Gina's Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 | Holiday Gifts, Recipes, Crafts, & Giveaways!

Gina’s Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 | Gifts – Books – Giveaways – Recipes – Crafts

Hello and welcome to the Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 edition.

How are you today? I know many of my United States readers are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, so I’m focusing a bit on family time today. But, it doesn’t need to be a holiday to celebrate good food and entertainment.

After you finish reading today, please leave a comment to interact with authors, readers, and friends. You never know where those comment sections conversations will go.

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?

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Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 –  Books

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All American Christmas by Rachel & Sean Duffy

Pull up a chair, pour some eggnog, and enjoy the Christmas spirit with friends…

From the wind-swept, snowy ranges of Wyoming to Florida beaches glowing with Christmas lights, All American Christmas traces holiday traditions across the United States. In this beautiful personal keepsake, Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy present a dazzling collection of emotional stories, treasured family photographs, and homegrown Christmas recipes.

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How to Catch an Elf book cover image - blue with elf spelled in candy canes

How to Catch an Elf by Adam Wallace

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes a hilarious Christmas adventure, perfect for stocking stuffers!

It’s Christmas Eve and an elf is on the loose… in YOUR house! Do you have what it takes to catch him? Follow along in this fun holiday story as a mischievous elf causes chaos Christmas Eve! Filled with zany traps, vibrant illustrations, STEAM concepts, and even Santa Claus himself, this Christmas picture book for kids is guaranteed to become a new holiday tradition!

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The Christmas Bookshop book cover image of front door of holiday decorated bookshop

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia’s perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life does not appeal.

Frankly, Sofia doesn’t exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs help revitalizing his shabby old bookshop. So Carmen moves in and takes the job.

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Here are the books & magazines I reviewed the past week. Once again, the authors have some amazing giveaways!!

The Boy Who Breathed Underwater & The King Who Didn’t Like Snow | 2 Children’s Books on Tour

The Seekers’ Garden by Isa Pearl Ritchie | Win a $20 Gift Card, Excerpt, & Review

Erma Does The Math by Ann Strawn | 1 Year Book Birthday Bash

Dr. Marsha and the Case of the Missing Hot Dogs and Marshmallows by Dr. Rachel B. Wellner | $50 Gift Card Giveaway + Books, Interview, & Review

Searching For Truth (A Jake Scott Mystery #1) by Barry Finlay | $15 Giveaway, Excerpt, Review

Christmas Carole by Nancy Fraser (A Dickens Holiday Romance) | $20 Giveaway, Excerpt, Review

Yesterday’s Gone by Kelly Pawlik (Olympic Vista Chronicles #1) | $25 Giveaway, Review, Guest Post

 

These are my spotlight posts from the past week:

Ponce: What Actually Happened at the Fountain of Youth by Jim Halverson | Giveaway (3 Copies), Interview, Spotlight

Finding My Sunshine by Shannon Leith McGuire | Author Interview, Spotlight, Giveaway

Ashes of Aldyr by Russell Archey (The Obscured Throne Trilogy Book 1) | $25 Giveaway, Excerpt, Spotlight

 

Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 – Recipes

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Sweet Potato Pomegranate Salad from Two Peas & Their Pod

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Cranberry Pecan Cauliflower Rice Low Carb Stuffing image

Cranberry Pecan Low-Carb Keto Stuffing from Peace, Love, & Low Carb

 

Creative Project – Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 

 

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Christmas Tree Macrame Craft Kit

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So there you have it…this week’s edition of the Friday Finds for 19 November 2021. Did you see something you liked? Share it in the comments or use the prompts above to find a discussion topic.

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5 responses to “Gina’s Friday Finds for 19 November 2021 | Holiday Gifts, Recipes, Crafts, & Giveaways!

  1. My wife is a sweet potato fanatic. Guess what we’re going to be eating next week . . .

    “How to Catch an Elf” sounds like my kind of book.

  2. The Christmas Bookshop looks good to me. Might give that one a try.
    I’m going to make the Sweet Potatoe Pomegranate salad.
    I love your Friday Finds. Thanks!