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This review is part of a MotherTalk blog tour, and I received this book from the publisher to review.
When you are a new mother, you tend to believe you have found the One True Way of parenting. If you have an easy baby, you say that it is because of your parenting. If […]

I received a sample of Freeze It in the mail a while ago, and then again yesterday. I was in a lot of pain today, and decided to try it for my moderate to severe chronic joint and muscle pain. I had been using Bio-Freeze, but it is difficult to find - I either […]

This review is part of a MotherTalk blog tour, and I received this book from the publisher to review.
February Flowers, by Fan Wu is a beautiful novel of women, China, and has a new twist on the classic coming of age novel. Most coming of age novels I read are set in the US, […]

This review is part of a MotherTalk blog tour, and I received this set of books from the publisher to review.
My oldest daughter has trouble with reading, and we were overjoyed to find Bob Books for her a few years ago - they are simple, short stories with simple drawings that can boost the confidence […]

While I enjoy camping, I have to be honest and say that my favorite method of travel involves soft beds, pools, and room service. I’m definitely more of a hotel person than a tent person. I get easily intimidated, though, by the many different reservation and “cheap rate” websites out there - I find them […]

I read two books one after the other that pulled me towards islands and home - The Land of Mango Sunsets and The Lace Reader. On the surface, they are very, very different - one is about a Manhattan Society woman and the other is about the history of lace and the women who […]