tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76200819050574417922024-03-13T16:52:03.798-04:00Queen Bee's BuzzA Queen Bee's view of life and all that matters.queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-80520886020670895732020-10-05T22:15:00.002-04:002020-10-05T22:15:11.861-04:00Marilla of Green Gables/ Sarah McCoy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi003Xzx3O3F3pC-ux1xbja4cw6ATNbDdFkbuM1YCuzS9N-EVcY3UbXSYDDECVlGpJG0tLqlohLvT_iJbiO1spFRuILkaWP2HJDAwOY35986AJhMhSWvX8WJmJFO-8TsBwk_Kw6KLdlJUJg/s2048/943624D7-2853-49D6-9C90-E30D55837C8F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi003Xzx3O3F3pC-ux1xbja4cw6ATNbDdFkbuM1YCuzS9N-EVcY3UbXSYDDECVlGpJG0tLqlohLvT_iJbiO1spFRuILkaWP2HJDAwOY35986AJhMhSWvX8WJmJFO-8TsBwk_Kw6KLdlJUJg/s320/943624D7-2853-49D6-9C90-E30D55837C8F.jpeg" /></a></div><br /> Marilla of Green Gables/Sarah McCoy<p></p><p><br /></p><p>If you are a fan of Anne of Green Gables, like I am, you will want to read anything remotely related to the series. </p><p>This pre-quel story is about Marilla growing up and works its way to probably 15-20 years maybe before Anne with an E enters her life. </p><p>She certainly had her share of tragedy and you can see where both she and her brother Matthew get their strong personalities and sense of purpose. </p><p>The book was well written and author McCoy creates a story that is plausible; we can see Marilla’s later life building before our eyes. </p><p>Enjoy the book, it will add depth to the </p><p>L M Montgomery’s series about Anne.</p><p><br /></p><p>William Morrow/Harper Collins</p><p>Published October 2018</p>queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-15065461975592028602020-10-05T22:13:00.000-04:002020-10-05T22:13:06.375-04:00Olive, Again/ Elizabeth Strout<p> Olive, Again written by Elizabeth Strout. Again. </p><p>Loved the sequel as much as I loved Olive Kitteridge. Olive is such a quirky woman, lives in Crosby, Maine. And if you live in Maine, you either know or have met someone like Olive. A no-nonsense, honest as the day is long kind of person. Let’s you know just what she thinks of you. Shakes her head at the things people do. </p><p>I like the way Strout has written these two novels. They bounce around between residents of the town. We learn something about every one of them, the good and the bad things.</p><p>And the one common denominator is Olive. And what I take away from these stories is that all of us touch so many lives. So many. Sometimes it helps and sometimes it hurts. 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But it’s never too late to read a good book. A Pulitzer Prize winner. </p><p>And although when you read the reviews you may think this is a story about a black slave owner named Henry Townsend, the book actually begins and ends with a slave named Moses.</p><p>Woven with historical fact, this work of fiction is a raw look into the lives of the </p><p>people of Manchester County, Virginia before the Civil War. Centered around the Henry Townsend plantation, it delves into the intricacies of being a free black man, owning land and slaves. </p><p>It’s quite a powerful story and you won’t be able to put it down once you start it. </p><p>This book needs to go into every reader’s TBR pile! </p><p>Published by Amistad Books 2003</p>queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-63267426419809283302020-07-27T22:06:00.001-04:002020-07-27T22:06:39.650-04:00No, You Shut Up! /Symone D Sanders<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVc_9KgOIHmWN49I0elphJAcIFXLGgFRlFXJmAJtTJmEe712mWG0GUJN0g-b_I1j_Ac0EW-YRrqeMBrgr5L08rVSri-BIRu_bVehgfNrgnx0VHRiJ9dhQqVeeRSuviMIlvddWNqwsFQV81/s1600/D69D9BA0-BFA2-429E-881D-5A608BD037A7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1047" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVc_9KgOIHmWN49I0elphJAcIFXLGgFRlFXJmAJtTJmEe712mWG0GUJN0g-b_I1j_Ac0EW-YRrqeMBrgr5L08rVSri-BIRu_bVehgfNrgnx0VHRiJ9dhQqVeeRSuviMIlvddWNqwsFQV81/s320/D69D9BA0-BFA2-429E-881D-5A608BD037A7.jpeg" width="209" /></a><br />
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Bold, brash, outspoken and smart, Symone Sanders is teaching a new generation to stand up. </div>
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Just look at her credentials: currently a senior advisor on Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, a juvenile justice advocate, former CNN political commentator and former resident Fellow at two prestigious political schools. And she lives right in the middle of it all, Washington, DC. ‘Nuff said.</div>
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<br />queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-29667457957383115182020-07-15T15:55:00.001-04:002020-07-15T15:55:28.785-04:00Before You Go/Tommy ButlerBefore You Go / Tommy Butler<br />
