Friday Finds | 12 November 2021 | Gifts – Books – Giveaways – Recipes – Crafts
Hello and welcome to the Friday Finds | 12 November 2021 edition.
How are you today? Does the end of the year feel like it’s rushing at you? I know it feels that way to me. Are you planning bigger holiday celebrations this year? Join me for all the recommendations, whether it’s recipes, books to gift or relax with, a soothing home-craft, or enter a giveaway from some of the most generous authors.
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On to the Friday Finds | 12 November 2021.
Friday Finds | 12 November 2021 – Books
Despite the challenges of the past year, it’s been business as usual at Guinness World Records, and our researchers continue to field thousands of applications a month. Expect that unique mix of remarkable humans, talented pets, incredible vehicles, and impressive sporting legends.
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Polar Express 30th anniversary edition by Chris Van Allsburg
Take a ride aboard the Polar Express in this award-winning, classic holiday story, complete with an ornament gift, perfect for every child’s library.
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Heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest, Going There is the deeply personal life story of a girl next door turned household name.
For more than 40 years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life – a story she’s never shared, until now. Of the medium she loves, the one that made her a household name, she says, “Television can put you in a box; the flat-screen can flatten. On TV, you are larger than life but smaller, too. It is not the whole story, and it is not the whole me. This book is.”
Blog Roundup – Friday Finds | 12 November 2021
Here are the books & magazines I reviewed the past week. Once again, the authors have some amazing giveaways!!
(Note: Please don’t worry about my eyes or my chores. I am sent most of these books months before the reviews are due. I have plenty of time to read them. It’s just that certain times of the year are more popular than others to publish books!)
Red Roses by Katie Ward | Review & Artwork Giveaway
Little Looms Holiday 2021 Issue
Epic Life by Jon Daugherty | Children’s Book Review & $15 Giveaway
Scarlet at Crystal River by Randy Overbeck | Review & $20 Giveaway
Deathless by Evan S Sullivan | $10 Giveaway, Excerpt & Review
Peacocks, Pedestals, and Prayers by Dina Rae | $10 Giveaway, Excerpt, & Review
A Secret Gift by Amanda James | Review
Cut and Run by Annabelle Lewis | Review & Giveaway
A Dead End Job by Justin Alcala | $50 Giveaway, Excerpt, & Promo
These are my spotlight posts from the past week:
Enough to Make the Angels Weep by Ernesto Patino | $30 Giveaway, Excerpt, & Promo
Friday Finds | 12 November 2021 – Recipes
Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole with Sweet ‘n’ Savory Bacon Pecans
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Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Streusel Topping
Creative Project – Friday Finds | 12 November 2021
How to Make a Burlap Wreath Tutorial from Kenarry.com
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Discussion question prompts:
What did you love best this week?
If you could only read one book mentioned in this post, which would you choose & why?
Do you enjoy creating crafty projects for your home?
What is a traditional dish served at your family dinners?
I also share many of my reviews on the following websites:
- Lovely Audiobook’s Monthly Link-up (Not limited to audiobooks)
- The Inspire Me Monday Link Party
- Inspire Me Monday with Anita Ojeda
- Grammy’s Grid Unlimited Monthly Link Party
- Esme’s Salon Monthly Link-up
I didn’t know Polar Express was that old!
This week it’s a tie between the Guinness Book and those sweet potatoes! It’s like they’re both over the top!! 🙂
I don’t know why that Guinness book appeals…but it does. I have bourbon left from the pulled pork recipe. I think that’s excuse enough to try the sweet potato recipe!
I have the Katie Couric book on my TBR!
Me too. I’ve read some excerpts and can’t wait to get the audiobook, especially since she is the narrator.