Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop | Book Review

ARC won in a giveaway from Read It Forward Lush...dreamy...magical. If you're looking for an escape this summer, VANESSA YU is truly it. It's really not fair when a book has its best descriptor in the actual title, but VANESSA YU's MAGICAL PARIS TEA SHOP truly is magical. As with Natalie Tan's Book of Luck…

ByMichelleJuly 16, 20200Comments

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Food Fiction: Mixing it Up by Tracie Banister | Review

**Book provided by the author for review** In Mixing it Up, Cecily Sinclair is living the dream — she’s a Cordon Bleu-trained chef with her own Cable TV cooking show, Serving Romance. After the network is acquired by another media conglomerate, Cecily keeps her job, but the show undergoes a major makeover as the network tries…

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3 Sweet and Sassy Reads for your Easter Bunny

I had THE best reading week. Some weeks you pick up a book, read a few chapters and then toss it aside. Others, you're devouring one book after another and hoping your library has an author's back catalog covered. This week was all about sweets and I must be still be riding the sugar high,…

ByMichelleMarch 26, 20170Comments

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CITY BAKER’S GUIDE TO COUNTRY LIVING | Book Review

City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller **ARC provided by the publisher for review** 4 stars! Save your fork, there’s pie! Louise Miller’s City Baker’s Guide satisfies like the best apple pie – sweet and a little spicy, but not cloying. It’s about creating family where you find it and finding your place in the world. Oh,…

ByMichelleJuly 30, 20160Comments

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