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This book is filling my empty space right now...and you will only know what I mean, when you read this book. It has profoundly affected me. I should wait a few days before I write a review because it’s so raw. But here goes...<br />
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Elliot was a traveler, not in the global sense but in a cosmic sense. He was always ‘different’ as a child and he recognized it even then. His parents covered for him or refused to acknowledge it, his brother teased him and he had no friends to understand him, except maybe Esther.<br />
After college he goes off to NYC to work as an accountant, not what he had planned. He meets two people in group therapy, and forms a deep bond with both. Kindred spirits.<br />
Elliot goes on to have a life...<br />
You will have to take my word for it that this book is worth reading. It is.<br />
You will see in the photo that my hand is on this book. It’s because I am keeping it on my bookshelf for a while, not passing it on just yet. I know I will re-read it someday.<br />
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Harper Collins, publisher<br />
Out in August 2020<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-90730183895324686692020-06-10T09:24:00.004-04:002020-06-10T09:24:52.506-04:00Guide to the Stars/Claire Comstock Gay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love to read my horoscope and then say to myself “that’s so generic it could be anyone’s horoscope.”<br />
That’s not what Claire Comstick Gay writes in her book Guide to the Stars.<br />
Of course I went right to the Pisces chapter to see what she said about me. And I have to say I saw myself mirrored back from the pages. Some of the fun horoscope stuff and then some quite serious life affirming stuff. She writes about Fred Rogers being a Pisces and it was so interesting to see the astrology spin on his character. It’s about being human and how we all get through this life.<br />
Each chapter is a Sign of the Zodiac, so you can look at yours right away. After I read mine, I read some family and friends and yes, some exes chapters. Couldn’t resist.<br />
Whether you believe in Astrology or not, I think you will enjoy this one:)<br />
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True Love/Sarah Gerard<br />
Honestly, I’m surprised I finished this book. Not only finished it but enjoyed it, I think. It grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go!<br />
I was just into the book about 3-4 paragraphs and I realize that what I’m assuming is the main character, Nina, is cheating on her boyfriend. Names of characters start appearing and without even knowing who they are, I can figure out what’s happening...and it happens so many times!<br />
This novel is a crazy ride. Well written because you can feel the craziness.<br />
Poor girl is looking for love, in all the wrong friends, and friends of friends, and their friends, too.<br />
Fast paced, head shaking, heartbreaking...if you are up to it, I recommend it.<br />
Harper Collins Publisher<br />
July 2020<br />
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Annie met Graham and fell for this big, burly, larger than life man. Married him and lived with him for thirty years. He died in his sleep and she was devastated. Until the get together after his funeral, when a woman acquaintance was found crying uncontrollably in Graham’s study.<br />
Right away Annie knew....and then she had to pretend she was grieving... and that was just the beginning.<br />
Great story, great read. Enjoyed it and recommend it.<br />
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September 2020queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-77591671199664279882020-04-07T09:44:00.001-04:002020-04-07T09:44:19.583-04:00All the Light We Cannot SeeAll the Light We Cannot See<br />
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This one. Wow. Pulitzer Prize Winner? Yes, every word of it. Put this on your TBR list, peeps.<br />
So well written...Werner, a young German boy. Marie-Laure, a young, blind French girl. In the middle of WW2 and the French Occupation. So it’s not a light read. But so worthy of reading.<br />
Most of the chapters are short. Some only little more than one page. It jumps between characters, between time, between countries. And towards the end of the book it moves you very quickly through events and the intensity drives you to keep reading.<br />
(For me, way into the next morning)<br />
