Welcome to the Christian Women Writers' Christmas Event Dec10 - 21.19

12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS !

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Thanks for Hosting this Christmas FuN,
  Christian Women Writers gals!

Authors of Books from Regency to Contemporary  -
something for everyone
and all easily located.

Party goes ALL day Each day
December 10 - 21 2018

Jump in to the conversations, games, book offers + freebies,
 and enter the giveaways.

See YOU there!

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WW TOP TEN AUTHORS & TIMELESS TOUR 13.5.15

May 12: Ten Authors I  Want To Meet theme for today's Top Ten Tuesday at the host blog   The Broke and the Bookish.  A perfect theme for this week's author tour.

The Timeless Tour for two Canadian authors is underway. With a local stop, I was able to attend and meet both Genevieve Graham and Susanna Kearsley.

Genevieve signing her newest, TIDES OF HONOUR,   Susanna signing A DESPERATE FORTUNE. A bit blurry [sorry] both authors read excerpts from their novels

Susanna graciously signed The ROSE GARDEN for me

and a gracious Genevieve took photo timeouts for this fan as well

A wonderful evening of book and writing talk on the process and characters - personal glimpses into themselves and their writing.   Definitely more than a few Top Ten author moments!. ~*~ Other authors rounding out my Top Ten ? [not in any particular order] Top row:  Victoria Connelly,  Jessica Dotta,   Stacy Henrie 2nd row:  L.M. Montgomery ~

~ 3rd row:  George MacDonald Bottom:  CS Lewis, Julianna Deering, Agatha Christie ~*~
Which top ten authors would you wish to meet?
~*~ Upcoming Top Ten themes: May 19:  Top Ten Tuesday Freebie -- YOUR CHOICE OF TOPIC.
May 26: Ten Books I Plan To Have In My Beach Bag This Summer or
Ten Books I Think Make Great Beach Reads
June 2: Top Ten Books I'd Love To See As Movies/Tv Shows 
June 9: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For the Rest of 2015
[let's talk about what we are excited about for the rest of the year]
June 16: Top Ten Books On My TBR For Summer 2015
June 23: In honor of 5 years of Top Ten Tuesday ( our first Top Ten Tuesday debuted June 21, 2010) -- My Ten Favourite Top Ten Topics We've Ever Done In The Past 5 Years
June 30: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2015
July 7: Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read
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A - Z AUTHORS - READING CHALLENGE 2015

My Participation ~
A goodreads A-Z Authors Shelf will likely form my tracking for this Challenge [possibly below for a 2nd option at hand] * I've been thinking of authors of books I intend on including in 2015 reading, needing a wee bit of help for the alphabet to be covered!  Any sleuths aware of X and Z authors...? 
* Here are the details/rules:

– The challenge runs from 1 January to 31 December 2015
– Books written by authors with last names from A-Z, collect every letter of the alphabet
– Only last names count, so William Shakespeare would fall under S, not W
– Speaking of Shakespeare, the books you read may fall under any form/genre: prose, poetry, drama; fiction, non-fiction, academic monographs…
– Books don’t have to be “physical” either–ebooks and audiobooks are welcome!
– Crossovers with other challenges and re-reads are also more than welcome!
– You do not need to have a blog or review the books in order to participate–having a list somewhere (such as GoodReads) is fine
– Come December 2015, I’ll be making a post for you to submit your completed challenges. If you finish by 31 Dec 2015, you’ll be in the running for a booktastic prize draw!

How to join:– If you’re a blogger, grab the challenge banner and link back to this post to help spread the word and encourage others to join! Fill out the form there, and include a link to your challenge sign-up post (not to your overall blog).

– If you’re a non-blogger, keep track of your authors list any way you wish (I know quite a few people start up a challenge bookshelf on Goodreads), and use the form below to fill out your details (and perhaps a link to your challenge bookshelf, if you’re setting one up)
.If you want to follow my blog, I may post special challenge-related announcements throughout the year; alternatively, just check back during December 2015. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a comment.  And that’s it, really! 

