tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88500305683494174382024-03-13T14:11:57.095-07:00A Novel Experience~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-49807033575869609762024-03-13T14:05:00.000-07:002024-03-13T14:11:25.930-07:00National Write Your Story Day!<p style="text-align: left;"> Hey!<br />Okay, I know it has been too long since I've gotten around to writing and posting. No excuse, it's just life.<br />Maybe, one day, I'll get around to writing <i>my story. <br /></i>Which brings me to today's post! </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">It is National Write Your Story Day!</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Technically, it's tomorrow.</span></u></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7pWQ_HmTtAER0mw_-YD-x8X9kCE-UCGjmNO_tn6feQwykLFQDcgJj1qHRVuoIIT1LzFzVf7-RU7RdehfqSKaN2uGBKuIhtHtp6le4_vRq7bxwtYY0yBu7ARM1mAwpnSA4SO7XFWb57fhCgMN8bCx4-iFMAAQFcnAqrQYpPTqQrM6TEeJ6P90Xw7RbZc/s1500/National%20Write%20Your%20Story%20Day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7pWQ_HmTtAER0mw_-YD-x8X9kCE-UCGjmNO_tn6feQwykLFQDcgJj1qHRVuoIIT1LzFzVf7-RU7RdehfqSKaN2uGBKuIhtHtp6le4_vRq7bxwtYY0yBu7ARM1mAwpnSA4SO7XFWb57fhCgMN8bCx4-iFMAAQFcnAqrQYpPTqQrM6TEeJ6P90Xw7RbZc/s320/National%20Write%20Your%20Story%20Day.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I absolutely love reading memoirs or autobiographies. I have always been fascinated with learning about other people and the lives they've lived.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I love learning all the good, bad, and ugly of what makes a person who they are, or were.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We can learn so much from a person's history. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Speaking of history, this is also how I have learned so much about different times, events, places, and so many things in general that I otherwise would never have known about.</p><div style="text-align: left;">For example; the first time I read anything about munchausen by proxy was from reading<br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=165681X1699905&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FBookDetailsPL%3Fbi%3D31651456041%26searchurl%3Disbn%253D0553803077%2526sortby%253D17%26cm_sp%3Dsnippet-_-srp1-_-title10" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory</span><br /></a>This was long before the <i>Gypsy Rose Blanchard story. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the book,<i> <span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=165681X1699905&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FBookDetailsPL%3Fbi%3D30739035747%26searchurl%3Disbn%253D9780978340513%2526sortby%253D17%26cm_sp%3Dsnippet-_-srp1-_-title6" target="_blank">I Am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Kirkby</a></span> </i>I learned about a whole religion that I'd never even heard before.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fun fact: Did you know that Sissy Spacek's husband Jack Fisk was best friend's with Bill Paxton(Twister)? I didn't!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Until, I read her memoir <a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=165681X1699905&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterworldbooks.com%2Fproduct%2Fdetail%2Fmy-extraordinary-ordinary-life-9781401324360%3Fshipto%3DUS%26curcode%3DUSD%26gad_source%3D4%26gclid%3DCj0KCQjwncWvBhD_ARIsAEb2HW88GYxgL2-PCMTee6CZKZDSlq20eFs14GZmM1fzM6V5K_ty75pyWqcaApnOEALw_wcB" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Extraordinary Ordinary Life</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you're anything like me, and love learning about the lives of others, here is a list of 20+ memoirs that I have read.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/memoirs-i-loved-4c2c4147-d6e4-4163-80e4-8a0bd95eca02?" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Memoirs I've enjoyed!</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you'll read one or a few, and please send me your favorites!</div><div style="text-align: left;">What is your favorite memoir?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Do you prefer ones about famous people, or more of the unknowns? I think I'm torn on that one. At least, I don't prefer one over the other. I'd read them all! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUpxO-Ry8wjH8bzgnR05ZFpautk5J1EZESOoYGMv6x7eEu2amq2tLJt30hLC0c4284nG3ym0HwiFl3LFZu0X5ZRiHTfgOnbZjJBkdtXJAHism5oBV5WcDx2P6dfx3YyawoRjXs2uyaaPrNvRpJRcudwU6P8k-0q7gHnAWALxw9qV5nw3NpDKlNQfWWhU/s1500/ANEPIN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUpxO-Ry8wjH8bzgnR05ZFpautk5J1EZESOoYGMv6x7eEu2amq2tLJt30hLC0c4284nG3ym0HwiFl3LFZu0X5ZRiHTfgOnbZjJBkdtXJAHism5oBV5WcDx2P6dfx3YyawoRjXs2uyaaPrNvRpJRcudwU6P8k-0q7gHnAWALxw9qV5nw3NpDKlNQfWWhU/s320/ANEPIN.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-9458448750797655532023-04-21T08:41:00.001-07:002023-04-21T08:41:30.838-07:00Morning ramblings of my simple life.<p> Today, I'm reminded of how blessed I am.</p><p>It started with a picture that was posted on Facebook of this perfect, white farmhouse, long gravel drive, gorgeous sunset in the background, and wildflowers for miles.</p><p>"Picture perfect"!</p><p>My first thought was, "Wow! I'd love to live there! It's perfect!"</p><p>Then God whispered,</p><p><i>"What's wrong with the house I gave you?"</i></p><p>That got me! I needed that. There is nothing wrong with my house, and there are a million things I'd change about it. Does that make sense?</p><p>If I'd had the time, money, opportunity, and space to build my dream house, would I be happier? Truly?</p><p>No, I'd still find things I did wrong, or want to change. It would never be the perfect house or property.</p><p>But, I can work on the house I have, and the home I'm creating. My home is my family. The people that I share this house with. None of us are perfect. Some things about us will never change. Just like this old house. We just keep working on what we can on the bad days, and enjoy the blessings on the good days.</p><p>We have room to work, grow, and play. We're safe and warm. There's food, hot water, electric, and comfy seats.</p><p>I just needed to be reminded of how blessed I really am.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG6xjdUxzC2qcEkkGSaRipTkpI7XV4DEERyZgOLKkrC3klRQ9QZ5SO59pvrFR7D4H_l6hB5Thf_0xDkKMOZmV0-H1krd1eigwMHmEXPydO2LTAACKhtPck8ScMUFHlmtkWWO3kPoLL6PCPpZ5tBtIkrBbXEK5swdVCOZ6HZ70X0Ms7Mh8QOQ-VkdW/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(31).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG6xjdUxzC2qcEkkGSaRipTkpI7XV4DEERyZgOLKkrC3klRQ9QZ5SO59pvrFR7D4H_l6hB5Thf_0xDkKMOZmV0-H1krd1eigwMHmEXPydO2LTAACKhtPck8ScMUFHlmtkWWO3kPoLL6PCPpZ5tBtIkrBbXEK5swdVCOZ6HZ70X0Ms7Mh8QOQ-VkdW/w266-h400/Untitled%20design%20(31).jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I have a hardworking husband, loud kids, muddy animals, and sticky floors.</span> </b></p><p>We squall and bicker, we hug and kiss. We laugh, and love, and cry, and pray.</p><p>We work hard daily on a house that will never be perfect. We have unfinished projects, and things that just have to wait.</p><p>Our floors don't match, and I hate that they're fake wood. The rooms are too small. The yard is so rocky. The basement is old and creepy. The closets are wonky. The drive needs new gravel and the walls need painted. </p><p>But, there are tons of windows to let in the sun and breeze. The animals and kids have room to run and play. I can watch the backyard while I'm in the kitchen. I can enjoy my coffee and read while sitting at the bar. I can relax with my family and snuggle together. We can have cook-outs, parties, and sit around the fire pit. I have my garden and my chickens. I can holler at my neighbor if I need anything.</p><p>A simple life, isn't always simple, and it will never be perfect.</p><p>So, it's nice to see the aesthetically pleasing photos of "the perfect place", those magazine worthy homesteads, but don't forget to appreciate the place you're at.</p><p>I'll probably always have a love/hate relationship with my house, but I'll appreciate it a little more today and be thankful I have a home!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif;">Proverbs 16:20</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif;">Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the </span><span class="sc" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", -apple-system, Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></i></span></p>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-3325166023027996292023-01-05T06:24:00.001-08:002023-01-05T06:24:37.811-08:00Grieving My Mother<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: center;">My Momma</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfBro5lfRynrI4yYCQS9l7AcFJxaYf1CQ5--CyDVN5-dgpNMoo4v9TcSw-dWT2EBuxzwDa6FNu6MF8FdW8NIdU7Nhnh0el6c76s4eWOZjIk8Uk9xD5VaoGRDPMuCtzzAbm29fHdgI0XrjSv9YooWy1cbVUoGKfVUEZraxctjq9UCVIlgWiMztd09K/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(26).