It was one rough week – long hours at work, late hours due to social obligations, extremely early hours in the morning for various reasons. I was so thankful it was Friday that I almost cried tears of joy. My happiness increased exponentially when I opened my mailbox and saw a package for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap!
Jess at Find the Time to Read was my Secret Santa this year, and I have to say that she did an awesome job!
The bookmark is great. The quote, “Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.” by Burton Hills is absolutely perfect for summarizing my year of growth and development (that is for another post). Chocolates, because one can never have enough, holiday pencils, because there is a dearth of pencils in the house for whatever reason, and best of all, Evermore! This has been on my Wish List for quite some time now. When I opened up the wrapping, I gave a squeal of delight and knew that it would be coming to Texas with me for the holidays.
So, thank you, Jess, for making my day and my week! I couldn’t have planned a better ending to it.

LOL! Yes, I do, don't I? Sorry about that. It's my go-to list whenever I read about some new book that sounds interesting. I really should rank them someday… Thanks again!
I'm so glad you liked it 🙂 It was a hard decision on what book to pick off your wish list since you had so many!
Thanks, Alitareads! I'm savoring the chocolates and already have Evermore packed and ready to go!
Great gift! Enjoy all your treats – and Evermore!
It was definitely fun receiving them in the mail, and as I said, brightened my day considerably.
Books, chocolate and other great writerly stuff is a fabulous holiday gift. Enjoy 🙂
Thanks, Diane! My kids want my chocolates, but I'm keeping them all for myself!
Thanks, Ladystorm! I am so excited to read it.
You did Great Michelle. Enjoy your Secret Santa goodies 🙂
Great gift! Hope you like Evermore, I have that one but haven't read it yet.