Set over the course of a year, this book looks at an ensemble of different families in the neighborhood of Cobble Hill in New York, where everyone thinks they know everyone's business. There's the bestselling author with writers block, whose wife insisted they move to NY from the UK. There's the school nurse whose son …
I feel like 2020 is sort of going really fast, like it's Autumn/Fall already, and yet also really slow because of so many things being locked down. But that's how I feel a lot of years, to be honest. This was a makeup look I wore to the movies. The leaves had started to fall, …
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I really like making little art and creative things for my home to make it more cozy, and this little whimsical lamp was a really fun, easy project. I got the idea from Pinterest, and if you look at the ones on there, there are some lanterns with amazingly detailed scenes inside, so mine is …
In Paris, the flame haired, green eyed Violaine is the head of the Reading Room, a place where books are sent to be considered for publication. When a book called Sugar Flowers is chosen, it becomes a sensation, but the author appears to have gone missing. And there may be a connection between the book, …
When Natsuki is a child, she believes that her toy hedgehog is an alien and wants her to save the planet using magic. When she tells her beloved cousin, he is a life line who understands her and tells her his secret, he's also an alien. We come to understand that this story helps them …
How cute is this? I've always loved miniatures, ever since falling in love with dolls houses as a kid, but I've never made any. This cute kit really appealed to me, with it's tiny lights, snowy scene, and cozy rabbit burrow. This is from a series of kits which are pretty cheap and all over …
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From the author of My Brilliant Friend, comes her latest book, set once again in Naples. Giovanna is beloved by her parents, and believes herself to be worthy and beautiful, until one day after a parent-teacher meeting, she overhears her father comparing her to Vittoria, his estranged and despised sister. Because Vittoria is practically a …
Will has left his life of crime behind and started over. But his past isn't willing to let him go. When his daughter returns to the house covered in blood and with a strange package drawing him back into the underworld of forged rare books, he knows his nemesis Henry Slader has returned. This time …
The Darkest Evening is the ninth and latest from Ann Cleeves series featuring detective Vera Stanhope. Vera is driving back from the office when she goes off course in a snowstorm, and comes across a car left with it's door open and an unattended baby inside. As there is no one nearby, she takes the …
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OK, I am wearing mascara here, but otherwise makeup free. Thanks to the lovely people at Influenster Canada and Belif, I had the chance to try out some Belif products, namely the Aqua Bomb Cleansing Balm and their True Cream. I always love to try new things. Belif is a brand that I've come across …
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