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfBro5lfRynrI4yYCQS9l7AcFJxaYf1CQ5--CyDVN5-dgpNMoo4v9TcSw-dWT2EBuxzwDa6FNu6MF8FdW8NIdU7Nhnh0el6c76s4eWOZjIk8Uk9xD5VaoGRDPMuCtzzAbm29fHdgI0XrjSv9YooWy1cbVUoGKfVUEZraxctjq9UCVIlgWiMztd09K/w266-h400/Untitled%20design%20(26).jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p>I know I've been away for a while, and I have tried to start this post several times. It just wasn't time, and I wasn't ready.</p><p>I'm not sure that I am now, but I just need to write something. I feel I need to push myself to be able to type the words.</p><p>On November 22, just after noon, my mother passed away suddenly.</p><p>Every time I say those words, it feels so odd. So surreal. How can this be true? I don't know this reality. I don't know myself without my Momma. Every day is a new challenge.</p><p>The memories, the missed phone calls, the plans we'll never finish. Some days it is just too much. I have to take it in bits. Push down the lump in my throat and push through. How do I just go on? How do I keep going and find normal?</p><p>My mother was one of the most selfless people I have ever known. She literally lived her life for others and taking care of everyone she loved. She never said no to anything anyone needed. Even when she was tired, or sick, or didn't have the extra time or money. She would say, "Sure!" and make it happen.</p><p>She strived to keep her family close. Every birthday, holiday, special event. She was our planner and coordinator. She would make sure everyone was included and felt loved and accepted, no matter what.</p><p>Her pure love and acceptance of everyone was by far one of her most memorable qualities. My mother did not have an easy life. She had many trials, and heartbreaks, but she taught us to always be reminded of how blessed we were. How loved we were, and that God is always with us. Her love for and serving the Lord was her biggest accomplishment. I know one day we will be together again, and that is my comfort on days I struggle with her not being here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love you so much, Momma.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRXg4gq_XArfe1nCEyM_p3LB5KSkRciK1lVahgA532V5QAgWqEedJ4eLFIb1RCF99ZHcBXs4JXB91W-KkyZMrAwYXCPyeH5afQX_gmWUZwxsWR8DddAWrbaoQmoGyM1jp-N-PwUVNaKdCgNilNqrBrPmhbCLZQcnygpJsPzI2L_5u-jTg33DmKEmp/s2000/Untitled%20design%20(27).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRXg4gq_XArfe1nCEyM_p3LB5KSkRciK1lVahgA532V5QAgWqEedJ4eLFIb1RCF99ZHcBXs4JXB91W-KkyZMrAwYXCPyeH5afQX_gmWUZwxsWR8DddAWrbaoQmoGyM1jp-N-PwUVNaKdCgNilNqrBrPmhbCLZQcnygpJsPzI2L_5u-jTg33DmKEmp/s320/Untitled%20design%20(27).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-14631155436899201282022-11-11T04:29:00.000-08:002022-11-11T04:29:48.088-08:00Book Review: The Moonshiner's Daughter by Donna Everhart<h2 style="text-align: center;"> The Moonshiner's Daughter:</h2><h3 style="text-align: center;">A Southern Coming-of-age Saga of Family and Loyalty</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bRaKvXmpbjh5KK82DU8lyrtpfqlnmRvOK4KycVab3rP8hwLr3OsIQgkS6vc4udt6Lq2uySuTMzzPO4ZQcP_iw0mJ3aq3YQ6JjSue09Kswi7Hsq78_6XcEtK-JBh6f6RanGe7MdpR051VxRHTRPfUn2I101jGb0WBQPibQo7Otj5GIqlfrJU3WxNL/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(31).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bRaKvXmpbjh5KK82DU8lyrtpfqlnmRvOK4KycVab3rP8hwLr3OsIQgkS6vc4udt6Lq2uySuTMzzPO4ZQcP_iw0mJ3aq3YQ6JjSue09Kswi7Hsq78_6XcEtK-JBh6f6RanGe7MdpR051VxRHTRPfUn2I101jGb0WBQPibQo7Otj5GIqlfrJU3WxNL/s320/Untitled%20design%20(31).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>by</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fave.co/3EnHrQD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Donna Everhart</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Southern Historical fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;">Young Adult</div><div style="text-align: left;">Kindle edition/368 pages</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quote: "I ain't likely to take up something I hate, Merritt. No matter how good the money is. I might as well go out and be a prostitute, or something."~ Jessie Sasser</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>From the Cover:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter evokes the singular life of sixteen-year-old, Jessie Sasser, a young woman determined to escape her family's past...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Generations of Sasser's have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal, that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part in it. As far as she's concerned, moonshine caused her mother's death a dozen years ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>My Review:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/55959/9781496717023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The Moonshiner's Daughter</span></i></a><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first time this book popped up on my Goodreads recommendations, I knew I had to read it!</div><div style="text-align: left;">I haven't read any of Donna Everhart's books, but this probably won't be my last.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm a sucker for anything Southern set, and the vivid characters Everhart has created makes them ones you won't easily forget.</div><div style="text-align: left;">From the beginning we see Jessie, a teenager struggling with so much already, in her young years.</div><div style="text-align: left;">At age four, she witnessed her mother die in a horrible accident. Now, with only her father and brother close, she struggles with feeling unheard, unappreciated, an eating disorder, trying to find her true friends, and learn who she is. All the while, having to hide what her family truly does.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jessie has always felt moon shining was bad in every way. She's seen it kill her mother, make her uncle a mean alcoholic, who is also greedy. It has cost her brother his baseball career, her father put in jail, and caused violent tension between them and the neighbors.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Through most of this book, I wanted to cry for her, or scream at her to RUN!</div><div style="text-align: left;">She starts out with such strong convictions. Her reasoning is completely valid, and although she has typical(at not so) teenage problems, she seems to be unwavering on the issue of bootlegging.</div><div style="text-align: left;">By the last few chapters, I was ready to through the book, literally!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The story just seems to make a wide U-turn, and completely throw me off.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I won't say too much, but the ending was completely unexpected!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As a whole, the book was beautifully written. At times, I felt I was inside Jessie's world. To me, that makes a great book.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I did only give this one 3 stars. I just felt the end was sort of too unbelievable. Maybe, it just wasn't what I would have chosen, or how I would have ended Jessie's story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9vsLcnJY7M98pAppBvGyQlO6B0SEJmJny9epgucOtFeY9FLL8BjtUIGSc3dEtQNHYwhu9zGmdz04Ov0SA8yxx7jUBLr4LL3Ab1u9kyMrsJQUXQ5SsDaVsjpqwRNcVQFpKhfSTfikoLi2D9SLD6uLlJoNmBt-h-ESgOjC_d927jU4ph0VlzEav8-w/s1032/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="1032" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9vsLcnJY7M98pAppBvGyQlO6B0SEJmJny9epgucOtFeY9FLL8BjtUIGSc3dEtQNHYwhu9zGmdz04Ov0SA8yxx7jUBLr4LL3Ab1u9kyMrsJQUXQ5SsDaVsjpqwRNcVQFpKhfSTfikoLi2D9SLD6uLlJoNmBt-h-ESgOjC_d927jU4ph0VlzEav8-w/w200-h47/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you enjoy this review.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Let me know if you've read this one, or any of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14930589.Donna_Everhart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Donna Everhart's</span></a> other books.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-gp4CNC8DXAFSU2YjrL5qLXBsFpKYIuzqqCNT2y1B8BloVyIv1Zh80KV38aggrTviNR8C0LyMS9aqG7FoALybUoV3V-ZSA-k5_PJa7EnjlerV-gnwPng7v0GPcxiF1HsepiJ4HNvT0SY2kYwSJ3C_T1vF6kWGz3bIRdeFIdSzWxhXLsx7ExrruV2/s1500/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-gp4CNC8DXAFSU2YjrL5qLXBsFpKYIuzqqCNT2y1B8BloVyIv1Zh80KV38aggrTviNR8C0LyMS9aqG7FoALybUoV3V-ZSA-k5_PJa7EnjlerV-gnwPng7v0GPcxiF1HsepiJ4HNvT0SY2kYwSJ3C_T1vF6kWGz3bIRdeFIdSzWxhXLsx7ExrruV2/s320/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-79273407061321514512022-10-26T04:46:00.000-07:002022-10-26T04:46:04.962-07:00Goodreads Giveaway Wins!(and future reviews)<h2 style="text-align: center;"> Goodreads Giveaways=Free Books!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8WHRcCVXg4f--4lwe1qkhmFjYx99XC3sPjFvQ0VZ68l7_7UXjckN0SN6hz5nEwhlCGBhnJ54IjXKbHaojCZ9YreKnKlSVHfOFnZchJu1Jkvue_d-TOSQwZQfH7s5tcyWEx40aHtMDEMt6WyKLMQrwT6hxxHrnAOZB7x9XnBZEdemkHg9-bTxkLif/s1500/Giveaway%20Wins!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8WHRcCVXg4f--4lwe1qkhmFjYx99XC3sPjFvQ0VZ68l7_7UXjckN0SN6hz5nEwhlCGBhnJ54IjXKbHaojCZ9YreKnKlSVHfOFnZchJu1Jkvue_d-TOSQwZQfH7s5tcyWEx40aHtMDEMt6WyKLMQrwT6hxxHrnAOZB7x9XnBZEdemkHg9-bTxkLif/s320/Giveaway%20Wins!.