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Subscription Box Review: The Handy Box – The not so great review of a not so great box.
This is a really awkward review for me because, well, I don’t have a box to review. Now to be fair, The Handy Box people did not know that I was going to be writing a review of their box or the way they handle their boxes, so that needs to be said up front. However, I also don’t think I should be required to tell them that I’m going to write a review in order to get good service. I believe that every customer, whether they’re writing a review or not, is capable of sharing their story and should be treated with the utmost in respect and customer service. However, I signed…
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Subscription Box Review: Bespoke Post
So this subscription box was pretty much what started it all for me. I mean I’ve always loved the idea of them in general but a bad experience with one a year or so ago made me not so interested. The thought of the box was great but when it arrived, it just wasn’t what I’d hoped it would be. So I have been hesitant to get into the boxes since then. But with my husband’s birthday coming up, I started really thinking about what might work for him as a gift. This spawned (as I mentioned earlier) from the fact that I get packages often and the others in…
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Review: The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward
The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: NAL Date: July 28, 2015 Lane Bradford grew up in a family that makes the sweeping sagas of oil barons from Dallas look like redneck reality television. Miles upon miles of country estate and horse farms and distilleries make up the holdings of the Bradford family, but the cornerstone of their wealth is based firmly in the Bourbon they create. Only the best comprises the Bradford family Bourbon and everyone knows it. Lane was never meant to be anything more than a spoiled rotten rich kid that didn’t have to take over the family business. Firmly settled in the middle…
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Subscription Boxes: What you didn’t know you need to know.
So I don’t have a lot of reviews for the subscription boxes yet, but I’ve already learned a few very important things that I thought I should share. There are, of course, the basics. How much is the subscription? Are you locked into a plan? Can you cancel at anytime? What if you don’t want the box? (Some companies allow you to skip a box or choose which box you’d prefer.) Beyond that, if you’re looking at signing up for one (or more!) subscription boxes, here are a few things you might want to explore. What are the shipping rates? You need to find out if the cost of shipping is…
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Subscription Boxes – Are they worth it?
Recently I decided to try something different with my gift giving. Subscription boxes. You see, at my house, I get books in the mail all the time. Sometimes several a day. And my family thinks that’s cool, but that also means Mom is the only one that gets packages to open and at one point, my husband said something along the lines of “You’re the only one that gets the fun of opening those.” Don’t get me wrong, I would happily let anyone else in my house open the books, but it’s not the same. They know what’s inside and they know it’s not actually for them. That takes a…
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Review: Five Days in Skye for Radiant Blog Tours
Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano Reviewed by Lori Twichell Radiant Lit Blog Tours Genre: Romance Publisher: David C. Cook Date: June 10, 2013 Hospitality consultant Andrea Sullivan has one last chance to snag a high-profile client or she’ll have to kiss her dreams of promotion good-bye. When she’s sent to meet Scottish celebrity chef James MacDonald on the Isle of Skye, she just wants to finish her work as efficiently as possible. Yet her client is not the opportunistic womanizer he portrays himself to be, and her attraction to him soon dredges up memories she’d rather leave buried. For James, renovating the family hotel is a fulfillment of…
