OwlCrate Winter Wishes - Unboxing

I received the special edition box Winter Wishes I ordered from OwlCrate.

I love book subscription boxes.

This one comes with a book and a few bookish goodies.

I particularly like the mug and tea in this box.

Although the special OwlCrate spoon they included is pretty awesome also.

My daughter Lexie grabbed up the gel eye mask right away.

She's totally into things like that.

The book A Universe of Wishes is made up of 15 short stories by different authors.

I only recognize one author, V.E Schwab.

So I'm looking forward to getting to know the others.

The book has a beautiful dust jacket and a rose gold foil flower on the cover.

The book also comes with a ribbon bookmark attached to the spine.

I'm looking forward to reading the book.

I'll let you know what I think after I read it.

 

Wish - Review

 

By: Barbara O'Connor

Genre: Children's

Publication Date: August 30th, 2016 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Rate: ♥♥♥♥♥

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Eleven-year-old Charlie has been separated from her family and gone to live with her aunt and uncle in foster care. Charlie must learn to live with people she doesn't know and how to deal with a whole series of feelings. Along the way she meets Howard a next-door neighbor boy and a stray dog, she names wishbone.

Charlie has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She has a list of ways to make wishes. I had no idea there were so many ways to make a wish. Such as cutting off the pointed end of a piece of pie and wishing on it when she takes the last bite.

Along the way she discovers what she thought she wanted maybe isn't what she really wants.

This is a great story about a girl being placed with relatives in foster care and some of the feels that go along with that journey. My daughter and I really related to this story as she is my granddaughter that we adopted out of foster care. I highly recommend it. It's a great story.

 

The Dating Plan - Review

 

By: Sara Desai

Genre: Romance

Publication Date: March 16th, 2021 by Berkley Books

Rating: ♥♥♥♥

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Daisy is a software engineer who likes lists and logic. She has her life all planned out but her family wants her to settle down and get married. After running into her childhood crush she comes up with a plan to have a fake engagement to get her family off her back.

Liam also has a family problem he must get married to inherit his grandfather's distillery.

Can he convince Daisy to be his fake wife so they both get what they want without any attachments? 

Nerdy girl meets sexy biker boy... Will they work out their past disappointments and fall in love? I guess you'll have to read the book to see how it turns out.

Heartwood Hotel A True Home - Review

By: Kallie George

Genre: Children's

Publication Date: July 3rd, 2017 by Little Brown Books

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

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Mona the mouse is our main character in this cute story. Mona loses her home in a storm and must find a new one. While stumbling around in the storm she comes across the Heartwood Hotel. She hopes they will let her stay as she has nowhere else to go. Lucky for her they are in need of a maid. Little do they know Mona will be a very big asset. Will Mona make new friends and find a home? You'll have to read this adorable book to find out all the details.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story and so did my daughter. We look forward to reading book #2.