
patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
Orangeville, Ontario • Age 62
Joined myLot 19 years ago
Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/38DY1XCDFRH7V/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
28 Feb

Besides reading a ton of books, we have had to deal with leaks in our house that have created considerable damage. Our house is going to be torn up to get all the moisture out of the walls and floor of the basement, kitchen and...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
28 Feb

"My name's Ernest Cunninham. I used to be a fan of Golden Age mysteries, until I found myself frequently stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I'd hoped that any self-respecting murderer would take it easy over the holidays. I...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
18 Feb

This is book 4 in a 6 books Secure One series by Harlequin Intrigue. I do have the next two books and am anxious to get to them. I'm also really behind in reviews.
Harlequin is no longer just a romance novel publisher. They have...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
6 Feb

Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills, and lands a place on their...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
6 Feb

Sorry I am reviewing Christmas books but my books are piling up that I haven't reviewed. There are two more holiday reads still to be reviewed, and 3 other novels. I am enjoying all of these books
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It's Christmastime in Bells...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
30 Jan

I am way behind in reviews. I have 6 books sitting here waiting for me to post my reviews. When you get that far behind you don't want to make the effort. At least I don't. I'm focusing on the reading more than the...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
9 Jan

Whitney Garrett is preparing to enter culinary school in the spring, but first she has to sell enough homemade pies at the local Christmas markets to pay her tuition. When her oven breaks, Whitney asks Marie Sloan, proprieter of...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
1 Jan

Most people wouldn't think of a Bad Santa case as the perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office manager at Hunt Investigations, isn't most people, and she could really use a distraction from the fantasies she's been...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
29 Dec

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin. Stella is standing alone outside a famous department store, when a charming man asks her opinion on the decor. It's a tragedy...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• Orangeville, Ontario
22 Dec

Mallory Maitland knows all too well what it's like to feel abandoned, whifch is why she's sworn never to give up on her two stepsons - her late husband's children. But when the teens land in hot water, she's got a whole new...
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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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3 people
patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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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patgalca
@patgalca (18439)
• 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).
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When single mom Joy Lee abandoned her old...
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