Happy reading, and all the best with the challenge!  [Samantha-Lin.com hosting]

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A - Afshar, Tessa [In the Field of Grace]
Alexander, Tamera [To Win Her Favor][To Mend a Dream]
Aminadra, Karen [Life and Love]
Austen, Jane [The Watsons] [Sanditon]
Andrews, Donna [The Nightingale Before Christmas]

B - Bergren, Lisa T  [Christmas Every Morning]
Byrd, Sandra [Mist of Midnight]
Barron, Stephanie [Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas]
Barnes, Emilie [ Tea Lover's Devotional]
Bowen, Rhys [Evan and Elle] [Amersham Rubies] [Evanly Bodies][City of Darkness and Light]
[Evan Blessed]
Benison, CC [Death at Buckingham Palace]
Bostwick, Marie [The Second Sister]
Beaton, MC [Death of a Liar] [Death of a Chimney Sweep] [ Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate] [Death of a Gentle Lady]
Bailey, Martine [An Appetite for Violets]
Brookner, Anita [Hotel du Lac]
Bebris, Carrie [Suspicion at Sanditon]
Burley, W.J. [Wycliffe and the Last Rites]
Blackwell, Juliet [ The Paris Key]
Blythe, Teresa [50 Ways to Pray]
Breslin, Kate [ Not By Sight]
Berg, Elizabeth [The Handmaid and the Carpenter]
Brown, Barbara Taylor [An Altar in the World]

C - Caroll, Robin [ Hidden in the Stars ]
Christie, Agatha [ While the Light Lasts, Manx Gold, The Harlequin Tea Set, After the Funeral,
Crooked House, A Pocket Full of Rye ] [Death in the Clouds] [Nemesis][Unexpected Guest] [Partners in Crime]
Carie, Jamie [Snow Angel]
Connelly, Victoria [Wish You Were Here] [At Home With Mr Darcy] [A Summer to Remember]
[Escape to Mulberry Cottage] [The Rose Girls] [Christmas at the Castle]
Chodron, Pema [Taking the Leap]
Cambron, Kristy [The Butterfly and the Violin]
Crandall, Dawn [ The Bound Heart, The Captive Imposter]
Cimino, Adria J [Before Paris]
Cloud, Henry [Boundaries]
Camden, Elizabeth [Beyond All Dreams]
Cameron, Julia [The Artist's Way]
Cain, Susan [Quiet]
Cooke, Graham [Overcoming Negativity Through Rest]
Coble, Colleen [All is Calm] [All is Bright]

D- Delamere, Jennifer [A Lady Most Lovely]
Dobson, Melanie [Chateau of Secrets] [Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor]
Dickerson, Melanie [The Princess Spy]
Dunn, Carola [The Winter Garden Mystery] [Superfluous Women]
Dotta, Jessica [Price of Privilege]
Doughty, Becky [Elderberry Croft]

E - Elliot, Camille [Prelude for a Lord]
Eakes, Laurie A [A Stranger's Secret]
Ellsworth, Jeanna [Pride and Persistence]
Elkins, Kimberly [What is Visible]

F - Feinberg, Margaret [FIght Back With Joy]

G - Greene, Vanessa [Seafront Tea Rooms]
Giorello, Sibella [The Rivers Run Dry]
Gray, Bonnie [Finding Spiritual Whitespace]
Gray, Shelley [Secrets of Sloane House] [An Outlaw's Heart] [Deception on Sable Hill]
Griep, Michelle [Brentwood's Ward]
Gunn, Robin Jones [Finding Father Christmas]
Goring, Alexis A [Hope in My Heart]
Graham, Genevieve [Tides of Honour]
Greenside, Mark [I'll Never Be French]
Goyer, Tricia [Chasing Mona Lisa]

H - Hatcher, Robin Lee [A Promise Kept]
Henrie, Stacy [A Hope Remembered] [Hope's Promise]
Hannah, Sophie [Monogram Murders]
Higman, Anita [Summer's List]
Hunter, Kristi Ann [A Lady of Esteem]
Hannon, Irene [Hope Harbor]
Hedlund, Jody [The Vow]
Hynd, Noel [Conspiracy in Kiev]
I - Ingram, Mona [ Full Circle]

J - Jones, Belinda [The Travelling Tea Shop]
Jones, Jenny B [There You'll FInd Me] audio
Johnson, Kimberly Rose [Island Refuge]
James, Syrie [ The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen]
Jefferies, Dinah [The Tea Planter's Wife]

K- Kirkpatrick, Jane [Barcelona Calling]
Klassen, Julie [The Secret of Pembrooke Park] [Lady Maybe]
King, Laurie - editor [In the Company of Sherlock Holmes]

L - Ladd, Sarah E [Lady at Willowgrove Hall] [The Curiosity Keeper]
Lamott, Anne  [ Traveling Mercies ]
Lucado, Max [Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe]
Lloyd, Catherine [Death Comes to the Village]
Lebovitz, David [The Sweet Life in Paris]
Love, Dorothy [A Heart So True]
Lovett, Charlie [First Impressions] [Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge]
Laureano, Carla [ London Tides]
Leon, Donna [The Golden Egg]
Lang, Maureen [Whisper on the Wind]
Lippi, Rosina [Homestead]

