February 2015 - Life With Katie

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Book Review: Dashing Dish

Katie 10:22 AM 0 Comments

"The Dashing Dish"is an inspirational cookbook chock-full of healthy, innovative yet simple recipes, most of which are gluten-free, sugar-free, and abundant in whole grains. Like many of us, twenty-four-year-old author Katie Farrell has struggled with her weight and healthy eating. As a teen she went through yo-yo dieting...

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Book Review: A Path in the Darkness

Katie 8:00 AM 0 Comments

The colony ship Intrepid is falling into a star. The ship’s AI has lost control of the engines and core systems. Battling a saboteur who strives to isolate him, his last act is to wake Colonel Tanis Richards from stasis. Tanis finds herself alone on a dying ship, unable to contact the AI. She must discover what has...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Book Review: The Trouble with Patience

Katie 9:00 AM 0 Comments

Patience Cavanaugh has lost hope in romance. The man she yearned to marry is dead and her dreams are gone with him. Now she is consumed with the restoration of a dilapidated boarding house in order to support herself. Despite her desire for solitude, Jedediah Jones, the local sheriff with a reputation for hanging criminals,...

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Book Review: Betting on Hope

Katie 5:00 AM 0 Comments

Saddle up for a new romance from novelist Debra Clopton, Betting on Hope! In Wishing Springs, Maggie finds what she has always been looking for: a community and a home. But when her past catches up to her, it threatens everything, even the tender hope that this town holds all of her heart’s desires. Enter to...

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Book Review: Aoleon The Martian Girl Part 2

Katie 9:35 AM 0 Comments

Aoléon and Gilbert receive a special mission from PAX, a wanted criminal and leader of the Martian resistance movement to investigate the Luminon of Mars, who he suspects is planning an invasion of Earth to steal its milk cows. Gilbert has an encounter with the Luminess (the mate of the Luminon) and discovers something...

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Trouble With Being a Nerd

Katie 3:31 PM 2 Comments

Image via Tumblr The other day, I was approached about writing for a site that considers themselves to be a nerd blog. Now, I confess that I've read all of one post on their site, but my immediate reaction was that I don't think I'd have anything to possibly contribute. I know that one of the two contributors...

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Book Review: The Babylon Contingency

Katie 2:23 PM 0 Comments

A riveting international adventure-mystery Investigating a burglary at an English country house, Detective Chief Inspector Robbie Peele comes face to face with one of the most mysterious objects in world archaeology, the Phaestos Disk--and with the Middle Eastern terrorist cell determined to steal it. The vital clue...

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Book Review: The Crimson Cord

Katie 1:04 PM 0 Comments

Wife to a gambler who took one too many risks, Rahab finds herself sold as a slave to cover her husband's debt. Forced into prostitution by Dabir, counselor to the Syrian king, Rahab despairs of ever regaining her freedom and her self-respect. But when Israelite spies enter Jericho and come to lodge at her house, Rahab...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Book Review: Baby Comes Home

Katie 8:30 AM 0 Comments

Unlike most baby care books, expert pediatrician and health communicator DR. PAUL Roumeliotis takes a unique approach by emphasizing what scientific advances have confirmed-that what happens early on in life affects one's overall health decades down the road. Baby Comes Home communicates the latest science that explains...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Book Review: Defcon Darcy

Katie 8:30 AM 0 Comments

Fisher Stanton, Valley High School’s Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy Walker to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. Thing is, this body has secrets...and Darcy’s mysterious friend, Jaws, and the reporter, Tito Westbrook, have a vested interest....

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Book Review: Remember the Lilies

Katie 5:30 AM 0 Comments

This gripping new tale from Liz Tolsma, Remember the Lilies, is a must-read for fans of WWII-era fiction. When Irene is attacked by a sinister Japanese guard and their secrets are exposed, she and Rand must learn the true meaning of forgiveness—if they can stave off starvation until the American troops bring freedom. Help...

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Book Review: Sanctuary

Katie 8:30 AM 0 Comments

In a heart-racing thriller described as Falling Skies meets The Walking Dead, Jennie struggles to find a safe place for what’s left of her family. But it seems as though there is no place sacred, no place secure. First the aliens attacked the sun, making it dimmer, weaker, and half what it used to be. Then they attacked...

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Free Books! : Riot Girls

Katie 12:00 AM 0 Comments

Riot Girls: Seven Free Teen Books With Girls Who Don't Need A Hero: A Young Adult SciFi, Fantasy, Dystopian, and Paranormal Box Set Get for FREE on Amazon! Riot Girls: Seven Free Teen Books With Girls Who Don't Need A Hero is a collection of Young Adult Speculative Fiction (Fantasy/SciFi/Dystopian/Paranormal) for...

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Food Review: Cadbury Daim Eggs and Double Decker Bar

Katie 12:43 PM 0 Comments

What does a blogger do when an amazing friend surprises you with a box full of British chocolates? You collect up a kid and do a taste testing for "review" purposes! In this case, Ben was more than willing to help me delve deep into the box and choose two candies to try out. I know that it's a real struggle and trial...

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Book Review: Return to Exile

Katie 8:00 AM 0 Comments

A twenty-first-century doctor travels back in time to third-century Carthage to rescue her husband, but the arrival of a deadly epidemic forces her to make an impossible choice in this fast-paced second novel in The Carthage Chronicles series. Dr. Lisbeth Hastings salvaged two things from her accidental trip to the third...

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Book Review: Riding for Redemption

Katie 8:30 AM 0 Comments

Desperate to find her place in the world, Sara Beth dreams of applying for the Miss Wrangler Montana competition that tours with the rodeo circuit. Riding horses has become her anchor until a near fatal accident takes more from her than she’d ever willingly sacrifice. Determined to prove his business training, Johnny...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Book Review: From Frights to Flaws

Katie 8:00 AM 0 Comments

Twelve-year-old Alyssa McCarthy can no longer stand the toughness of her uncle and wants a better life. But one day she discovers not only the existence of magic, but also a villain hunting her down. The villain uses magic and magical technology to kidnap Alyssa to the Fiji Islands. As much as she wants to go home, she...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Book Review: The Dandelion Field

Katie 8:30 AM 0 Comments

Get ready for Valentine's Day with a new story of romance and falling in love in Kathryn Springer's The Dandelion Field. The handsome firefighter makes a living “coming to the rescue,” but Gin is used to fighting her own battles. Can a woman who doesn't believe in happy endings take a chance on a new beginning? Celebrate...

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Monday, February 9, 2015

Book Review: It's Not Who You Know, It's Who You Are

Katie 1:56 PM 0 Comments

We live in a culture obsessed with celebrity. When we're not trying to make a name for ourselves, we're following the big names on Twitter, liking them on Facebook, and taking selfies with them if we are lucky enough to run into them in real life. We love winners and we want to be winners. But take it from a man who...

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Book Review: The Abbott's Agreement

Katie 1:50 PM 0 Comments

My life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whatever it was that the crows had found lay in the dappled shadow of the bare limbs of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what the crows were feasting upon. The corpse wore black.Master Hugh is making...

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Book Review: A Brush With Love

Katie 8:00 AM 0 Comments

They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection. This hair stylist has adorned many a bride with the perfect bridal tresses. Now, she must overcome her past in order to realize that...

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Book Review: Paper Hearts

Katie 12:09 PM 0 Comments

Abigail Pressman would never have guessed that love notes penned on paper hearts by an anonymous couple could restore her belief in love. As a business owner in a quaint town at the base of the Rockies, she's poured everything into dreams of expansion . . . and resisting the matchmaking efforts of the Valentine Volunteers,...

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