Friday Finds | 1 April 2022 | Books ~ Author News ~ Recipes ~ Crafts ~ Giveaways
Hello & welcome to the March 25, 2022, Friday Finds
Lauren Roberts won the commenter contest last week She’ll be the featured author on my sidebar and in my BookShop for the next week. Please show Lauren some love this week and watch for my review of her debut novel, Gemini Divided coming soon.
Make sure you are signed up on the “Friday Finds” email list for your chance to be rewarded. (The winner is currently chosen by a random number generator from subscribers who interact with the newsletter and/or post.) Not an author or blogger? If you leave a comment on the website this week & win, we’ll work out a prize for you.
I’m hopeful that Mark J. Engels will be making an appearance on the blog soon. I’m anxiously awaiting his latest story.
Friday Finds | 1 April 2022 | Books
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
The inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridgerton in the second of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family.
ANTHONY’S STORY
This time the gossip columnists have it wrong. London’s most elusive bachelor Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry—he’s even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended’s older sister, Kate Sheffield—the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate’s the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams…
Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands—and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Kate’s determined to protect her sister—but she fears her own heart is vulnerable. And when Anthony’s lips touch hers, she’s suddenly afraid she might not be able to resist the reprehensible rake herself…
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 3-Book Gift Set contains the first three volumes of the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series in hardcover, packaged in a gorgeous giftable box. The set features 300 tales of extraordinary real-life women, all written in fairy tale form.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 3-Book Gift Set presents three hardcover volumes in a beautiful, reusable case, shrink-wrapped to ensure scuff-free arrival. The set includes the bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2, and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World, featuring extraordinary tales of women past and present across a wide range of fields. The unique narrative style transforms each biography into a fairy tale, filling readers with wonder and a burning curiosity to know more about each subject. Illustrated by more than 130 female and nonbinary artists from all over the globe, this gift set will encourage girls to dream bigger and aim higher in pursuit of their dreams.
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This Farm is a Family by Dan McKernan
In this adorable illustrated picture book for kids written by Dan McKernan (Saved by the Barn), the rescue farm animals at Barn Sanctuary decide to help a cow who is dealing with fear and anxiety in her new home. Children will learn the importance of friendship and compassion, as well as why it’s important to support others during hard times.
Inside this book, kids ages 4-8 will discover:
- A positive message about friendship, kindness, and understanding others
- How to show compassion to others
- Ways of coping with difficult situations, including how to deal with fear and anxiety
- A page with information on Barn Sanctuary and their rescue efforts, with information on ways you can support the real-life animals featured in the book
This Farm Is a Family follows a group of rescued farm animals who are living their best lives at Barn Sanctuary. Each one is eager to meet the newest arrival, Buttercup the cow, and show her all the fun things they can do together. But Buttercup doesn’t want to play–in fact, she doesn’t want anything to do with the other animals. So with a lot of love and understanding, the animals work together to help Buttercup discover she’s part of a new family and can leave her old fears behind.
This Farm Is a Family is perfect for:
- Birthdays, Christmas, and Easter or Passover gifts, as well as back to school reading
- Children ages 4-8 who love farm animals and cuddly creatures
- Teaching young readers kindness and compassion, and that they can make a difference in the world
- Kids who are in a new school, new neighborhood, or new house
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If you buy a Kindle book on Amazon you can usually add the Whispersync option for just a bit more money so you can pop back & forth between reading and listening.
Friday Finds | 1 April 2022 | Author News
The Author of the Week feature is back as long as there is interest. If you would like to be featured, simply leave me a comment below to let me know.
Do you have a new book releasing soon, a special promotion coming up, or any other news of your author-life I can share with my readers?
BN100 won the giveaway for a signed copy of Scoochie’s Adoption Story by Tom Tracy However, they have not responded to the notification yet. If I don’t hear from them by Thursday, April 7, 2022, an alternate winner will be drawn.
Jessica D. Adams has just added a new collection to her growing list of newsletter freebies. Her Spring, Mother’s Day, and Easter coloring pages can be found here.
Book One of Jean Oram’s The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek, Texas is free this week.
Friday Finds | 1 April 2022 | Recipes
Samoa Cookie Pie from AverieCooks
Samoas have always been my favorite Girl Scout Cookie. I can’t wait to try this pie layered with caramel sauce, chocolate, and shredded coconut.
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Lemon-Glazed Cream Cheese Cookies from Pillsbury
I love anything lemon so these are going on my next cookie platter.
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Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Crackers from sweetandsavorybyshinee
Do you ever eat appetizers as the main dish? These crackers would work great for snacks, a light meal, or a party tray.
Friday Finds | 1 April 2022 | Creatives
Even though we got several inches of snow today, I believe SPRING is coming! I can’t wait for farmer’s markets to open back up. Check out this fun market bag knitting kit. It comes in 3 beautiful colorways.
Pazar Market Bag – Complete Knit Kit
Friday Finds | 1 April 2022 | Blog Roundup
I visit these blogs regularly. I think you will enjoy them too.
If you missed a book review in the past week, here’s an easy link to find them or click on the image & links below. There are giveaways ranging from $50 gift cards to signed copies of books, and extras. Be sure you are entered before they expire.
Accused (The KC Warlock Weekly #1) by M N Jolley | Review | BBNYA 2021 Finalist Tour – 3rd Place
Back to Grandmom by Jessica D. Adams | Review | 5-Star Children’s Book
Lost Coast Literary by Ellie Alexander | Review | #Fiction #MagicalRealism #5-Stars
Thanks for reading this week. Peace & Love!
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Knitting a bag sounds so cool! I wish I knew how to knit
Lots of great things in this post Gina. Thanks for all these shares, I got a new book, some colouring for my grandkids and a recipe. I am a happy grandma.
Thank you so much for including “Back to Grandmom” this week! I greatly appreciate it! The best part is that the cover was just nominated to participate in AllAuthor’s cover of the month contest! People can vote here if they’d like: https://allauthor.com/cover-of-the-month/13175/
What prank did your grandson play on you? I used to love pranking my husband and kids, but they’ve caught onto me and it’s harder to fool them now.
To answer your email question, I do like to enter giveaways for free gift cards as well as books, but it gets to be too much sometimes to enter all of them. There are so many and often times there are so many requirements to follow this and follow that and it just gets to be too much to follow everyone. I can’t keep up.
I have some fun things coming up for children’s book week in May so I’ll keep you posted on those events.
Oh, and thanks for including my spring freebie coloring pages!
You’re the best!
He was eating breakfast at the dining room table and yelled…I spilled my water! I came running from the kitchen with a towel. He just howled with laughter. Congrats on all the good news. I love sharing news from “my authors.”
Lol, you have to admit, that was funny. As long as the jokes aren’t mean, I don’t really mind them.
It was so funny. He planned to pull the same thing on his teacher today. Let’s hope it goes well, or the joke may be on him. Lol
No jokes? Why did the chicken cross the road?
So she could find Gina’s Friday Finds!! Happy April Fool’s Day!