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Peace In The Margins

Writer. Wife. Cat companion. Finding peace through nature, books, yoga, and the quiet spaces of everyday life.

  • Peace In The Margins
  • A Place To Breathe
  • Between Breaths
  • The only thing constant is…

    The only thing constant is…

    It seems like the only constant for me is my ability to be inconsistent. At some point I’ll make a habit of posting on the regular. Until then, here I am. So, I’ve made it through my first complete cycle of four seasons, my second Virginia winter; this year’s being much harsher than last. I’ve…

    Alicia Manautou

    April 3, 2025
    Uncategorized
  • Love Language

    Love Language

    There’s absolutely something to individual love languages – books and tests abound on the subject. I am here to clear things up when it comes to women. (Take note men!) While everyone has those specific things that speak to their soul like gifts, affirmations, or service, let me tell you what women really want:

    Alicia Manautou

    August 1, 2024
    Journal, Marriage
    Romance
  • Let Them

    Let Them

    “Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own.” — J. P. Sears  Some of you are aware of the struggles I endured concerning my decision to no longer color my hair and let Mother Nature rule the beauty roost. Sexism and worldly beauty expectations forced me from a place where I had proven myself as…

    Alicia Manautou

    June 4, 2024
    Journal, Stress
    Age, beauty, Finding Peace, Going Gray, Gray Hair, hair, Let Them, lifestyle, Starting Over
  • It’s in the Little Things

    It’s in the Little Things

    The little things – the long baths, the page turning novels, the quiet Saturday mornings, the starts, the oceans, the city lights – they were the big things after all. – The little things – the long baths, the page turning novels, the quiet Saturday mornings, the starts, the oceans, the city lights – they…

    Alicia Manautou

    May 22, 2024
    Journal, Manautou Mayhem, Marriage, Movies
    Journal, life, Living Life, movie-reviews, Movies, Pretty Woman, richard-gere, Romance
  • Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

    Katherine Center where have you been all my life!!?? I’m blown away at how much I felt while reading Sadie and “Joe’s” story. Blindsided you might say.  Here is where it happened for me – when you locked me in with full-throttled investment: “…as if my soul had been rained on and couldn’t dry out.” …

    Alicia Manautou

    July 18, 2023
    Book Review, Netgalley, The Smell of Books
    Audiobook, Katherine Center, Recommended Books, Romance, romcom
  • Hex and the City by Kate Johnson

    Hex and the City by Kate Johnson

    A cute and quirky RomCom whose MFC is a chaos-magnet, modern witch with magical hair – I’ve never hit “add to Kindle “quicker…and I’m glad I did. This was such a fun read – filled with laugh-out-loud moments between Poppy and Alex, an underlying mystery linked to a cursed necklace, and a surprise family revelation.…

    Alicia Manautou

    May 24, 2023
    Book Review, Netgalley, The Smell of Books
    Fiction, romcom, Witchy Read
  • The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

    The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

    “The universe sends you the things you need exactly when you need them.” And The Dead Romantics was exactly what the Universe delivered. This story is Six Feet Under meets Ghost Whisperer with an angsty (is that even a word) romance thrown in for good measure. This is easily one of the best books I’ve…

    Alicia Manautou

    May 5, 2023
    Book Review, Ghostwriter, The Smell of Books
    Recommended Books, Romance, romcom
  • Curves for Days by Laura Moher

    Curves for Days by Laura Moher

    From the shelves of dark romance lover – OMG!!! You have to pick up this cute, quirky, and laugh-out-loud – not dark romance – read! I love a good curvy girl story, and this one did not disappoint. Such a cute premise – a gal in a real bind wins the lotto by cashing in…

    Alicia Manautou

    May 4, 2023
    Book Review, Netgalley, The Smell of Books
    curvy girl, Netgalley, Recommended Books, Romance, romcom
  • Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

    Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

    Gorgeous cover – check. Historical fiction – check. Jewish folklore – check. A sprinkling of dark magic with the feel of a Frankenstein retelling written in first-person and from the POV of the “monster” – check. Sounds amazing, right!? Polydoros lines up his crosshairs on the WWII narrative that the Jews were like sheep led…

    Alicia Manautou

    May 4, 2023
    Book Review, Netgalley, The Smell of Books
    Gothic, Recommended Books, WWII, YA Reads
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