I’m not going to get into the story, I want you discover this one on your own.<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-68603291897825526452020-03-11T09:23:00.002-04:002020-03-11T09:23:41.709-04:00FabulousFabulous by Lucy-Hughes-Hallett<br />
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Love a good book of short stories. It’s the kind of book to carry along with you on a day of errands when you know you will be in line waiting for your turn.<br />
That does not mean the stories are any less meaningful or powerful than chapters in a novel. They can be even more so, packed full of power in fewer words.(remember Brokeback Mountain/Annie Proulx?)<br />
Hughes-Hallett has given us stories of ordinary people, going through extraordinary circumstances. Drawn from fables, bible stories and Roman myths, you may recognize some of them and others you won’t. But truly all interesting reads.<br />
This author has won many awards for her writing.<br />
Published by Harper Collins Jan 2020<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-60128852006067758932020-03-04T22:32:00.000-05:002020-03-04T22:32:06.053-05:00The Astonishing Life of August March/Aaron JacksonFantastical. You will have to believe that a newborn baby boy, thrown into the trash in the dressing room of a grand theater in NYC, can not only survive but thrive. INSIDE the theater. An elderly, spinster seamstress found the baby, decided to keep him for her own but couldn’t bring him home...<br />
Alittle Pippi Longstocking, alittle Crawdad Sings, alittle Benjamin Buttons. Maybe some Garp thrown in.<br />
But I have to tell you, I loved this book.<br />
As I read all the incredible things happening in this kids life, I cheered him on! I wanted him to win, against all the odd and odds. And I believe you will, too. Look for it in bookstores in April.<br />
Harper Collins, publisher<br />
Author Aaron Jackson is a writer and comedian. This is his first novel.<br />
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<br />queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-75703631001369719052020-02-18T20:58:00.001-05:002020-02-18T20:58:28.998-05:00Everlasting by Katy Simpson SmithI will say right up front that I liked this book but it’s not an easy read. Historical fiction with a dash of modern philosophy. There are four interesting characters, all from different centuries spanning two thousand years. A Christian child martyr, a monk on crypt duty, a Medici princess and a modern day biologist. There are common threads that connect them, and I think that was the hardest part reading the book. As I read, my mind searched for hidden meanings and a common anything to bring the story together. It takes awhile, but once you have read a few chapters, you will want to read more!<br />
Each main character has a connection to Rome, a connection to faith and a connection to love in one form or another. And one more connection that I’m not going to mention;)<br />
Author Katy Simpson Smith has a PhD in history and you can tell, details of the time period are authentic and you will feel enlightened on many levels.<br />
I’m not sure I can even explain why I think this is a must read. It’s reading on a higher level...does that make sense?<br />
Author Simpson Smith wrote The Story of Land and Sea, which I also enjoyed.<br />
Look for it in March 2020/ Harper Collins, Publisher<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-27102638303988268682020-01-13T18:37:00.003-05:002020-01-13T18:37:40.927-05:00The Lost Diary of M/ Paul WolfeSo, I read this book over the weekend because I couldn’t put it down! The M in the title is Mary Pinchot Meyer, mistress of JFK, ex-wife of Cord Meyer, CIA.<br />
The author, Paul Wolfe, takes us on a wild ride in this one. It is written as Mary’s hypothetical diary during the time she spent with JFK. Hypothetical, because the CIA found her diary after the assassination and destroyed it. FACT. I had to keep reminding myself that this book was historical FICTION because I absolutely believe this is the way history was made 1960-63. (In the author’s notes, Wolfe reminds us more than once it is fiction)<br />
Great book, well written, fast paced, intriguing and plausible.<br />
Starts out with Mary writing to her friend in Japan, if you are reading this, then I am dead”...then she tells us who did it. Chapters are titled by dates, and as the dates count down, you want to keep reading because you know it’s coming to November 1964. The book ends with Mary P Meyer’s unsolved murder less than a year later.<br />
