 Tamara @ Traveling With T

Favorite Holiday Festivities – show off your favorite ornaments, home decor, place to go, holiday drinks, holiday eats, holiday themed reads

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I am a bit of a scrooge when it comes to Christmas decorating.  I don't have too many decorations up yet and don't go all out.  

Right now I only have a table cloth, wreath on the front door, and a wreath on the house above the garage.  

We just set up the tree.  I think I am going with only lights on the tree this year.  No ornaments, but plenty of books on the right side of the tree.  :)

We have Christmas Eve together as an extended family with lots of food...I am Italian.  That tells it all about the food.  :)

Christmas Day is usually with the spouse's side of the family.

I normally do not read Christmas-themed books.

A Month of Faves December Blog Event - 12/14/15

Do you READ OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE?

Thanks to these ladies for the month of fun:

 Tanya @ Girlxoxo 

 Andi @ Estella’s Revenge

 Tamara @ Traveling With T

Reading Outside My Comfort Zone – Surprise Find(s) This Year

1.  Deanna Raybourn - A Curious Beginning

It was mystery, but different from what I normally read as a mystery.  

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That is about the only book that was out of my comfort zone.

Every other book was in my preferred reading genre.

I am pretty particular about what I will read and not read.  :)

I have never and don't think I will read a sci-fi book or paranormal book.   

Love this question...again..learning more about fellow bloggers.  :)

A Month of FAVES December Blog Event - 12/11/15

Which Was My FAVE Of The Week...

Thanks to these ladies for the month of fun:

 Tanya @ Girlxoxo 

 Andi @ Estella’s Revenge

 Tamara @ Traveling With T

#WeekendReading 

{Picking Favorites} 

Let’s support each other by sharing your favorite post, book, or something else, mentioned on other #AMonthofFaves participant blogs 

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My FAVE of the week happens to be all of the posts on Wednesday, December 9, where everyone shared what they use to make their blogging experience better.

I found some really awesome sites I had never known about.

A SHOUT OUT to everyone who participated and shared.

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My other FAVE of the week was the day we shared NEW TO US authors.

I knew a few of the authors, but there were quite a few that I am going to "check out."

Thanks for these fun questions and the opportunity to learn new things and to learn more about our fellow bloggers.  

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Giveaway of Brave in Ribbons by Holly Maholm

ALL INFORMATION AND CONTENT IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF THE PUBLISHER.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In her contemporary take on the holiday classic, Brave in Ribbons, Maholm revisits the original Dickens’ classic to set the stage for a new host of characters and a contemporary holiday story. 

Readers will recognize the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and will quickly find themselves attached to the colorful and heartfelt cast of Brave in Ribbons, including a recently deceased brother, his three daughters and his transgender sister, Connie.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Holly Maholm is a transgender woman who was born John S. Oney. She is a graduate of Yale University and The Ohio State University School of Law. She worked as a senior attorney for a major sports marketing agency until she retired in 2004 and went into private practice. 

She has been married twice and actively co-parented her three daughters from her first marriage. Maholm began her transition to living full-time as a woman in 2013. She is the author of several stage and screen plays and two novels: When Once I Lived (2011), and Brave in Ribbons (November, 2015). She lives in Cleveland, OH and is an active member of the local LGBTQ community.

WEBSITE:

 www.hollymaholm.com

WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE BRAVE IN RIBBONS:

Brave in Ribbions is available on Amazon.

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Angry Rabbit Enterprises LLC (November 1, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981809022
• ISBN-13: 978-0981809021

Price: $12.95

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Giveaway

USA ONLY

December 11 - 18

Enter here 

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