Good morning! 😀 I feel like I should just splash the coffee directly on to my face and go on from there 😀
The last two days have been run from one thing to the next and today looks like it could be more of the same…College son came home yesterday for one day and has to go back to Mankato today and his car broke down last night. Not sure what is going on there yet, but it may involve me driving him the 3 hours+ back to Mankato today after work, and of course for you math whizzes out there, 3+ hours back to Brainerd. 😀
Hello audio books!
One of my favorite things to do in the evening after the house is quiet and my work for the day is done is to either read, or catch up on the blogs I love, and lately even a little bit of Twitter. A couple of nights ago I was swept into a Twitter conversation late that I will not go into, but lets just say it had me clicking through posts one to another like a kid all hopped up on sugar. I kept reading posts and comments and one post led to another and my gosh…. eventually I had to step away from the computer because it was after midnight and I had accomplished nothing but a little heart ache.
And then last night… after all was quiet in the house and my work was done….
I did it again. 😯
I feel like their should be a support group for people like me, or at least a hotline.
Sorry I am being vague here… but really, enough has already been said.
Today looks to be a gorgeous day here in Brainerd. Of course, because my day is busy.. the outdoors will taunt me with sun and smells of spring. Can anyone else smell spring? It is the light scent of lilacs in the air, a flash back of crisp sheets on the line, and visions of summers past.
Note from Sheila: I think, unless I have a blog tour, I am going to make Tuesdays, “Tuesdays with Camryn”. I introduced her last week, Camryn is a daughter of a good friend who ♥LOVES♥ to read and has taken on a roll of coming over, reading many of my YA books and then emailing me reviews. Camryn can give you a great YA perspective on these books, where her reviews make me want to drop everything (like with this one!) and read it next.
One more note – this is not the cover of the book I have, however… I wish it was… I much prefer this cover I found on-line for the paperback.
~Sheila
Birth Marked is a story written by Caragh M. O’Brien. The main character, Gaia Stone, has lived with her parents, Jasper and Bonnie Stone for her whole life. Gaia is a midwife, and very recently started helping mothers by herself. In her society, the first three babies born (for each midwife) each month, were to be taken to the Enclave, to be sold to the residents who lived inside. This is called the baby quota. For Gaia, this is a horrible part of what she does. After her first birth, she comes home to find that her parents have been taken by the Enclave, because they thought they could be traitors, by supposedly encouraging residents of their Sector, Sector Three, to rebel against the baby quota. After almost a month of waiting, Gaia decides to go in after her parents. She starts her treacherous task of breaching the Enclave Wall, the one keeping the “outsiders” from fraternizing with those who lived inside the wall. After successfully getting inside the wall, Gaia learns that both of her parents are in prison, but she does not know where. As she heads deeper into town, near the center, or the Bastion, she sees two people, a man, and a pregnant woman, being escorted to their hanging. When the mother is hanged, Gaia is frantic, trying to save the baby, who was probably about ready to be born. Masquerading herself as family, she accompanies the woman’s corpse, where she is able to save the child. But, consequently, she is unaware that this is illegal, and lands herself a potentially permanent spot in prison. Will she see her parents? Will she make it out alive? Or will she remain in prison until she meets her end?
Birth Marked was much better than I thought it was going to be. It reminds me of the Hunger Games, i.e. the “capital” or Enclave, was elitist, and the baby quota was a big sacrifice, just like each District had to send tributes. But enough of the Hunger Games. This book was amazing. I have my fingers crossed for a sequel, but I should survive without one. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the Hunger Games (here I go again) or who wants a great book that isn’t a long read but still has good detail.
Update: It has been brought to my attention that for those HUNGRY for more after Birthmarked, Barnes and Noble has a “between” book called Tortured, which falls after Birthmarked, but before book II, Prized. Even better news? This baby is free for the Nook!
Camryn is 12 years old, soon to be thirteen and enjoys reading YA books of the fantasy and romance genre. A few of her favorite books are “Hourglass” by Myra McEntire, “The Other Countess” by Eve Edwards, “Hush, Hush” by Becca Fitzpatrick, “The Immortals” series, the “Marked” series and the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series. When she’s not reading she enjoys watching Gilmore Girls or going to book sales for more books to add to her ever-growing collection.
