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I can honestly say that I have never taken a #shelfie. It came with the house when my husband bought it!

All of this reading about wedding shopping reminds me of my own experiences 👰 💍 My two year wedding anniversary was about a month ago ❤️

I love the different timelines going on in this book ❤️🌹

I needed a light hearted romance after some tougher topical reads. Author Rachel Hauck can always bring a smile to my face. Her writing style brings history and current characters together and I get chills because while her writing is fictional, it also isn't "out of the realm of possibility". Readers of the author, get an update on characters from another of her books The Wedding Dress, though you wouldn't be lost having not read it.

I have the best sister in the world! She added to my slowly building @rachelhauck collection! I can‘t wait to read it! And I am over the moon in love with my new plaque! I love @themaryreader to the moon and back! #cafinatedreads #RachelsRoyalRockstars #mysisterisbetterthanyours #bookreviewer #bookblogger #stackingtheshelves

When it‘s cold and snowy outside so you go to the library for a book, but come home with 4...Even though you have shelves of books at home. #newbooks

These are the next 4 on my TBR. I have GOT to start reading stuff I own dangit!!

Yay for #bookmail ❤️📚

"To the friends of my youth, with whom I dreamed, rode bikes in the street, and created make believe worlds in our basements and bedrooms...we may not have seen each other in decades, but the echoes of our laughter rebounds in my heart, still."

When Haley Morgan returns to her hometown and restores The Wedding Shop, Hauck intertwines her story with the shop's previous proprietress. With each passing page, their experiences complement each other beautifully to share an excellent narrative of grace, forgiveness and restoration. It‘s a heartwarming read with a good blend of historical and contemporary. I highly recommend it. (I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.)

This book is keeping me company while we fish. I'm babysitting that bobber in the background. I caught a fish earlier (and released him back to the pond). I enjoy watching my husband fish while I read a lot more.

I naively didn't realize what 'inspired fiction' meant - I assumed really great writing. Wrong!! It meant God doth provide everything - including Deus Ex Machina answers to all of life's petty worries. Need money - pray. Need a husband - pray. It was too formulaic a story and relied too heavily on God as a catch all plot device. Boo!

I naively didn't realize what 'inspired fiction' meant - I assumed really great writing. Wrong!! It meant God doth provide everything - including Deus Ex Machina answers to all of life's petty worries. Need money - pray. Need a husband - pray. It was too formulaic a story and relied too heavily on God as a catch all plot device. Boo!

I naively didn't realize what 'inspired fiction' meant - I assumed really great writing. Wrong!! It meant God doth provide everything - including Deus Ex Machina answers to all of life's petty worries. Need money - pray. Need a husband - pray. It was too formulaic a story and relied too heavily on God as a catch all plot device. Boo!