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Gina House

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British Literature, Modern Classics, Vintage Middle Grade & YA

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Gina House is an avid reader and loves to collect beautiful vintage books. Her favorite novels are written between 1900-1950, but she loves the interwar period the best. Her all-time favorite authors are Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Goudge, Gladys Taber, Ruby Ferguson, Rosamunde Pilcher, Elizabeth von Arnim, Mary Stewart, Molly Clavering, DE Stevenson, Kathleen Norris, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Noel Streatfeild/Susan Scarlett and Miss Read.

She also has a passion for knitting, crocheting, drawing and painting in her sketchbook, archery and working with tarot cards.

Gina (aka SleepyEyes) has also been a knitwear designer, yoga and hula hoop instructor in the past. She is a mom of two amazing, creative adults and dreams of one day publishing a ch ...more

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Furrowed Middlebrow Friday—Double the Fun! 🤩📗💕

Hooray for Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! 🥳🎉✨📚

Today, I'm reviewing TWO Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow books...isn't that exciting?!?

Before my reviews, I just wanted to say that I'm dying to buy and read the upcoming NEW Furrowed Middlebrow titles by Dean Street Press Ltd.! They include:

D.E. Stevenon Upcoming Book Cover Images from Dean Street Press website.

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	Sleepy Eyes Knits: Wonderlace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	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
	Sleepy Eyes Knits: Dreamscape by Gina House (Goodreads Author) (Author and Photographer), Ian House (Goodreads Author) (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	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
	Following the Butterfly Volume Two by Esmerelda Little Flame (Goodreads Author), Gina House (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	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

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Vegan A Go-Go!: A Cookbook & Survival Manual for Vegans on the Road

by Sarah Kramer

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Fletchers End (Bel Lamington #2)

by D.E. Stevenson

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All I Desire

by Dorothy Lambert

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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Every single Georgianna Lane book I've read/savored has been like a tonic for my soul! The stunning images and layouts that Georgianna creates have the effect of instantly soothing any anxiety or stress I might be feelin ...more
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A down-to-earth and touching children's book! I really enjoyed it! Between the charming illustrations, seasonal chapters and very likeable (and authentic) family, this is a wonderful choice for a lovely reading experience with children—especially if y ...more
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“You can never have too many books or too many hugs.”
― Gina House

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Gina’s Quotes

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

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“You can never have too many books or too many hugs.”
― Gina House

tags: hugs, reading

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“Perhaps, after all, our best thoughts come when we are alone. It is good to listen, not to voices but to the wind blowing, to the brook running cool over polished stones, to bees drowsy with the weight of pollen. If we attend to the music of the earth, we reach serenity. And then, in some unexplained way, we share it with others.”
― Gladys Bagg Taber

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“Old houses, I thought, do not belong to people ever, not really, people belong to them.”
― Gladys Taber

tags: belonging, home, old-house-quotes

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“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
― William Wordsworth

tags: on-writing, writing, writing-from-the-heart

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