Monday was one of those crazy days I seem to find myself floundering in occasionally. It was just BUSY. I worked until 11:45 am yesterday, was at the gym and working out at 12:15, at 1:30 ran to the bank, the library, the post office, another bank, grocery store, and scraped in at 3 pm to meet up and help sort the IHN bedding and toys for when we serve the homeless. Right from there I went home at 4:30, started supper, made some phone calls about a meeting at my house tonight, sent out a couple emails, (barely looked at the blog), had a group meeting at 6:30 pm, came home from that at 8:20 pm, walked into my house talking with Connie about the banquet this Thursday that I am helping her with and my role – and at 9:00 pm hung up the phone just as my hubby was on his way to bed.
*SIGH*
I really hate being that busy.
The good thing about yesterday though… probably the best thing – was it was World Book Night, the first one ever in the United States and I was thrilled and honored to be a part of it.
As you can see from my above day, time was of the essence. My original plan to hang outside the high school at 3:00 pm was not going to cut it with the commitments I had. SO…. instead… I think an even better plan emerged…
I GAVE as I went about my day….
My first book was given to a guy I work with… I left it on his desk in the morning. He had seen the movie, not a big reader….
My second book was on my way to the gym I stopped at a gas station to grab a banana. One of the workers was outside, her job was to let everyone know the curbs had been freshly painted. I went in, got the banana, on the way out I asked her if she was a reader, she said not a whole lot, and then I offered her a book. I explained World Book Night and she lit up, got excited and said “Bless you!” Which I thought was funny…. because after all, it is Hunger Games. 😛
My biggest brain child of the day was actually at the YMCA. I prepped many books before I went in. I blog about two things mainly, books and fitness. I wondered if that was an unusual combination… are people who work out necessarily readers? I dropped off two copies to the receptionists who were really excited once I explained. I took a pile into my Group Power class and talked to the teachers asking if I could have a moment of the classes time to explain. They also were thrilled and before my workout, I was able to give out many books.
The stage where the instructors teach - and Hunger Games Books
My work out area- books and working out, thats my thing... 🙂
After that I gave a book to the lady ringing up my groceries, two on my way to help to with IHN, two more in the evening. The only “no” I heard was at the bank, and that lady asked me if I had “Fifty Shades Of Grey”. No…. I did not.
I had a BLAST with World Book Night! The only other person I knew doing it in my area was Angie, By Book Or By Crook. I text her on my way home last night and she said she had so much fun! She wished she would have had more books.
If you participated in any way with World Book Night, I hope you link your posts up to my World Book Night Link. I am hoping to capture all our stories in one place and then I am going to make it a Page so people can look at it throughout the year…. as we anticipate next year. 😀
I have another busy day – work, and I need to take 5,000 flyers around to all the schools in the area. AT 3 I am meeting college son for a late dinner/early supper (SSSQQQUUEEE!!!!), I have not seen him since January! Then I have a meeting at our house tonight so home to prep for that.
Welcome to It’s Monday! What Are You Reading! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!
I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. I offer a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling me how many you visited. **You do not have to have a blog to participate! You receive one entry for every 10 comments, just come back here and tell me how many in the comment area.
Congratulations! Please email me your book choice out of the Reading Cafe at journeythroughbooks@gmail.com.
Oh and you all will be AMAZED to know that all book winnings are in the mail – I am CURRENT! WOOT!
SO how about this last week? I had an awesome no commitment week and all my evening were free which should have been amazing but the weather was awful…. no biking, no blading, in fact one day I think I went to bed at 7:30 pm….
and of course this weekend was the awesome Dewey Read A Thon which while I did not finish a whole lot, I made a ton of progress. I have a couple more reviews to write and well… here is what was on the BLOG:
World Book Night – participants or anyone writing a post about this, please link up here. 😀
Hereafter by Tara Hudson (my friends daughter has been reading some YA books for me and reviewing, this is her first review… she is awesome – please go and show her some comment love!
