Ruth Anne Garcia

Author, Poet, Book Reviewer, Mother

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Book Review: How to Bake a Murder by K.J. Emrick

Book Review: How to Bake a Murder by K.J. Emrick

“I can’t get a pulse. Cookie, call for an ambulance.” Definitely not the words you want to hear when a man has just collapsed in the middle of your bakery. A few minutes is all it took for Karen ‘Cookie’ Williams to be thrust into the center of a nightmare. A customer was dead and she was considered a suspect. Her beloved shop was a crime scene. Things weren’t looking so great for her. If you…

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Book Review: Silence in the Woods by J.P. Choquette

Book Review: Silence in the Woods by J.P. Choquette

What Castle Rock does for Maine, Monsters in the Green Mountains does for Vermont. In 1917, four friends and photojournalists set out in the woods looking for answers. Why have so many hikers and hunters gone missing in the area of Shiny Creek Trail? The two couples anticipate a great adventure, one they’ll tell their kids about someday. No one imagines the evil lurking in a remote cave. A…

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Book Review: Water Under The Bridge by Britney King

Book Review: Water Under The Bridge by Britney King

As a woman who feels her clock ticking every single moment of the day, former bad girl Kate Anderson is desperate to reinvent herself. So when she sees a handsome stranger walking toward her, she feels it in her bones, there’s no time like the present. *He’s the one. * Kate vows to do whatever it takes to have what she wants, even if that something is becoming someone else. Now, ten pounds…

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Book Review: (The Aldridge Sisters) by Tanya Anne Crosby

Book Review: (The Aldridge Sisters) by Tanya Anne Crosby

Leave No Trace Less than 48 hours. That’s how long Florence W. Aldridge has to live. Every event in a person’s life is connected. The state of our lives, at any given time, is the sum of everything we have done and everywhere we have been. Our next decision determines, not merely where our lives end, but who we become along the way. How far can one lost woman go to redeem herself by the time…

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Tuesday Weigh-in (32 Weeks Post-Op)

Tuesday Weigh-in (32 Weeks Post-Op)

Hi, everyone! Happy Tuesday! I hope this post finds you well. It seems that the month of April went by at lightning speed. It slipped away from me. So much has been jammed-packed into this month. I started increasing my protein and it definitely helped me with my weight. I went recently to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and they are back to normal. While I was there they weighed me. This week…

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Book Review: Hiding from the Kids in My Prayer Closet by Jessica Kastner

Book Review: Hiding from the Kids in My Prayer Closet by Jessica Kastner

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071G25G1V/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B071G25G1V&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 Soon after Jessica Kastner became a mother, she wondered if she was the only mom who found pretend play more boring than watching playdough harden and who dreaded yet another friend’s Instagram…

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Tuesday Weigh-in (31 Weeks Post-op)

Tuesday Weigh-in (31 Weeks Post-op)

This week came as a surprise for me because I wasn’t expecting to see the scale change much. I have been eating a lot of fast food and not the healthiest. I have, however, begun to track my steps and tried to be more active. I succeeded in some of that but with the heat, it has been pretty hot. I have been eating a lot of fast food. I feel that I have come up with some ways to eat healthily. I…

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Book Review: Fallen (Kate Burkholder #13) by Linda Castillo

Book Review: Fallen (Kate Burkholder #13) by Linda Castillo

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/125014292X/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=125014292X&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 In New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo’s new thriller Fallen, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead Chief of Police Kate…

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Book Review: Outsider (Kate Burkholder #12) by Linda Castillo

Book Review: Outsider (Kate Burkholder #12) by Linda Castillo

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/125014289X/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=125014289X&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 Linda Castillo follows her instant New York Times bestseller, Shamed, with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder’s…

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Tuesday Weigh-in (30 Weeks Posts-Op)

Tuesday Weigh-in (30 Weeks Posts-Op)

Hey, everyone! It’s been a while since I updated on my weight. Mostly because it stayed about the same for some time. However, I made a few changes and I’m starting to see the fruits of that labor. I am staying at about 1000 calories or less a day. I was skimping on my protein which could be a reason why I wasn’t losing as much. So, I have increased it again. I bought ensure shakes to start my…

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Book Review: Shamed (Kate Burkholder #11) by Linda Castillo

Book Review: Shamed (Kate Burkholder #11) by Linda Castillo

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250142865/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250142865&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges headlong into a case that quickly becomes a race against…

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April Health Update

Hey everyone! I hope that your April has started off on the right foot and you didn’t get fooled. I started my April with a visit to Albuquerque New Mexico to meet with my bariatric surgeon. It has been a little over 6 months since my surgery. I am on track. I have lost 74.7 pounds since surgery but 103.7 pounds since my surgery started. I’m currently at 201 pounds. I started off at 305. After…

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Book Review: A Gathering of Secrets (Kate Burkholder #10) by Linda Castillo

Book Review: A Gathering of Secrets (Kate Burkholder #10) by Linda Castillo

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250121310/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250121310&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 A deadly fire exposes the dark side of Amish life in this harrowing new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series. When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night,…

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Book Review: Under Currents by Nora Roberts

Book Review: Under Currents by Nora Roberts

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250207096/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250207096&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 For both Zane and Darby, their small town roots hold a terrible secret. Now, decades later, they’ve come together to build a new life. But will the past set them free or pull them under? Zane…

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Book Review: Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder #9) by Linda Castillo

Book Review: Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder #9) by Linda Castillo

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250121280/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250121280&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 Two years ago, Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was a “fallen” Amish man and a known drug user with a violent temper. Now King has escaped, and…

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Book Review: Among The Wicked (Kate Burkholder #8) by Linda Castillo

Book Review: Among The Wicked (Kate Burkholder #8) by Linda Castillo

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1427273669/ref=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_glide_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1427273669&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff’s department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation that involves a reclusive Amish settlement and the death of…

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Thrifty Thursday!

I’m starting a new series where I share my thrift shop treasures with you. I’m going to give myself a $5 limit. The items will be listed and underneath I’ll post the price. I think it will be a fun way to spend a little money and give my kids something new. I’m not spending a lot of money because we are trying to save. This idea is coming from Homestead Tessie over on Youtube. She picks out the…

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