Welcome to time.youressentialmix
According to the Oxford Dictionary, ‘time’ is the most often used noun in the English language… and for good reason. As a working mother, my life and vocabulary revolve around time. Time to get up, time to pack the lunches, time to go to school, time to go to work, I don’t have the time, time to pick the kids up from school… Isn’t it time for a vacation? In an effort to help you manage time, my challenge is to provide you with useful information on various topics; time saving tips, organizing tips, cool new products, quick-fix recipes, trends, and incredibly relaxing travel destinations, to name a few. And who knows, maybe you’ll save enough time for that much needed vacation!

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90 Minutes in Heaven - 0*
This is the worst book I've tried to read in a long time. I couldn't even make it to the end. Read...
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A Year in the World
Even people who don't normally read travel books are aware of the old Italian villa that Mayes and h...
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Eat, Pray, Love
Gilbert, author of The Last American Man (2002) and a well-traveled I'll-try-anything-once journalis...
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Eleven Minutes
Certainly not as good as "The Alchemist" but another good read by Coelho. The story of a Brazilian ...
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Gifts Anytime: How to Find the Perfect Present for Any Occasion
Did you know that the average person buys nearly 50 gifts each year—and that finding the perfect pre...
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Global Business Etiquette: A Guide to International Communication and Customs
This book is designed as a guide to help business people sent overseas to work effectively and under...
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Great Grilled Cheese
This is a great book if you own a Panini press. Of course, you can make grilled cheese sandwiches t...
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How to pack when you are traveling for business
It's easy to overpack. These tips will help you take only what you need
Humble Pie
"Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as he...
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Labyrinth -*****
Mosse's page-turner takes readers on another quest for the Holy Grail, this time with two closely li...
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Let Them Eat Cake
"In Let Them Eat Cake: Marketing Luxury to the Masses As Well as the Classes, readers will get the f...
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Love in the Time of Cholera
"While delivering a message to her father, Florentino Ariza spots the barely pubescent Fermina Daza ...
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Peony in Love ****
"Set in 17th-century China, See's fifth novel is a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, a family saga...
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Pillars of the Earth - *****
"With this book, Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner, escaping the narrow genre of suspen...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
I read this book while on vacation in France. It was incredibly interesting and eye-opening. "See'...
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Stern Men ***
"Set on two fictitious islands in northern Maine during the 1970s, this first novel by the author of...
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The Alchemist
Dreams, symbols, signs, and adventure follow the reader like echoes of ancient wise voices in "The A...
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The Emperor's Children
From Publishers Weekly
Marina Thwaite, Danielle Minkoff and Julian Clarke were buddies at Brown, ce...
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The Feasting Season - ***
This debut novel, a travelogue/love story by the author of a number of European travel books, has mu...
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The Glass Castle
This is an incredible memoir of a nomadic, dysfunctional family. Jeannette Walls' upbringing was en...
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The Language of the Threads - ***
"The unique bond forged between Chinese women who were abandoned by their families and forced into t...
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The Other Boleyn Girl - ****
Sisterly rivalry is the basis of this fresh, wonderfully vivid retelling of the story of Anne Boleyn...
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The Samurai's Garden - ****
"Seventeen-year-old Stephen leaves his home in Hong Kong just as the Japanese are poised to invade C...
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The Shack *****
I am not a religious person and when I started reading this book I thought to myself, why did I buy ...
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The Valkyries
Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho faces in this s...
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Tropical Living: Contemporary Dream Houses in the Philippines

Vanity Fair - August - The Vietnam Syndrome
This compelling article written by Christopher Hitchens with photographs by James Nachtwey tells the...
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Women of the Silk - ***1/2
"An auspicious debut, this sensitively written, impressively researched novel covers 20 years in the...
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