Book Appetit (I challenges readers to make a menu and plan a party around their current read and the results were fantastic! Looking for some fun ideas to host a party around a book, check out these thoughts by the READERS!)
The Eyre Report #4 (yes FINALLY I give an update on the reading of Jane Eyre)
I also finished The Lifeboat (audio) and Whole Latte Life, reviews to come this week.
As for this week, I am still catching up on books so I am going to stay light on that – but again, adding more audio:
“Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls.
“Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another.
I am that girl.
I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.
Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.
I have been wanting to read this for awhile now! Seeing it on the World Book Night list reminded me I had yet to do so.
When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband – and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago . . . But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore café – and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. But there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him – for she must continue to guard her secrets if she wants to keep the past at bay. One careless word, one misplaced confidence, and the new life she’s so carefully created could shatter completely. Just as Nell starts to wonder if she’ll ever be able to break free of her fear, she realizes that the island suffers from a terrible curse – one that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three Sisters, the witches who settled the island back in 1692. And now, with the help of two other strong, gifted women – and the nightmares of the past haunting her every step – she must find the power to save her home, her love . . . and herself . . .
Blame this one on the mini challenge that asked us to list the books we love to re-read. Since I never seem to have time to re-read, listing my favorites was painful… and listing this series and realizing I had no time to read these books again, I suddenly brightened when I realized my IPOD was in want of an audio download and I had nothing that peaked my interest.
In the late summer of a long-ago year, a killer arrived in a small city. His name was Alton Turner Blackwood, and in the space of a few months he brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteen-year-old boy. Half a continent away and two decades later, someone is murdering families again, re-creating in detail Blackwood’s crimes. Homicide detective John Calvino is certain that his own family — his wife and three children — will be targets in the fourth crime, just as his parents and sisters were victims on that distant night when he was fourteen and killed their slayer. As a detective, John is a man of reason who deals in cold facts. But an extraordinary experience convinces him that sometimes death is not a one-way journey, that sometimes the dead return. Here is a ghost story like no other you have read. In the Calvinos, Dean Koontz brings to life a family that might be your own, in a war for their survival against an adversary more malevolent than any he has yet created, with their own home the battleground.
If you know me well, you know that Koontz and I go way back. He used to be one of my favorite authors. I am excited to spend some time with him again. 😀
And like I said I have several books I have listed in past weeks that I want to work on before I start putting up more. SO what will you be reading this week? What did you read this last week? I am excited to see what books made their way into your hearts! Please link up below!
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This is a sticky post for those participating in The World Book Night events either by sighting or handing out books on Monday April 23rd. Please read my post here, and if you are participating, please link your World Book Night Posts here so we can see the books being given out around the world! 😀
PS… if you are a World Book Night Giver, please in the comments let me know where in the world you are giving out books.
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Warning: In the off chance that I am not the last person on the planet earth that has not read this book, know that I am sharing fully what I have read and this post is filled with spoilers to any one who has not read Jane Eyre.
Yes Jim from the Planet Zork – this means you. Quit reading and beam up the book.
When last I left Jane Eyre it was March 9th. Yes, I have been absent from my days with Jane, and while you may think “yup, once again she has given up on the book!” you would be mistaken… instead time crunch, book commitments… I just did not get to it. 😯
Now thanks to the readathon, I have read enough to get Jane and I back on the err…. same page, and here is what I have to say about that. Shoot, why don’t we see what Jane has to say about that as well…. I’ll start… because it is my blog:
Sheila’s thoughts:
Now, in the book Jane has found out that Mrs. Reed has taken ill and she requests of Mr. Rochester to allow her leave (her words, not mine) for two weeks so she may go and see her. A back and forth bidding of sorts goes on between them, regarding her time away and the money given to Jane to go as Mr. Rochester fears that Jane will go and not return.
When Jane does go – Mrs. Reed is much the bitty she was before, even though she tries to make things sort of right between herself and Jane her loathe is too deep and she (SPOILER!) dies still feeling that Jane is this creature of awfulness.
