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Continue reading →: The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 22, 2026At Home This past week has been insane. We did get our new range last Friday, and it’s working great. It’s taking a little bit to adjust and figure out how hot all the burners and the oven burn, but we haven’t scorched anything. Yet. The weekend was really busy,…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees BrennanAll Hail Chaos served with a cup of tea you DON’T want to drink Title: All Hail Chaos (Time of Iron #2) Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Publisher: Orbit Publication date: May 12, 2026 Genre: Fantasy All Hail Chaos is the second in the Time of Iron series, where Rae, a young…
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Continue reading →: Fantasy with Friends: Fairy Tale RetellingsBriana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: Do you like reading fairy tale retellings? What, in your opinion, makes a…
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Continue reading →: The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 15, 2026
At Home We have bunnies nesting in our wildflowers. I don’t know how long they’ve been there for, but, from the way parts of the patch were smashed, I had a feeling something was nesting in there. We sowed a lot too many seeds there, so I guess they thought…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity by Rachel LindenA Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity served with chocolates, because our heroine is a chocolatier Title: A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity Author: Rachel Linden Publisher: Berkley Publication date: May 19, 2026 Genre: Women’s Fiction A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity is exactly what I’ve come to expect from Linden. It’s sweet, a little…
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Continue reading →: Fantasy with Friends: First Fantasy Reads
Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: Is there a particular fantasy that got you interested in the genre? Do…
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Continue reading →: The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 8, 2026
At Home This week has been a little all over the place. Fortunately, we didn’t have any more weird occurrences. Both kids have been doing state testing this week. My son did his over two days, because that’s the time the middle school allotted. My daughter won’t finish until the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Our Lady of Blades by Sebastien de CastellOur Lady of Blades served with tea, because there were some unsettling scenes involving tea. Title: Our Lady of Blades (Court of Shadows #2) Author: Sebastien de Castell Publisher: Arcadia Publication date: May 14, 2026 Genre: Fantasy Our Lady of Blades is the second in the Court of Shadows series, but…
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Continue reading →: Fantasy with Friends: Learning from Fantasy?
Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: Has reading a fantasy book ever inspired you to do further research into…
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Continue reading →: The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 1, 2026
At Home Either my house is haunted, we have someone living in the attic and all the people who have gone up there are keeping it a secret, someone’s sleepwalking, or someone’s decided to play weird jokes. We have a couple of stools, and I found one of them upside…
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I’m Kat
I’m Kat, a reader, writer, baker, and mother of 2. I love reading fantasy, cozy mysteries, and women’s fiction, and enjoy crafting my own stories while baking up a storm. Have a seat and enjoy a story or two.
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