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Karen Swan’s latest – Christmas by Candlelight – kicks off my Christmas reads

Illustrated front cover image of Christmas by Candlelight by Karen Swan of a woman in a blue coat holding a red bag walking about snow-covered pathway with a large house in the background.

Karen Swan's latest - Christmas by Candlelight - quickly kicks off my Christmas reading. I finished reading Libby and friends' stories in a day.

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Laughing, crying, important life lessons (don’t listen to older siblings), in these picture books reviewed

Front cover image of If you See a Bluebird of an older woman with white hair and a young boy sitting on the grass enjoying a picnic and surrounded by birch trees and a flying bluebird

These picture books offer diverse stories, different emotions, and are a mix of lighted and important.

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A whirlwind of emotions in Charlotte Levin’s If I Let You Go

Front cover of If I Let You Go of a scotie dog key change attached to the word Let

Charlotte Levin's If I Let You Go was a whirlwind of emotions - and a bit of book violence.

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The official cookbook for CATAN is more than just nostalgia – the recipes look and sound delicious

Front cover image of Catan, the Official Cookbook with pictues of smoothies, pasta, dip, and vegetables in hexagon-shaped cutouts

Enjoy a Victory Point Punch and some The Longest Road Mix while enjoying in evening of CATAN. The recipes in this official CATAN cookbook look and sound delicious.

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Alexandra Potter does it again – More Confessions of a 40something f##k up is equally funny and wonderful as the first

Green front cover of More Confessions of a 40something F**k-up

Author Alexandra Potter does it again in More Confessions of a 40something F##k up. Laugh out loud moments, wonderful characters, and moments that aren't predictable.

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Eye-opening and powerful travel memoir by Canadian author Alana Best

Front cover image of Around the World in Black & White with a picture on the top of a man and woman on a camel in front of the pyramids and the bottom photo of a family near elephants

In this travel memoir, we see the world and experience the good and bad - including racism - with Alana Best and her family.

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Beautiful, fun and quite impressive: The Imaginary Alphabet reviewed

Front cover image of The Imaginary Alphabet with a blue background with an imagine of white weasels in fancy clothing walking down a red carpet

The Imaginary Alphabet is on my to-buy list for anyone expecting a little person. Such a beautiful book with lots to do for the reader.

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Creepy, gruesome and keeps you guessing to the end: House of Ash and Bone reviewed

Front cover image of House of Ash and Bone house in a silhouette in front of a red sky with a woman with no eyes, grey skin in the foreground

Canadian author Joel A. Sutherland's debut horror young adult book offers an evil character a plot that keeps surprising you.

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Amazing true story: Escape from Dachau reviewed

Front cover image of Escape from Dachau of the Nazi concentration camp, barbed wire and German officials

Before her death in 2021, Kathe Mueller Slonim recorded her family's story - her dad, Adolf Mueller, was kidnapped by the Nazis and forced into the Dachau concentration camp. The book shares the family's story as well as Adolph's daring rescue.

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