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My Favorite Books this Year
Hello everyone! It’s Mattie. This week, I just wanted to share a few books that I’ve really enjoyed this year. The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family’s ancestral estate. The house is full of mysteries and ghosts. Soon Peggy becomes involved with the spirits of her own Colonial ancestors and witnesses the unfolding of a centuries-old romance against a backdrop of spies and intrigue and of battles plotted and foiled.” This book was written in 1958 and has an almost dual timeline between then and Colonial New York. The synopsis sounds strange, but don’t let…
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Giveaway Winners! + Things We’ve Enjoyed Lately
Hello everyone! It’s time to announce the winners of our giveaway!! Thank you so much to everyone who entered into the giveaway! We really appreciate it! We decided to pick two winners instead of just one because we had enough prizes to give away! We wrote down all the entree names and drew two out of a hat. The winners are . . . . Lillian Burrow Anna Grace Congratulations!! Just send us an email at talkingoverteablog@gmail.com with your address and we will send you your prizes! Now we’re going to share some of the things we’ve enjoyed over the past two months! {Books} Mattie: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy…
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Jan/Feb – Things We Enjoyed
Hi, everyone! For today’s post we wanted to share some of the things that we really liked and enjoyed during the months of January and February! We’re currently planning to make this a segment of sorts on our blog, but we’ll just have to see how it goes. 🙂 These things aren’t necessarily themed to the months or anything, but just the highlights of January and February that we thought would be worth sharing! {Books} Mattie: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea is a story about four refugees trying to board the ship the Wilhelm Gustloff in order to escape the invading Russian Army in…