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Who doesn't love free books?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been using <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway?sort=featured" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Goodreads Giveaways</span></a> for years! I love that there are always so many listed for you to enter to win. There are print and ebook formats that you can choose from. You can narrow down your search by genre, and/or when the giveaway ends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or, like me, you can scan through the list and enter just about all of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These books are posted/sponsored by either the author, or a publishing company;i.e. Random House.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is no purchase necessary, and the only "rules" are agreeing to the terms of each giveaway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For example, you must give your mailing address if you win a physical book in order for it to be sent to you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You must agree to Goodreads terms and conditions, which basically says you cannot hold them responsible for anything. Once you enter the giveaway, it is solely under the author or publisher's terms and agreement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm pretty sure we've all read similar before, but it is always a good idea to read through the rules, and make sure you understand them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/?ref=nav_home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodreads</span></a> has been such a wonderful website that supports all types of authors, readers, and reviewers. I have never had any issues with receiving a book I have won. I will add, there have been times, it has taken over a month to receive the book (physical), but, honestly, it's a free book!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm sure you have something to read while you wait. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Each giveaway will show how many copies of that book are available to win. That can be anywhere from 1 to 100. It all depends on who is posting the giveaway. Usually, it will also show how many entries there are for each giveaway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will say, I have won a book where there were only 20 copies available, and maybe 2,000 entries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've also lost when there were 100 copies and only about 900 entries. It's all about luck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My advice is to look through them often, and enter as many as you want.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are the 4 that I have won just in the last two months!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/55959/9781479817511" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O'Hara by Vona Groarke</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNjIgnOoXc-w9VLVsgY8UtrUOzj8YAhatSe_7EcNX8F6iMpO54gjvPz01JF8ChoM-TbARb1GkPjKaiKxOoe0uapTTAjVjow7Ua-6HVd18AzK8shncePJ3gWpg4u82xWTIIynsJP4DmMXY5GPBx1W_Xv3YsIitEEqnnbQZ2IuIuUAZVl9JM_aTeFcv/s500/grwin4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNjIgnOoXc-w9VLVsgY8UtrUOzj8YAhatSe_7EcNX8F6iMpO54gjvPz01JF8ChoM-TbARb1GkPjKaiKxOoe0uapTTAjVjow7Ua-6HVd18AzK8shncePJ3gWpg4u82xWTIIynsJP4DmMXY5GPBx1W_Xv3YsIitEEqnnbQZ2IuIuUAZVl9JM_aTeFcv/w125-h200/grwin4.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Description:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(copied from Bookshop.org)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><span style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">A lyrical portrait of a young Irish woman reinventing herself at the turn of the twentieth century in America</span></p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"></p><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ellen O'Hara was a young immigrant from Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century who, with courage and resilience, made a life for herself in New York while financially supporting those at home. </span><i style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hereafter</i><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is her story, told by Vona Groarke, her descendant, in a beautiful blend of poetry, prose, and history.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/55959/9781496726537" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Nurse's Secret by Amanda Skenandore</span></a><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgg8J2y9dgkhD-lW5x-Tk1u9_Tm0pt01VNMClXKGFYT9sKOuebzUbS2DhodRhdAUFnkGQ5Cg5e4d4kGwT7n6qJ8VE9KsI3-AHW86ZCxDcIr_Fy_Ek_LJd29Xba5ppzy4JuqvLXnjx1zstZjNsqk0d9pc3O5SUlixkjbH7x9QsEn41IDZwTaHY4gaC/s400/grwin3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgg8J2y9dgkhD-lW5x-Tk1u9_Tm0pt01VNMClXKGFYT9sKOuebzUbS2DhodRhdAUFnkGQ5Cg5e4d4kGwT7n6qJ8VE9KsI3-AHW86ZCxDcIr_Fy_Ek_LJd29Xba5ppzy4JuqvLXnjx1zstZjNsqk0d9pc3O5SUlixkjbH7x9QsEn41IDZwTaHY4gaC/w134-h200/grwin3.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Description:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(copied from Bookshop.org)</div><div>A thrilling historical novel of the dark side of gilded age New York City.</div><div><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Based on Florence Nightingale's nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply. At first, Una balks at her prim classmates and the doctors' endless commands. Yet life on the streets has prepared her for the horrors of injury and disease found on the wards, and she slowly gains friendship and self-respect.</span><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"></p><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Just as she finds her footing, Una's suspicions about a patient's death put her at risk of exposure, and will force her to choose between her instinct for self-preservation, and exposing her identity in order to save others.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/55959/9780840701572" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the Way to Christmas:Three Stories by Sheila Roberts, Melissa Ferguson, and Amy Clipston</span></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRmfhnyVPKRdixQOGBYOsGEQePN8EV7XUtcj1gsfhYo5MKIm-WnIomkJ2aRHV53OagYIXEidR9o3lKXtJGBVyFWpnv6qxgoarr3IdT5GsBPFetYFQ-i3ksCd-e5F_6LE_XExw1fA2SEC5hTR2Ow-kHT2zr85xzYRRHa5WEfrzln9icbHAoVh6vcX5/s2400/grwin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1573" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRmfhnyVPKRdixQOGBYOsGEQePN8EV7XUtcj1gsfhYo5MKIm-WnIomkJ2aRHV53OagYIXEidR9o3lKXtJGBVyFWpnv6qxgoarr3IdT5GsBPFetYFQ-i3ksCd-e5F_6LE_XExw1fA2SEC5hTR2Ow-kHT2zr85xzYRRHa5WEfrzln9icbHAoVh6vcX5/w131-h200/grwin2.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Description:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(copied from Bookshop.org)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><em style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">A Christmas Do-Over</em> by Sheila Roberts</p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;">Darby doesn't want to go home for the holidays, but a career fail sends her slinking back to the small town she always wanted to escape. No one there is especially glad to see the former mean girl--especially not her sister, Erica, or childhood best friend, Gregory. Darby is working hard to be a better person, but has she eaten enough humble pie to make amends?</p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><em style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Dashing Through the Snow</em> by Melissa Ferguson</p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;">When Willow's boyfriend of seven years dumps her on the eve of a romantic getaway, she decides to take the two-week train trip on The Christmas Express alone. Hurt as she feels, she can't anticipate how the hilarious rebound ride with conductor Oliver, elf Ian, and aging world adventurer Clarence will heal her heart--and renew her sense of worth.</p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><em style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">A Perfectly Splendid Christmas</em> by Amy Clipston</p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;">Kacey adores the metropolitan life, but when she gets away to help her sister during a family crisis and run her bakery, she falls in love with former classmate Drew. The problem: he's a small-town man, and she's a big-city woman. Is their love big enough to overcome such a major difference?</p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border-color: var(--color-border); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/55959/9781647422493" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">More Than You Can See: A Mother's Memoir by Barbara Rubin</span></a><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGupL7XU0xqGxgBIUOSrCf3bfjzpOR-r5S4lP_cy4qv19wXzGDLTxjHMpRhBB9qYg-3IqNI4LbpcFLhOh9m_D5jNfmGmM24tabLuYU-WiJ6j0wSx_I-U9bYR22ATnEKeWfOhZ7jTNOYeIyjTye59S_lQr4u91twYri-DYosZWdUg2pkknZ6eadW8e/s500/grwin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGupL7XU0xqGxgBIUOSrCf3bfjzpOR-r5S4lP_cy4qv19wXzGDLTxjHMpRhBB9qYg-3IqNI4LbpcFLhOh9m_D5jNfmGmM24tabLuYU-WiJ6j0wSx_I-U9bYR22ATnEKeWfOhZ7jTNOYeIyjTye59S_lQr4u91twYri-DYosZWdUg2pkknZ6eadW8e/w129-h200/grwin1.