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Book Review: The Chocolate Thief

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The Chocolate Thief by Laura Florand My rating: 4 of 5 stars It was an entertaining read. I especially enjoyed her interaction with her family back home. You could tell that they had very unique personalities and see how they contributed to her view of the world. While the whole story was engaging and entertaining, I would have to say that the epilogue was my favorite part. So, make sure to read it if you want to enjoy the story that much more. View all my reviews Anyone else craving cholocate (or chocolat) after that book? Lord. I feel like I never really appreciated it before now!

Updates! Updates! Updates!

Hello again! I apologize for lack of posts for the last few months. Things got away from me a bit. So, in order to make amends, I am going to do a surge of posting in the next few days! So that will probably be like maybe 3 posts within a few days! That's a personal record! So, let's get the ball rolling with today's post. Updates on my 2013 reading challenge. I had set the goal of 40 books for 2013, and I managed to read 48! You can see some of my reviews in previous posts. And while I enjoyed most, if not all of those books, I only wrote reviews for a few of them. I know it's a bit ironic that I feel rather anxious about offering my opinions about the works of others when I want nothing more than the opinions of my friends and peers regarding my own efforts. Maybe it's because I do care about those opinions, I feel like I have to give a really solid review of my own when writing one, and sometimes I just don't have the words. Yes, that is anothe