Friday Fill-In #184

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And...here we go!

1. Layers of chocolate cake (Yum!).

2. Everyone needs some fresh insight.

3. I'd be willing to bet it will be hot tomorrow.

4. Nothing scares the dog.

5. I'm fond of reading

6. I can never read too much!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to chilling out, tomorrow my plans include sleeping late and watching movies and Sunday, I want to do grocery shopping and read!


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Friday Finds

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What great books did you hear about / discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!

I'm going to say Anna Quindlen's Every Last One, which I'm reading now. I never read anything by this author before but this is a really good book and she will be another author I will be looking for. I'll probably have a review of the book over the weekend, but for now, I'll just say it's a real tearjerker and heartrending.

A-Z Wednesday

This is a fun meme hosted by Reading at the Beach

Welcome to A-Z Wednesday!!

To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.

Post:

1~ a photo of the book

2~ title and synopsis

3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.)

4~ Come back here and leave your link in the comments.

If you've already reviewed this book you can add it also.

Be sure to visit other participants to see what book they have posted and leave them a comment.

(We all love comments, don't we?)

Who knows? You may find your next "favorite" book.

THIS WEEKS LETTER IS: "V"

I'm going to choose Very Valentine by Adriani Trigiani.



This is the book description from Amazon.com...

Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. Very Valentine is the first novel in a trilogy and is sure to be the new favorite of Trigiani's millions of fans around the world.

In this luscious, contemporary family saga, the Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. The company is on the verge of financial collapse. It falls to thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli, the talented and determined apprentice to her grandmother, the master artisan Teodora Angelini, to bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century and save the company from ruin.

While juggling a budding romance with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design challenge presented by a prestigious department store, Valentine returns to Italy with her grandmother to learn new techniques and seek one-of-a-kind materials for building a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. There, in Tuscany, Naples, and on the Isle of Capri, a family secret is revealed as Valentine discovers her artistic voice and much more, turning her life and the family business upside down in ways she never expected. Very Valentine is a sumptuous treat, a journey of dreams fulfilled, a celebration of love and loss filled with Trigiani's trademark heart and humor.

WWW Wednesdays

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To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

My answers...

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What do you think you’ll read next?

Lumby on the Air by Gail Fraser

New American Library
July 2010

Genre: Fiction

It’s a celebration and a reunion in the small town of Lumby as Pam and Mark Walker temporarily close their Montis Inn to welcome their families to town. Pam and Mark plan to renew their wedding vows on their twenty-fifth anniversary and want their families present to share in their joy.

The festivities take a crazy turn as the county fair is in town and Mark intends to enter a few competitions for the first time including sheep shearing and chain saw sculpting. Then, his radio talk show host brother-in-law, Carter Reed, decides to broadcast his show from the inn. The show is complete with public disparaging words about the inn and the people who live in Lumby. Things take a nasty turn when a developer plans to purchase a local farm and turn it into a ski resort and Carter publicly supports the idea, much to the dismay of the citizens of Lumby.

Pam and Mark’s problems don’t stop there as Pam’s mother shows up at the inn with her new boyfriend, an adventurous “friend with benefits”. Pam spends her time worrying that her mother is taking too many unnecessary risks. It doesn’t help when Mark’s niece decides to air everyone’s dirty laundry on her online blog in a misguided attempt to be popular with her fellow teens.

Mark and Pam have their hands full with their quirky relatives, but readers will have a chance to relax and enjoy this book. It’s a true comfort read returning to this quaint town with these delightful characters. It’s like visiting old friends.

Lumby on the Air is the fifth book in this continuing series. It reminds me very much of Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series. The Lumby books will leave you with a warm feeling and you’ll be anxious to read the next one in the series.

Ms. Fraser also has a great newsletter on her website, Simply Lumby. Check it out, it’s great fun.