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F is for...Feliz Navidad and Friends

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Moving in to Tuesday (and really wishing it was closer to the always coveted weekend) we're talking all about the letter F today. F is for "Feliz Navidad" and "Friends in Low Places" "Feliz Navidad" - Jose Feliciano   I don't know what it is about this song, but Christmas is not complete for me until I've hear it about a million times.  It's my second favorite Christmas song (behind Wham's "Last Christmas") and it makes me want to dance and wrap presents.  It should be noted that I LOVE wrapping presents...so this is played a lot! *Fun Fact :  "Feliz Navidad" is one of the most downloaded and aired Christmas songs in the US and Canada. "Friends in Low Places" - Garth Brooks   You really can't go wrong with classic Garth, and what's more classic than "Friends in Low Places"...especially the live version with the hidden chorus!  This is a go-to at everything fr...

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 ...