I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the NO
NICE GIRL SWEARS by Alice-Leone Moats Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar
Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to
enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Title: NO
NICE GIRL SWEARS: Notes on High Society, Social Graces, and Keeping Your Wits
from a Jazz-Age Debutante
Author: Alice-Leone Moats foreword by Stellene Volandes
No Nice Girl Swears is the original,
trailblazing guide to the “new etiquette,” brimming with timeless advice on
style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print 90 years after its
original release. Forewords by today’s editor in chief of Town & Country
and the editor in chief of Vogue from 1914–1952.
Heralded as the go-to guide for soon-to-be
debutantes and ladies who’d recently made their debut, No Nice Girl Swears
ushered in a “new etiquette” on its release in 1933, much to the shock—and
delight—of the high-society crowd of jazz-age America. Today it is equal parts
time capsule (how to dress for dinner on your transatlantic voyage) and
timeless missive (how to ditch a date who’s had a few too many).
Worldly-wise socialite Alice-Leone Moats advises
on everything from style and dating to travel and party throwing, and weeds
through the dos and don’ts of weddings, weekend trips, and the workplace. Her
wisdom, though steeped in the charm of her time, endures: treat others—and
yourself—with respect, always put your best foot forward, and don’t throw a party
without champagne. It’s just good manners.
This keepsake volume includes a new foreword
from Stellene Volandes, the editor in chief of Town & Country, the original
foreword from Edna Woolman Chase, Vogue’s editor in chief from 1914–1952, and a
contextualizing preface. It encourages consideration of what etiquette rules
we’d like instilled today, and shows how Moats helped usher in a world where
women could speak—and act—freely.
“A book of modern etiquette for the modern
debutante and sub deb, with an eye on her mother. Definitely keyed to the city
and suburban communities, rather than the small town. Humor and commonsense
combined in due proportion in answering such questions as: Shall I ask him in?
May I call you up some time? What is the technique of being picked up? What
should be done if my escort passes out on me? And so on. In addition, the author
gives the latest usage in the matter of debutante parties, chaperonage (you’d
be surprised!), engagements, weddings, clothes, week-end parties, and other
contingencies. In good taste, and yet distinctly smart. The book itself is
another experiment in colored stock—yellow this time—but since the books are to
be sealed with cellophane wrappers, the prospective buyer wont know what she is
getting until the purchase is made.”
—Kirkus Review
“In spite of such reminiscent titles of ‘Shall
She Ask Him In?’ and ‘Never Speak To Strangers Unless They Speak to You,’ these
chapters contain serious advice—the pragmatism of it all cloaked in a flippant
and humor-flecked style.”
Review: This book was a fun diversion and trip into the past rules of society in urban New York. I enjoyed reading the advice the writer gives women trying to navigate their season of dating. Fun, yet practical, some of it is still applicable today.
—New York Times
Excerpt:
About Alice:
Alice-Leone
Moats (1908–1989) was an American journalist and author who was born in Mexico
to wealthy and socially prominent American parents. She attended convent
schools in Mexico City, Rome and Paris, as well as the Brearley School in
Manhattan and the Fermata School for Girls in Aiken, South Carolina.
Today Chantal
Gadoury, The Parliament House, and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover
for BEYOND THE SHORE AND SHADOWS, the second book in her YA Little Mermaid
Retelling Series, which releases May 2021! Check out the awesome cover and
enter to win a $10 Amazon GC!
Lena is a
merrow in possession of the Magick Skal, the shell once owned by the Queen of
the merrows. And now, Lord Jarl knows her secret and wants it for himself.
After running
away from the Lundby-Wyatt Inn, leaving behind everything she was familiar
with, Lena finds herself in the company of the warm and kind Soren Emil.
When the
villagers turn against her and Soren, they’re forced to leave the burning Bror
Boghandel behind and escape to a forgotten cottage on the edge of the shore,
where no one will find them. Lena knows she must get the shell back to the sea
and destroy it, before it falls into the hands of Lord Jarl, or worse, his
apprentice, Jace Wyatt.
With the
help of some unruly pirates, Lena and Soren journey to the sea, a place Lena
never thought she’d return to. There, she will have to face not only the Sea
King’s army, the Fosse-Søfolk, but the impossible choice to sacrifice her own
life, or the life of the man she loves.
Lena, a Merrow girl, lives in the Skagerrak sea with her father, Carrick and
her brother, Javelin who tells her of the legend of the Merrow Queen murdered
by her human lover when greed takes over. But what’s worth spilling the queen’s
blood? Gifted from Poseidon, himself, a magic shell gives any human the ability
to control both land and sea.
When Javelin is called to join a clan of Merrow soldiers bent on protecting
their waters from human invasion, Lena resists Merrow law and ventures to the
shore with no choice but to swim to land.
With newfound legs, Lena is whisked away on a new adventure with new friends
and new trouble. Everyone seems to want something from her as intrigue lurks
around every corner.
Trying her best to hide who she is and remain safe from the dangers of the
human world, will Lena finally find where she belongs, or will she be swept
into a strong and stormy current by lust, greed, and jealousy?