M -McInerney, Monica [All Together Now]
Montgomery, L.M. [Anne of the Island] [Anne of Green Gables] [The Golden Road]
Meissner, Susan [Secrets of a Charmed Life]
MacNeal, Susan Elia [His Majesty's Hope] [Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante]
Manners, Mary [Mended Heart]
Mason, Susan Anne [Irish Meadows]
Morton, Kate [The Forgotten Garden]
Maendel, Linda [Hutterite Diaries]
Mayle, Peter [ A Year in Provence]
Musser, Elizabeth [Love Beyond Limits]
MacDonald, George [ The Baron's Apprenticeship/There and Back]
McBride, James [The Good Lord Bird]
Mitchell, W.O. [The Kite]
Moody, Diane [A Christmas Peril]

N - Norato, Lisa [The Promise Keeper]
Nouwen, Henri [Life of the Beloved][In the Name of Jesus]

O - O'Neill, Geraldine [Sarah Love]
Orcutt, Jane [All the Tea in China]
Osborne, Charles [novelized An Unexpected Guest - Agatha Christie play]

P - Pura, Murray [London Dawn]

Q - Quinn, Tom [The Cook's Tale: Life Below Stairs As it Really Was - Nancy Jackman]

R- Reay, Katherine [Dear Mr Knightley] [Lizzy and Jane]
Rupp, Joyce [ May I Have This Dance? ]
Rohr, Richard [Radical Grace]
Reynolds, Sibyl Dana [Ink and Honey]
Robson, Jennifer [After the War is Over]
Roy, Gabrielle [Street of Riches]
Riggs, Deidra [Every Little Thing]

S - Stallwood, Veronica [ Death and the Oxford Box ]
Smith, Debra White [ Christmas Past ]
Smith, Alexander McCall [Emma]
Skevington, Andrea [ The Pilgrim Spirit]
Stairs, M Jean [Be My Companion]
Srubas, Rachel [The Girl Got Up]
Swope, Renee [A Confident Heart]
Stewart, Carla [Sweet Dreams] [The Hatmaker's Heart]
Sayers, Dorothy [Busman's Honeymoon]
Southard, Scott D [ A Jane Austen Daydream]
Stewart, Fran [A Wee Murder in My Shop]

T - Teresa, Mother [Words to Love By]
Turner, Jessica N [The Fringe Hours]
Tolsma, Liz [Remember the Lilies]
Turansky, Carrie [The Daughter of Highland Hall]
Trenow, Liz [The Forgotten Seamstress]
Thomas, Sarah Loudin [Appalachian Serenade]
Townsend, John [Boundaries]
Tennant, Emma [Pemberley]

U -

V - Vogt, Beth  K [Somebody Like You]
Vreeland, Susan [Lisette's List]
VanLiere, Donna [The Christmas Blessing]

W - Winspear, Jacqueline [A Dangerous Place]
Wilson, Kim [At Home With Jane Austen]
Walsh, Courtney [Paper Hearts]
White, Roseanna M [Fairchild's Lady] [Lost Heiress]

X - Xe, Sands [The Paris Key]

Y - Y'Barbo, Kathleen [Miss Merriweather's Marriage]
Yorkey, Mike [Chasing Mona Lisa]

Z - Zschech, Darlene  [The Art of Mentoring]

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Suggested:
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A - Alexander, Arana, Austin, Axtell, Afshar, Adams

B- Benison, Bowen, Brouwer, Buechner, Borysenko, Brown, Bergren, Bricker, Barron, Belcastro, Byrne, Bessey, Bostwick C- Cambron, Camden, Cameron, Connelly, Chittister, Caroll, Crandall, Caedmon, Cain, Cornthwaite, Christie D- Delamere, Dotta, Dyckman, Doughty, Dobson, DeMarino, Drinkwater, Dudley, Deering E- Eakes, Eyre, Elliot F- Frantz, Foster, Fforde, Fox, Feinberg, Frost G- Greene, Giorello, Gray, Gilbert, Goyer, Gohlke, Ganshert, Greensmith H- Henrie, Herriman, Heyer, Higman, Higgs, Hynd, Helm, Heuertz, Hirsch, Healy, Hannon I- Irvin, Iona , Irby J- Jio, Jones, Jennings, Janzen, Jantz K- Klassen, Kingsbury, Keller, Kidd,  Kelly, Kingston, Kaye, Kiely, Kirkpatrick L- Ladd, Lamott, Lightfoot, Lathan, Lang M- MacNeal, Macomber, Manners, Manning, Moody, Morton, Morren, Morisy, McHugh, Meissner N- Norato, Nouwen, Norris O- Ortberg, O'Donohue, O'Rourke, O'Keefe P- Pollard-Gott, Pura, Polacco, Platt, Petersheim, Perry Q- Queen, Quinn, Quick, Quest,  R- Reynolds, Richmond, Richardson, Rupp, Rosenberg, Reay, Romp S- Sayers, Stallwood, Schaeffer, Smith, Stewart, Scott, Stokes, Saxton, Sotis, Srubas T- Tyndall, Turansky, Talbot, Teasdale, Tolkien, Thomas, Turano, Tod, Teichroeb U- Urquhart, Upchurch V- VanLiere, Viola, Vogt, Voskamp, Vallotton, Viguie W- Walsh, Winspear, White, Wiehl, Wallace, Wolff, Warren, Wydick, Willard, Ward, Wingate, Wiseman, Wells, Weber, Waters X- Yes! found one 2!! - Xan Hood , Xe Sands Y- Yttrup, Yorkey, Y'Barbo, Z- Zschech, Zacharias, Zinsser, Zack, Zevin , Zafon, Zelvin,
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A-Z Authors Reading Challenge   25/26 books

