Author Archives: Holly

Book Haul (1)

Things have been quiet around here lately because I’ve had a lot going on this past month but tonight I had a minute to post about the books I’ve acquired over the last little while: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (for … Continue reading

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Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork

Seventeen-year-old Marcelo Sandoval is different than most teenagers, and most people for that matter. He has a cognitive disorder similar to mild autism that allows him to hear “mental” music, or music that comes from within himself. Marcelo likes to … Continue reading

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GoneReading Mother’s Day Giveaway

I just wanted to take a minute and let you know about the gift ideas and giveaway going on now at GoneReading International, a philanthropic company that markets products for book lovers and donates 100% of its profits to fund … Continue reading

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Spring Break-ing

      Regularly scheduled programming coming soon.

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Seeing Me Naked by Liza Palmer

Elisabeth Page is a pastry chef. Not the run-of-the-mill éclair and cheesecake chef, but the overachiever type who works at the hottest restaurant in LA. The Page family have their standards – her mother runs the Foster Family Foundation, her … Continue reading

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