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As a marketing consultant, copy editor, and proofreader, C.G.Koens has been working professionally with individuals, corporations, and non-profits for over a decade to ensure their core messages are clearly communicated to the intended audience, whatever the medium.

Married to a fellow INTJ, she's also an adoptive (homeschooling) mom of five, loves a good skinny, decaf, caramel macchiato, and is a fan of BBC mystery shows, Indian curry, Parisian cafes, and her passport. A "work in progress" Jesus-follower, she embraces a lifestyle of thankfulness, simplicity, stewardship, and personal growth.

Favorite Genres/Authors: Food/travel, historical non-fiction/biographies, cozy British mysteries, Agatha Christie, Alexander McCall Smith, Miss Read, J
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What's On My Nightstand (May 2026)

This month has been a bit of a slump in the reading department (though I'm still ahead of schedule, thanks to last month) as we prepare to graduate a child and send four kids off to the ends of the earth for the summer. I also blame Emma M. Lion. If you know, you know. Once you get started on that series, there is no casual reading, it's like a mad rush to the end, and there's no stopping it. In f

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C.G.Koens C.G.Koens said: " Loved this book - loved the theory, the writing, the ideas, and the recipes (except for leek soup - don't get me started on how bad that was!). Guiliano understands the idea that "diets" don't last, and explains clearly how we to break free from the ...more "

 

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I suppose it's to be expected...I mean, how many murders can you explain away in such a small village? The exotic animals were a twist, though the villains were not much of a surprise. It would have been nice for it all t
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My complaint with this story, as with many of the books in this series, are that they get a phrase or word picked out and then kill it with overuse. Two books ago, more women had "hair severely pulled back" than you could shake a stick
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