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Hello everybody and welcome to today's post. I read To Selena with Love  a while ago and it touched my heart so much I knew I had to share with you all. I grew up in the 90s and while that decade gave us a lot of cool things and people one of the coolest was Selena Quintanilla. To some she was the Queen of Tejano music, to others she was an amazing performer and friend, but - as you'll learn if you read this book - to Chris Perez (her husband) she was the light of his world. Chris wrote this book as a way to share some of his good memories with her fans. Because this is a biography and not a fictional book I'm not going to break this post up into a "Characters" and "Conflict" section. Instead, I'm going to share some of my thoughts on the book. Growing up as a Mexican-American in the 90s there weren't a lot of performers out there that I could relate to. But all that changed when my dad introduced me to Selena and Tejano music. She became ...

Hello, everybody, and welcome to today's post. I just finished Julie Klassen's novel The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill and I must say it was one of the most entertaining books I've read so far this year. Julie Klassen is one my favorite authors and with her new book series she's outdone herself. If you're a Downton Abbey or Jane Austen fan definitely check out her books. She has an undeniable way of transporting you back in time and making you feel like you're right there with the characters. And this book wasn't any different.  The story begins with Jane Bell grieving the loss of her husband, John, who was killed in a carriage accident. In his will, John leaves his family's inn to Jane and she feels completely incapable of taking on the responsibility of running it. Luckily, her mother-in-law, Thora, moves back home and tries to help Jane learn the ropes of innkeeping. But for now let's jump into the review >>>>> The Characters This...