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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and was sad to see it end. Although I'm excited for the next one! I really enjoyed the dynamics of not only the different story lines, but the characters too. Great character development too.



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Some Things I'm Doing Here

I am very excited to have the opportunity to start doing book reviews.  I absolutely love reading!  I just finished an awesome book that I really had a hard time putting down.  Not to be a tease or anything, but my review will be posted to Luxury Reading.  I will definitely let you know when the review is posted.

Other then that, I'm always looking to expand what I am doing - especially if it can add a little income for us.  Although, I don't want to do too much and have the site look like a walking advertisement.  I'm trying out different things and then I'll just weed out those things that are not working.

So far I've been most impressed with Blogelina - not only with her 4 week online course for a mere $5...but with the associated affiliate program!  Oh, I also keep forgetting to mention that with the $5 fee see also gives you a free one year hosting on Go Daddy. 

Adgitize has worked fairly well too.  That also generates regular traffic to your site too which is nice!

Lastly, Social Spark - not only is it a great program for getting sponsored posts, but it now has a wonderful Affiliate program!

I am involved in other affiliate programs...but none that haven't really done anything yet.  I will keep you posted though on what I find is working or not working.  If there are Affiliate programs you are associated with that work well for you - I'd love to hear about them!

Love to all! ♥

House Of Ill

You can tell kids are back in school and the weather has changed - we are all, well most of us, sick. You know that runny nose, cough thing that likes to linger. I have, for all intense purposes, no voice at this point. Although - that does not prevent kids from fighting, arguing, screeching and calling for "mom" on a consistent basis! Tonight was early bedtime, not only did they need it, but mom needed it too.

My business is booming right now too - which is awesome, and so much fun...but not much rest for the throat.

My ~3 year old daughter is the source of the cold. Poor baby though, her little nose is soooo runny and she coughs her little head of with all that drainage. So, we've had to pull out the "snot sucker" again, ya know that bulb syringe. She loves it...not. Yesterday, I tried really hard to teach her how to blow her nose - but every time she would "blow" she would actually blow out through her mouth! It was hysterical trying to show her how to keep her mouth closed while she blew air out her nose. Even her twin brother was started trying to help her. "Anna, not out of your mouth!", "You need to do this ...". We never did get Anna to blow her nose, so "snot sucker" it was.

My husband, we think may have a cold, hard to tell though between his allergies and just being worn out from working so many nights in a row. Knock on wood, Megan and Ethan have been able to resist the "cold" so far.

Thank goodness for disinfectant - I actually use an awesome disinfectant that is just as effective as Clorox wipes but is completely natural. Actually is is the only EPA approved disinfective that has been scientifically proven to be effective against Staph, E-coli, H1N1, and other bad bugs. I, actually, am a strong proponent against using chemicals in our homes, especially with cancer rates rising and cheaper and cheaper (and more toxic) ingredients going in to every day household consumable items (including kids products). Eeeek, I digressed there!

I am going to go take some cough medicine, and grab a cough drop and go to bed and read for a bit. I love the Hunger Games series and I am on the final book of this trilogy - Mockingjay!