Excerpt from BETWEEN THE SEA AND
STARS (Lena #1):
“Tell me the legend of the Skagerrak queen.”
Javelin lifted a brow. “It’s hardly a legend, Lena,” he said. “It’s
barely been a decade.” His voice was easy, unbothered by the possibility of
being overheard. They were alone in this place. There was no need to whisper or
scold or shush. Still, he groaned. “I’ve told that one a thousand times. You
should know it by heart. Aren’t you tired of it yet?”
“Come on,” Lena urged him. “It’s my favorite. Tell me again.”
He rolled his eyes, but his mouth curved into a grin. “Fine.” His scooped
a clam shell out of the sand and began sliding the sharp side of a rock against
its grain. “The queen fell in love with a human man,” he began, his strong
fingers holding the clam firmly in place. “Every full moon, she used her magic
to travel ashore to see him.”
About the Author
Chantal Gadoury is an Amazon Best Selling Author who is originally from the countryside of Muncy, PA. Chantal likes anything Disney, plays a mean game of Disney trivia, enjoys painting and has a interest in British History. Chantal first started writing stories at the age of seven and continues that love of writing today. As a recent college graduate from Susquehanna University, with a degree in Creative Writing, writing novels is a dream come true.
Missionary John H. Groberg returns to Tonga in the 1960s with his wife and their five young daughters. When their sixth child is born with a serious illness, the Grobergs face their ultimate test of faith, only to find themselves surrounded by the love andprayers of thousands of Tongans. Barriers of inter-religious strife are soon broken down as all unite in hopes of a miracle that will save the baby’s life, as well as the life of a Tongan minister’s son.
Yesterday, we watched The Other Side of Heaven 2 as a family. It is a high action film with moderate violence, so you may want to pre-screen or have the remote ready to fast forward. Elder Groberg is in Idaho Falls, Idaho with his young family when he is called to be a mission president to Tonga and surrounding islands. Back to the place where he served as a young man, now with hundreds in his care. We cried many times and marveled at the hardships they endured, as well as the faith they showed with prayer. Highly recommend for youth and adults.
Content: domestic violence, gang violence. High tension.
We have been homeschooling for over five years and are happy to help any families start on this journey. Leave your questions in the comments. Here are some free resources available during the quarentine due to Coronavirus, COVID-19.
We use Pinterest for ideas and have several homeschool boards. This week is a good time to study Ireland, St Patrick’s Day. Listen to Celtic music, eat Irish soda bread, make Colcannon.
What are you using for curriculum this week? What are you doing as a family to pass the time?
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the WORTH
THE WAIT by Traci Douglass Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar
Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to
enter the giveaway!
Mandy Reynolds needs a reset on life in so many
ways. Her acting career isn’t exactly where she’d hoped it to be. She can’t
even get a job as a germ for a commercial. When she inherits half a house she
sees it as a sign and heads home to Heavenly Falls, Illinois. She’ll sell the
house, and use the money to take her career to the next level in Los Angeles.
That is if she can convince her hard-headed––and stupidly gorgeous––
ex-stepbrother, Alex Noonan, to sell fast.
The last time Alex saw Mandy, she was a gangly
teen, who followed him around like a sad puppy. But she’s grown into a smart
and funny woman, who is as frustrating as she is beautiful. The fact that they
have to live in the house––together––while they fix it up, is one temptation he
doesn’t need. And while he’s having fun spending time with her, she’s moving on
soon, and he needs time to heal.
Plus, she has no idea he’s got a secret that
could put a monkey wrench in all of her plans…
Review
Worth the Wait was a fun romance and look into the effects of PTSD and anxiety in a relationship. The main characters both have to navigate how to handle moving through their grief, lost relationships and career changes. Alex goes through some major adjustments to finally land where he needs to be. I enjoyed their support for one another and the sub plot of renovating a Victorian home.
Content: adult.
About Traci:
Fresh, Flirty, Fun.
Sweet, Sexy Romance.
I’m a USA Today
Bestselling Author whose stories feature sizzling heroes with humor, quick wits
and troubled pasts and heroines who are smart, tenacious, and always give as
good as they get. I hold an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill
University and I love cute animals, chocolate, coffee, hot UK actors, and
sarcasm—not necessarily in that order.
My books are published
with Harlequin/Mills & Boon, Entangled Publishing, and Tule Publishing.
New Children’s Book I
Am Awesome! Teaches the Power of Embracing Our
God-Given Confidence
A recent study by University of
Washington researchers shows that by age five children have a sense of
self-esteem comparable in strength to that of adults. That’s a significant
finding given that self-esteem then tends to
remain relatively stable throughout a person’s life.
Ryan Maule, motivational speaker and host of the
popular Expect Awesome Podcast, is taking that seriously. He wants to make sure
that all children get the positive self-esteem they need early so they can be
the type of adults that live up to their God-given potential.
Explains Ryan, “I was brought up in churches where
confidence was seen as a prideful thing that needed to be discarded and
exchanged for humility. I don’t think that’s what God intended at all. We were
created by an awesome God who created an ever-evolving awesome creation that
needs to live up to the potential that God intended for us. How can we fully
believe in God’s awesome power if we can’t believe in ourselves while living
according to his power?”
