10 Must-Read Books For Spring Cleaning and Organizing
- BOOK LISTS, BOOKS & SEASONS
- April 17, 2025
The Swan Keeper was a book that really surprised me, and one which I thoroughly enjoyed. Set in the late 1920s in a small community in Northern Montana, it focuses on 11 year old Lillian Connelly, her family, and the trumpeter swans that she has vowed to protect. Lillian’s father has discovered that Dean Drake,
READ MOREThe recipe for chickpea salad originally appeared in Judy Volhart’s cozy murder mystery Swiss Cheese and Sibling Rivalry (Whine & Cheese Cozy Mystery Series, Book 4). Have you tried this recipe? Tell us in the comments section below. Better Than Bushra’s Chickpea Salad Here’s a story about a girl named Bushra. She’s sixteen and makes the
READ MORERosemary in Bloom by Khristy Reibel is the story of Rosemary and Albert’s romance, under the shadows of World War II. When they meet, they’re young teens, both working in Owens-Illinois Glass Factory, but the course of their relationship will cover many years with many ups and downs. I really enjoyed the period details in this
READ MOREDescription (from Goodreads): Girlhood, courage, nature, and flight from a tyrant’s hand in post-frontier Montana. The Swan Keeper is an historical, coming of age novel set in Northwest Montana’s Mission Valley in the late 1920s. Lillian Connelly loves trumpeter swans and vows to protect them from a hunter who is killing them and leaving their carcasses
READ MOREAn easy-to-use guide devoted to Paris, Pilgrimage to Paris: The Cheapo Snob’s Guide to the City and the Americans Who Lived There includes travel tips, main attractions, free (and nearly free) things to do, shopping, museums, churches, cafes, and restaurants. The book also provides short biographies and addresses associated with famous Americans—writers, journalists, politicians, musicians
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