Easter… we’re too big for the Easter Bunny, but we’re certainly not to old too give praise and spend time in prayer.  He has risen and we are all forgiven.  What more could we ask for?  Here’s this week’s wrap up:

This Week’s Reads

This week, I read and reviewed:

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Edgewise by Jan Stites

Fire Me by Libby Malin

Who Made You A Princess? by Shelley Adina

In My Mailbox for Review

Nothing this week!  I’m hoping that I win Girls in Trucks, though.  I really want to read that book!

Awards 

 I am nothing without my readers and blog friends.  The comments mean SO MUCH to me!  I can’t tell you how much I look forward to reading each and every comment that I get.  I have developed friendships across the globe from this blog and it has all started with comments. 

We give and get awards for having a great blog and being a good friend.  What I want to award is to those people whose comments have meant THE WORLD to me.  It takes time to visit a blog and leave a comment.  I wanted to take this opportunity to say “thank you” to each and every one of you who has left a comment for me on A Novel Menagerie.  Also, I wanted to recognize some special bloggers whose comments have made such an impact on me.  The “You Don’t Say?” Award is awarded to these special bloggers in hopes that they will pass the award along to 5-10 of their best commentors!  Below are my awardees and the number of comments they’ve shared with me!

Shana @ Literarily (163) – MISS YOU!

Kathy @ BermudaOnion (122) – She’s the most amazing commentor!

Alyce @ At Home With Books (111) – Hugs…

Anna @ Diary of An Eccentric (80) – Thank you, so much… Anna!

Serena @ Savvy Verse & Wit (69) – You are da’ bomb!

Lisa @ Books On The Brain (92) – Thank you for everything, my friend!

Ladytink @ Up Close & Personal With LadyTink (61) – THE TINK!

Yasmin @ Apooo (49)

Amanda @ Priceless Pearls (49)

Darlene @ Peeking Between The Pages (46)

Molly @ My Cozy Book Nook (34)

J. Kaye @ J. Kaye’s Book Blog  (32)

Jo-Jo @ Jo-Jo Loves To Read (32)

Debbie @ Wrighty’s Reads  (32)

Jennifer @ The Literate Housewife Review (29)

Margo @ Life In The Short Lane (27)

Dawn @ She Is Too Fond of Books (24)

Marie @ The Boston Bibliophile (21)

Nicole @ Linus’s Blanket (21)

Amy @ My Friend Amy (19)

Valorie @ Morbid Romantic (19)

Wendy @ Musings Of A Bookish Kitty (18)

Carrie @ Books & Movies (18)

Kristina @ Kristina’s Favorites (17)

Erika Lynn @ Kiss My Book (16)

Nely @ All About {n} (15)

Bobbie @ Book Reviews By Bobbie (12)

Meg @ Literary Menagerie (12)

Robin @ My Two Blessings (12)

Contests 

ENTER ENTER ENTER

As I mentioned last week, I am THRILLED to be giving away THREE copies of Follow Me!   This book was awarded A Novel Menagerie’s “Guaranteed Good Book” Seal of Approval.  To enter, click HERE.

Reading Challenges

For the participants of  the Just For the Love of It Challenge, THIS IS OUR LAST MONTH.  Please post your April reviews HERE.  The participants of this challenge have posted some terrific book reviews.  You can find them by going to the sidebar and click onto a month and check out what’s been linked. 

At Home & On TV

David Allen Grier didn’t survive this week on Dancing With the Stars.  You can catch up on my goofy gossip (HERE).       

I have a lot of my mind and in my prayers this week.  As stated in my post dated Friday, I’m calling on all Moms and Prayer Warriors out there to read my post and include Lainey Grace in your prayers. 

I will post a winner for The Keeper of Light and Dust book giveaway shortly.

We did make it to Chinatown this week.  The kids were really annoyed that I wanted to take their pictures.  But, I did and here are a couple…

Have a great Easter and, as always, my thanks to all of you for reading not only this post, but the others as well.   Your readership means the world to me!  AND, your comments are invaluable to me!

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