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MY Forsyth Book Review: Carry On Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

Carry On Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

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Glennon Doyle Melton is a very popular blogger who inspires readers with her uniquely honest voice.  I discovered her about a year ago after I launched my own blog.  As with anyone who is new to the creatively diverse community of blogging, I found myself on her site, Mommastery.com.   Everyone who I networked with insisted that I check her out, because she’s a blogging rock star.

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July’s New Chick Lit Releases

July is almost half over, can you believe it?  But there’s still time to pick up one of these great new reads:

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After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid – July 1, 2014.  Lauren and Ryan are a couple who’ve been together for over a decade, but sadly, the magic is gone.  Despite their shared history, they don’t feel the love for each other that they once did.  To save their marriage, they decide to break-up for a year and see if they can find their way back together….to read about the other great books, click on over to Chick Lit Plus.

I’m Back…Sort Of

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So this is a “checking in” post.   We’re finally back from our month long road trip (which was documented at Road Warrior Momma).  I tried my best to post new material during June – I was able to participate in a few link-ups and write some book reviews, but that was about it.  This was my first road trip as a full time blogger, and it was really hard.  Along with the obvious difficulties of finding the time to write with four kids distracting me, I was trying to hashtag and Instagram everything we saw, to get more street creed in the travel blogosphere (I did score Cape Cod Guide Book as a follower!).  Plus I was trying to write an article for My Forsyth Magazine.  It hasn’t gotten any easier since our return, either.  We were in town for a week and there was too much going on and I just couldn’t get myself to sit down in front of the computer.  I’ve had zero motivation.  So what’s a blocked writer to do?  Hit the road again, of course.  Continue reading I’m Back…Sort Of

CLP Book Review: The Stories We Tell by Patti Callahan Henry

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One late night, a policeman shows up at Eve Morrison’s door to deliver some terrible news.  Eve’s husband Copper and her sister Willa were involved in a car accident that lands them both in the hospital.  Eve goes to wake her daughter, Gwen, only to discover she’s snuck out – again.  All is not well in Eve’s magazine-picture perfect life.

Understandably, Eve is very upset and confused about the accident.  She has many questions and Cooper’s answers don’t satisfy her.  Unfortunately, Willa has sustained a brain injury that has all but erased her memories of the accident.  Just when Eve decides to accept that events happened as Cooper claims, she begins receiving mysterious mail.  Then a newspaper reporter starts calling, a dead body is found near the scene of the accident and Willa reveals that she’s having weird dreams.

The accident and its ramifications are not…continue reading at Chick Lit Central.

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