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  • I Have Moved……

    Hello Friends – I am not regularly posting on the Reading in White Bear Lake blog due to time constraints.   I am active on Instagram and Facebook.  Please feel free to follow me there!! Visit Reading in White Bear Lake on these site… ReadinginWBL on Facebook and ReadinginWBL on Instagram Thanks for stopping by, I…

  • BOOK GIVEAWAY: Win a Print Copy of The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    As I wait for the release of Kate Morton’s “The Clockmaker’s Daughter”.  My pre-ordered copy should arrive on October 15h or 16th!  To celebrate, I thought I would giveaway of a copy of her book, “The Forgotten Garden”. A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone…

  • Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: Summer Edition

    Hello Friends – Beautiful weather in Minnesota and tomorrow the MN State Fair starts.  It is always bitter sweet as that means school is starting very soon.   Soccer Season has already started, and Tommy made the varsity team.  Life is good….my family is good!   I am meeting my reading goals, but slacking on writing reviews!…

  • GIVEAWAY: Win a Print Copy of Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

    Title:  Baby Teeth Author: Zoje Stage  (Website) (Twitter) (GoodReads) Genre: Suspense, Thriller Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (July 17, 2018) Length: 320 Source: Author/Publisher About the Book: (Goodreads.com) Sweetness can be deceptive. Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants…

  • Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: May 2018

    Hello Friends – Finally, it is warming up in Minnesota, which has me wanting to make more time to read.   I love walking and listening to audio books.   I have joined a book club again.  This one meets every other month, which works well for me.   Most of the books selected for this year, I…

  • Review: The Nearness to You by Amanda Eyre Ward

      Title:The Nearness to You Author: Amanda Eyre Ward (Facebook) (Website) (Twitter) (Instagram) (Goodreads) Genre: Literary Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books (January 31, 2017) Length: 7 hours and 45 minutes Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program     About the Book: (From Goodreads) In this profound and lyrical novel, acclaimed author Amanda Eyre Ward explores…

  • Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: August 2017

    Loving this warm weather!   I can’t believe it is August already.   Summers in Minnesota go by so quickly.   We have been pretty busy in July.  Hubby and boys have been going to all the MN United Games (soccer).   They certainly are getting good use of their season tickets.  The remodel of the basement room is…

  • Review: Practicing Normal by Cara Sue Achterberg

    Title:  Practicing Normal Author: Cara Sue Achterberg (Facebook) (Website) (Twitter) Genre: Woman’s Fiction Publisher: Story Plant (June 6, 2017) Length: 336 Source: Providence Book Promotions      About the Book: The houses in Pine Estates are beautiful McMansions filled with high-achieving parents, children on the fast track to top colleges, all of the comforts of…

  • Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You: July 2017

    Loving this warm weather!   I can’t believe it is July already.   Summers in Minnesota go by so quickly.   We were pretty busy in June with starting a remodel project and work projects.  I read only a couple of books in June.  I am walking again each evening, which has me listening to more audiobooks.  Currently…