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I suddenly realized that I owe an embarrassingly overdue public thank you to Helen at Helen’s Book Blog<\/a> for a delightful package of goodies she sent me back in November<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"#TBTBSanta\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Helen was my #TBTBSanta this year. She sent me an amazing box filled with a wonderful assortment of delightfully shaped gifts.<\/p>\n

I opened them over a period of three weeks, squeezing a whole lot of joy out of the mystery.<\/p>\n

\"#TBTBSanta<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

There were little packages that I immediately knew were nail polish — a cheery red and a lovely blue-green. Mum and I both benefitted from that gift.<\/p>\n

There were colorful pens.<\/p>\n

Helen even sent Corey a present. This is the least blurry shot I have of him playing with his new toy.<\/p>\n

\"Corey<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

And there were books! Three of them! Jasmine Guillory’s Royal Holiday<\/em> (which I’d been on the wait list at the library for and which I devoured after Christmas), Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue<\/em> (which matches the nail polish and which has been on my TBR list since it came out in 2016), and Beth O’Leary’s The Flatshare<\/em> (which got such good reviews this fall and which I saw on several people’s best-of lists for the year).<\/p>\n

\"#TBTBSanta\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Helen, for such a great package. I loved every bit of it, and opening all the packages (and then reading Royal Holiday<\/em>) brought such light into my Christmas season. I look forward to many more hours of reading this winter.<\/p>\n

And thank you, too, to Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a> for hosting #TBTBSanta this year. I really enjoy taking part every year, and I appreciate how much work must go into organizing such a massive endeavor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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