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Writer's Workshop: 10 Reasons I Love Fall

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Fall is definitely my favorite season of the year.  That honor used to belong to Spring, but it's all about Fall now.  I just love it!  Here are a few reasons why: Crisp, Cool Weather I am not a fan of warm weather, so Fall is the perfect foil for the horribleness that is Summer.  I love stepping outside and breathing deeply of the fog filled morning.  It's refreshing and feels oh-so-good on my lungs. Pumpkin Everything I have yet to order a Pumpkin Spice Latte (from anywhere...basic?), but I love all things pumpkin.  Pie, candles, pumpkin pie spice, lotion.  If it's pumpkin, I'm game.  Mmmm Changing Leaves Ah, science.  It's so beautiful! Halloween! Only the BEST holiday of the entire year!  I love spooky things and what better time to partake in things like that than Halloween.  Scary costumes, candy, scary movies, little kids dressed up so cute!  And I absolutely love carving pumpkins!  I love it all. ...

Bookish Bingo Holiday Edition Wrap-Up

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So 2014 has come to a close and with it so has Bookish Bingo Holiday Edition.  Hosted by the ladies over at Great Imaginations , the three month reading challenge was a great success!  Here's how I fared: Total Number of Bingos:  6! B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 O1, O2, O3, O4, O5 B3, I3, FREE, G3, O3 B4, I4, N4, G4, O4 B1, I2, FREE, G4, O5 B5, I4, FREE, G2, O1 Total Number of Books Completed for the Challenge:  19 (plus one that I couldn't get to fit in any category...) Nora Roberts Taming Natasha Ray Bradbury The Halloween Tree Alice Hoffman Practical Magic Nora Roberts Dark Witch Carol Downing Hahn Wait Till Helen Comes Nora Roberts Shadow Spell Gillian Flynn Gone Girl William Giraldi Hold the Dark Haruki Murakami Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage Chris Cleave Little Bee Ira Levin Rosemary's Baby Salman Rushdie Haroun and the Sea of Stories Sherman Alexie The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Ceclia Ahern One Hundred ...