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Posted on August 20, 2025
by Candice N. Carpenter
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Earlier this summer, I was delighted to be added to the reviewers list over at one of my favorite publishing houses, Titan Books! While I think I have done pretty well sprinkling in other genres beyond my beloved thriller/mysteries, the first selection they sent… Continue Reading “The Lady, The Tiger and The Girl Who Loved Death”
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In the spirit of transparency and accurately catching up on book posts, let’s flash back to April… It had been a little over two years since I’d been on an airplane. I wasn’t nervous, far from it in fact…I was elated! My best friend… Continue Reading “Our Beautiful Mess”
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It’s time I introduced you all to my friend, writing colleague and fellow Tolkien lover, Arwen. On her blog today, she speaks the absolute truth about NC summers for the Hobbit at heart!! Check it out 🙂
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A few of months ago, I was looking for a way to keep track of my reading and truthfully, I needed a clean slate. Yes, I’ve had Goodreads but it’s been long forgotten and I didn’t have the bandwidth to update it. Thankfully, I… Continue Reading “A Deadly Legacy”
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I’ve sat down to write this with the widest of smiles across my face 🙂 My relationship with my niece and nephews has always been special but as they grow into their adolescent lives and I continue to grow in to my 40’s, I… Continue Reading “In a Hole in the Ground”
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Only a year after it’s release 😉 I finally took the time to experience Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender It’s a beautiful show with SO many rich and deeply moving aspects, that have taken over a month to fully process. While I am in… Continue Reading “Water is the Element of Change”
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My first thoughts about starting this blog contained the opening paragraphs of The Hobbit . I have always loved how Tolkien started that story with the simplicity of describing what a hobbit home looks/feels like. As if he was letting us know from page… Continue Reading “Stop and Smell the Roses”
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As blogs past will no doubt tell you, I am a massive Harlan Coben fan and although I haven’t entered the realm of his much beloved character Myron Bolitar, yet, I have ingested just about all of his other novels and television adaptations. I… Continue Reading ““I want to change your life!””
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Posted on December 8, 2024
by Candice N. Carpenter
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There were a couple of reasons for my excitement to participate in the December Writer Friends Challange (@writer.friends.challenge). The first is that I figured the last month of the year was sure to produce enough inspiration to complete most of the prompts and secondly,… Continue Reading “I’m Back in December”
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As soon as I started thinking about this post, it had an accompanying track that played in my head throughout it’s forming into words. The road I grew up on, Thompson Rd, was out in the country and contained a lot of extended family.… Continue Reading “Return to Innocence”
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On Wanderwood Lane 