Can’t say enough, coming to book stores next month, Harper Collins, Publisher...a must read!<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-76907928406764332352020-01-12T09:03:00.003-05:002020-01-12T09:03:50.144-05:00Everything I Know About Love/ Dolly AldertonWhen I started this book, after a chapter or two, I almost put it aside. The drunken escapades of a twenty year old...not for me. But I liked the writing style of the author, it was raw and honest. So, I kept reading. Although our life circumstances were very different, I started to feel a connection as Dolly went through her twenties, an emotional connection. To loves and loss, confusion, anxieties, carelessness..it was all right there. The feeling still that I’m a kid on the inside, but my outside is the old lady, is not limited to any one generation.<br />
I heard myself say..oh no Dolly, don’t go down that road again..then I knew I was hooked...glad I stuck with this book.<br />
Look closely at the title. It doesn’t say everything there is to know. It says everything I know by Dolly Alderton. And well worth the read.<br />
*Note: The author is English, so there are references made in the <span style="text-align: center;">book that you may not get. I was ok with that.</span><br />
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Comes out next month/Harper Collins, Publisherqueen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-21147000904592561732019-12-12T20:40:00.000-05:002019-12-12T20:40:00.330-05:00Valentine ...Elizabeth Wetmore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The book starts with an horrific event. The chapters, titled by character, unfold a very complex story. The oil boom in Texas, the drifters that came into town, the dust and dirt and grease that became the air you breathed, not a pretty picture. The story is heartbreaking, no way around it. But it also shows how resilient humans are... </div>
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<br />queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-24539927733386190172019-10-24T20:30:00.001-04:002019-10-24T20:30:14.461-04:00If Only I Could Tell YouIf Only I Could Tell You<br />
Hannah Beckerman, author<br />
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Two sisters, Lily and Phoebe, haven’t spoken for almost 30 years.<br />
Their mother, Audrey has given up trying to fix them. She sees her two granddaughters, always separately.<br />
A secret, so big and devastating, has taken its toll on three generations of this family.<br />
This is a well written story about lives torn apart and lives healing again. Recommended.<br />
William Morrow/Harper Collins publisher<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-42004773133156696622019-10-01T18:30:00.001-04:002019-10-01T18:30:18.517-04:00 Singing My Him Song / M McCourtMalachy’s brother Frank introduced us to the McCourt family in his novel “Angela’s Ashes”. Then Malachy wrote his first novel about his life in America, “A Monk Swimming”...The McCourt family lived a poverty stricken life growing up in Ireland, and when Malachy came to the USA as a young man, he was determined to change all that. He was a bartender, a hooligan, a sometime actor. Unfortunately, he was an alcoholic , too. Divorced from his first wife and estranged from his children , he was spiraling downward.<br />
Down and out and unemployed, you can’t help but rout for Malachy McCourt:)<br />
I loved this book, as I loved reading his first book and his brother Frank’s books. This McCourt boy had a wild and crazy life.<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-72150480609764125072019-08-25T10:39:00.003-04:002019-08-25T10:39:54.062-04:00If You Lived Here You’d be Home by NowIn August 2015, Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham was looking for a story when he came across a list of American counties classified from the ugliest to the most scenic. In covering this story, he wrote a sentence that would change his life.<br />
“The absolute worst place to live in America is...Red Lake County, Minn.”<br />
He received many responses from Red Lake residents, and accepted an offer to visit. The visit made a big impact on Ingraham and he made a life changing decision...to move his family from Washington, DC to Red Lake County, Minn.<br />
The book is a story about his life there..the changes he made and the life lessons that changed him. What he learned was that statistics and numbers do not tell a complete story.<br />
Inspiring and a great read. Harper Collins Publisher, September 2019<br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-78166570077660206992019-08-07T10:15:00.000-04:002019-08-07T10:15:05.262-04:00The Dutch House by Ann Patchett<span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Cyril Conroy brought his young family from poverty to riches and with his new money he bought The Dutch House, a beautiful estate in the suburbs outside Philadelphia. It was meant as a surprise for his wife, Elna. But it was more of a shock that Elna did not recover from and sent her running away to a country far from her husband and children. </span><br />
