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It's Friday again. #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii My joys this week.
1. It was a pretty nice sunrise yesterday as the sun was bright pink.
2. Oakley and Ember best of friends. Oakley really misses him as he went home at the beginning of the week.
3. I'm featured at one of my markets this week.
4. I saw really beautiful clouds on my way back home from Ottawa Sunday
5. I started a lemon tree. He's pretty cute.
Thanks for the tag.

• A Castle In The Clouds and In The Hand of The Goddess
• Orange World by Kathy Russell
• House of Earth and Blood (816 pages)

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

A cute mystery set in a hotel in the snow. Money and a jewel thief and maybe a kid napping. All with dueling love interests.

This book was so freaking cute! I love Sophie, Tristan, Amy, Gretchen, Ben and so many more of these characters! What a quirky and wonderful cast of personalities set against the backdrop of an old, elegant hotel nestled in the mountains. If you enjoyed the Ruby Red and/or Dream trilogy, you will live this fun, quick read.

This is a book I requested in my flurry of trying to read as many holiday reads before the holidays as I could take. I didn't get to this one but since it's set up to New Year's Eve and a bit beyond it still works. Also this is translated YA, which I don't see all that often. (Apparently some know the author from a time travel historical romance series, this seems more contemporary.)⤵️

A friend mentioned that this book gave her YA Vicki Bliss vibes, so that immediately moved it to the top of my list. So far, it's pretty delightful.