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Book Review and New Release: Ivy Entwined by Laura Simcox (Book one in the Something to Celebrate Series)

Published by beckymmoe on 09/30/2013

Title: Ivy Entwined Author: Laura Simcox Series: Something to Celebrate Genre: contemporary romance Published: 2013 Pages: 240 Format read: ebook Rating: C+ (The synopsis for Ivy Entwined was posted last week, along with an interview with author Laura Simcox. If you missed it, you can find it here. Don’t miss the giveaway either–there’s still a few days left to enter to win!) There were a lot of things to like about Ivy Entwined. The small town setting of Celebration, New York (somewhere near Syracuse) is charming and quirky. There’s quite a few colorful secondary characters, many of whom will hopefully show up in future novels–Alberta Fields, former English teacher…

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Author Interview, New Release, and a Giveaway! Ivy Entwined by Laura Simcox

Published by beckymmoe on 09/25/2013

I’m so excited to be a part of the Ivy Entwined Blog Tour! Today we’re talking with Laura Simcox, author of the Something to Celebrate series, about her new book. Keep reading for a fun excerpt and a Rafflecopter giveaway for a “Celebration in a Basket” and book swag!   Ivy Entwined by Laura Simcox   When Ivy Callahan returns to her hometown as mayor, she doesn’t expect much to have changed. But now her ex-fiancé is the town planner, the biggest business is closed, and the only store interested in Celebration, NY is a Megamart. On top of it…

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What I’m Reading: Week in Review (9/21/13)

Published by beckymmoe on 09/21/2013

It’s official–fall is here. I’d be more bummed, except that in this case it means we’re that much closer to the day we leave for the Baltimore Book Festival! Yes! It’s almost here! We’ll be spending this week packing, doing laundry (thank goodness for audiobooks!), and planning which talks and workshops we want to go to…oh, and school, of course. Can’t forget school. Though sometimes we’d like to–especially during the week of Parent Information Night. I’m going to really earn those personal days this week. But I digress…. I read the two books in Sarah Mayberry’s Matthews sisters series–Her Favorite…

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