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The Virgin Cure - #50bookpledge - book 5

Today I completed book number 5 of the 50 book pledge!

Our book club is reading The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay this month. I downloaded it to my e-reader on my tablet for the ability to read on the bus, at the dr.’s office, etc. It was a surprisingly light read for the topic. I [...]

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Here on Earth - a review - #tbr2012 #50bookpledge

This year I have taken on a few challenges to help me meet a few of my goals, as I posted previously one of them is the 2012 To Be Read challenge. I am reading 12 books this year that have been on my to be read shelf(ves) for more than a year.

I completed my [...]

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What would mom say? And a small #12er update

I thought about mom so much today. And yet, I felt I had very little time to think of her at all.

I screwed up my baking and knew mom would have a good laugh with me about it. Reminding me that I usually prove to her that I did not get my baking skills [...]

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#50BookPledge / Book #3

Posting this purely to help meet my #50bookpledge.  This week I read a trashy novel to distract my mind  a bit: I don’t really have anything worth writing about it other than to say it did the trick:

Slow Hands

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Book 2 #50BookPledge / You Don't Need a Job! You Need Guts

Book 2 of the #50BookPledge

You Don’t Need a Job! You Need Guts
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by Ashley Ambirge

~Founder, The Middle Finger Project

I have been following Ashley’s e-newsletter for sometime now. When she announced the launch of this book I jumped at the chance to pre-purchase it at the discounted price. I needed to know [...]

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50BookPledge/Book1: “Knit the Season”

50BookPledge/Book1:

“Knit the Season” – Kate Jacobs

~a review

As part of the #50bookpledge I am going to review every book I read in 2012 with BIG hopes of reading and reviewing 50 books this year.

This is the first of the print books I have finished, however I do have a couple of ebooks I read this week [...]

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2012 To Be Read (TBR) Challenge

I have decided to seek another challenge or two to help me meet some of my 12in12 commitments, one being: the 2012 To Be Read (TBR) Challenge (as I heard about via a friend’s book review blog).

Some of these books have been on one of my shelves for more than ten years. The to-be-read pile became [...]

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12 in 12 - Month 1 – Day 2

30 minute walk complete.

Weather was really awful, and I had no idea what time to expect my children to be dropped off by their dad, so I opted to use the treadmill to get my walk in anyway in the morning. After reading more from Steve Kamb about barefoot running on Nerd Fitness I decided [...]

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Life’s balance, demands and sacrifices / “Left Neglected” response

I just finished a great book that demonstrated some of my own take on the need for balance in life. Left Neglected is about a corporate mom, with a highly successful and demanding career, living a very fast-paced life with her husband and three children. She is forced to change everything when she has a [...]

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The Unconventional Book Tour - Halifax stop

On Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of hearing Chris Guillebeau on his Unconventional Book Tour speaking about his book: The Art of Non-Conformity. I was fortunate to be selected to receive an advanced copy of the book, and have posted previously about it here.

From Drop Box

From Drop Box

From Drop Box

From 365

What I [...]

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