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    Currently Reading: Paper Hearts Advice on Publishing (book one)

    Chantel DaCosta / 16/03/2016

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCurrently reading: Paper Hearts Volume One: Some Writing Advice by Beth Revis Goodreads Summary:  Your enemy is the blank page. When it comes to writing, there’s no wrong way…

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    Letting Go

    Chantel DaCosta / 13/03/2016

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor most of this week I have been feeling uninspired and blah. Nothing meaning appears to be happening and the activities I participate in and the work that I do seem…

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    Book review: The Useful Book: 201 Life Skills They Used to Teach in Home Ec and Shop by David and Sharon Bowers

    Chantel DaCosta / 09/03/2016

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis book is great. Simply written guide to just about everything. Divided on five sections: Cooking Sewing Laundry and clothing Domestic Arts Life Skills This book is a simple how-to…

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    Book review: Live and Love Again by Jan Gayle

    Chantel DaCosta / 09/03/2016

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJan Gayle’s debut novel is a short and sweet romance story. Gayle’s protagonist, Sarah Jarret struggles every day with the death of her long-time partner, Sarah meets and falls…

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    Book review: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

    Chantel DaCosta / 06/03/2016

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis book my attention from the very first sentence. So many twists and turns, it is an adventure on the run with two very shady and resourceful women. This story…

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  • Money and Abundance,  Publishing and Writing

    Doing the Work I Love

    Chantel DaCosta / 06/03/2016

    Reading Time: 5 minutesThis week I made the big leap in switching platforms for My Jamaican Vignettes. I am excited about this, my first official WordPress post. Over the past three months, writing…

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    Book Review: Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica

    Chantel DaCosta / 02/03/2016

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI hesitated when selecting this book because I did not like Kubica’s massively successful debut novel, The Good Girl. I was glad I chose to give Kubica a second try,…

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Paper Hearts, Volume 2: Some Publishing Advice
Paper Hearts, Volume 2: Some Publishing Advice
by Beth Revis
tagged: currently-reading and 2016-reading-challenge
Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth
Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth
by Nancy Levin
tagged: currently-reading and 2016-reading-challenge
66 Metres: A chilling thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
66 Metres: A chilling thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
by J.F. Kirwan
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