Gini Rainey

It’ll Be Here Before You Know It!

By Gini Rainey Just when you thought I’d fallen off the face of the earth – BAM – here I am again! ...

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BOOK REVIEW: Double Whammy by Gretchen Archer

By Gini Rainey So, when was the last time you picked up a great mystery novel and read through it in nearly...

BOOK REVIEW: The Blue Cloak

By Gini Rainey The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear Set at the turn of the 18th century in Kentucky and Tennessee, The...

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BOOK REVIEW: Sentient Beings in The Kingdom of Bhutan

Sentient Beings in The Kingdom of Bhutan by Laurie S. Chambers By Gini Rainey Chambers, who has spent over fifty years traveling...

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Book Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

By Gini Rainey Imagine, if you will, a shack in the middle of the backwater marshes of the Atlantic Ocean in North...

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Book Review: “The Orphan’s Tale” by Pam Jenoff

by Gini Rainey Note to Self: when times are different and strangely sad, as the Shelter In Place time for COVID-19 have...

“When Spirits Run Wild” Reviewed by The Cookbook Junkie

By Gini Rainey We are now into the ninth day of our Stay-At-Home Order and it doesn’t get any easier, folks. One...

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We Could All Use A Laugh Right Now!

By Gini Rainey One Hairy Knee – Amy Arndt The feeling I kept getting while reading Ms. Arndt’s book was “this could...

Give the Girl a Sammich!

By Gini Rainey Right now, considering all that is going on in our world, the KISS method would seem to be the...

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A Little Mystery for February

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen An instant #1 New York Times Best Seller in 2019, this second novel...

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Locals' Favorites

Ready, Set, Read!

By Gini Rainey I don’t know about the rest of the world, but 2019 proved to be very challenging for me...

Fall Into Reading

By Gini Rainey Paradox By Catherine Coulter This is one gripping, page-turning novel that brings a small town police chief and the...

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Just in Time for Hurricane Season

By Gini Rainey “Oleanders in June: A Novel” by Whitney Vandiver If you haven’t picked up and read a copy of this...

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Reading the Kids Back to School

By Gini Rainey “Mischief and Mayhem: Part I of the Faerlands Chronicles” by S. D. Nicholson I think you know me by...

No Reason to Be Bored This Summer

By Gini Rainey “Four Three Two One” by Courtney Stevens Ms. Stevens has gone and done it again by creating a book...

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Sea Side Reads

By Gini Rainey “BETWEEN WIND & WATER: 1898 GALVESTON” by Rosa Morgan Set in late 19th century Galveston, Ms. Morgan successfully brings...

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Smörgåsbord Is Ready!

By Gini Rainey I’m always on the lookout for good cookbooks that are either regional, ethnic or odd, and my sister scored...

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Reading is Fun-damental

By Gini Rainey If you are anything like me, your life is so full of busy-ness that you pretty much need to...

Fall Reading

By Gini Rainey The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker Written by the author of When I’m Gone, this book has just as...

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Fall Reading At Its Best

By Gini Rainey The Day John Died by Christopher Anderson Who has not been fascinated by one of the most famous families...

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Some Things to Think About

By Gini Rainey “The Isle of Gold” by Seven Jane If you like to read adventure books that have everything from swashbuckling...

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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!

By Gini Rainey Well, it sort of feels like summer is over, what with school starting tomorrow here in Tyler, but some of us...

Wasn’t That Just Yesterday?

By Gini Rainey It seems like just yesterday that my daughter Beth came home from middle school and announced that one of...

Jump Into Something Interesting

By Gini Rainey “Checking Out of The Hotel Euthanasia” by Gerard Graham Here is a very interesting read that reveals a lot...

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Dang It’s Hot!

By Gini Rainey Living in Texas during the summer can be quite a challenge for someone who grew up just a couple...

Chill Out With A Cool Summer Read

By Gini Rainey Send Down the Rain – By Charles Martin In his thirteenth novel, this New York Times Award-winning author successfully...

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This Is To Die For!

By Gini Rainey When my mother passed away on July 4th, 1977, I hadn’t been exposed to very many funerals here in...

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Spend the Summer Reading

By Gini Rainey “Bring Me Back” by B. A. Paris Just when you think an author can’t out do their last book,...

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Eat It – It’s Good For You!

By Gini Rainey Now that we are a week down the road from Mother’s Day, I would imagine things around your house...

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Mugging It Up!

By Gini Rainey We all have them – those friends that we love to entertain, but who don’t always like the same...

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Duck! Here It Comes!

By Gini Rainey For those of you who have been paying attention to the general theme of my cookbook collection, you may...

Historically Speaking

by Gini Rainey I was thinking this morning about all the incredible advances in technology that I have seen in my lifetime,...

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What’s In a Book?

by Gini Rainey There’s a whole new world waiting for you between the covers of your next book. It’s no secret that...

I Love Google!

By Gini Rainey Sometimes (well, to be perfectly honest – a lot of times) I have dreams that seem really real, and...

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Book Reviews: A Time for Reminiscing

By Gini Rainey “Letters to My Grandchildren – Living an Intentional Legacy” By Sharon Stone While this is not a book that...

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Aunt Jemima – She’s Not Just For Pancakes Anymore

By Gini Rainey Growing up in a small, north-western town in Minnesota wasn’t as bad as you might imagine. Sure, Moorhead has...

Ride ’em Cowboy

By Gini Rainey My dad was quite the jokester. It seems like he was either pulling off a prank or thinking up...

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Super Bowl of Raspberries

By Gini Rainey I don’t know about you and yours, but today me and mine are going to a Super Bowl party...

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New Reads for the New Year

By Gini Rainey The beginning of the new year is a great time to set reading goals for yourself if you haven’t...