Tag: A Month of Faves
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#AMonthofFaves – Best Moments of 2021
See all of the #AMonthofFaves prompts HERE. Now, on to my top five favorite moments of 2021! Turning 40! On March 1 of 2021, I turned the big 4-0! I celebrated by taking the kids to the aquarium and then we all went out for dinner. My ‘cake’ was cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. My sweet…
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This Is How We Read [The 2020 Edition]
Every year we look back at our year in reading and reflect on this passion of ours. + TANYA PATRICE + # of books: 77. At the beginning of the year, I wanted to make time to read more books, so I set a goal of 72. The year started out well, but there was…
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Reading Challenges 2020 Check-In
Did you participate in any reading challenges this year? We are big reading challenges fan here – and usually participate in a few. Here’s how we did. + TANYA PATRICE + This year I chose to focus on the 3 challenges that we host because they require a monthly book choice – the Monthly Book…
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Favorite Book Covers [The 2020 Edition]
At the end of the year, we like to look back at our favorites reads – Popular Books Worth the Hype, The Best Books [Kim] Read This Year, Favorite Audiobooks [Tanya] Listened To and now, our Favorite Book Covers. + TANYA PATRICE + War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi Cover Art Art Directed by Tony Sahara and Kristin…
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Favorite Audiobooks [The 2020 Edition]
This year, I listened to 58 audiobooks which is more than my total number of books read and listened to the previous year. There were some real standouts and I managed to narrow it down to 6 favorites that I’d like to share with you – a science fiction (alternate history) where the book and…
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The Best Books I Read This Year [2020 Edition]
Wow! 2020 turned out to be a fantastic reading year for me. Over the past 5 years I’ve managed to read around 40 books a year. This year, however, I read 74!!. Narrowing it down to the best of the best was really hard but here are my favorites… To Be Taught If Fortunate, Becky…
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This is How We Do Christmas [The 2020 Edition]
We love the holiday season and both of us tend to go all out with the Christmas vibes in our house – from decor, music, movies and foods. ✰ TANYA PATRICE ✰ This holiday season is memorable because my youngest is headed off to college next year. He’s excited that he’ll still continue swimming as…
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A Month of Faves [Blog Event – Here at Last]
If you’ve been waiting for #AMonthofFaves, it’s here at last. We posted it to Instagram but neglected to post it here to the blog. For those of you that have reached out and said you miss it and would like us to post it, thank you! It’s nice to know that there’s still interest in…
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#AYearofFaves [The 2021 Favorite Things Edition]
We’ve been sharing our favorites all year long and it’s been a blast! It’s helped make me stop and appreciate ALL the things whether useful or frivolous or just plain fun. Here’s 16 of the things we mentioned loving this year. These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things ONE+ We’ve playing card and board…
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2021 Bookish Intentions
KIM I didn’t set many goals for 2020 and that turned out to be a good thing. With the year going totally off the rails for a lot of us, I found that my only goal was to survive! One of the things that helped me survive was books! My creative outlet was the…