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Today we‘ve had fog (a rare occurrence here), tendrils slowing making their way down from the snow capped mountainside. There‘s a delicious charge of mystery and magic in the air. ✨ Unfortunately, I‘m down with some sort of bug. 🤧 In between sneezing and sniffling, I‘m cozied up with hot tea, the comfiest slippers and finishing off the last half of my current read.

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I truly enjoyed this book about family secrets, redemption, forgiveness, pie and a sprinkling of magic. This book reminds me a lot of Sarah Addison Allen‘s Garden Spells and Sugar Queen. The narrator was awesome as well.

#GratefulReads This was definitely my #FavoriteNovemberRead!
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

So good! @peaknit I think you would like this - had a Sarah Addison Allen vibe!
Frankie being shy. Lol

Listening to audiobook before work. Too tried to read. Thank goodness for audiobooks

Weekend plans!
#nfnov
@Clwojick @rsteve388

I finished listening to this while #audiowalking this afternoon, and I'm so sad that it's over. I really enjoyed this book! 🎧📚🎧

#LitsyPartyOfOne #24b4Monday #MrBook1InAMillion #AudioWalking and listening to Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite books!
@MrBook @Alisnazzy @Clwojick @Andrew65 @jb72 @TheReadingMermaid @Lynnsoprano

#Movember #day6 #Crave The novel I‘ve just finished fits this prompt perfectly. Anna Kate, the new owner of the cafe craves home & family, her patrons at the cafe crave the messages from loved ones her pies bring, Natalie craves strength & independence, Cam & Aubin both crave peace. Seelie craves having her son back & Pebbles just craves the company of Otis. Everyone in this town has something or someone they crave. #lovemakestheworldgoround

What a lovely book this was! Reminded me very much of Garden Spells & Practical Magic.Set in small town Alabama, it‘s the story of a cafe,a family secret,blackbirds & mulberry trees.All swirled up with a large dash of magic. If you loved The Sparrow Sisters or any other sweet magical realism story, you‘ll love this as well. I‘m so happy I stumbled over it, I really hope the author writes more Wicklow stories.🥧🍒 #Booked2019 #FoodOrBeverageOnCover

Next up is this sweet magical realism novel set in a small southern town. Why is it that most MR stories are set in either New England or the Confederate states? Is it because those places are so rich in folklore?🤔Anna Kate has been called back to Wicklow, Alabama after the death of her grandmother. Desperate to move on, she finds out in the will, Zee has a condition that Anna Kate try to make the cafe work, but can she live with the gossip?

Decided to take a walk and listen to an audiobook on this beautiful fall but chilly day. @DeweysReadathon

I feel so much better,managed to get my nana nap in!Though I‘ll still probably only manage a few hours past midnight before flaking. Bk2 in my #libraryhaul is a magical realism. Anna Kate has returned to Wicklow, a small town at the foot of the Alabama mountains, to bury her Granny Zee, the owner of the Blackbird Cafe, then leave. But she becomes drawn to the cafe & the famous blackbird pie. #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-1,125

Thanks to:

#FALLISBOOKED
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

Today‘s Prompt: COZY

Can you really leave Wicklow once you have spent time there?

MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE was a cozy, nostalgic read that will have you wanting to be in that adorable, loving town and visiting The Blackbird Cafe.

REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y2cvu3te

“Oh, the snakes don‘t bother me none. I like them more than people sometimes.“ [1:31:05 13%]

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[Milo is looking dry here because this was taken a couple days before he shed. Now he's all shiny and bright again! He's posing with my first-ever knitted gnome, Gnora.]

#PetsOfLitsy #SnakesOfLitsy #Milo

Anna Kate returns to the small hometown of her family to take over a cafe after the death of her grandmother.

This was a very quiet book. Some family drama, some mystery, some magic. But nothing big or flashy. And that was good. We need the slow, quiet stories sometimes to remind us of the smaller, and more intimate stakes in stories and life.

I didn‘t like the framing this with a reporter. It distracted me from the rest of the story. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

I can't remember how I came across this relationship-heavy, multi-generational, small-town tale, but I'm so glad I did!

I was challenged by by a fellow Bookstagrammer to do the #alphabetbookchallenge! She assigned the letter W, which I was excited about, since one of my favorite characters was the perfect pick for the this!

Author: Heather Webber
Book title: The Widows it Malabar Hill
Character: Weylyn Grey from Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

What W books would you pick for each topic?

Haven‘t read many reviews about this, but it intrigues me nonetheless! 😊

What is your favorite kind of pie? Before today, I would have said pumpkin pie and chocolate cream pie but now I‘m adding s‘mores pie to the list!

HAPPY PUB DAY!!

LOVED THIS BOOK.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y2cvu3te

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe @msheatherwebb @forgereads #farmersmarket #freshfruit #summertimefruit #midnightattheblackbirdcafe #augustreads #summerreads #bookandfruit #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #bookreviewer #curlupwithagoodbook #escapewithabook #leavemealoneimreading ☀️📖 Instagram at castrojeannette

I HOPE EVERYONE GETS TO READ THIS BOOK. ♥️

MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE was a cozy, nostalgic read that will have you wanting to be in that adorable, loving town and visiting The Blackbird Cafe.

If you need an uplifting read, be sure to put MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE on your reading list.

A truly enjoyable, sweet read. 5/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y2cvu3te

OMG! I LOVED this book! I realized that this book is one of my wheelhouses. Magical food and ingredients that bring people happiness and comfort. Romance and families connecting.

I started reading this book last night and couldn‘t put it down. I didn‘t want to leave this world and all the characters in this world.

I wasn‘t going to participate in #24B4Monday but I read for 4:50:19 today!

#ReadingUSA2019 - Alabama
#Booked2019 - New In 2019

Trying to relax tonight and do some “self care”. Which right now is watching reruns, starting a new book and drinking a glass of wine.

I probably won‘t get too much reading done this weekend, so I‘m trying to get it in now!

FULL REVIEW 8/8.

MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE was a cozy, nostalgic read that will have you wanting to be in that adorable, loving town and visiting The Blackbird Cafe.

If you need an uplifting read, be sure to put MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE on your reading list.

A truly enjoyable, sweet read. 5/5

Saturday reading!! Love the cover of this book😋

For years, when people would ask me the best magical realism book I ever read, it was “The House at the End of Hope Street“. Now, that answer has to change, because THIS is the best magical realism book I've ever read. I've been a fan of Heather's writing for ages, but she's outdone herself with this. Do yourself a favor and get it and read it. Oh, and pie recipes!

Look what I got in yesterday's mail!! I started it last night and it pulled me right in. I could almost hear, feel, and smell the Alabama setting. It's going to be SO GOOD!!