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queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-6004367436766606522018-04-12T08:21:00.000-04:002018-04-12T08:37:54.141-04:00Another Side of Paradise/Sally KoslowIn 1937 Hollywood, gossip columnist Sheila Graham's star was on the rise, while literary wonder boy F.Scott Fitzgerald's career was slowly drowning in booze.<br />
A match made in heaven you say?<br />
This is a great story, told in the first person and written in a way that brings you back to the late 30's early 40's Hollywood...with plenty of name dropping.<br />
Graham, who had quite a life history of her own, falls in love with Fitzgerald while he is still married to his institutionalized wife Zelda, and lives with him until his death.<br />
I thoroughly enjoyed this read and I think you will, too.<br />
Published by HarperCollins for release in May 2018<br />
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Go to kerabotanica.com to order and see the other great haircare products availablequeen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-42843539063192284472016-06-09T07:43:00.001-04:002016-06-09T07:43:13.241-04:00Queen Bee's Buzz: Jeffrey James Botonicals-THE GIFT<a href="http://qbeesbuzz.blogspot.com/2015/12/jeffrey-james-botonicals-gift.html?m=1">Queen Bee's Buzz: Jeffrey James Botonicals-THE GIFT</a>queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-59752590587719929722016-02-05T13:59:00.001-05:002016-02-05T14:13:12.289-05:00More Jeffrey James BotanicalsTwo more Jeffrey James products that I can rave about! First, THE SERUM.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvM4u6u7VLN9IoEMnkyFopBtEc3ez-E0gIjYfJ1Y31iyq0wEU1XjF5Xfvj3mtzZMMPYVOqr8LxH_ciuZFwAfPNYIpudImTEsUGNliJB4KYOU__7CtF0sjyeDjGNqYLsI-F_kPTt7jOPKm/s1600/945e4088e2ea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvM4u6u7VLN9IoEMnkyFopBtEc3ez-E0gIjYfJ1Y31iyq0wEU1XjF5Xfvj3mtzZMMPYVOqr8LxH_ciuZFwAfPNYIpudImTEsUGNliJB4KYOU__7CtF0sjyeDjGNqYLsI-F_kPTt7jOPKm/s200/945e4088e2ea.jpg" width="200" /></a>I just love this serum. Loaded with hyaluronic acid, it absorbs right into my skin. I use it at night, and I know I have done the best I can for my skin. Hyaluronic Acid makes up fifty percent of this high quality formulation. Holding up to 1000 times its weight in water and drawing moisture out of the environment and onto the surface of your skin, there is not a more effective moisturizing agent on the world market today. Non-comedogenic, penetrates deeply, and activates collagen production for a fresher, younger, firmer, brighter and more radiant complexion.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzM2fdaO2PddiGVWAwjxTSNbLyLivx8hPKVtRfZs9ZN-HwPq62EbgUiVViGRpDQ89ch07GzjnXd5uL3nPu193R2_fBLQyWBrKUIm2w38D0Y6CqgrexbgiSF_ukm8cJw-_Tr4-KI_p-Jfv/s1600/9f840fba88c9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzM2fdaO2PddiGVWAwjxTSNbLyLivx8hPKVtRfZs9ZN-HwPq62EbgUiVViGRpDQ89ch07GzjnXd5uL3nPu193R2_fBLQyWBrKUIm2w38D0Y6CqgrexbgiSF_ukm8cJw-_Tr4-KI_p-Jfv/s200/9f840fba88c9.jpg" width="200" /></a>Next is THE EXFOLIANT. Love the feeling of my skin after I exfoliate, so glossy and smooth. Twice a week, is all it takes to get your skin ready for either THE GIFT day cream or at night, THE SERUM.<br />
Great skin begins with a five minute luxurious facial. Acai berries and bamboo heal and tone the skin while organic aloe vera, essential oils and raspberries draw toxins out. High in antioxidants and bioflavenoids, this scrub nourishes and protects the skin while gently exfoliating for accelerated cell turnover.<br />
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Go to jeffreyjamesbotanicals.com to order products and check out all the rest!queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-61159610827252198062015-12-21T13:09:00.002-05:002015-12-21T13:11:22.051-05:00Jeffrey James Botonicals-THE GIFT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJEZKOoEqHo_XVvu16x8JVGafncQ3M9ozUqJcMLagWOn6u6yve1wvq2jtTlNRwf4oZ306rgeaYHB2xsygWW1R9AoQndHRza7ajnizOZ0IjF3q7HXkDJzisUleh7AgLGv3AyCY0EdgDTXY/s1600/1d8414f7a7a3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJEZKOoEqHo_XVvu16x8JVGafncQ3M9ozUqJcMLagWOn6u6yve1wvq2jtTlNRwf4oZ306rgeaYHB2xsygWW1R9AoQndHRza7ajnizOZ0IjF3q7HXkDJzisUleh7AgLGv3AyCY0EdgDTXY/s320/1d8414f7a7a3.jpg" width="320" /></a>So...this day face cream is named THE GIFT...and I absolutely swear this is exactly how I feel about this product. It is THE BEST face cream I have EVER used. My skin has done a complete turn around in about 10 days...I am giddy. My skin is smooth, no overnight break outs..it looks and feels soooo good. <br />
