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Book Review- Sugary Girls: The Art of Eku Uekura (Japanese Edition) by Edu Uekura

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For many years, I enjoyed collecting art books. I own art books from movies, artists, and other media. As someone who has always loved art, I loved collecting them.

Since the 2020 Covid pandemic, I have substantially slowed down in collecting art books. This is mostly because there isn’t very many new art books I wanted to collect. One of the new books that caught my eye was Sugary Girls, The Art of Eku Uekura. It is an art book of girls wearing clothing inspired by deserts by Japanese artist Eku Uekura. Even though I have owned this book for more than a year, I decided to write a post about it now. To be honest, the only reason why I didn’t talk about it is because I wanted to enjoy looking at it without worrying about thinking up what to say in a review post.

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Book Review: Maybe This Time by Kasie West

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Even though it is January, I am really enjoying taking the time to read summer young adult romance novels. I have quite a few that need to be read, but so far I’m really enjoying reading one of my favorite genres of books.

While trying to decide on a book to write a review of, one of these romance novels stood out above the others. It is Maybe This Time by Kasie West. Even though the book is one I consider a “summertime” young adult romance, it starts in January and takes place throughout the whole year. Since I’m in the middle of reading books out of season, including other Kasie West novels, I decided to write a review Maybe This Time.

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How I Went from a Romance Novel Hater to a (Sometimes) Lover

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Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of reading. The amount of time I read varies depending on how much free time I have. Right now, I am prioritizing taking breaks while sitting down. I’m not a fan of what is currently on TV, so I decided to pick up books and read them.

As I have been doing a lot of reading, I began to realize how many romance novels in my to be read list. I’m very surprised by this because I used to not like romance novels. Instead, I hated them.

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Book Review: Sound of Light: A Marvel School of X Novel by Amanda Bridgeman

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I used to really like Marvel Studios movies, but for the past few years I haven’t enjoyed them. Instead, I shifted my focus from watching Marvel movies to reading comic books only.

I have been aware of Marvel novel that have been published over the past few years. For the most part I passed over many of them, but a few have caught my eye. One of them is Sound of Light.

Last year, during a time when I missed the way the stories old Marvel Studios movies had, I decided to pick up some of the Marvel novels I own. I was hoping I could fill the void these movies left when the story telling and other elements of the movies changed. The first books I read was Sound of Light. After reading it, I decided to write a dedicated review about it.

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Book Review: A Royal Christmas Wish by Lizzie Shane

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A few years ago, I read A Royal Christmas Wish from Hallmark Publishing. At that time, there were many things happening so it took me a while to finish the book. Years later, I rediscovered the book and decided to reread it in order to see if I would like it more a second time. Last year, I reread it for Christmas but didn’t get to finish it until after Christmas ended. This year, I decided to finally publish the review post I wrote about it! Continue reading “Book Review: A Royal Christmas Wish by Lizzie Shane” →

Book Review: Santa Stops at Disneyland- A Little Golden Book

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Ever since I was a girl, I enjoyed reading Christmas books. Even if it wasn’t Christmas time, I still would like to read them! As an adult, I still enjoy reading Christmas themed children’s books. Even though my collection is not very large, I still enjoy reading them!

For this year’s Blogmas, I decided to write some more reviews on some of my Christmas children’s books. I decided to start with one of my newest additions to my book collection: Santa Stops at Disneyland!

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Walt Disney’s Santa’s Toy Shop: A Little Golden Book New Printing Review

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Holidays are my favorite time of the year to read children’s books. When I was a child, I loved reading and hearing stories read to me during Christmas time. Today, I still like to read those same books for nostalgic reasons. One of my favorite books from childhood is A Little Golden Book called Walt Disney’s Santa’s Toy Shop.

Going through my old things, I found an old version of Santa’s Toy Shop in my things. Since it is old, and probably from the 1980’s or earlier, I decided to buy a newer version of the book. My plan is to use the new print of the book without worrying about damaging the older book.

Since I have a new version of the book, I wanted to write a review about this book for this year’s Blogmas!

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Art, Fan Art, and Book Fan Inspired Small Businesses to Shop on Black Friday 2024

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It’s Thanksgiving week which means so many great things. For shoppers, and anyone looking for bargains, it means it is time for Black Friday sales!

This year, I wanted to share small business I really like that are available to shop online on Black Friday. They are all taking orders (Unless I wasn’t aware they were closed this week!) and some may even have sales in honor of the big shopping day. I don’t know all the sales they have or any special offers for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, so please check out their websites to see if there are any specials available!

I also want to mention that I have either purchased from the stores or have been watching them for a while and have good reviews. The links to the shops are going to be their own shop websites or Etsy stores. If there is an Etsy store and a separate shop website, I will link both.

None of the links in this post contain affiliate links. The stores featured in this post are not sponsored.

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Books I Read in September 2024

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It’s already the beginning of a new month, which means I need to write a new post about all the books I read in the previous month!

In September, I finally had some time to sit down and read. Although I am an avid reader, this year has been a hit or miss reading year for me. It was busy and I spent a lot of time doing other things instead of reading. This was the problem in August when I decided to force myself to sit down and actually read more books. It didn’t turn out that way, so I ended up postponing my reading plans until September. I was able to finish one book and three more. Again, September was a busy month, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as the previous months!

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Book Review: From Harvest to Home by Alicia Tenise Chew and Tom McGovern

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Earlier this year, I decide to read the book From Harvest to Home by Alicia Tenise Chew and Tom McGovern. Alicia wrote the book while Tom took the photographs inside the book. It is a book about “seasonal activities, inspired decor, and cozy recipes for Fall”. I wanted to see what it is like, so I decided to read it in spring so I’d know if there were ideas I want to use in the fall.

Since I read it in the spring, I decided to wait until the fall to write a review about the book.

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