Even though Jane had agreed to only be gone a week, a month passes before she returns to Thornfield. Now returned, she lives in fear of the time that will soon come and Rochester takes on the snooty Imgram as his wife and Jane feels at the time she will be shown the door and has no idea what will be next for her. However, Mr. Rochester seems in a joyful mood and does not mention the upcoming wedding to anyone and when questioned when this will take place he simply does not give an inkling either way.
Then, when Rochester does say he is getting married he asks Jane to spend some time with him as he admits he is fond of her and suspects as the quote says above that he will hurt upon her leave, but feels she will feel nothing… which as we all know – is not true.
And then … well, things get a bit intense between Rochester and Jane and a proposal is made where one should not have been given (my opinion) as Rochester has already played that card and has a bride waiting. And yeah, for all you romance lovers, this would probably be where you insert the “oohs and ahs” as even I have to admit liked the thought of Jane and EDWARD getting together and all things working out.
And so as I end this section of my reading with page 289, Jane has just had a series of nightmares the previous night that she shares with EDWARD (Rochester), while two are spooky and unsettling, the third is a vision of a woman who rips Jane’s wedding veil in half and in the morning, indeed the veil is torn.
Honestly… it is a little hard to stop the reading there as we are on the cusp of the wedding, and apparently there is someone against it… you may know – but remember this is my first time reading this book. My only guess in Ingram… P.O’d about Edward marrying Jane instead of her. Where Jane I feel would marry for love, Ingram I feel wants to marry well and wealthy.
Jane’s thoughts:
Whilest I do admit wholeheartedly that yay, it is thine truth that I have had my eyes on Mr. Rochester (calling him Edward still makes me blush the color the color of the blooming roses along the roadside), I must also be true in stating that his mind sometimes concerns me. At one point he calls my eyes the color of radiant hazels when it is all well-known that my eyes have always been the green of a pool filled with frogs…. and while-st my temper rises, I struggle between the respect of being his governess, and the possible brow beating he deserves once he calls me wife.
As for the vision of my night-time, I believe in my deepest core that the woman was real… not an apparition created in thy mind, nay, this was of flesh and blood… although in my honesty… the flesh was paperish and thy blood looked thin.
What shall become of me? Will my love for E-, errr… Rochester be enough for my plain heart? Will I become the ruler of all things Thornfield?
The question on your mind is…. did I make it to the finish line of the Readathon. No, I did not. I had started at 5 am yesterday morning and missed about three hours throughout the day due to other commitments and then shut down at around 1:20 am when Jane Eyre became a blurry mass.
Oh, that wasnt your question? Was it did I read as much as I had hoped to? No, I did not. I never do. I always start out with BIG intentions, going to go for the 5 or so books I have lying around and finish them up and yeah…. I get caught up in the social part of the Readathon which I LOVE and I cant help it, but I still feel I did pretty darn good.
Still not your question? Oh I bet you want to know if mt tummy is upset with all the junk I ate yesterday while reading and listening to audio…. the nachos I had for lunch, the Lindor chocolates throughout the day, and of course the vegie pizza I had ordered in last night, no actually I feel pretty good considering I am on 5 hours of sleep and have to help out at church in 45 minutes from 8 until noon.
Oh! Now I get it! You want to know why the Readthon made me cry. Well, that is actually a cool thing. Yesterday I was reading for a charity I support locally, Camp Benedict. Camp Benedict is a camp for people infected by AIDS and for people affected by AIDS. There is a story of why it touches me so, and it is actually linked at the top of this blog in the page bar. Anyway this is my third time reading for the camp and I always commit to giving, and then last fall one other person donated to my cause which was so sweet.
Well, this year, yesterday morning my account had $40 in it, money I had put in. Throughout the readathon people gave and as of last night when I checked my online account for the camp, it was at $370.00! I could not believe it! 6 other people had given besides myself and only two of them I know personally. Seriously you guys, you melted my heart… and of course made me want to read more. ♥
As for myself and how I did, I listened to 5/12 hours of audio throughout the day. I was donating $1.00 per every ten minutes of audio for a total of $33.00. Throughout the day I read 198 pages, which I was donating 10 cents a page for a total of $19.80 (lets not split hairs, I will round that up to $20.00. So from me, $53.00 is being added to my account for my charity this morning. 😀
In other fun news – I held a bonus “because I feel like having fun” giveaway last night for the die-hard readathoners that were still going on hour 19.
