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Cindy Hval is a columnist and correspondent for The Spokesman Review newspaper in Spokane, Washington. Her “Front Porch” column offers humorous, often poignant commentary about life, love and raising sons– not necessarily in that order.

Her first book, "War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation" was published by Casemate in 2015. She's currently working on her second book "Tiaras & Testosterone: TNT."

You can also read her work in numerous anthologies including 10 volumes of the Chicken Soup For the Soul series.

Cindy is the mother of four sons ages 28 to 18 and is owned by two cats, also boys. She and her husband, Derek, recently celebrated their 32nd anniversary.

Her idea of heaven is a room full of books and all the time in the ...more

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War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation

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At 95, Mom still makes me LOL

On Saturday, my mom celebrated her 95th birthday and had a new story for Derek and me. I told her that we’d be celebrating our 40th anniversary on Sunday, and she nodded. “Yep, you married the boy your dad and I picked out for you.” This was news to us. Derek seemed pretty confident that… Continue reading At 95, Mom still makes me LOL Read more of this blog post »

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Cindy Hval wrote a new blog post At 95, Mom still makes me LOL On Saturday, my mom celebrated her 95th birthday and had a new story for Derek and me. I told her that we’d be celebrating our 40th anniversary on Sun Read more of this blog post »
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Cindy rated a book it was ok Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #19) by William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Disappointing outing from one of my favorite authors. I love the Cork O' Connor series, but this one had too many secondary characters, too many law enforcement agencies, and would have benefited from focusing on the ongoing crisis of missing and murd ...more
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Cindy did not finish Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Slogged halfway through, and it was a relief to set it aside and add it to my DNF list. Torture porn, gruesome violence. Nope. Hard pass.
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Cindy and 2725 other people liked Basil Sidebottom's review of Pretty Girls: "Here's the thing. The book is full of torture porn. It's about 400 pages and I'd say 1/4 is straight up, highly detailed repetitive torture porn. That's about 100 pages describing women being tortured, raped and murdered. And cut up. This isn't your ru" Read more of this review »
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Add me to the list of those who wish Goodreads had half-star ratings, because this is absolutely closer to a 4 than a 3 for me. I adored the beauty of Frank and his musical ESP. I love how Joyce makes every character so vibrant. Alas, the end felt too ...more
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“LOVE LESSON A good attitude is the secret to a happy relationship. Accept the person you married and don’t constantly find fault.”—Tex Gaynos”
― Cindy Hval, War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation

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“the road, but thank God, she didn’t.” LOVE LESSON “Pay attention! Marriage is a two-way street. It isn’t all about your way and it isn’t all about her way. It’s the together that counts.”—Milt Stafford”
― Cindy Hval, War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation

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“LOVE LESSON “Pay attention! Marriage is a two-way street. It isn’t all about your way and it isn’t all about her way. It’s the together that counts.”—Milt Stafford”
― Cindy Hval, War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation

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