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Crafter by nature, customer service manager by trade, Wisconsinite by blood, sports enthusiast by choice. Oh, and I have Bachelors degree in Journalism and Masters' degrees in Business and Sports Administration that I like to flex via blogging here and running my small Etsy shop, Nothing Past Nine.

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    Review: No Pain, No Gaines by Chip Gaines

    by Becky April 9, 2021
    by Becky April 9, 2021

    Story: Chip Gaines, of HGTV’s Fixer Upper fame, is a people person. He thrives on connecting with people. So, in true Chip fashion, he created a book to encourage others to connect with people. As he describes it, this is…

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    Review: The English Wife by Adrienne Chinn

    by Becky February 25, 2021
    by Becky February 25, 2021

    Story: Ellie Burgess knows no home other than Norwich, England. When she meets and falls in love with Canadian soldier Thomas admist the chaos of WWII, she knows her life has been changed forever. After Thomas goes missing in action,…

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    Review: Christmas Ever After

    by Becky October 19, 2020
    by Becky October 19, 2020

    The Summary Romance author Riley Reynolds has avoided Christmas since she lost her father as a child. Now, her agent and publicist have told her that to save her publishing deal after a less-than-popular summer release, her next book will…

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    Review: The Socialite

    by Becky April 15, 2020
    by Becky April 15, 2020

    Story: Katherine has always been the sister to obey the rules while her younger sister Eleanor has lived to disobey. After Ellie runs away from home and into the arms of the Nazi party in occupied France in the midst…

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    Review: Atlas of the National Parks

    by Becky December 6, 2019
    by Becky December 6, 2019

    National Geographic has done it again. Their new Atlas of the National Parks is a stunning piece of art and beautiful reference book. Over-sized and perfect for the coffee table, this book will be a favorite book for young and…

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    Review: The Painted Castle

    by Becky October 25, 2019
    by Becky October 25, 2019

    Story: The final book in Kristy Cambron’s Lost Castle trilogy centers around a painting of Queen Victoria. In The Painted Castle, Keira Foley – sister to Quinn and Cormac of The Lost Castle and Castle on the Rise – is asked to authenticate a rare painting…

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    Review: The Glass Ocean

    by Becky September 17, 2019
    by Becky September 17, 2019

    Story: The notorious Lusitania is leaving New York City and despite many warnings of German U-boat activity, is heading toward a continent at war. The newly-wealthy Ms. Caroline Telfair Hochstetter boards the boat reluctantly, but hopes the trip across the sea…

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    Review: The Lost Daughter

    by Becky August 28, 2019
    by Becky August 28, 2019

    Story: A split narrative, The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul follows Maria Romanov as her family is placed under house arrest and subsequently dismantled. She finds herself forced to place her trust in one of the guards assigned to the family in…

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    Review: Resistance Women

    by Becky May 31, 2019
    by Becky May 31, 2019

    Story:ย Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. More specifically, this is a work of fiction based on the real life of Mildred Fish Harnack, her husband Arvid, and the work that they, and…

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    Review: Castle on the Rise

    by Becky April 25, 2019
    by Becky April 25, 2019

    Story: As the second title in author Kristy Cambron‘s Lost Castle Novel series, Castle on the Rise follows a similar construction to its predecessor, The Lost Castle. Three strong women are connected over generations by the ruins of a castle on the…

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Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ My #coffeeandcurrentlyreading to Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ My #coffeeandcurrentlyreading today is Twice a Daughter by @juliemcgue. I was in the mood for a memoir so I'm glad this was in my #tbr basket!

Blurb:
Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papersโ€•which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues.

To launch the probe into her closed adoption, Julie first needs the support of her sister. The twins talk things over, and make a pact: Julie will approach their adoptive parents for the adoption paperwork and investigate search options, and the sisters will split the costs involved in locating their birth relatives. But their adoptive parents aren't happy that their daughters want to locate their birth parentsโ€•and that is only the first of many obstacles Julie will come up against as she digs into her background.

Julie's search for her birth relatives spans years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journey's end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated questโ€•one that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door.

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Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป I'm Joli, for those who haven't yet se Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป I'm Joli, for those who haven't yet seen my face! This is my little corner desk in my little bedroom in my little house, and it's often where I work on the LQ blog!

I have a question for you. Are you a bookstagrammer wishing you had a blog sometimes so you could post longer reviews or book lists? Or maybe you have a book blog and you're interested in posting elsewhere to gain links to your site and expand your blog/writing?

I am always open to guest blog posts and new regular contributors on LQ! I added a link to our Write for Us form in my bio. We get a decent amount of traffic and Google tends to like us (swipe for an example).

So there you have it, just wanted to share this little invite โ˜บ๏ธ. Have a lovely day ๐ŸŒ„

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๐Ÿ“š Book Review ๐Ÿ“š Sometimes a book finds you, ๐Ÿ“š Book Review ๐Ÿ“š

Sometimes a book finds you, and this book found me at the perfect time. Check out my new post the blog to find out why! And to get a review of @chipgaines book on networks. Not networking. (Important difference!) - #LQBecky 

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April 9, 1960 is my sweet mom's birthday. She wasn April 9, 1960 is my sweet mom's birthday. She wasn't a huge reader in her adult life, but she sure did work hard to instill a love of reading in her kids. She read to me every night when I was a girl, and we made it through every one of her collection of Trixie Belden books ๐Ÿ’œ. I'm so happy to have her collection, which she got when she was a girl. 

She died suddenly and unexpectedly in November of 2014 and man, do I miss her. Had to set up this pretty Trixie stack today on her birthday ๐ŸŽ‚.

Sending my love and deep empathy today to anyone else who has lost a mom ๐Ÿ’œ.

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Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ it's supposed to rain here all d Good morning ๐ŸŒ„ it's supposed to rain here all day, AND I have my first cold in over a year ๐Ÿคง. Bleh. But on the positive side, I'm loving my bright and cheery #tbr basket that's full of goodies, and my pup is beautiful as always ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿป. Her name is Freya and she's a black lab mix ๐Ÿ–ค. 

What's coming up on your TBR you're most excited for? I'm looking forward to all of these very much, but The Lost Apothecary is so widely loved and hyped, I probably have to pick that one!

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Funny story: I legitimately thought it was Thursda Funny story: I legitimately thought it was Thursday until I logged into bookstagram and saw @minnesota_mailer's post saying "happy hump day". So thanks for keeping me running on the right day, booksta ๐Ÿ˜‚. Anyway, this beautiful #bookmail showed up at my house yesterday just because I have a Little Free Library! How awesome is that?? @celadonbooks sent out a number of copies for LFLs across the nation. If you're local, you can find THE MAIDENS hitting my LFL on May 1st! Stay tuned for a picture of it going in on that day!

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If you need me...don't bother, I'm busy ๐Ÿ˜‚ #amr If you need me...don't bother, I'm busy ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Happy Easter๐Ÿฐ to those celebrating today! I hop Happy Easter๐Ÿฐ to those celebrating today! I hope you have nice weather and a few sweets ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿฌ. My 2.5-year-old is just discovering certain candies for the first time and was very excited this morning to find jelly beans in her Easter basket. I borrowed a few for this picture while she was outside with daddy ๐Ÿ˜‚.

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