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Description:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(copied from Bookshop.org)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Barbara Rubin writes this story of joy and sorrow mixed with humor and rage as both mother and advocate for her daughter Jenn. In this role, she witnessed firsthand the battles that come when a person is the most vulnerable, but she also saw the gift of human kindness and the difference it can make in another person's life. She hopes that her journey, lived through her daughter's injury, will help others understand the lessons that can be learned from tolerance and will give hope to families whose paths have also been darkened by tragedy. This is her first book. Barbara resides in Washington Crossing, PA.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;">Wo</span><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;">w! I don't know which one to read first!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Each one appeals to me for different reasons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm always a sucker for a good memoir, or historical fiction based on fact. On the other hand, maybe a cozy holiday book soon would work. Ah!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Help me choose!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Which one should I read first?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Watch for the reviews of these books later, too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Have you entered any book giveaways lately?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Have you won any? I'd love to know!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c293b; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8IZBdSTnyGnMzj0MsOwZj_tQ2fHtbtCPi1r79MZyCViVgjtwPOzmW0CkARWBGSpdotszlakqf_n9RUCxtj-36xgvVv90Z5ObwC8xGLJOBgQkE0Q1v2-eYNQDk5TX22dumshuBgDj3I0UgA6RdRjhauZRqX72ICtet5H8LXNoWd4ocbyM5rmqiJCQ/s1500/ANEPIN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8IZBdSTnyGnMzj0MsOwZj_tQ2fHtbtCPi1r79MZyCViVgjtwPOzmW0CkARWBGSpdotszlakqf_n9RUCxtj-36xgvVv90Z5ObwC8xGLJOBgQkE0Q1v2-eYNQDk5TX22dumshuBgDj3I0UgA6RdRjhauZRqX72ICtet5H8LXNoWd4ocbyM5rmqiJCQ/s320/ANEPIN.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-44539252144623052572022-10-05T11:21:00.003-07:002022-10-05T11:21:56.569-07:00Book Review: The Locked Door by Freida McFadden<h2 style="text-align: center;"> The Locked Door</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUz9KhZyybvAQcAz0sstH33FOF9LX_ipWAoyFSdA7kEbPOvQQAbqfXmCwA1dkn0RfdAtDZnq3FvaDg06nMaA0kWgKtjM1T2LNWo4a_foi_DhTJM-NKdXbJV_K8k7SWMMDyVP6qFGk4-ULd4BNixWQFQqFMlBdSqJRhR1tT1UaYcNKSpwTKsbbi-d1/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(11).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUz9KhZyybvAQcAz0sstH33FOF9LX_ipWAoyFSdA7kEbPOvQQAbqfXmCwA1dkn0RfdAtDZnq3FvaDg06nMaA0kWgKtjM1T2LNWo4a_foi_DhTJM-NKdXbJV_K8k7SWMMDyVP6qFGk4-ULd4BNixWQFQqFMlBdSqJRhR1tT1UaYcNKSpwTKsbbi-d1/s320/Untitled%20design%20(11).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by<br /><a href="https://fave.co/3QWlT1j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Freida McFadden</span></a><br /></h3><br /><div>Psychological thriller</div><div>audiobook/ 8 hours</div><div><br /></div><div>Quote:" Dad always says that If you're going to do something wrong, at least be smart enough not to let anyone see you do it."</div><div><br /></div><div><b>From the cover:</b></div><div>Some doors are locked for a reason...</div><div>While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.</div><div>Until the day the police arrived at their front door. </div><div>Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence.</div><div>Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims. </div><div>Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she's not a killer like her father. The police can't pin anything on her.</div><div><br /></div><div>As long as they don't look in her basement...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>My Review:</b></div><div>This is my fourth read by <a href="https://fave.co/3MaVYRX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Freida McFadden</span></a>. I so wanted to love this book as much as the first 3 I've read. Sadly, I did not.</div><div>The book started out pretty well, and I'll even say had good bones, but somehow it just fell short of my expectations.</div><div>I almost felt like this book was made in haste, possibly falling into the quantity over quality trap.</div><div>For me, Nora just seemed a tad off. Not in a daughter of a serial killer way, but off as in the writer never really figured out who she was supposed to be.</div><div>She seems to have had, at one time, similar traits to her father, but then insists she is nothing like him.</div><div>She cannot remember her ex-boyfriend, or why she broke up with him years ago, yet she feels safe enough to hop in the sack after their second meeting.</div><div>Furthermore, she makes reference over and over to her father's <i>type, </i>yet never mentions any similarities in the one around her with those features.</div><div>I loved the idea this story had going, but there were just too many times I was going, "W<i>hat? That makes no sense!" </i></div><div>Right up until the very end.</div><div>For the record, I will definitely continue reading McFadden's books! Everyone can have an off project.</div><div>It wasn't my favorite, but for the sake of author's name, the idea of the story, and a few well played scenes, I'm giving,<a href="https://fave.co/3BN0Auj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Locked Door</span></a> a 3-star rating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7lpKUKBDV81jl2Nbzq-7fVWpAXBnRokGy20bIJ-2RQOATdHR8uS_ZQhI0nMpysEmCr52SeaCG1RAZ2NDrJk3Tt0ewcZiOAc9jRCYQoe4BBtNTITr9lf8A3j-HYp-ikEDDXadaDFnmHgQhDDhCn9Sjv7lldCPgr0fmRzPMPvxPEcu5P7NUvBxCwaV/s1032/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="1032" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7lpKUKBDV81jl2Nbzq-7fVWpAXBnRokGy20bIJ-2RQOATdHR8uS_ZQhI0nMpysEmCr52SeaCG1RAZ2NDrJk3Tt0ewcZiOAc9jRCYQoe4BBtNTITr9lf8A3j-HYp-ikEDDXadaDFnmHgQhDDhCn9Sjv7lldCPgr0fmRzPMPvxPEcu5P7NUvBxCwaV/s320/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMfkEs1-eGOzeZ5B8yLK7vcCubhacPahFqak7HarIi3q_AuhfN0CZ7OujTMX6kJ-T8J9jO2b30kdmWjMJa7BmdLlwbVkvrv7cf32M8kGy2_PAZJFNxWaznH5dYta12a3vL-MK8qP03WD2J3AGoN2mr3nNgEQLEtKkoYTkUX2GTKPmK62r8Qk7KEk1/s1500/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMfkEs1-eGOzeZ5B8yLK7vcCubhacPahFqak7HarIi3q_AuhfN0CZ7OujTMX6kJ-T8J9jO2b30kdmWjMJa7BmdLlwbVkvrv7cf32M8kGy2_PAZJFNxWaznH5dYta12a3vL-MK8qP03WD2J3AGoN2mr3nNgEQLEtKkoYTkUX2GTKPmK62r8Qk7KEk1/s320/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-59813555299021426312022-09-22T07:04:00.002-07:002022-09-22T07:04:16.887-07:00Fall Book List for Kids!<h2 style="text-align: center;">Fall Book List </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>for kids</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKsc-qy3hc4io39QvxnRtK1iimX8G0xZ59znbNkk1YI-7ejLClsleHw4I3fWrBlY11XyMw82YzS7O3XG9eAT_RmMp9647pjW_06-O8WaFeTyLN6KiMAVJBBzijKHtq3lNIKq3IcjQ0uF_xUJATmdQ7j5d2X--JcRHOjqQjfQgkrmfTIfr93_Wk5kf/s1500/All%20about%20Fall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKsc-qy3hc4io39QvxnRtK1iimX8G0xZ59znbNkk1YI-7ejLClsleHw4I3fWrBlY11XyMw82YzS7O3XG9eAT_RmMp9647pjW_06-O8WaFeTyLN6KiMAVJBBzijKHtq3lNIKq3IcjQ0uF_xUJATmdQ7j5d2X--JcRHOjqQjfQgkrmfTIfr93_Wk5kf/w266-h400/All%20about%20Fall.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The first day of Autumn, already? It's hit right on time here in Ohio! 92F yesterday, and 70F today. Sounds about right. Honestly, I'm always one that desperately clings to every last scorching heat wave, and holding out for a big crazy storm. We got a fairly good downpour for about 10 minutes yesterday. And...then, nothing.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I really do enjoy Fall, I just never seem to look forward to Summer ending. All three of my daughters, on the other hand, are pulling out hoodies, decorations, and pumpkin spice latte recipes before Labor Day. It does give me a chuckle and help my mood. I crochet little pumpkins with cinnamon sticks down in them, and they are rapidly taking over our decor!</div><div style="text-align: left;">I also homeschool my youngest, so constantly having a reading list is always on the forefront.</div><div style="text-align: left;">This seems to be the time that we stockpile our books and prepare for long days of binge reading.</div><div style="text-align: left;">(No complaints from me!