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September 2022

  • Hair ties
  • Solace Apple Watch Bands – Dominion Loop, Imperium Loop (Use code CAROLINETESELLE to get 10% off!)
  • Wild Alaskan Company – Want $25 off your first box? Click here.
  • Paint by number

Support local bookstores by shopping at Bookshop! Click to view my Summer 2022 favorites listed below and others!

  • Before I Do, by Sophie Cousens
  • Summer Island, by Kristin Hannah
  • Flying Solo, by Linda Holmes
  • Nora Goes Off Script, by Annabel Monaghan
  • Book Lovers, by Emily Henry
  • The Dead Romantics, by Ashley Poston
  • Hello, Sunshine, by Laura Dave (June book club)
  • Wheelmen, by Albergotti + O’Connell (July book club)
  • Apples Never Fall, by Liane Moriarty (August book club)
  • The Bodyguard, by Katherine Center
  • When in Rome, by Sarah Adams (ARC – release date 09/20/2022)
  • The Key to My Heart, by Lia Louis (ARC – release date 12/06/2022)
  • Central Places, by Delia Cai (ARC – release date 01/31/2023)

September 2020

  • The Lazy Genius Way, by Kendra Adachi
  • Shadow + Light, by Tsh Oxenreider
  • Welcome Home, by Myquillyn Smith
  • These Nameless Things, by Shawn Smucker
  • The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
  • Someone Like You, by Karen Kingsbury
  • Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
  • Be the Bridge, by Latasha Morrison
  • 84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff
  • Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, by Abbi Waxman
  • The Bookshop on the Shore, by Jenny Colgan

May 2020

  • The Dearly Beloved, by Cara Wall (also, winner of my favorite book cover of the year)
  • Hu Chocolate Gems

April 2020

  • Troop Zero
  • This Too Shall Last, by K.J. Ramsey
  • The Seamless Lounge Bra from Third Love

March 2020

  • Burnout, by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
  • Becoming Mrs. Lewis, by Patti Callahan (p.s. It’s going to be made into a feature film!)
  • Chasing Vines, by Beth Moore
  • The Queen’s Fortune, by Allison Pataki
  • Sanditon
  • The Durrells in Corfu
  • Home Fires
  • Downton Abbey TV series
  • Downton Abbey movie

January 2020

  • Sacred Space, by The Irish Jesuits

December 2019

  • Ocean, by Lady A
  • Miracles and Other Unreasonable Things, by Sarah Bessey
  • No Fun Jo Decaf Coffee

November 2019

  • A Silver Willow By the Shore, by Kelli Stuart
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Hi! My name is Caroline TeSelle and I'm currently doing life with my husband & 4 kids in our little corner of the world. Read more.

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Bucket list moment ✔️ A UNC Tar Heels men’s Bucket list moment ✔️

A UNC Tar Heels men’s basketball game in the Dean Smith Center at Chapel Hill with a sold out crowd! And we won!

Thank you, @dmswim! 😚
26 years of marriage! Happy Anniversary, Greg! We 26 years of marriage! Happy Anniversary, Greg!

We’ve come a long way from hamburger helper and scrambled egg quesadillas 😘 #tesellelife
At O’Hare waiting to board a plane back to Ashev At O’Hare waiting to board a plane back to Asheville. 

The past eight days have been a whirlwind: watching a hilarious murder-mystery comedy play, hosting the after-party (even though we went to bed 🤣), Super Bowl, dinner with girlfriends, thyroid biopsy, waiting two days for the results—benign 🙌🏻, early 26th anniversary dinner, book club, Amazing Race marathon, spring musical auditions…and all the moments in between. 

Thankful. Embracing this current season of life & holding on tight.
Yesterday morning, I boarded a plane in Asheville Yesterday morning, I boarded a plane in Asheville headed to Chicago. I’ve been back and forth the past four months helping my mom and dad in Asheville. 

I was flying back to Chicago to see Stone and Eden’s winter play, Murder Can Be Habit-Forming—a comedy about a serial killer that ends up in a convent full of Marys! It was a hilarious! Great job, Stone (as Professor Lewis) & Eden (Asst. Stage Manager)! ⁣
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It was a small plane and I was seated in the last row of the plane at the window with one seat next to me. Across the aisle was the toilet. Prime seating!⁣
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An older woman wearing a Connecticut sweatshirt sat down in the seat next to me and we exchanged hellos and commented on our choice of seats and how lucky we were. 😉⁣
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Normally, I’m quiet on planes. Reading my book, listening to music, resting. But this woman intrigued me. She sparked my curiosity. ⁣
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She had a New York accent so I asked if Asheville was home or if she was traveling home. She replied, “Now don’t get me crying,” and proceeded to tell me how she was traveling to Palm Springs to be with her friend when she received her guide dog. ⁣
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We kept chatting the entire hour and twenty minute flight. I’m sure the other passengers were annoyed with us but we didn’t care. Peg was a joy!⁣
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When the flight attendant finally got to us with the drink cart, I ordered a cup of ice so I could finish my Sprite that I had bought in the terminal. Peg ordered an orange juice so she could mix it with the tiny bottle of vodka she took out of her purse. ⁣
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I poured my Sprite into my cup of ice, watched it fizz up, and put the bottle back on the tray table. (Continued in comments)
S I X T E E N. Happy Birthday, Eden! We love you S I X T E E N.

Happy Birthday, Eden! We love you 🥰
E I G H T E E N. I’m speechless. We love you so E I G H T E E N.

I’m speechless. We love you so much, Stone! Happy Birthday! 🎈#tesellelife

📸: @mollyhebdaphotography
Goodbye, 2022. We’re ready to embrace 2023. #tes Goodbye, 2022. We’re ready to embrace 2023. #tesellelife
An evening to remember. Some meeting for the first An evening to remember. Some meeting for the first time, some with years of memories. Love surrounding us all.

We missed you, @mo.k3lli @demturan & Bennett! 😚
Merry Christmas from the TeSelles and a Mahaffey! Merry Christmas from the TeSelles and a Mahaffey! p.s. can you spot the Christmas miracle? 😘🎄
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