So this is what's in it: <br />
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Alpine Rose Stem Cell<br />
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<li>Promote the vitality and longevity of your skin stem cells. It strengthens the skin barrier, providing anti-aging benefits of increased hydration and better protection to the skin against the daily environmental stresses of UV, dryness, and cold temperatures. Protecting vital skin stem cells delays skin aging for stunning clarity and a more youthful appearance.</li>
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Amino Acids<br />
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<li>The building blocks of life, amino acids supply nutrients and strengthen connective tissues improving skin elasticity.</li>
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Botanical Hyaluronic Acid (Cassis Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide)<br />
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<li>Hyaluronic acid cold pressed from the seed of the flower, hydrates and nourishes your skin. Helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and improve the texture of your skin.</li>
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Glycolic Acid<br />
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<li>Beautifully derived from simple sugars in fruits, glycolic acid gently promotes skin cell turnover so your fresh healthy skin cells can emerge. Appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is reduced, your radiant youthful glow revealed.</li>
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Vitamin B5<br />
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<li>Powerful antioxidant which provides skin softness and a smoother appearance. Promotes healing and fights free radicals.</li>
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Please do yourself a favor. Start the year off right. Look your absolute best in 2016. Go to the website:<strong><em> jeffreyjamesbotanicals.com </em></strong>and order this face cream and look at the other products. I am very anxious to try the exfoliant!queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620081905057441792.post-88543776839227624702015-11-03T19:53:00.000-05:002015-11-03T20:46:08.134-05:00Mendicino Fire by Elizabeth Tallent<em>Just reading</em> "<em><strong>No One You Know</strong>", tells me author Tallent knows us all very well. The story of a hidden affair and divorce, and then the moving on... but not quite...</em><br />
<em>Very well written short stories about relationships of all kinds. It's time to make a winter reading list, and you can start with this one:)</em><br />
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Read what the publisher, Harper Collins, has to say...<br />
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The long-awaited return of a writer of rare emotional wisdom.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAH7c1HClaEN9hXttfgjdsAexIR9g_iUzovWCXQ8B4utuVIiZ5Wb_60Nb47TmoTzw5vsztzgad83vW4v7tP7Q8JCtJ4BIjIhQmp_FL-B7D6_r1jf_V74PW1mu-ejN7tXAVANacKW3E7sy/s1600/24903934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAH7c1HClaEN9hXttfgjdsAexIR9g_iUzovWCXQ8B4utuVIiZ5Wb_60Nb47TmoTzw5vsztzgad83vW4v7tP7Q8JCtJ4BIjIhQmp_FL-B7D6_r1jf_V74PW1mu-ejN7tXAVANacKW3E7sy/s200/24903934.jpg" width="131" /></a>The son of an aging fisherman becomes ensnared in a violent incident that forces him to confront his broken relationship with his father. A woman travels halfway across the country to look for her ex-husband, only to find her attention drawn in a surprising direction. A millworker gives safe harbor to his son's pregnant girlfriend, until an ambiguous gesture upsets their uneasy equilibrium. These and other stories—of yearning, loss, and tentative new connections—come together in <em>Mendocino Fire</em>, the first new collection in two decades from the widely admired Elizabeth Tallent. <br />
Diverse in character and setting, rendered in an exhilarating, exacting prose, these stories confirm Tallent's enduring gift for capturing relationships in moments of transformation: marriages breaking apart, people haunted by memories of old love and reaching haltingly toward new futures. The result is a book that reminds us how our lives are shaped by moments of fracture and fragmentation, by expectations met and thwarted, and by our never-ending quest to be genuinely seen.queen beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407201749272782277noreply@blogger.com0