UPDATE: The winner is…Daun Ann Korty!
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I’m sure you can guess the subject of the puzzle this week, but the picture is spectacular. I had to share it anyway!

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me whether you’re decorating for fall, and what you consider “decorating”. My daughter goes all out with seasonal statuary, door art, etc. She has a storage shelf for all her displays and loves adding little things we find (usually from garage sales or flea markets, plus things she paints and decorates with her Cricut. I love how into it she is.

Open Contests

1. Michal Scott: Hiding in Plain Sight: Belle da Costa Greene (Contest) — Last chance to enter! Win an Amazon gift card!
2. Saturday Puzzle-Contest! — This ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
3. 10 things to do with your notebook stash! (Contest + Open Contests!) — This ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
4. Flashback: Her Next Breath (Contest — 2 Winners!) — Win a FREE book!
5. He’s not the groom! Tell me a story! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
6. August into September (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
7. Your Weekend Book Boyfriend… (Contest + Excerpt) — Win an Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…flchen1!
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Lovely picture, right? But what if he’s not the groom?

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me a story about these two!

UPDATE: The winner is…Carol G!
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I’m late posting today because a friend messaged my dd to tell us there was a garage sale we could not miss this morning! The woman was selling vintage Pyrex dishes, which my daughter collects. My SIL was game to drive us there and patiently waited while we picked through her junk to find hidden treasures! We came away with so many pieces of Pyrex my daughter doesn’t have room to display them! It’s a great problem for an addict to have. I worked my way down one end of the table, snagging items I knew she’d want, and when we met in the middle we were both thrilled at all our finds.

Then I went through the rest of the tables looking for strange and wonderful treasures, which are what I collect—not that most of my treasures are worth anything, but I’m always looking for the thing that makes me happy.

The item I came away with cost an entire dollar! You have to solve the puzzle to see the tarnished brass (tarnish just means it has been around a while, like me). We looked on eBay to see what similar things go for. The ones we found were promotional type items produced in the 50s. Mine was sold at Knott’s Berry Farm—Ghost Town, California—I have no idea when. The top part flips to change numbers. The screws on the sides change other settings. Now, you have to see what the little treasure is, right? It’s found its forever-home on my desk. 🙂

Puzzle-Contest

Share one garage sale/junk shop find that makes you smile for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…Beverly!
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It’s another Play Date for all you “word nerds”!

Solve the puzzle then tell me your favorite types of romance book heroes for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…K. Campos!
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Have fun finding some popular romance tropes!

Tell me your favorite romance trope (it doesn’t have to be one of these on the list!) for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card! 

UPDATE: The winner is…Diane Sallans!
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It’s Saturday! And there’s no rest for the weary! I finished one editing project yesterday, and now I have a couple of editing projects to begin TODAY! And neither will be short. I hope to start writing on my own book by this time next week. How’s your Saturday?

Psst! Be sure to check out the 8 CONTESTS below that you can still enter!

Puzzle-Contest

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell us if you have kids heading back to school! And if you do, tell us whether you’re ready for them to be gone or wishing the summer was longer!

Open Contests & Giveaways

1. “Will you. Won’t you. Will you. Won’t you…” (Contest) — This one ends soon! Win a FREE book!
2. Saturday Puzzle-Contest! — Win an Amazon gift card!
3. Diana Cosby: Nature’s Beauty – Summer Along the Shore! (Contest) — This one ends soon! Win a SIGNED book!
4. Natasha Moore: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner (Contest) — Win a FREE book!
5. Flashback: Lawless (Contest–2 Winners!) — Win a FREE book!
6. A Memory Puzzle! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
7. Gabbi Grey: When an Angsty Author Tries to Go Rom-Com (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
8. FREE READ! What a Wolf Wants — EVERYONE, pick up your copy!

UPDATE: The winner is…Alison Rush!
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I’m trying out another game for you to play. It’s super easy to play. Just click on a block, and then match a picture or description from another block! All pics are of animals. So enjoy!

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, play the memory search and let me know what you think of the game! How does this memory search compare to the word search and crossword puzzles I posted in the past couple of weeks?