That winner of the coffee, the chocolate, and the book is:
Laurel #19 (yeah, I laughed when I seen that!)
Thank you to the Dewey Readathon Team, not only do I love that this honors a wonderful blogger I never had the pleasure of knowing but wish I did, but it takes a ton of work to pull it off and this group did an awesome job!
In other news, here is what came in from Mr Mailman this week:
Mmmm hmmmm, a nice week! The two audio in the front right I bought at Barnes and Noble when I went to pick up my books for World Book Night (SSSQQQUUUEEE!!!!)
Finally, today looks a bit dreary so I think when I get home this afternoon I am going to finish the 24 hours of reading I set out to do. I fell short by about 4 hours. I would like to finish it for Camp Benedict, and for me.
Have a great Sunday all! I have the World Book Night link going up later today and who knows what else, maybe that long overdue update to Jane Eyre. 😀
Ok ya’ all… if you have been read a thoning today, then you know we have recently passed hour 15 and fast approaching hour 16. I am in this “I should be reading” mode, but instead I am fluttering around mini challenges, commenting… I need a pick me up – I need to FOCUS.
So… that all said, I want to offer a bonus giveaway here for those who are still trucking , still working the read a thon – you are troopers – and if you know me I think you need….
COFFEE and CHOCOLATE… and you probably dont need a book, but I have an extra of a great book so I am throwing in a BOOK too. 😀
LOVE this coffee
Arranged will be released on May 15th and somehow I would up with three copies. This author wrote SPIN which was really good!
This giveaway is open until the end of the readathon – my time, which will be 5 am central time. To enter, share with me here your favorite part of the readathon… Is it the community? Ir is setting aside time to read? Is it the mini challenges? Or do you love something completely different about this event?
Hi all! This is the post I will use for Read A Thon updates from me as well as any Mini Challenges I partake in. The newest info will be towards the top of this post. 😀
Also, I am reading for Camp Benedict today, a camp for people infected and affected by AIDS. I am donating 10 cents for each page I read and $1.00 for every ten minutes of audio I listen to. If you would like to sponsor me for this wonderful cause, I would be humbled and appreciate your support.
Check in at 12:00 am: (hour 18)
Hey all, I guess “Good morning” is in order here. I have had a pretty good day, finished an audio and a half, a book, an update on my Jane Eyre read a long…. and still going.
A quick little update for the Dewey Readathon site, they asked if we had any reading companions. I do…. Sam (left) and Bailey:
The other question was – about reading for charity and yes I am. The link is above. 🙂
Check in at 10:00 Pm: (hour 16)
Wow…. hour 16. I kind of feel like a rock star! I started an hour earlier than I need to so I could make up for a commitment I had today and so other than about three hours I have been with the read-a-thon one way or another (reading, commenting, mini challenging…).
For the past two hours I have read – NOTHING. I know that is sad. After dinner and hubby went to bed I sat down and worked a few mini challenges, came up with a bonus giveaway for those still reada thoning, commented on all those who created posts for my mini challenge, and yeah… thats it.
But – I have not given up and the books are calling so after this update…. really, I am going to read. Really. Why do you doubt me?
Stella asked us to find a picture that somehow describes or reminds you of your current read. Since I am currently in Jane Eyre, I think if the mansion:
When I think of the place that Jane worked and lived I imagine it big and totally "explore worthy" like this building here. From http://merchantcircle.com/ website
For Bluestockings challenge, she asked that we talk about the books that we love to re-read. Now if you know me, blame Bluestocking because I know I gush about certain “Forever” books those I love (but hardly ever have time) to re-read. They are:
One of my all time favorite reads and book discussions!Not a Nora Roberts fan but this trilogy about women with magical powers.... WOW. This is paranormal before paranormal was coolOh what? You didn't see that coming? These are my comfort reads.
