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Bianca Vandenbos

@booknotions.bsky.social

I’m a book blogger whose blog is booknotions.com . I’m strong willed, intelligent a Catholic. I hope to be the patron Saint of Bloggers, Authors and Book worms

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2d ago

This was an excellent and important interview with renowned memory and Alzheimer’s disease specialist, researcher, educator and author Dr. Zaldy Tan! The book What To Remember When You Are Forgetting is available now wherever you get your books! booknotions.com/qa-with-dr-z...

Q&A With Dr. Zaldy Tan - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Dr. Zaldy Tan New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Dr. Zaldy Tan Renowned memory and Alzheimer’s disease specialist, researcher, educator and author Dr. Zald...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m very excited that archeologists are getting closer to the mystery of where Nefertiti has been buried after 3,000 years! booknotions.substack.com/p/where-is-n...

Where is Nefertiti’s Tomb? Will The Mystery of the Lost Queen’s Tomb finally be solved?

Will we find the tomb of a lost Egyptian Queen?

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3d ago

This was an excellent Q&A with the author of the memoir The Other Side of Perfect, Venus Morris Griffin! booknotions.com/qa-with-venu...

Q&A With Venus Morris Griffin - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Venus Morris Griffin New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Venus Morris Griffin Publicist, Carisa Hays, was kind enough to send me a copy of Venus Morris Griff...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Other Side of Perfect is available today wherever you get your books! Its a memoir about one woman's journey to healing, forgiveness and her and her family rising above the circumstances in their lives! booknotions.com/the-other-si...

The Other Side of Perfect: A True Story of Love, Lies, and Learning to Forgive - Book Notions

The Other Side of Perfect: A True Story of Love, Lies and Learning to Forgive The Other Side of Perfect: A True Story of Love, Lies, and Learning to Forgive The Other Side of Perfect by Venus Morris G...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3d ago

@tesiatsai.bsky.social thank you so much for this awesome Q&A! I look forward to reading your books and doing more interviews with you in the future! booknotions.com/qa-with-tesi...

Q&A With Tesia Tsai - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Tesia Tsai New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Tesia Tsai Tesia Tsai is an author who tells tales of magic. Her first novel is Deathly Fates and her upcomin...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 6d ago

This was a fun Queens of the Page & Screen post I did about Catherine The Great! booknotions.substack.com/p/queens-of-...

Queens of the Page & Screen: Catherine The Great, From German Princess to Empress of Russia

While many think of Nicholas II & the mystery of Anastasia, there lived another famous Empress who would leave a mark on Russia centuries before....

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 7d ago

Very informative book! It's especially important for people who have loved ones with Dementias or Alzheimer's or know someone who has a loved one with the disease to read! booknotions.com/what-to-reme...

What To Remember When You Are Forgetting - Book Notions

What To Remember When You Are Forgetting What To Remember When You Are Forgetting Memory and Alzheimer’s disease specialist, researcher, educator and author Dr. Zaldy Tan wrote and released his book W...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 7d ago

How sad! Eternal Rest Grant Unto Duncan Sheik Oh Lord! May the perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace! 🙏🏻

Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

This was a fun edition of History vs Hollywood this time discussing The Scorpion King! booknotions.substack.com/p/history-vs...

History vs Hollywood: The Scorpion King

Even in sword and sorcery films such as The Scorpion King, there are sprinkles of history involved....

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

I did not know that zen Buddhists had abbots or that you were training to be an abbot @tokyovice.bsky.social globalnation.inquirer.net/337628/japan...

Japan’s empty temples seek new ways to survive

Centuries-old temples like Odawara are struggling to stay relevant in modern JapanImage: Alexander Pöschel/imageBROKER/picture alliance The 370-year-old structure has all the attributes of

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

Yep! Faith without works is dead! I could never be a Protestant or Evangelical because they leave out that part!

TruthandFaith@truthandfaith.bsky.social · last wk.

We are called to do good works throughout this life, trusting that God will reward our faithfulness. “When the day is ended and the work finished, the wages will be paid.” —St. Augustine Artwork: "The End of the Working Day", by Jules Breton, 1887

Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

Sometimes the past is ahead of its time..... booknotions.substack.com/p/moms-got-a...

Mom’s Got A Date With A Vampire- A Disney Channel Original Movie Ahead of its Time

When you rewatch something to get a taste of nostalgia, you often find that it was very ahead of it’s time....

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

An excellent Q&A With Susan! booknotions.com/qa-with-susa...

Q&A With Susan Coll - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Susan Coll New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Susan Coll USA Today Bestselling Author, Susan Coll is my current guest for this week. Susan is the author of...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

Helene Wecker was a delight to interview! 📚🥰 booknotions.com/qa-with-hele...

Q&A With Helene Wecker - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Helen Wecker Q&A With Helene Wecker I’m honored to be doing this Q&A with New York Times Bestselling Author Helene Wecker! Helene is the author of The Golem and the Jinni, & its ...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last wk.

This was a great Behind The Book With Maeve Greyson! booknotions.com/behind-the-b...

