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Vintage Postcards #1

One of my favorite haunts has boxes and boxes full of postcards, which are my all time favorite things to collect. I have one from almost every place I’ve been and one from every cracker barrel I’ve been in! When I dragged my dad to go to the secondhand bookstore I love, The Book Garden, I bought some of the most interesting ones, even if I haven’t been to the places yet. Here they are.. Yucca in Bloom in Southern California- postmarked March 28th 1933 Redwood empire in San Francisco Ribbon Fall, Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park- pos marked 1929 St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol - a part of the Valentine’s series 5978 Skipton Castle, the courtyard- a part of the Grano series Westminster Abbey, London- there is writing on it but no postmarks

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin

                                                                                   Hands down my favorite book in the series thus far! After narrowly escaping their death at the Chateau le Blanche at the hands of the Dames Blanches. The gang is once again on the run from the coven, entire kingdom of Cesarine, and the church. In order to reach their goal of defeating Morgane, they must acquire alliances with other groups within the magical kingdom. Which means they have to separate into groups in order to accomplish this task, leaving them more vulnerable and Reid and Lou apart. Their separate journeys are not only physical but emotional as well. They’re all trying to run away from things, the death of an actual father and a father figure, ...

August 2021 New Releases

  A Slow Fire Burning By Paula Hawkins Available on August 31st by the Author of The Girl on the Train  “ When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are, whether they know it or not, burning to right the wrongs done to them. When it comes to revenge, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds. How far might any one of them go to find peace? How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame?” A Lesson in Vengeance By Victoria Lee Available August 3rd “Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School. Perched in the Catskil...