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Banitsa Bonanza

Welcome to another Phantom Friday! And happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! Want something unique and delicious to make for your significant other today? Well, I’ve got a treat in store for you: banitsa! I mention this Bulgarian pastry dish a couple of times in the...

Fun with Fairy Tales

I’ve been absent from the online social scene for awhile because I took a job last fall as an assistant teacher at an elementary school. For almost 4 months, I taught close to 100 kids a day. I’ve returned now to working from home, but I miss my many new...

Doing the Bandana Split!

Now, you may think you read that title wrong, or that my fingers stumbled over the keys as I typed. But, no–it really is a Bandana Split. This comes to us from the wonderfully creative and wacky world of the Free Kingdoms in Brandon Sanderson’s Alcatraz...

That’s Amore!

My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary recently with a fancy Italian dinner, complete with mandolin music playing in the background. It reminded me of a book I read awhile ago: The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum. It’s a time-travel romance, a little off...

Dive Into Atlantis!

I’ve been really excited about a new series that arrived this week on the middle grade shelf: The Gates of Atlantis! Each book in the series is written by a different author, much like the Spirit Animals series, or 39 Clues. It’s interesting for me to see...

Chocolate Cake Indulgence

I wrote a post awhile back about taking a vacation into books. Since then, my little brain has been churning away, and it occurred to me that there are a lot of references to food in books. Since I love cooking, and I love reading, it seemed like a union made in...