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">We seem to acquire books from a little bit of everywhere. We have them gifted or given, we do a ton of library trips, thrift stores, and <a href="https://fave.co/3duep7z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Thriftbooks</span></a> which is actually having a great sale on children and YA books. Buy any 3, and get 1 free. Plus free shipping! I've also recently found <a href="https://bookoutlet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">BookOutlet</span></a>, and they have pretty awesome prices. </div><div style="text-align: left;">No matter how you get your books, Autumn has such a diversity of book choices. It's a great time to incorporate learning and lessons throughout the season. There is gardening/harvesting, nature changing, animal habits and environments, books about giving, celebrating, tons full of Fall recipes to learn and share.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I feel it is a great opportunity to get children interested in reading. There are so many choices to find their interests.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We like to have a little of everything. Here is a list I've put together. Some we have read, others are going on our list.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Fall Book List</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>for kids</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3dCfLNx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3dCfLNx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look! It's the Candycorn by Danielle McLean</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3UvfFrx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin by Sonali Fry</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3S2MWbW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Run, Turkey, Run by Diane Mayr</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3R5dKHo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Friendsgiving by Nancy Siscoe</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BB8Z2r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3R3YFWk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">We're Going on a Goon Hunt by Michael Rex</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblxGr4y2qjr_EALxMD8J_Z6eSEU-bVFYeaOQb3ysV_kJeDYjInjgOUqU3mSIn6LBf3wdUC-vwaQZ9KlwDHsMUwpCanBntdZsrsWr6nY17e3WhSpiMY9LmTXkCu-170S_ueBMuntqXu69-lUBNwj7hfb3f3bwPPA4VAGc1mWAj42r9oc3P29Cz4AHj/s500/9781984813626-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="500" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblxGr4y2qjr_EALxMD8J_Z6eSEU-bVFYeaOQb3ysV_kJeDYjInjgOUqU3mSIn6LBf3wdUC-vwaQZ9KlwDHsMUwpCanBntdZsrsWr6nY17e3WhSpiMY9LmTXkCu-170S_ueBMuntqXu69-lUBNwj7hfb3f3bwPPA4VAGc1mWAj42r9oc3P29Cz4AHj/w200-h162/9781984813626-l.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3DKc177" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? by Wendell Minor</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BCNbU2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy by Lisa Wheeler</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BXdxBI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Turkey Bowl by Phil Bildner</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3DKwQj5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Great Pumpkin Contest by Angie Rozelaar</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUhKagsnx-7wep4FkY89N7VXu202ZRkpckLsBL996iB7vqgVrwzxfp5JQ1z038y0gicONTsLffyq1QRaBgFYbUW0CGI_Y8XgP3DJ5c_bWY1ANSF6UnjkLrwIRJgoMBYdsktd1epWqXmnIeSjQjMxbdmd3ayc7_FnTRkSk0Sxl5vYczT88n15fQtMa/s850/kidhalloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="850" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUhKagsnx-7wep4FkY89N7VXu202ZRkpckLsBL996iB7vqgVrwzxfp5JQ1z038y0gicONTsLffyq1QRaBgFYbUW0CGI_Y8XgP3DJ5c_bWY1ANSF6UnjkLrwIRJgoMBYdsktd1epWqXmnIeSjQjMxbdmd3ayc7_FnTRkSk0Sxl5vYczT88n15fQtMa/w400-h118/kidhalloween.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3qYhkZd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the River and through the Wood by Emma Randal</span></a>l<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3DFgvvY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZC0xWb004qBBMSCsuc6kXn_5P6HfUhbddHGy1pZQCbeM8isIOIG7YvlmoXAnKXyr8bFMbJ4m39qI_NV87a3FHPAtnLRJy0umm_a4bPFdOHoy4OKRxGiwW2tDNtetZJKsF8VoJ2UlpgVibL18Wul-5GQakVso0fY6hHapSzO8WxboG1WKqPtzaaM9/s475/9780689871351-l.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="428" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZC0xWb004qBBMSCsuc6kXn_5P6HfUhbddHGy1pZQCbeM8isIOIG7YvlmoXAnKXyr8bFMbJ4m39qI_NV87a3FHPAtnLRJy0umm_a4bPFdOHoy4OKRxGiwW2tDNtetZJKsF8VoJ2UlpgVibL18Wul-5GQakVso0fY6hHapSzO8WxboG1WKqPtzaaM9/w180-h200/9780689871351-l.webp" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3f7DzsY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gobble Up, Snoopy! by Charles M. Schulz</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3SoApPX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanksgiving at Our house by P.K. Hallinan</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3qYPYSB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Little Blue Truck's Halloween by Alice Schertle</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3UvquK5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3S6FcFR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where Do Diggers Trick-or Treat? by Brianna Caplan Sayres</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3QZgm9v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Berenstain Bears Big Halloween Party by Mike Berenstain</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3xJeVFn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Little Monster(Ten Minutes to bed) by Rhiannon Fielding</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4G70ohxAbbuvmnMQePBFXqlsCx9jtpMWxKPNi79d-w-8veahm9aKSz9HWMLOpa6pXubyi26PTbglGSWyqTmfxF6Ql48moSFbHeutScjhZUN91c1DZwx8wJ4GM-juVOurtCJXDHm9uD-T2rrrERmcI0T4rymPMrbnW2PvHFJwK5AA3KpuIDhrSNGG/s500/9780241509425-l.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="500" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4G70ohxAbbuvmnMQePBFXqlsCx9jtpMWxKPNi79d-w-8veahm9aKSz9HWMLOpa6pXubyi26PTbglGSWyqTmfxF6Ql48moSFbHeutScjhZUN91c1DZwx8wJ4GM-juVOurtCJXDHm9uD-T2rrrERmcI0T4rymPMrbnW2PvHFJwK5AA3KpuIDhrSNGG/w200-h166/9780241509425-l.webp" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3LxegwG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">There's a Witch in Your Book by Tom Fletcher</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3xItCJ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Frankenstein Doesn't Wear Earmuffs by John Loren</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BEsZkD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sparkleton The Haunted Woods by Calliope Glass</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3fbvrb1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Popcorn by Frank Asch</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3DKJRZL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3LxlgJT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let It Fall by Maryann Cocca-Leffler</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3LBzERj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat! by Lucille Colandro</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZvbgxdN5ViQm8tCJvS55ToFDqdzVawmL-W9RDUHgWr0LnE_TrpOldaXD3gR_YDflRm2Kg2bRytPWt_PeSoqHNA8Nyuf2TV9yzYT8-gmQov4X7qHYLnI2FAxoxWfzDf3dwtGFbqIzefEVuiTiCSqGl0h7YXDaR_5_TopKIstvAb-OJblg7N9BD0pf/s700/bcoldlady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="550" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZvbgxdN5ViQm8tCJvS55ToFDqdzVawmL-W9RDUHgWr0LnE_TrpOldaXD3gR_YDflRm2Kg2bRytPWt_PeSoqHNA8Nyuf2TV9yzYT8-gmQov4X7qHYLnI2FAxoxWfzDf3dwtGFbqIzefEVuiTiCSqGl0h7YXDaR_5_TopKIstvAb-OJblg7N9BD0pf/w157-h200/bcoldlady.jpg" width="157" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BD7eSi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Leaves on the Trees by Thom Wiley</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3dxDJcN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Treemendous: Diary of a Not Yet Mighty Oak by Bridget Heos</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BA0BjK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pug Who wanted to be a Pumpkin by Bella Swift</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3dxlDHV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Our way Home by Sebastian Braun</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3qUzwD7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Halloween, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3r0LHy0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOyofNjMHhJeFvqHFciA46xIA2QctXLKE9b0YiTd0om4cYGTXuWqLl10f5pGaFf8HmvPGkr7yWzmauDoUBBNOBofIjVkGEdstJKldJzDOQYo0EmAE-b4_-3NOX0_yHDt4yclAbfxdVwXvApuFsoLthcc79yQlad4eJte6F2z8vlcnpPnTkS_JQi8g/s400/05111e873c9501c2428827d52f9d3e50a1551ea9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="400" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOyofNjMHhJeFvqHFciA46xIA2QctXLKE9b0YiTd0om4cYGTXuWqLl10f5pGaFf8HmvPGkr7yWzmauDoUBBNOBofIjVkGEdstJKldJzDOQYo0EmAE-b4_-3NOX0_yHDt4yclAbfxdVwXvApuFsoLthcc79yQlad4eJte6F2z8vlcnpPnTkS_JQi8g/w200-h156/05111e873c9501c2428827d52f9d3e50a1551ea9.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wow! We've listed over 30 Titles! This is a great list for Fall, Autumn, and Halloween books!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have you read any of these? Which is your favorite? Are there any I missed? I'd love you to add them in the comments!