The Bookworm Is Back & an Update on My Blog

Hi!! How are you?  I have not been on here in about a month. I know it is a long time since I last posted. I missed you all. I'm happy to hear all the positive feedback I received for my last post considering I was really upset that another link was showing up. Thanks to those who made sure it was my blog under the dashboard section, & not another blog because I was getting concerned on why another blog was showing up under my blog title. Anyway, I'm glad that is all cleared up.

I just want to explain a little about the reason I haven't been blogging. First off  I had a lot of schoolwork, & that was taking up my time. I take school online for the time being.Then I had a dilemma with one of the courses that shifted my schedule. I'm not going to get into detail, because I don't want to bore you with random explanations of my classes & besides the fact that if I explained it on here, you would be reading a novel not a blog post, lol

 Let's just say that I had a lot on my mind because of that & I was trying to figure my dilemma out first & not get occupied with blogging. It's sort of fixed now but not completely, but I don't want to abandon my blogger friends so I thought I would explain & post.

Another reason I have been not blogging is because I became a bookworm. I take out books from the library every couple weeks or so depending on when I get done with them. I would like to recommend some books that I have read & enjoyed. I came across this Italian author named Adriana Trigiani while searching for Italian themed books online. I read great reviews on her, & I thought I check out her books. Her books are fantastic , you really get involved with the story lines & the characters. The books make you feel like you are there. So the ones that I have  read of hers have a lot of emotion, & you really feel what the characters are going through in the story. Her stories are always filled with a cast of characters, they never focus on just one or two people.

This was the first book I read of hers. It is about Bartolomeo di Crespi who is an interior decorator of a church called Our Lady of Fatima. In the Italian-American town that he lives in, the church is about to be renovated. He wants that job to go to him & a lot happens along the way. I can't explain this book in one word because it has a lot of emotion in it. It is about love, interior design, trust, friendships,etc. It is an enjoyable book. 

This is the second book I read of hers. This is the first book of the two    books of the Valentine series. They are a wonderful series. This one is about the Angelini Show Company who are makers of fancy wedding shoes since 1903 which is one of the last businesses that are family owned in Greenwich Village. The company is doing bad financially. Therefore Teodora & her granddaughter Valentine have to prevent their family company from being financially destroyed. The book has happy moments & some sad moments thrown in & again with a lot of emotion. Overall it is a very heartwarming book, & I really enjoyed it.

P.S. I heard on the internet somewhere that this will be made into a T.V. movie on the Lifetime channel. I'm excited!!

This is the second book in the Valentine series. An opportunity that is given to Valentine takes her all the way to Buenos Aires Argentina where she find out more about her family & along the way she is torn by her past love & a new one. Again, it is very heartwarming & enjoyable.

Note: There is also a few more books I have read of hers but I choose not to review them for now because I don't want this post to be really long.

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Hope everybody is enjoying their weekend! I will catch up to all the comments soon!

P.S. I hope you don't mind, but I decided I'm not going to post recipes until I get a camera, because (long story), but I can't afford one as of now. It's just that it's not as fun as putting your own food photos up with the recipes. I don't want to post my recipe with someone's photo, because the whole purpose is showing what you made, if you don't have the photo to go with it, it just kind of defeats the whole purpose of posting your recipe. So I will refrain from posting recipes until I get a camera, because of this. But I will be posting food reviews of different products, so don't worry my blog will never be food free!! lol