Reader’s Workouts – 11/7

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This week's activities: Wednesday - Lunges, Pilates Thursday - Lunges, Pilates Friday - Lunges Saturday - Lunges Sunday - Lunges, Pilates Goals for November: I have been such a slacker lately. I need to make exercise a priority, not something I do if I have time. Gym - 4 times Pilates - 12 times (Done: 3 times) I'm also going to try the #Lungevember challenge. I'm going with the easy level because lunges are tough! This week's dinners: I really need to cut down on the sweets, cookies, etc. If I listed them, there would be way too many!! Halloween - Mummy pizzas, cheese dip and chips https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba7VFOeghCf/?taken-by=carolsnotebook Wednesday - Italian sub, chips, cookie Thursday - Chicken patty sandwiches, macaroni and cheese Friday - Egg roll casserole Saturday - Eggplant Parmesan at a restaurant Sunday - Stuffed plantain at a restaurant Monday - Leftover egg roll casserole Meal ideas for next week: Chili Hawaiian chicken Chicken spinach salad Shrimp and veggies Ginger and garlic pork Year Fitness Goals: So, I've failed at these, but we'll see by how much at the end of the year. - Lose weight. Goal...
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Spotlight on After Lucas by Tudor Robins

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Read an excerpt: Chapter One A gaggle of little girls wearing jodhpurs, with their long braids tied with bows, clusters around the car next to our trailer. A man with a big voice and hearty laugh is frying an egg on the hood. “Who wants sunny side up?” he asks. A round of giggles, and one girl says, “Over easy for me!” Those hair bows – triple layered, in shades of pink, purple and turquoise, some with gems in the middle – make them look so sweet, but I know what those girls grow up to be like. “Mavis!” Laney snaps her fingers at me. “Please tell me you didn’t just snap at me,” I say. I’m used to riding coaches being tough, but those are top-notch coaches with full barns and waiting lists. Not you-weren’t-even-here-a-year-ago coaches trying to turn an old-school Western barn into a show stable. Laney, though, hasn’t received the memo that she shouldn’t look a gift horse like mine in the mouth. That the...
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State of the ARC – November

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State of the ARC is hosted by Avalinah's Books and the goal is to help track your ARC progress! I have a bad habit of requesting/accepting way more books than I should, so I thought this might be fun to try. If you want to join in, head over to Avalinah's Books and link up. Books I read in October Over half of the books I read in October were actually review copies, so that's good. Read in October Infogram Those ARCs / review copies were: Santa, Please Bring Me a Gnome by An Swerts The Case of the Cursed Dodo by Jake G. Panda Scared to Death by Matthew Costello, Neil Richards Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon Bones to Pick by Linda Lovely (review scheduled for November 10) State of the ARC The bad news is I added books quicker than I could read them. November State of the ARC Infogram One of my current reads is an ARC. I have a review scheduled for mid-November. I think I'm going to try to focus on...
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My Favorite . . . Social Media Account

by Carol10 Comments
My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. So, I love social media. It's like i can talk to people without actually talking to people. I'm on Facebook, both my personal account and a page for my blog. I'm also on Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter, all 3 of which are a combo of personal stuff and blog stuff. It's hard to pick a favorite. I enjoy Facebook for seeing what friends are up to. I also share events I want to go to on there with my husband and mom, so I don't forget to tell them. It's also a great place to share articles with the people I think would find them interesting. I honestly don't use Twitter much. You can tell...
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A Visit to Bar Harbor, Maine – Guest Post by Heather McCoubrey, author of Back to December

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Today, Heather is taking us to visit one of the setting locations from Back to December. When Cooper invites Anna to go away for a weekend, he takes her to a little town called Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor holds a special place in my heart: two days after my wedding, my husband and I packed a moving truck and moved from Virginia to Maine. Between my husband, my sister-in-law and myself, we drove three vehicles north--the moving truck broke down twice and we had to constantly pull over to fill it with oil. We arrived in Maine in the early hours of the morning and spent the night in a hotel. The next morning, we woke to do the final walk-through, and on approximately four hours of sleep, we closed on our house. We spent the next two days unloading the moving truck and then we decided to it was time to finally take our honeymoon. So we left our brand...
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Readers’ Workouts – 10/31

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  This week's activities: Tuesday - Walk with the dog Thursday - Walk with the dog Saturday - Walk Goals for November: I have been such a slacker lately. I need to make exercise a priority, not something I do if I have time. Gym - 4 times Pilates - 12 times I'm also going to try the #Lungevember challenge. I'm going with the easy level because lunges are tough! Meal ideas for next week: Mummy pizzas Chicken parmesan Baked halibut Ginger and garlic pork tenderloin Year Fitness Goals: - Lose weight. Goal - Lose 26 lbs. (Currently at -15.6) - Run 2 5ks, 1 10K and 1 half. Completed - 1 10K; 1 5K - Hit my weekly step goal (56,000 steps) for 48 weeks. Weeks completed: 30 How was your week? Readers’ Workouts is hosted by Joy at Joy’s Book Blog....
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