#frc2017

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Happy Veterans Day! I thought today would be a perfect day to share with you all another one of @booksparks & @talbotsofficial’s #blinddatewithabook picks: Army Wife by Vicki Cody! A huge thanks to @booksparks for sending me this copy! #FRC2017 ________________________________________________________ 📖Synopsis: From the last days of the Vietnam War to the present-day war on terrorism, this story is a moving and poignant tribute to love, marriage, family, and the men and women who serve this nation. In describing her thirty-three-year journey as an Army wife, Cody gives an in-depth look at what it takes to keep a marriage strong, raise a family--oftentimes as a single parent--create a home, and face separations and loneliness amid the uncertainty and stresses that are so much a part of Army life. Over the years, Cody learns to embrace the uniqueness of her circumstances, and she finds joy, self-fulfillment, and pride in her role. But when both her sons follow in their dad's footsteps, becoming Army Aviators and flying Apache helicopters in combat zones in Afghanistan and Iraq, Cody faces her greatest challenges as a mother and again, must balance the needs of her family with her husband's position. Full of humor and honesty, Army Wife brings the reader into Cody's private life in a very personal way, and in doing so opens the lens for a broader view of world events. ________________________________________________________ #armywife #bookmail #book #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #booklover #booksandbeans #booksparks #vintagevibes #autumnvibes #instagood #instareads #instabook #igreads #readersofinstagram

In 1917, two cousins, Francis and Elsie, cause a nationwide sensation when they take photos of fairies. Decades later, Olivia finds herself reeling after her grandfathers death. A manuscript about those same fairies helps her find her way. ✨🌸✨ This book is magical. Magic doesn’t have to be about fairies or dragons or anything mythical. It can simply be about believing in yourself enough to make the impossible possible. This book is about the possibility of life and I absolutely adored it for that! Read this and remember what it was like to believe that anything could happen, as long as you believed it could ✨💕✨ full review on my blog, link in my bio 👩🏼‍💻📚👩🏼‍💻 Thank you @booksparks @williammorrowbooks @hazelgaynor for this amazing copy to read and review for #frc2017 📚 Today’s #spookathon prompt is #oldbooks 📚 this book isn’t old, but the bookshop Olivia inherits is. And it specializes in old books. There’s something special about books and stories. They live on and bring their love and magic into the world long after we stop owning them 📚 I get asked (a lot) about why Halloween is my favorite holiday. And it’s all about magic. I know everyone thinks Christmas is the holiday of magic, but really, it’s Halloween when we let our imaginations run wild and believe that we can be anything! We dress up, we decorate, we go door to door and relish in everyone’s creativity and imaginations. It isn’t about the spooky or the creepy (although that’s fun too), but about walking into a world where everything shines a little brighter and anything can happen, even if just for one night 🖤 it’s like Cinderella with vampires and werewolves 😜 what holiday do you think is the most magical???

CORE made it to finals, won our first match with teams 1986 (Team Titanium) and 5442 (Mechanical Monarch) AND we won our second!!!!!!!!!

As if losing her husband to cancer wasn’t bad enough, Erica Mason now faces of losing her daughter Mona. While Mona isn’t fighting cancer, her disease is just as insidious and devastating. Mona is fighting addiction. And it may end up destroying them both. Full review on my blog, link in my bio 🖤👩🏼‍💻🖤 Thank you @booksparks for sending a copy as part of #frc2017 📚 are you guys participating this week??? 🖤 today’s challenge for #spookathon is #ghost 👻 this book isn’t a ghost story necessarily, but sometimes we are haunted by our grief and by our fear. So I felt it was fitting. And also, how would this giant spider skeleton be for a bad dream?! 😳 I would hate to run into something like this in real life, but they make the best decorations! What’s your favorite decorations???

We are nearing the end of #frc2017 📚🖤📚 and like any college course, we are finishing strong with #swearingoffstars 🌟 it’s historical fiction with a diverse twist, exploring gender equality, women’s rights and lgbtq issues. A book that women should read to remind us of the fighters in our history who made sure our voices were heard and paved the way for women today 📚🖤📚 thank you @booksparks for this amazing book!!! 🌟📚🌟 it’s been a crazy week! I still don’t feel like it’s the holidays yet, but maybe sending out Christmas cards this weekend will help! Do you send cards? Do you want one from me? If you do, DM me your address 🎄😍🎄 let’s spread some holiday cheer!!!!!

The question is: do you still goals for the new year? Answer: yes I do. The goal is to be better than last year. . . #Repost @outofthebex (@get_repost) ・・・ Do you set goals for the new year? . . . Truthfully, I’m not a fan of setting huge, far-in-the-future goals. I prefer to take an idea I have and break it down into smaller goals that I know I can accomplish in a month. I have a theory that it actually helps you be more productive to approach goals that way. Otherwise that great idea seems so far ahead of you that there’s a false sense of time. You feel like you have plenty of time to get it done, but then it never happens! I guess that’s just how my weirdo brain works 😅😂 . . . This year I set a reading goal of 10 books per month. I met or exceeded that goal every month until we got to September and we had the big move cross country, then I couldn’t keep up with everything. But I’m still proud! I’m trying to read as I much as I can in December to finish out the year strong. . . . What books are you trying to finish before the end of the year? . . . @booksparks sent Venetian Blood as part of their Fall Reading Challenge #frc2017 - another goal coming to an end! . . . #booksandcoffee #coffee #bookstagram #chasinglight #darlingmovement #darlingdaily #momentslikethese #happynow #finditliveit #booksbooksbooks #igreads #ofquietmoments #flashesofdelight #pursuepretty #calmversation #hygge #bookphotography #reading #booklover #ilovebooks #bookish #bibliophile #succulents #bujo #glasses #journal

🎶 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶 I think we can all agree, that finding books under the Christmas tree is the BEST way Santa can tell us we’ve been good! And, even if you’ve been a little on the naughty side, books can help with that too 😂 this week is #lifeprep for @booksparks #frc2017 and look at these amazing memoirs!!! They all sound so different yet so amazing. Looks like my weekend is #booked 📚🤓📚 I can’t believe it’s already Thursday!!! Where has the week gone?! I’ve been busy making wands and eggs and ornaments, and should have my shop open next week 😱🎁🎄 come visit! @mysticalmischiefshop 😘😘😘 who does homemade gifts??? Tell me what you make!!!