Behind The Book With Maeve Greyson - Book Notions

Newsletters Behind The Book With Maeve Greyson New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Behind The Book With Maeve Greyson Maeve Greyson is the USA Today Bestselling author of historical roma...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was an excellent Q&A with publicist, Carisa Hays! booknotions.com/qa-with-cari...

Q&A With Carisa Hays - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Carisa Hays New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Carisa Hays I appreciate it when publicists and agents connect me with some great authors and their books an...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was a fun read by USA Today Bestselling Author Maeve Greyson! It's full of romance, magic and dragons and a message that maybe happily ever afters can exist after all! booknotions.com/a-fine-scott...

A Fine Scottish Harmony - Book Notions

A Fine Scottish Harmony A Fine Scottish Harmony A Fine Scottish Harmony tells the tale of Lyla, whose dreams were crushed but then was offered an opportunity for a journey to Scotland. Lyla then ends ...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was fun going down the research rabbit hole! Monk Abel predicted the death of Catherine the Great as well as other prophecies that will bring chills down your soul.... booknotions.substack.com/p/abel-the-m...

Abel: The Monk Who Foretold Doom

Decades before the world would know the name Rasputin & centuries after Nostradamus, there lived another monk who would fortell doom.....

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you @kailayu.bsky.social for this excellent interview discussing your memoir Fetishized! Fetishized is available now, wherever you get your books! booknotions.com/qa-with-kail...

Q&A With Kaila Yu - Book Notions

Newsletters Q&A With Kaila Yu New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Kaila Yu I was honored when Kaila Yu messaged me on Instagram and offered to send me her memoir and am equally ...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 2w ago

These Five Crown Princesses of Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Norway & Belgium will be Queens in our lifetime! booknotions.substack.com/p/five-futur...

Five Future Queens Of Europe We Will See In Our Lifetime

While most people pay attention to the British Royals and The Grimaldi Family of Monaco, these are 5 future Queens of Europe that deserve our attention...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3w ago

This was an excellent romance which takes place during the summer in Hawaii! Its also the perfect book to keep the seasonal depresson & end of summer blues at bay, even if for a little while.... booknotions.com/the-summer-b...

The Summer Between Us - Book Notions

The Summer Between Us The Summer Between Us Like the perfect wave, one summer could change everything and bring about things we never expected…. Rising surf champion Rowan Delany is now working at a W...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3w ago

This was a fun list I put together of World War II historical fiction novels taking place in World War II Italy @meganbeatie.com booknotions.com/read-that-re...

Read That? Read This! World War II Italy - Book Notions

Read That? Read This! World War II Italy Read That? Read This! World War II Italy It’s a rarity when you find historical fiction novels that take place in places not including France, Germany & Poland...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3w ago

This peice of expensive jewelry stolen from a museum in Vienna, has a royal history behind it! Once belonging, to an Egyptian Queen... booknotions.substack.com/p/vienna-hei...

Vienna Heist: The Stolen Necklace of Queen Nazil

A stolen necklace has an interesting history....

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 3w ago

This was another fantastic Writing 101 Q&A this time with the New York Times Bestselling Author of Historical Fiction, @stephaniedray.bsky.social ! I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie in the past I'm so glad we were able to do this again! booknotions.substack.com/p/writing-10...

Writing 101 A Day In The Life: Stephanie Dray

New York Times Bestselling Author of Historical Fiction Stephanie Dray, has returned for another wonderful edition of Writing 101 A Day In The Life...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 4w ago

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The House of Wisdom: Baghdad’s Literary Palace - Book Notions

The House of Wisdom: Baghdad’s Literary Palace The House of Wisdom: Baghdad’s Literary Palace Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, was once a home to renowned center of learning known as Bayt al Hikmah. Bayt...

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 4w ago

If anyone on my friends list enjoys historical fiction like I do, please follow The History Hive Five It is hosted by 5 historical fiction authors (some of whom I've interviewed) Madeline Martin, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Allison Pataki & Kristina McMorris! youtu.be/TBSuK3mUfRw?...

Meet The History Hive Five (The First Sting!)

YouTube video by The History Hive Five

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last mo.

I did have a great time writing this peice about chilling curses & prophecies that had fortold of the downfall of The Romanov Dynasty throughout the centuries! booknotions.substack.com/p/historical...

Historical Curses or Prophecies That Bring Chills Down Your Spine: The Romanovs

Curses or Coincidences?

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last mo.

I pray several rosaries daily! All joking aside, comment below any prayer requests and I will mention you on the rosary!

TruthandFaith@truthandfaith.bsky.social · last mo.

There can never be too many rosaries.

Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · last mo.

This was a fun list of World War II historical fiction novels that DON'T take place in France, Germany & Poland during World War II! booknotions.com/world-war-ii...

World War II Novels NOT in France, Germany & Poland - Book Notions

Newsletters World War II Novels NOT in France, Germany & Poland New Information about Upcoming Book Related News World War II Novels NOT in France, Germany & Poland Recently I created a list of Histor...

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