books – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:13:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.15 39181224 The Best Down and Dirty Books about Rock and Roll https://toulouseandtonic.com/best-dirty-books-rock-roll/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/best-dirty-books-rock-roll/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:52:23 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8151 There are a mountain of biographies and memoirs about rock and roll, rockers, musicians, groupies, rock wives and girlfriends. But my friend K (who shall henceforth be called “The Expert”) and I like a certain “class” of these books. We put our heads together and came up with this list of what we think are […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/best-dirty-books-rock-roll/feed/ 0 8151 Win 8 of the Best Summer Books and a $250 Amazon Giftcard! https://toulouseandtonic.com/win-8-best-summer-books-250-amazon-giftcard/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/win-8-best-summer-books-250-amazon-giftcard/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2017 13:17:48 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8450 I’m super excited to be taking part in this great summer book giveaway (plus you can win a $250 Amazon gift card). Read on to find out which book I loved almost enough to DIE 4 this past Spring (hint). Friends, you know we love our books around these parts! We love sharing our latest […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/win-8-best-summer-books-250-amazon-giftcard/feed/ 2 8450 Win 11 Books and a $225 Amazon Giftcard with our Summer Reading Giveaway! https://toulouseandtonic.com/win-11-books-and-a-225-amazon-giftcard-with-our-summer-reading-giveaway/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/win-11-books-and-a-225-amazon-giftcard-with-our-summer-reading-giveaway/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:39:47 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8221 What’s that, friends? You feel that gorgeous sunshine on your back and hear those birds chirping? Yup, it’s officially SUMMER! And to all the readers of the world, that means one very, very important thing: it’s time to dig into that summer reading list! Been a little too distracted by the end-of-school insanity to bone […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/win-11-books-and-a-225-amazon-giftcard-with-our-summer-reading-giveaway/feed/ 6 8221 The new book “I Just Want To Be Perfect” is Here at Last! https://toulouseandtonic.com/new-book-just-want-perfect-last/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/new-book-just-want-perfect-last/#respond Fri, 27 May 2016 23:00:11 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8107 Just in time for your summer “lock yourself in the bathroom” reading time comes the next in the New York Times Best-Selling series, “I Just Want To Be Perfect.” 37 stories about trying to be perfect as wives, mothers, women, people…and failing miserably. Thank goodness there’s so much laughter in the failing. Especially for you. I […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/new-book-just-want-perfect-last/feed/ 0 8107 Be The Reading Mom Who Slays https://toulouseandtonic.com/be-the-reading-mom-who-slays/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/be-the-reading-mom-who-slays/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:29:48 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8001 If you’re a parent, chances are you’re gonna end up being required lucky enough to go read to your child’s class at some point during the preschool or elementary years. The first time I was “lunch mom,” which is what they call it at my 8yo’s school (too close to Lunch Lady for my taste), […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/be-the-reading-mom-who-slays/feed/ 1 8001 Frozen Fever. And a giveaway. https://toulouseandtonic.com/frozen-fever-giveaway/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/frozen-fever-giveaway/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:57:40 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6836 Do you know what Frozen fever is?  If you have little girls, I bet you do. I have boys and the 7yo is all like, “I HATE Frozen. It’s a GIRL movie.” And when commercials for anything Frozen come on, he says “Boo, boo, boo, boo.” So naturally, so does the 2yo because he wants […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/frozen-fever-giveaway/feed/ 5 6836 PIWTPITT’s New Book – Good Enough To Eat https://toulouseandtonic.com/piwtpitts-new-book-good-enough-eat/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/piwtpitts-new-book-good-enough-eat/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:54:18 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6492 Nevermind that there’s a cupcake on the cover.  Jen of People I Want To Punch in the Throat’s new book is so good, I just want to eat it. Everyone needs one of those friends who says exactly what everyone else is thinking but won’t say.  I’m often that person in my circles (and yes, […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/piwtpitts-new-book-good-enough-eat/feed/ 0 6492 The Worst Pickup Lines Ever Heard https://toulouseandtonic.com/worst-pickup-lines-ever-heard/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/worst-pickup-lines-ever-heard/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:41:41 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6026 A good friend and I were recently reminiscing about our single days and she reminded me of this little gem of a pickup line a guy once used on me. As I was leaving the dance floor in a noisy club, he grabbed my arm, leaned into my ear and shouted, “You dance sexy — […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/worst-pickup-lines-ever-heard/feed/ 9 6026 I Just Want To Be Alone. You Want It Too. https://toulouseandtonic.com/just-want-alone-want/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/just-want-alone-want/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2014 04:10:16 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5922 As most of you know, I’m rather fond of writing about my husband. You know, things like how I can’t understand a single word out of his mouth, and how I have to go to dramatic lengths to get him home from work on time, and how I test out his level of psychosis with […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/just-want-alone-want/feed/ 2 5922 Giant Fall Reading Giveaway https://toulouseandtonic.com/giant-fall-reading-giveaway/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/giant-fall-reading-giveaway/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:27:19 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5538 Do you love reading? Enjoy free stuff? Did you miss the boat on summer’s GIGANTIC, multi-blog reading giveaway and you want another chance to win?!?! Well, we’ve delivered, except for one tiny difference – this time, it’s EVEN BIGGER! Even more of your favorite bloggers have joined together to bring you the hugest giveaway on […]

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