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy Reading! and Happy Fall!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0wO7GPCdJ7iJoX690VDBnNZlbCV1QHwjPIVy00elwxCU1QJeNnynIDB9ngs-amW-4DAsXQtZobXxw_DuuuH0AxtFQmzUQ8InOdukMGBBLatR8JvtHYuKM3T4cKfmDD_Y1p3tgIwbCqdM211pFk9fuME_8fLVBZpbCf0Gcb6UD3anIR7C6x_OlIzE/s1500/Fall%20Book%20List.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0wO7GPCdJ7iJoX690VDBnNZlbCV1QHwjPIVy00elwxCU1QJeNnynIDB9ngs-amW-4DAsXQtZobXxw_DuuuH0AxtFQmzUQ8InOdukMGBBLatR8JvtHYuKM3T4cKfmDD_Y1p3tgIwbCqdM211pFk9fuME_8fLVBZpbCf0Gcb6UD3anIR7C6x_OlIzE/s320/Fall%20Book%20List.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-70868064106377107392022-09-19T07:04:00.000-07:002022-09-19T07:04:18.796-07:00Book Review: Brain Damage by Freida McFadden<h2 style="text-align: center;"> Brain Damage</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAFEQywIoud2CS2FcUXgcgzo_VpkJmXx-q_vZQKZ9pc128vdprSgs7hbyopFt5L6GHYtnmNxpvyPoOj8RalI5xnVRo0XlBDhX1nC4WdNQEP0-1iRVYRQ4eYZE2A3F-ooNCfTif7PFdLtLllU84_z2JGWerjKxgaTMZXd81S7TSdHlIJ8TQdrEhu8F/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(12).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAFEQywIoud2CS2FcUXgcgzo_VpkJmXx-q_vZQKZ9pc128vdprSgs7hbyopFt5L6GHYtnmNxpvyPoOj8RalI5xnVRo0XlBDhX1nC4WdNQEP0-1iRVYRQ4eYZE2A3F-ooNCfTif7PFdLtLllU84_z2JGWerjKxgaTMZXd81S7TSdHlIJ8TQdrEhu8F/s320/Untitled%20design%20(12).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">by <br />Freida McFadden</h3><div>psychological thriller/crime</div><div>Kindle edition/398 pages</div><div><br /></div><div>Quote:" And none of that hurt. The truth is, I didn't feel it at all. What hurt is everything that came after."</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://fave.co/3Sdv51Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Brain Damage</span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>From the cover:</b></div><div>After years of hard work, Dr. Charly McKenna finally has it all. Prosperous career as a dermatologist? Check. Spacious apartment overlooking Central Park? Check. Handsome lawyer husband? Double check.</div><div>Then one night, a bullet rips through the right side of her skull, and she loses everything.</div><div>As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>My Review:</b></div><div>This one definitely is getting mixed reviews. Maybe, even myself included.</div><div>Personally, I think some of the reasons other readers gave it lower ratings, were the reasons I loved it.</div><div>As it is tagged a psychological thriller, I can see some being disappointed, or disagreeing with it. If it had been placed as a medical mystery, it may have been rated differently. I feel some readers felt misled from the beginning. This is the fourth book I've read by <a href="https://fave.co/3DB6nEf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Freida McFadden</span></a>, and it honestly is one of my favorites. I know I seem to say that a lot lately; especially about McFadden's books. They really do just keep drawing me in. This one definitely gets bumped up due to the medical aspects. I've always been fascinated with learning about the medical field and human biology. <a href="https://fave.co/3BqX6w6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Brain Damage</span></a> definitely gives you that. While McFadden isn't a brain surgeon, she does actually work with brain injury patients and the recovery process. She actually knows her stuff, and it shows in her writing.</div><div>This book gives you the story of a woman who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. It takes you through the mystery of solving the crime, but for me, it was so much more about Charly's journey through recovery. You get a <i>behind the scenes</i> look at the recovery process. All the stress, frustrations, repeating everything, and the struggles through memory loss. It is exhausting, mentally and physically, but Charly finally sees that it is all worth it.</div><div>Of course, no book is perfect, and there were a couple of things that I didn't agree with, but I didn't write the characters.</div><div>I will say there wasn't much suspense or <i>thrill</i> to the book, but I truly enjoyed the whole book.</div><div>I give it 5 stars!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuYkHkF9k8ObipDEOEdB-B9nembiRfttB8YYY4CdFa23-aMLX8GM6JKaViFVknx2pojBV44BGLJywJNQldOAg9Lqoo4TWmh1bv0gOfVn9wnP4bra0HyB60ID3wb2yxuTY2nfHx40PCJsXfc2TsJ0JFkytpRa8ntOSHdMWWEXSUeZ-o3ojbGAVBXoO/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuYkHkF9k8ObipDEOEdB-B9nembiRfttB8YYY4CdFa23-aMLX8GM6JKaViFVknx2pojBV44BGLJywJNQldOAg9Lqoo4TWmh1bv0gOfVn9wnP4bra0HyB60ID3wb2yxuTY2nfHx40PCJsXfc2TsJ0JFkytpRa8ntOSHdMWWEXSUeZ-o3ojbGAVBXoO/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Side note: A few years ago, I read <a href="https://fave.co/3BQQY1k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Left Neglected by Lisa Genova</a> that I also enjoyed. These two books share the same brain injury but completely different stories. I definitely recommend checking them both out!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l3ljmdong0ec8QLUxHMFIDxdU_Mc40SZ72IFrVHAngrcD9oN-EgcmrJUffyvg_s3bg8NPopdVbQStZvQckF_E_USvjgRPetRMc9r_5ZPRFV3wWtWT_P9jH1HubeaEg7GhE-APqbKrIM2Q0jdAOpI7EyZJlhcD4HxQKvBKbF2tJdln_DQKMHz4itb/s1500/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l3ljmdong0ec8QLUxHMFIDxdU_Mc40SZ72IFrVHAngrcD9oN-EgcmrJUffyvg_s3bg8NPopdVbQStZvQckF_E_USvjgRPetRMc9r_5ZPRFV3wWtWT_P9jH1HubeaEg7GhE-APqbKrIM2Q0jdAOpI7EyZJlhcD4HxQKvBKbF2tJdln_DQKMHz4itb/s320/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-76643568523002325312022-09-14T10:53:00.006-07:002022-09-23T04:01:02.733-07:00Book List~ Fall Vibes<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Hello Fall!</h2><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0EQERBaLDEF6SZptAhaWTxsCCpUrjeh6dC80W6mKRHW-iTQuaR9EC_pWnUnUjH5dQUJeZCpls_XT_Wo8W3u3mn_wY2qAJcp2xN_pKUah7dIT66thgR08ywhIUmWkICm7uzqVNYx6LgiYKevSj1b1sLZO-diUtmI1YZeHMuCJews9ttuS-PFgjekp/s1500/Fall%20Vibes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0EQERBaLDEF6SZptAhaWTxsCCpUrjeh6dC80W6mKRHW-iTQuaR9EC_pWnUnUjH5dQUJeZCpls_XT_Wo8W3u3mn_wY2qAJcp2xN_pKUah7dIT66thgR08ywhIUmWkICm7uzqVNYx6LgiYKevSj1b1sLZO-diUtmI1YZeHMuCJews9ttuS-PFgjekp/s320/Fall%20Vibes.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><br /></div>How did we get here so quickly?<p> Fall or Autumn here in Ohio really is a whole vibe of its own. It's the change in the air, the cooling temperature, the earthy scents, the crackling fires. The days get slower, and nights get cozier. Even our drinks change into something warmer. All of it just puts you in a whole new mood. Or at least it does for me. </p><p>Around this time of year, I really start weeding through my stacks of books and trying to pick and plan out my reading list. I'm definitely a visual person, and book cover porn is a real thing.(Although, doing a Google search, I haven't found the right wording yet to get the type of results I wanted)*blush*</p><p>Fall book covers, and books, can be so diverse. You can find anything from an Autumn cozy romance, a creepy thriller, a spooky ghost story, a magical mystery, to a true crime.</p><p>That's really what my goal is for this list. A wide variety of Fall books to choose from. I can easily go from a cozy rom-com to something dark and full of suspense and mystery.</p><p>Do you have a specific way to choose your Fall book list? Do you prefer to stick with a theme?</p><p>I'd also love any suggestions that I don't have listed!</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Top 3 Cover pics</span></b></u></p><p><u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://fave.co/3Lfd6pp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Whispers in Autumn by Trisha Leigh</span></a><br /></span></b></u></p><p><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBSKmeqXdL0by_tYw_TYHVeVHuH3DdBfcAEG5Sb4UI-WWqOOO7b9KMlHHKsDYyifKLuuKuH8gQEFcimYdXbRtgu44eAHFGkzcmVtVRwNy1OQdYE4rkjM0ISSsZWRcYnYfN_XGNJYKxQ17Oir4ca-_xNMwAgmkY9jWNdK2qYRLncGDxAYJhNC5nNS-/s475/fallbc6.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="306" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBSKmeqXdL0by_tYw_TYHVeVHuH3DdBfcAEG5Sb4UI-WWqOOO7b9KMlHHKsDYyifKLuuKuH8gQEFcimYdXbRtgu44eAHFGkzcmVtVRwNy1OQdYE4rkjM0ISSsZWRcYnYfN_XGNJYKxQ17Oir4ca-_xNMwAgmkY9jWNdK2qYRLncGDxAYJhNC5nNS-/w129-h200/fallbc6.jpg" width="129" /></a></u></div><u><br /><b><br /></b></u><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://fave.co/3dgY1aj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice</span></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2_TvUHtt4dnRTOycbf_PP0nhrE4oFhKDuoz6lo_FfNTH9V35xbhWKvZs3LtNTHBFBVI7Oc1-jSVzOUeNfdzZBCEBukYn0xcDCHL5Kr-4JlPO9l5x-rEiRpLRbvH6RC9bPCrijVWm8rH8bGnuRVtWJwy-RkJZTriTLnC5s9dBX8i_5YcSdvKHxqJa/s293/fallbc2.