We normally go to the Christmas tree farm on opening day, but it was really windy, with a red flag warning. We visited the Christmas tree farm the next day, Sunday, instead. The old Peltzer Pines location in Brea closed after last year. We visited their farm in Silverado Canyon instead.
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October is here, and I’ve got my fall pumpkin mug and The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling(sequel to last year’s perfectly halloweenish The Ex Hex). After a few chapters of The Kiss Curse, I was ready to get out my Halloween stuff.
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Earlier this week, I celebrated my anniversary(with my husband) at a beautiful beach resort. One of the wonderfully relaxing things I got to do was read on the patio of our ocean view room. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen was a perfect book for spending the last days of summer next to the ocean. I’m only about halfway through, but it has a wonderful late summer/early fall vibe. And yes, I made that coffee with my travel aeropress and hand grinder that I brought with me.
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I love to find a local coffee shop, especially a local roaster while traveling. We had our afternoon coffee break at Succulent Coffee Roasters. I bought some beans to take home.
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I got my new bookcase assembled and started lining up my Book of the Month books in month order.
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I loved all the different locations. I had also recently been to Palm Springs in July(for my daughter’s dance competition) and really enjoyed all the jokes about how hot and ridiculous it is. A fun summery “rom-com”.
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It was nostalgic, with depth. I appreciate the themes of video games and theatre, and the friendship love story.
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Wonderful! Different than what I expected from the description. This book felt modern and relevant to the times, but was also fantastic with sci-fi and fantasy elements. Fun and weird, but dealt with serious issues as well.
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