[individual alphabet letters] *
Kav has a great list of authors in her Best Reads sidebar if you're looking for options. and wiki lists alphabetized include Canadian writers *






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Enjoying Canada's French Quarter ~ St. Boniface for Paris in July 2012 ~

Paris in July!

a month long meme on all things French

Here's the invite from Karen at Book Bath ~

There will be no rules or targets in terms of how much you need to do 

or complete in order to be a part of Paris in July - 

just blog about anything French and you can join in. ..

- Reading a French book - fiction or non-fiction

- Watching a French movie

- Listening to French music

- Cooking French food

- Experiencing French art, architecture or travel
(or remembering travel experiences)

- Or anything else French inspired you can think of...

in light of this Welcome inclusivity, 

I am posting some French travel inspiration ~

St. Boniface,

the French quarter of Canada's heart & centre, Winnipeg

 St. Boniface, home to the largest French speaking community
in Western Canada, was founded in 1818 

by Bishop Joseph Norbert Provencher
as the first Roman Catholic mission in the west.
This French-neighborhood is within walking distance 

of downtown Winnipeg and The Forks 

Source 
via the Esplanade Riel, a pedestrian bridge,

spanning the Red River from St. Boniface to downtown Winnipeg.

Provencher Boulevard runs parallel.

In the heart of Old St. Boniface 

La Maison Gabrielle-Roy, restored as a museum,

located on Rue Deschambault, 

which gave name to renowned Canadian author 

Gabrielle Roy's more famous works Street of Riches. 

"Largely autobiographical, it traces the growth and development of a young girl into an accomplished writer. Like much of Roy's fiction, it includes a very autobiographical style and weaves vignettes into a tapestry of the specific time and place. The book covers themes including the social divide between the French Canadian and English Canadian communities in what were the twin cities of St. Boniface and Winnipeg, Manitoba, European immigration to the Canadian prairies, family dynamics and racial integration.

As Rue Deschambault, 

the novel was first published in the original French by Beauchemin in 1955. 

An English translation by Harry L. Binsse, Street of Riches, 

was published by McClelland and Stewart in 1957." - Source

Numerous other works include short story collections set in Manitoba~ 

La Petite Poule d’eau 

{1950; translated Where Nests the Water Hen}

La Route d’Altamont 

{1966; translated The Road Past Altamont}

Un Jardin au bout du monde 

{1975; translated Garden in the Wind}

 Ces Enfants de ma vie 

{1977; translated Children of My Heart}. 

 
You can begin a walking tour of St. Boniface
guided by the words of this great author.

More famous sites of this historic neighbourhood

include the remains of St. Boniface Cathedrale

College universitaire de Saint-Boniface

St . Boniface City Hall

St. Boniface Museum

Source

                  Originally built for the Grey Nuns , 

                 this is the oldest building in Winnipeg                
and the largest oak log structure in North America.

{ courtesy of Factoids published by destinationWinnipeg }

or hike the St. Boniface Trail along the Seine River

Source

"It is an ecological jewel and extends through St. Vital and St. Boniface
with more than 52 km of shoreline,
over 20 publicly accessible parks and 12 hours of paddling.
The St. Boniface Trail is a worthy gateway to the Seine River Greenway... many large and small turtles, a variety of fish,
the whole spectrum of birds including a healthy king fisher population
and lots of dragonflies and butterflies.
Native flora and fauna are thriving here."

and if you're driving?knowing a few rules of the road will come in handy!

Enjoy the latest edition of the 

Joie de vivre tourism guide

for more French sites to enrich and inform about 
 Manitoba's Francophone communities in the City of Winnipeg 

St. Boniface, St. Vital, and St. Norbert, 

and bilingual communities in the south of the province of

Manitoba, Canada.

Beinvenue !

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