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TBR List #1
Read and Reviewed!! ○Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance, Historical ○ The third installment of the Brothers of Sapphire Ranch series. This one follows the perspective of Jude, one of the elder Coulter brothers. There is a conspiracy of sorts involving the sapphire mining going on at the family’s ranch. There seems to be an amnesia plot…
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What Brings a Tear of Joy to My Eye? (DP#9)
1 Corinthians 15: 1-4: 15 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first…
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Why Do I Blog? (DP#8)
To me, blogging is the next logical step for what I used to do with pencil and paper when I was younger. The journals and diaries I kept began as close confidants to my inner machinations, evolving into a daily log and dream journal. They were pretty cringey at times, particularly the ones scribbled in…
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Marrying the Mountain Man’s Best Friend – Review
○Book 2 of Brothers of Sapphire Ranch ○Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance History ○Written By Misty M. Beller ○Published on January 8,2024 ○Published by Misty M. Beller Books, Inc. ○Formats: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook Synopsis In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and a hidden fortune. Two Stones…
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How am I Feeling Right Now? (DP#7)
Exhausted!!!! My husband and I babysit our three-year old niece multiple days a week. Today was such a day. Her name is Lillian, and she has the energy equivalent to that of supernova. Even with Monster coffee energy drink coursing through our actual veins, neither of us can beat her sheer will power! She sees…
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The Paper Magician – Review
○Book 1 of The Paper Magician series ○Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Magic, Romance, Historical ○Written by Charlie N. Holmberg ○Published on September 1, 2014 ○Published by 47North ○Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook Synopsis Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her…
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Farthest I have traveled from Home (DP#6)
As someone who actually loves to travel, I have done it very little. It is always a matter of not having enough money, or the truck is acting weird, so we better not push it. I have only left my home state of Texas a few times in my life and almost exclusively stuck with…
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Ideal Home (DP#5)
My ideal home would be an “A” frame cabin nestled among the trees. There would be a family of chickens, and a luscious garden planted myself. The cabin would have large floor-to-ceiling windows on the front wall, allowing as much natural light inside as possible. Eventually, I would want some meat and dairy cows and…
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Howl’s Moving Castle – Review
○Book 1 of Howl’s Castle series ○Genres: Fantasy, YA, Fiction, Romance, Magic, Adventure, Children’s ○Written by Diana Wynne Jones ○Published on April 1, 1986 ○Published by Greenwillow Books ○Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook Synopsis Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home…
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What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? (DP#4)
The one habit I am trying to make a daily occurrence is reading the bible. My husband and I are attempting to get through the whole book, albeit a bit slowly. It is embarrassing to say but I have never read through the whole Bible, even though I have been a Christian basically my whole…
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TV shows I watched as a kid (DP#3)
I was born in 1997, so I remember mainly the cartoons from the early 2000’s. My sister and I used to watch Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. There were also some good shows on PBS Kids and Discovery Kids we would watch from time to time. Some of our favorites include Courage the Cowardly…
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Favorite recipe (DP#2)
This one is a tough one. Honestly, it is kind of sad but my aunt used to make these baked beans, but they had summer sausage in it, or something like that. I remember when we used to go over to her apartment as kids and she would make those beans with some Mexican rice…
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Last thing I got excited about (DP#1)
This is going to sound a bit dull but honestly the last thing I got excited about was being able to eat the rest of the Cajun potato soup that I had made. It was probably the best soup I have made to date. Perfect meal for the Fall season coming up! It had plenty…
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Healing the Mountain Man’s Heart – Review
○Book 1 of Brothers of Sapphire Ranch ○Genres: Christian Fiction, Romance, History, Westerns ○Written by Misty M. Beller ○Published on August 15, 2023 ○Published by Misty M. Beller Books, Inc. ○Formats: Paperback, Hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook Synopsis In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and a hidden…