Check in at 8:00 Pm: (hour 14)
Oh my gosh… I am so overdue for a check in! I listened to another hour of audio, finished (FINALLY!) whole lotta life and actually left the house at 5:30 to go and help with a baptism, pick up pizza, and now I am back home. (Yup, you read that right… how many readathoners helped with a baptism today? LOL I am in charge of special events at our church and that is one of my duties…. 😛
I listened to audio while I was in the car, and took a book with me but did not get to the book. I am back now though and game from this point forward.
So here is what the peeps of the readathon are asking:
1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? I am actually good, hit a lull about 3 pm but now and ready to roll!
2) What have you finished reading? Whole Lotta Life, and listened to an audio and a half 😀
3) What is your favorite read so far? Hmmmm… hold that thought, I do not have enough books in me today to answer that.
4) What about your favorite snacks? I amde nachos for lunch… that was good.
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? If so, give them some love! I have been going around and commenting while I listen to audio, trying to check out some newbies!
Honestly, the out pour from that challenge and all the AWESOME ideas to go with books… I am really the winner here, plus, I want to go to all your book reviews. YOU ALL AMAZE ME! 😀
Check in at 3:00 Pm: (hour 9)
I am cruising right along now on finishing up A Whole Latte Life. Honestly, I have talked about the book so much I am ready to be done with it. 78 pages read since my last check in. 30 minutes of audio added to my total.
The Bakers Wife (note the wedding rings in the spoon)
I am getting a bit foggy (I started at 5 am this morning). Think I will try some ice tea – see if that wakes me up. I thought about laying down and reading but fear that will cause me to pass out. 😛
Check in 1:00 PM and Mini Challenges:
Ok… well, I am now 4 1/2 hours into audio and have finished The Lifeboat. (WOOT!) $27.00 in to my charity account so far!
(I still have not cracked a book because I have been running around, doing mini challenges, made lunch and commented on blogs…. lol – I cant help it, the social girl in my tends to need to be fed. 😛 HOWEVER – I am about to go into my books this hour. )
Speaking of mini challenges…. mine is still going on until 2 pm central and here is The Book Sentence challenge for On The Wings Of Books: LOVE THIS ONE!
The Book Thief arranged the most dangerous thing in the bag.The Sausage Makers Daughters escape the memory of running out of the pumpkin shell.I have spent a lot of time being "portable" today but it is time to break out the books.
Ok on to the books for awhile. How are you all doing?
Check in 10 Am and Mini Challenges:
So far I have in 2 1/2 hours of audio in. (I had a commitment this morning and took my IPOD with me so I could listen to audio as I could. I am now home, going to catch up on the awesome mini challenges going on and then cracking a book. 😀
Happy Read-A-Thon April 2012!!! How is it going out there? Are you reading? Are you snacking? Are your books making you think of FOOD?
Here in Central Minnesota it is lunch time and I was thinking this would be a great time to talk about books and FOOD.
Your mini challenge that will be available for the next two hours is a fairly easy one… it just requires a little imagination from you!
Take one of the books you are reading today. Now lets pretend that you are going to have a book discussion with friends regarding that book. They are all coming over to your house and you are providing food and beverage to go with said book. That’s right, your challenge is to share with me here:
1. Title and author of the book
2. The menu: the food, the beverage (if you want you can go as far plan background music, decor, whatever. 😀 )
Want to know what you are playing for?
Ok… lol, that’s just to wet your appetite… what you are playing for is a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card that will be emailed to the winner yet this afternoon after I choose the winner using random.org.
To enter:
Leave a comment here (mandatory entry) with the information I asked for above (Book and author, the menu to go with that book)
For a second entry – create a post on your own blog (if you have one) of the book, author, and the menu and then link it back here.
Here are a couple examples: Say you are reading Chocolat by Joanne Harris…. your menu would definitely include lots of chocolates, perhaps to drink would be a delicious hot chocolate, maybe a chocolate fountain to dip strawberries in!
Or…. you may be reading ROOM by Emma Donoghue in which you may make Jack’s favorite macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meat balls, or his 6th birthday cake… (his 5th birthday cake was sponge cake with 5 m&m’s on top), the drink would be tap water.
If you do decide to do a post, I would love to see it! Be sure to link it here:
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