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  • Woodhouse Hall by Sara Marks, A Book Review and Blog Tour
  • XYZ by William Knight, A Book Review and Blog Tour
  • Book Review and Blog Tour: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters
  • Book Review and Blog Tour: Resurrection Girls
  • Book Review and Blog Tour: Just in Case: Twenty-one Bite-sized Stories
Woodhouse Hall Book Review

Woodhouse Hall by Sara Marks.  Growing up in a college town, I do love stories set on campus.  I put on my College Days spotify playlist, filled with songs that range from G. Love and the Special Sauce to Dave Matthews to Shania Twain.  Want to listen with me?  Here’s the link.  A book with […]

Book Review XYZ

XYZ by William Knight.  This book doesn’t fit with a lot of other books I’m reading right now, I mean it is October, but it fits in with my life.  It is the story of a man from generation X (which I am although he is older) working mainly with Generation Y and Z (which […]

Stitch Fix Review January 2019

I have to admit, this was an accidental Stitch Fix!  Oops!  I apparently forgot I had set up my account for a fix every month and all of a sudden was getting a notice that I had a fix coming!  So I was going into it blind without having giving them any feedback. This page […]

Being a mom of a child with special needs has its challenges and its blessings.  So often it seems we focus on what’s hard and don’t take enough time to appreciate things.  You know what, it is hard, but there are so many people who inspire me and lift me up daily. I would like […]

10 Ways to Support a NICU Mom

Many pregnant women do not anticipate or prepare in advance for their newborn end up in the NICU.  I was definitely in the minority that I knew, being pregnant with twins, that there was a very strong possibility that I would end up being a NICU mom.  While not all twins are born early, or […]

Stitch Fix Review October 2018

Time for another Stitch Fix!  Let’s face it, sometimes I feel like leaving me up to choosing my own clothes would be disastrous.  As much as I would love a girls shopping day, those are hard to come by, so I will take a girls virtual shopping trip with a lovely shopper for moi!  I did […]

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Melissia Bruehl

Hi there, I'm Melissia and I want to welcome you to Books and Sassy Lilacs!  My husband and I live in Winter Garden, Florida with our twin almost 4-year-old daughters (my sassy lilacs)!  We also have a beautiful tortoiseshell kitty named Lola.  I love books, chocolate, Disney, staying up late reading and sleeping in, game nights, pedicures, bubble baths, cross-stitch and … read more here

Recent Posts

  • Woodhouse Hall by Sara Marks, A Book Review and Blog Tour
  • XYZ by William Knight, A Book Review and Blog Tour
  • Book Review and Blog Tour: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters
  • Book Review and Blog Tour: Resurrection Girls

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The Secrets She Keeps
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
Ellie, Engineer: The Next Level
The Perfect Family
The Bookshop on the Corner
Dashing Through the Snow
Love You Gone
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