patgalca

@patgalca (18390)

Orangeville, Ontario • Age 62

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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What is the best gift?

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 15 Dec

I have always said the best gift is experience gifts. Over the past few years my daughters have taken me to Vegas to see Donny and Marie, taken me to Grease Live in Toronto, a Blue Jays baseball game, Bunjee Jumping in Ottawa all...

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Book Review: My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 15 Dec

Bailey Moore has an agenda: Skiing in the Rockies, exploring castles in Europe, ballroom dancing in Argentina. Now that she has a second lease on life, she's determined not to miss a thing. What she doesn't realize is that item #1...

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Book Review: The Magnolia Inn by Anne-Marie Meyer

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 5 Dec

Book #1 in the Red Stiletto Book Club Series. Maggie: This is my start over moment. I'm 36. Recently divorced, and embarassingly unemployed. My only option is to prove myself to my mother - and really, to me - by fixing up the...

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Book Review: Tart by Katie Mettner

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Nov

My name is Bishop Halla, and I believe in love at first sight. The problem is, the woman I'm in love with doesn't. Amber Larson, the face of The Fluffy Cupcake, is the sweetest tart in the bakery case and I want nothing more than...

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Book Review: The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 22 Nov

This story was long and drawn out. Very slow for me. And with the longer chapters it took me longer to read. But in general, it was a good story about a woman who inherited (though not directly) her mother's bookshop when she died...

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Book Review: My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 14 Nov

This story had a bit of a thriller vibe to it, but I didn't quite consider it a thriller while reading it. Perhaps at the very end. The back of the book gives very little description - "This is a story about a married couple."...

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Book Review: Written in Stone by Diane Bator

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 7 Nov

"What happens at Grandma's house, stays at Grandma's house." The problem is A.J. (Alison Jane) Cadell can't remember Grandma or her house. Dreaming of becoming a best-selling romance novelist, Alison is invited to Beech Grove,...

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Movie Musical TBR Jar

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 25 Oct

I watch a lot of BookTube videos on TBR (to be read) games. I thought of one but realized I could get copyright dinged if I went to all the trouble to create a game using pictures from the movies. Grease is one of my favourite...

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Book Review: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 25 Oct

Non-fiction Thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to the closing of U.S. airspace, the citizens of the small community and surrounding towns...

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Book Review: Sisters of Summer's End by Lori Foster

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 3 Oct

My last review was the first book in this 2-book series. I can't see the author bringing in more characters to continue this series. So here is book 2 (another 2 romance storylines). ~~~~ When single mom Joy Lee abandoned her old...

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Book Review: Cooper's Charm by Lori Foster

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 1 Oct

Before the burglary that shattered her confidence, Phoenix Rose had a fiance, a succcessful store and a busy, happy existence. After months spent adrift, she takes a job at the lakeside resort of Cooper's Charm. Surrounded by...

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Interesting Medical Information - Medication, Chronic Pain & Depression

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Sep

Maybe some of you have heard about this before but I just learned it today... 28 years in to having and being treated for fibromyalgia. I'm not sure whether I mentioned this but I have been having tremors for years which have...

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Book Review: I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 24 Sep

How would you react in a life-or-death situation? It's a question everyone asks themselves but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former...

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Life is Getting Me Down

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 19 Sep

Recently I had to renew my driver's license and my health card. Last time we were allowed to renew online using the same picture from the previous cards. I received my new driver's license today. Oh my God! I hate myself. We're...

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Book Review: You'll Never Know I'm Here by Kiersten Modglin

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 19 Sep

When six book influencers take a weekend getaway to connect with their fellow creators, it's meant to be a chance to relax, collaborate, and discuss all the books they love. But from the start, something's clearly amiss. From the...

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Book Review: The Inn On Mirror Lake by Debbie Mason

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 13 Sep

Elliana MacLeod has come home to whip the Mirror Lake Inn into tip-top-shape - the only way to prevent her mother from selling the beloved family business. Between watching over mischievous, cigar-sneaking Grandpa Joe and trying...

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Book Review: I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 12 Sep

Since I'm trying to catch up on my reviews, I am posting them out of order. This is one I just finished (I still have two more to write). ~~~~ How would you react in a life-or-death situation? It's a question everyone asks...

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Book Review: Tourist Season by Brenda Novak

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 8 Sep

Ismay Chalmers is ready for a relaxing summer reconnecting with her fiance at his family's luxurious beachfront cottage. But before Remy can join her, a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island. Alone in the large house, Ismay...

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Book Review: The Family Secret by Kiersten Modglin

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 30 Aug

When freshly engaged Austyn Murphy and Lowell Bass receive the news that Lowell's parents have died unexpectedly, they set out for the historic Bass estate to handle their affairs. Enshrouded in layers of secrecy and tradition,...

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Series Review - Write Place, Write Time, Write Choice

patgalca @patgalca (18390) • Orangeville, Ontario 21 Aug

I already did a review on book 1 The Write Place. English teacher meets author. A perfect mix of romance, family drama, friendship, humour, grief, and a little bit of spice. Book 2 - The Write Time. This is how Jenny and Ben...

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