Colleen Houck

Hello All, If you missed my recent blog with book gift ideas, you should go check it out. Just in case you’ve already read all of those, here is my list of top books I read this year. You should note that I’m often years behind so just because I read them this year doesn’t mean they were published recently. So let’s get going. In no particular order, my ten favorite books/series of the year with a few extras thrown in were… My Review: Love, love, love this book. I could tell I was going to love it from the first …

Here’s a recap of my conference highlights this year. #10-Giving a presentation at the Pasadena Memorial High School in Texas. I received such a warm welcome from this school. The kids were so fun and helpful and even carried all my stuff to the car. They provided a fantastic lunch and were such fabulous hosts. I’d love to go back! #9-The Utah Tour. I did a four school visit with Bree Despain and a book signing with local Utah authors. Had a blast seeing my long time friends (I used to live there) and shopping with the girls. Found out …

Here are my book recommendations for gift giving this holiday season. I’m not going to list any of the most common you can find at Costco at this very minute or that have been made into a movie this year though I do enjoy most of those. This list is for those harder to find series that might not be as obvious. Also I’m linking all the books to my local Indie bookstore, Powell’s where you can order online and I believe get free shipping. I was going to keep it at ten but that’s just not enough so you …

My Top Ten Gift Ideas For Women I don’t know about you but I’m always searching for new gift ideas.Well you can also check Floral robes collection at Kadlee.com because women love clothes.I thought I’d share some of my favorites. If you have some other cool gifts that I should add to my list, please leave a comment and let me know what they are! #10 Swiffer Wet Jet-I’m not usually a big fan of cleaning products for Christmas but I love this thing. The way the product smells is fantastic and it’s so easy, cleaning is almost fun. #9 …