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Book Review
The Perfect Fool by Bethany Herbert: A Book Review
Farrago is happy in his life as the kingdom's fool. He gets to make other people laugh, he juggles all day, and he can eat as many pastries as he …
The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison: A Book Review
Linda Wallheim is the wife of an LDS (Mormon) Bishop who finds herself in the midst of a seeming mystery. Her neighbor has gone missing, and Linda is …
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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
I am now the mother of a bona fide teenager. Fourteen years old, wonderful as can be, but still a teenager who struggles with all of the typical …
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Gluten-free Made Easy Cookbook Review + GF Apple Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
I'm excited to be reviewing another gluten-free cookbook today: Gluten-Free Made Easy by Christi Silbaugh and Michele Vilseck. It is chock full of …
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The Secrets of Gluten-free Baking
Today I am reviewing a new cookbook called The Secrets of Gluten-free Baking by Jillayne Clements. This is much more than a cookbook, though. The …
Dark Hope: A Book Review
Dark Hope by Monica McGurk is the first book in a new trilogy entitled The Archangel Prophecies. It is a young adult novel with a fantastic twist. …
The Two-Minute Marriage Project
The Maestro and I celebrated 15 years of marriage in June. In that fifteen years, we have lived in five homes in three states, had three children, …
Seeds of Faith by Dan Barker
Ever since I spent a summer performing in Nauvoo, Illinois, I have been a huge Church History Fan. I absolutely love hearing the stories of faith and …
Luminescence Book Review and a $25 Giveaway
Luminescence by Braden Bell is the third and final installment to his Middle School Magic Series. (I have reviewed The Kindling and Penumbras, the …
The Beauty Experiment
When TLC Book Tours contacted me to review The Beauty Experiment by Phoebe Baker Hyde, I was intrigued by the request that I not write a standard …
Penumbras
Almost exactly one year ago, I reviewed The Kindling, which is the first book in Braden Bell's Middle School Magic series. I had been unsure if …