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2_TvUHtt4dnRTOycbf_PP0nhrE4oFhKDuoz6lo_FfNTH9V35xbhWKvZs3LtNTHBFBVI7Oc1-jSVzOUeNfdzZBCEBukYn0xcDCHL5Kr-4JlPO9l5x-rEiRpLRbvH6RC9bPCrijVWm8rH8bGnuRVtWJwy-RkJZTriTLnC5s9dBX8i_5YcSdvKHxqJa/w133-h200/fallbc2.webp" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=165681X1699905&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booksamillion.com%2Fp%2FAutumn-Chaos%2FOlena-Nikitin%2F9781999886103%3Fid%3D8631602677465%23" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>Autumn Chaos by Olena Nikitin</b></span></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rSWdRTFxOC9rOlsOysXl5YQr2MdVNNTfu9e_dJdbLJyt6SWdYptXqmjpoH_M1KJU-Y9QqtVjZ25JDi9NJ37pDFaVWKo1IX1OfRD7u1tNOKWtivB-rH4kC600aOgyFQL5sIwPM9U4VCPAEzLCyCVXN0aAH4v0SYhA9Oq6onqeBkX0kDwZcjdHXb90/s386/fall333.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rSWdRTFxOC9rOlsOysXl5YQr2MdVNNTfu9e_dJdbLJyt6SWdYptXqmjpoH_M1KJU-Y9QqtVjZ25JDi9NJ37pDFaVWKo1IX1OfRD7u1tNOKWtivB-rH4kC600aOgyFQL5sIwPM9U4VCPAEzLCyCVXN0aAH4v0SYhA9Oq6onqeBkX0kDwZcjdHXb90/w129-h200/fall333.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><u>List of Great Autumn Cover Reads!</u></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><a href="https://fave.co/3RJDCtv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin</span></a><br /></u></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=165681X1699905&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FBookDetailsPL%3Fbi%3D31175467442%26cm_sp%3DSEARCHREC-_-WIDGET-L-_-BDP-R%26searchurl%3Dds%253D20%2526kn%253Dwhere%252Bwe%252Bfall%2526sortby%253D17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where We Fall by Rochelle B. Weinstein</a><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3xrAme3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3DoHxYc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sowing Season by Katie Powner</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3ePUMqM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Embers on the Wind by Lisa Williamson Rosenburg</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3eTUDmk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Moral Compass by Danielle Steel</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3Dt2Cki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Halloween Season by Lucy Snyder</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3U9qK1n" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Sweet Alaskan Fall by Jennifer Snow</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3xk6j84" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Pumpkin Everything by Beth LaBonte</b></span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BGsU1c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Halloween at the Graff by Jayne Sinclair</b></span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3qAPEJF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BHWyDr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Into Thin Air by Deborah Rogers</b></span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3dbuC16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dracula, My Love by Syrie James</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3RJVg0a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Meet Me on Love Lane by Nina Bocci</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3RZV3pi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">One Tiny Lie by K.A. Tucker</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga23mxa9tLPnonwbOERE1-NmWf57Mtpoi3J50MySr6MDD6dclWBfBmP8kLy5Qf1kWzGmfuaz4usdb9-yXtKXA1Tw5bIlmE9p6wPEGuUNx2x3tfWHqTgNFxpk-egezE5ZG1NYWJuAuC59GCcpR36t5JvGfWmiaSred36ZsxPRt-4UnImEsASw1Z5HnB/s950/fallbookcovers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="950" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga23mxa9tLPnonwbOERE1-NmWf57Mtpoi3J50MySr6MDD6dclWBfBmP8kLy5Qf1kWzGmfuaz4usdb9-yXtKXA1Tw5bIlmE9p6wPEGuUNx2x3tfWHqTgNFxpk-egezE5ZG1NYWJuAuC59GCcpR36t5JvGfWmiaSred36ZsxPRt-4UnImEsASw1Z5HnB/w400-h79/fallbookcovers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><u>Autumn in the Book Title List</u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BmXdsC" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet</span></a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3eRPfA4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn Getaway by Jennifer Gracen</span></a><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3DoZKF2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3Lcrgrg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn of the Grimoire by J.L. Vampa</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3BkoZWF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn Bones by Jaqueline Carey</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3eDM66D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3RLWN5Z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Autumn Murders by Robert Gott</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3eSXITi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn Rose by Abigail Gibbs</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3RNgz0Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn Nights by Debbie Macomber</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3RLZ5C7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn Falls by Bella Thorne</span></b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Wow! I'm so excited about all these books! Now, I have to decide which ones to read!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Which one has your favorite cover? I'd love to know if you've read any of these, or if you plan to!</p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm definitely going to do a list for children's books also, so keep checking back!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Happy Reading!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk5P1TRSBUupLMgqEkyg-TGt9D14qCPOwODfpZRostH6n6T1HOgZVlKV2ekkCwNFsa_nfXgK7C8V0LPQk9_26oCwkuzvukmrpj4GmY_YLc6OOds22aDk6IhHxJSbtcf0d8CJtfvgVv-IvWfHj_IgKkJeKNwj469HflR378OAatgLZMdjUgauLSgbI/s1500/Autumn%20Book%20List.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk5P1TRSBUupLMgqEkyg-TGt9D14qCPOwODfpZRostH6n6T1HOgZVlKV2ekkCwNFsa_nfXgK7C8V0LPQk9_26oCwkuzvukmrpj4GmY_YLc6OOds22aDk6IhHxJSbtcf0d8CJtfvgVv-IvWfHj_IgKkJeKNwj469HflR378OAatgLZMdjUgauLSgbI/s320/Autumn%20Book%20List.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-49402503391721983912022-09-11T07:06:00.003-07:002022-09-11T08:03:44.626-07:00Book Review: Dear Child by Romy Hausmann<h3 style="text-align: center;"></h3><h2><br /></h2><h2> Dear Child</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHP3775Va7nyFNjPKfZmVrU0RVOPfowxsEg5CXPWHq_wsw461Oc2vM7Wfq10YthNSyGEcH06ImmiBdDmQw-OnVe028gqFDpqAFwAobncUvBqSWoLs50uMnJZe3yA8XOICyNCXttpn6SJq-O0yL_6xPoJUPCEIqU1_l4HmgMgIWDDABpCYJbTK4rZh/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHP3775Va7nyFNjPKfZmVrU0RVOPfowxsEg5CXPWHq_wsw461Oc2vM7Wfq10YthNSyGEcH06ImmiBdDmQw-OnVe028gqFDpqAFwAobncUvBqSWoLs50uMnJZe3yA8XOICyNCXttpn6SJq-O0yL_6xPoJUPCEIqU1_l4HmgMgIWDDABpCYJbTK4rZh/s320/Untitled%20design%20(2).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">by<br />Romy Hausmann</h3><div style="text-align: left;">psychological thriller/mystery/crime</div><div style="text-align: left;">audiobook/11 hours</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quote:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"We know how everything works. We have our own rules, you see. It's just that Mama forgets them sometimes. But luckily, she's got us, we remind her of them."~ Hannah</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://fave.co/3xgQRcZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dear Child</span></a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the cover:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">In a windowless shack in the woods, Lena's life and that of her two children follows the rules set by their captor, the father: Meals, bathroom visits, study time are strictly scheduled and meticulously observed. He protects his family from the dangers lurking in the outside world and makes sure his children will always have a mother to look after them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">One day, Lena manages to flee- but the nightmare continues. It seems as if her tormentor wants to get back what belongs to him. And then there is the question whether she really is the woman called "Lena" who disappeared without a trace 14 years ago. The police and Lena’s family are all desperately trying to piece together a puzzle which doesn't quite seem to fit.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">*SPOILER * This review may contain spoilers* SPOILER*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Review:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I gave this book 3/5 stars. I usually don't start my reviews with the negative side, but when deciding to post a review, these 2 things kept popping up and making me hesitate and rethink the way to write it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. I opted for the audiobook<span style="font-weight: normal;">, which lately has been hit or miss in my selections.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This one I really struggled to get into. I'm honestly not sure if it was the storyline, the audio speed, the translation, the narrators/characters, or just a combination.