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The Things We Cannot Say
Although I have been venturing out into YA fiction and other genres lately, my true literary love is Historical Fiction. It appeals to my History teacher nerd side, and my English teacher literary side and makes both sides play nice together. Plus I always feel better about my reading if I come out of the book knowing more than I did when I went in. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer is a story of the Holocaust woven into a modern drama of a mom struggling to raise an autistic son. The two tales are linked through the generations into a wonderful but heart wrenching book about love,…
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15 Ideas for BACK TO SCHOOL
We are coming in quick on Back to School over here, and THIS is the year I am going to be ready. OOOORRRR…. THIS is the year that I am REALLY going to TRY to be ready is probably more accurate!! I have been searching Pinterest for some back to school help, and thought I would share some of my favorite finds. I am loving this Back to school countdown from Simply Kierste. Just print and use a little washi tape to mark off the days…easy peasy. I think I missed it for this year, but instead of answering the HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL question, this seems like a great…
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My current crushes from Pioneer Woman
It is no secret that my love for the Pioneer Woman runs STRONG!!! I do not qualify as a stalker quite yet, but let’s just say if the Pioneer Woman put out a line of shovels or televisions or heck even toilets, I would TOTALLY buy it!! So yesterday when I spied her post on this new line of Pioneer Woman luggage, I was ALL IN:) My only question was teal, or black, or how many suitcases can I fit in my closet???? This led me down the rabbit hole into PW land and I found ALL sorts of cute stuff I pretty much NEED…so I thought I would share…