During Victorian times, if you lived in a wealthy family, the Christmas feast was much more elaborate than most of our feasts nowadays. I found these Victorian Christmas menu items online and thought you might like to steal some ideas for your own Christmas celebration. Or not! VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MENU: Appetizers: Blue Point Oysters; Olive…
Congratulations to Leslie Paul Diaz who won our December 2017 Free Books!! Leslie tells us that her favorite Holiday celebration is to make cookies with her children! Such a fun time and a great way to make memories, Leslie! Please message me your address and I will mail you your books. Happy Reading, Leslie! Sue
When I saw these three Amish Christmas novels, all grouped into one sweet package, I couldn’t resist! We’re giving them away as our “December Free Book,” three books ready for one lucky reader to take home for Christmas! To have your name included in our Wednesday, December 6 drawing, just answer this question. What is…
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I can’t say that pumpkin is my favorite kind of pie, but it’s up there in the top 5 — maybe after cherry, blueberry, raspberry, and apple. Of course, for Thanksgiving and Christmas I absolutely adore it. Years ago I found a great recipe in one of those lovely community cookbooks that includes…
Congratulations to Janeen Hunt Radtke who won our two free books for November 2017!! When asked if she thought she could survive in a wilderness situation, Janeen said, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Great attitude! Janeen, please message me your address, and I’ll send the books your way! Happy Reading, Janeen!! Sue
Actually, I should say, free bookS! We have two this month, and they’ll both go to one lucky winner. These books are classics written by writers who have earned the reputation of being classics themselves. James Alexander Thom’s FOLLOW THE RIVER is a true story based on the ordeal of Mary Ingles in Virginia in…
My current novel-in-progress is entitled GILT. It’s set during the 1870s in New York City. I’m definitely a country girl (actually a backwoods girl), but the first time I visited New York (I was seventeen.), I fell in love with that huge, gritty (grittier then than now), glorious, amazing metropolis. In subsequent visits, both on…
I hope I don’t lose any friends over this post, but I don’t LOVE chocolate. It’s okay. I like it, but I don’t love it. Chocolate fudge is good, and I enjoy a slice of fudge, but I’d rather eat white chocolate, peanut butter, maple — just about any other flavor than plain chocolate. I…
Congratulations to Bev Majerus who won our October 2017 Free Book, THESE HEALING HILLS by Ann H. Gabhart! Bev, message me your address and I’ll send you you’re copy ASAP! Happy Reading! Sue
Our Give-Away book this month is a new release from one of my favorite authors and my friend, Ann H. Gabhart. If you love inspirational historical romances, you will love this book. Once I begin reading one of Ann’s books, I just don’t want to put it down! From the back cover, “Francine Howard has…
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