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The French Ingredient by Jane Bertch

Published on August 25, 2025August 17, 2025 by Celeste6 Comments

Today’s review is about THE FRENCH INGREDIENT by Jane Bertch. It’s a memoir about an American expat who opens a cooking school in Paris. Along the way she gains a better understanding of French culture and astutely shares that with the reader.

Author: Jane Bertch
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publish Date: April 9, 2024
Print Length: 304

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WWW Wednesday: August 20, 2025

Published on August 20, 2025August 19, 2025 by Celeste12 Comments

WWW Wednesday was revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

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Mini Review: The Project by David A. Graham

Published on August 18, 2025August 15, 2025 by Celeste5 Comments

Today I have a mini review about THE PROJECT by David A. Graham. It’s a 160-page summary about Project 2025. I definitely recommend this to everyone so you can better understand how this project is trying to permanently reshape the U.S.

Author: David A. Graham
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Publish Date: April 22, 2025
Print Length: 160

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Dungeons and Dragons Romance Books

Published on August 15, 2025June 20, 2026 by Celeste16 Comments

I fully admit that I’ve never played Dungeons and Dragons in my life. However, I’m happy to jump on the recent trend of Dungeons and Dragons romance books. The best thing about these books is you don’t necessarily have to know too much about Dungeons and Dragons. As such, this broadens their appeal and makes it easy to enjoy both the romance and the in-story campaigns.

I love this trend so much that I decided to put together a short, albeit good, list of Dungeons and Dragons romance books. Each listing also links to my book review. I’m always on the look out for more of these types of books. So, if you’ve read and loved any that aren’t on this list, please feel free to let me know.

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