After helping his own daughter overcome issues of
poor self-esteem, Ryan wanted to create a way to improve children’s self-esteem
in a format that is understandable and relatable to them. The result is his new children’s book, I
Am Awesome!(ISBN: 978-1-9736-8105-2),
which helps kids build confidence by teaching them just how awesome they truly
are.
I Am Awesome! tells the story of two robots
named Grace and Zeal who live in Goodland, a land created by an Inventor where
everyone and everything is Good. When Grace and Zeal meet a new invention who
claims to be Awesome and not just Good they set off for the Inventor’s workshop
to get some answers. There they discover the truth – that they are worth more
than they ever realized.
“Ultimately with I Am Awesome! I
want to teach children that it’s not just a good thing to have confidence, it’s
what God wants!” adds Ryan. “He wants you to live an awesome life with Him by
your side through it all.”
Guest Post
3 Secrets to Teaching Your Kids to Choose Confidence Over Fear
By Ryan Maule, author of the children’s book I Am Awesome!
Being a parent of a child in grade school means constantly sitting on the edge of your seat. Changes are happening all the time that affect the way your child reacts and responds to everyday life situations. This makes parenting overwhelming, feeling like you’re just sitting around waiting to come up with answers to issues you didn’t realize would come up in the first place.
One of those changes seen regularly is a loss in self-esteem or confidence. Many parents face the dilemma of seeing confidence deplete with little to no understanding of what’s going on or how it happened. Most of the time we don’t even notice until the confidence has dropped so far that we wonder how it will ever recover!
So, what happened? If you’re like me, it’s easy to remember the moments where your child looked like they were absolutely unstoppable. I’ve seen my daughter take on roller coasters that made me nauseas, introduce herself to a group of strangers where I hoped to just blend in and get ignored, and perform, sing, and dance in front of crowds that make even the most confident of parents wonder “where did this kid come from?!” For a while it seemed like the only thing that scared her was Santa Claus.
But then, without notice or warning, she doesn’t have that confidence anymore. She doesn’t want to perform, she’s withdrawn, she doesn’t want to go on even simple child rides, or stand out at school or in small groups.
Where did the confidence go?
The reality is that these depletions in confidence are normal and common throughout not only the growing up process, but throughout your child’s entire life. These life tests never go away. The trick is to be able to recognize and label the problem that is always getting in the way. It can be called many things and summed up into one word: fear.
Fear is the main reason your children lose some or most of their self-confidence. It can be discovering the fear of death, the fear of judgement, the fear of disapproval, the fear of disappointment, the fear of embarrassment, or even the fear of simply failing. They could even just be scared in general. Fear is always present and will never fully go away. Fear is the amplifier of all the negative outcomes in every situation that we hold in the back of our mind.
The secret is to teach our children how to react to fear in order to maintain and build their confidence. To do this, I have three easy secrets to help your kids choose confidence over fear.
1. Teach Your Children to Recognize and Admit Their Fears
Most situations where confidence is attacked are never recognized because we allow ourselves to get away with lying to each other. Instead of properly saying “I’m afraid of” or “I’m scared to,” we allow bad excuses and “I just don’t want to’s” to be acceptable answers. Teaching your kids to identify the thoughts and feelings that are fear-related helps them to create the potential for a stronger, more confident response.
2. Make A Rule of No Hypotheticals
This secret is one that all families should use and applies to both adults and children. Hypotheticals are imaginary negative outcomes and more commonly, fantasy worst-case scenarios. It’s so easy to think up disasters and failures and play them out like a movie in your mind. The answer is to not allow them. No hypotheticals means basing your decision on only the things that are facts and that you already know. By not allowing your worst-case scenario to impact your decision, you create opportunities where positive outcomes are truly possible.
3. Discuss Past Successes!
When you’re in the moment, it’s hard to remember past experience. Sometimes all you need is a little reminder of great moments of past confidence to inspire more instances of future confidence!
“Do you remember that time you did this same thing and it went perfectly?!”
“Mom and I were so proud of you the last time you handled a situation like this!”
“You are awesome at this!”
“This is nothing for you!”
“You could do this in your sleep!”
By drawing on past successes, your children will start to see beyond the fear and see themselves conquering the world!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RYAN MAULE is a nationally
recognized and highly sought-after motivational speaker, host of the popular
Expect Awesome Podcast, and the president of Integrity Doctors, the world’s
largest chiropractic business organization. Over the last 15 years Ryan has
traveled the world spreading the message of expecting awesome and building a
stronger self-image in order to gain a God-powered confidence. Ryan is happily
married to his awesome wife Amber and they live in Florida with their two
awesome kids, Summer Grace and Nolan Zeal.
I am so excited that Hilary Weeks is playing a concert in Ogden as part of her 6-city tour this March. We have our tickets; are you coming?
Come see Hilary Weeks perform live with her killer band in Ogden on March 14 and hear some of the music from the 2019 Live All In subscription songs plus many of her fan favorites! You can see the whole tour schedule and get your tickets at HilaryWeeks.com.