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were at least 3 or 4 times that I went back a chapter or two and re-listened to see where I was in the story or if I'd missed something. It really just never gripped my attention.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I honestly didn't care for any of the characters. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Lena"/Jasmin seemed too day dreamy or<i> misfocused. </i>I didn't like her vibe from the beginning.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hannah was too two-sided for me. One minute she's intelligent from her "study time", yet very unaware or over naive, even with the whole situation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lena seemed to have a very callous and selfish attitude about everything going on. The affair, the effects it had on others, etc.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Karin just seemed very disengaged throughout the whole book.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jonathan, um, where was this kid???</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I won't go on into the rest of the characters. You get the idea.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. I instantly got </span><a href="https://fave.co/3eDu0BO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Room by Emma Donoghue</span></a> <span style="font-size: small;">vibes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I just couldn't get passed that. The alternate book cover is even almost identical. Crayon font and meant to be in a child's handwriting.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other than how the abduction begins, there were too many similarities in the characters and situation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Anyone who has read Room would not be able to ignore this. I kept reading to see if things ever changed directions, but almost to the end it was way too similar.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-BowQWVrEatjxkJy9uM5Nk5Uz5Smh0ON3u1x7oSRMIUyTULh8dp7Eq2D5Jou6ylswIF1rPQ-wjngufcPxbIlKu6lfCudUVfA7UHYH0erenvC8Y3buG4AGjk-8aC2qbAx7ULWmRuCuQY6aGiBI_1KyDGVQG2wiyeoqOYSos6BpBZjU9wG9el_hgQL/s449/Untitled%20design%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="449" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-BowQWVrEatjxkJy9uM5Nk5Uz5Smh0ON3u1x7oSRMIUyTULh8dp7Eq2D5Jou6ylswIF1rPQ-wjngufcPxbIlKu6lfCudUVfA7UHYH0erenvC8Y3buG4AGjk-8aC2qbAx7ULWmRuCuQY6aGiBI_1KyDGVQG2wiyeoqOYSos6BpBZjU9wG9el_hgQL/w200-h129/Untitled%20design%20(3).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">The book wasn't bad, it just wasn't what I expected and had almost zero suspense, mystery, or thrill. There was no real chase to it. Yes, the <i>whodunnit</i> factor was good, not great.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">I definitely think I would have enjoyed the physical book better. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I give <a href="https://fave.co/3DdRRCr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dear Child by Romy Hausmann</a> 3 stars.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf3sgnbL73YY9yhfoNKf0yy1M2zWjYvNnI_F6x4K0Z02Ly2Wms7XKWlmUSxIq4VMIMhqprynVkyMirr9eXnueGS3nI3ArVVZC42FNRJQZivvD-HH1jzslw5x1czKNKZpDrhOKw9VnSszhOVMsVENGcupPcMRSKYv2DFxrjrMRz4xMlcgp9-aXx83X/s1032/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="1032" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf3sgnbL73YY9yhfoNKf0yy1M2zWjYvNnI_F6x4K0Z02Ly2Wms7XKWlmUSxIq4VMIMhqprynVkyMirr9eXnueGS3nI3ArVVZC42FNRJQZivvD-HH1jzslw5x1czKNKZpDrhOKw9VnSszhOVMsVENGcupPcMRSKYv2DFxrjrMRz4xMlcgp9-aXx83X/s320/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkfkxV747otFiQyZWsUY8oA1TCnuYt4LJfUxK_k2p2oTvzinj440l3NjYoakGa5GrJfK3fAlva7DWegksDqKpHKfJ_1aQ1oOkROkE0D5mUpkaJVTlW6JppwKjFhTpX7Ic9Oxc_WjN4Fz3UFvnYmnx8WOfrSHP-xTerepcnvDR4jnLmJI91Lkr2Ty9/s1500/Book%20Review%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkfkxV747otFiQyZWsUY8oA1TCnuYt4LJfUxK_k2p2oTvzinj440l3NjYoakGa5GrJfK3fAlva7DWegksDqKpHKfJ_1aQ1oOkROkE0D5mUpkaJVTlW6JppwKjFhTpX7Ic9Oxc_WjN4Fz3UFvnYmnx8WOfrSHP-xTerepcnvDR4jnLmJI91Lkr2Ty9/s320/Book%20Review%20(2).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-13370157697657572502022-09-07T06:20:00.001-07:002022-09-09T06:48:45.543-07:00Book Review: Octavia Can Do It! by Liliana Tommasini<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Octavia Can Do It!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL0hvKTRcH7z7ymatN4m5Zprkb7R72EJmrA-nqKHhJ479LInziiQtiloVqwdgX21HWIJaCoxZoiPGUEjqBulXs6IuLoeJ-AGH1VrSnXGYVBYHzaVIYsiqfbXcdsV6GJnxasvTuXYtYhK9CKB3quzypEUBToDnuL36vwhQm29Br35aBpnVSUnuKuWK/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL0hvKTRcH7z7ymatN4m5Zprkb7R72EJmrA-nqKHhJ479LInziiQtiloVqwdgX21HWIJaCoxZoiPGUEjqBulXs6IuLoeJ-AGH1VrSnXGYVBYHzaVIYsiqfbXcdsV6GJnxasvTuXYtYhK9CKB3quzypEUBToDnuL36vwhQm29Br35aBpnVSUnuKuWK/s320/Untitled%20design%20(3).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">by<br />Liliana Tommesini</h3><div><b>Children's book</b></div><div><b>Kindle edition/ 36 pages</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>I received a free copy of this book from the author, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22313318.Liliana_Tommasini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Liliana Tommasini</span></a> in exchange for an honest review.</b></div><div>You can purchase your copy here:<a href="https://fave.co/3RIebrP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Octavia Can Do It!</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>From the cover:</b></div><div>When Mama steps out of the kitchen, Octavia takes over with an" I can do it" attitude. But as flour and cocoa cover the walls, cabinets, and countertop, she starts to question herself. </div><div>Will her cookies turn out as good as Mama's cookies?</div><div>Octavia Can Do It! is the hilarious story of a young girl who discovers that even the most independent people need a little help sometimes. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>My Review:</b></div><div>Have you ever been scrolling through Pinterest and see a picture of a recipe that looks <i>soo</i> good? You take a quick screenshot, or save the pin, and think "<i>Oh, I can make that!" </i>No need to actually <i>read</i> the recipe or cooking instructions, <i>right</i>? Right!</div><div>I do this. A LOT!</div><div>How does it usually end up? Pretty much just how Octavia's cookies turn out.</div><div>That is exactly how I felt after reading this book. It's really a great lesson for us all.</div><div>Patience and asking for help are two things we really struggle with. I bounce between</div><div><i>I'm going to do it all myself, right now,</i> and, </div><div><i>who cares, let it wait until later. Someone else can figure it</i> <i>out.</i></div><div>It's probably not the best way to roll through life, but we have our days.</div><div>Octavia definitely wants to be independent and doesn't have time to wait for Mama to finish her phone call. All the ingredients, bowls, and measuring cups, are already there waiting to be made into delicious cookies! What could go wrong?</div><div>As Octavia and her brother Ludovic start adding and mixing things together, they may have a few messes and mix-ups, but they do get their cookie dough ready for Mama to help do the baking. How will they turn out?</div><div>This book also includes a cookie recipe at the end! I can't wait to see how ours turn out!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ele:</b></div><div>She really enjoyed the pictures and characters. The names were a little hard for her to pronounce, but she thought they were neat! </div><div>She loves to help bake, so she really got into the story, but she knew the cookies weren't going to be great when Octavia started messing up the recipe. Now, she wants to try the recipe herself to see how they turn out!(I'll be helping!) She also thinks the mom should've checked on the kids in the kitchen. LOL</div><div>Great little story.</div><div>We give it 4 stars!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqb1nEawlaE8ljQ2s_TzgLDXm8l5e1-2L0A3VnmUMxhnBtz2CCAJFUS77tNDXTkOvSoi6ZaHex4fa3Uj0PztOTDfVcTN1L7tVv8EzRCW7FL70sLkShj8ZDeMGRQueiec1lg2AmAlRrHUi1ewaxxMDLWDVNXnTSy-VNXTAWgBHc599MW6jvNr5uv6E/s1002/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="1002" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqb1nEawlaE8ljQ2s_TzgLDXm8l5e1-2L0A3VnmUMxhnBtz2CCAJFUS77tNDXTkOvSoi6ZaHex4fa3Uj0PztOTDfVcTN1L7tVv8EzRCW7FL70sLkShj8ZDeMGRQueiec1lg2AmAlRrHUi1ewaxxMDLWDVNXnTSy-VNXTAWgBHc599MW6jvNr5uv6E/s320/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to check out the author's website here:</div><div><a href="https://lilianatommasini.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Liliana Tommasini</span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CAfjFSzHdDHuLrzbLQ_Jcaztp_j3SbK-gC5FUKEKFA0nbUUiav07XN4a7nd1LgdsmXy7ouJAck-tgdHTD-MKEyEqfgUb6X8HZMWlMMC2yqrVzJeVW0k0H1mrUD57xLsXJ6bBt6UCvaMTgCT1btnKF_iIDHcDA2efOHKhaDTctXgxAs55U3Hfsu7D/s1500/Childrens%20Book%20Review.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CAfjFSzHdDHuLrzbLQ_Jcaztp_j3SbK-gC5FUKEKFA0nbUUiav07XN4a7nd1LgdsmXy7ouJAck-tgdHTD-MKEyEqfgUb6X8HZMWlMMC2yqrVzJeVW0k0H1mrUD57xLsXJ6bBt6UCvaMTgCT1btnKF_iIDHcDA2efOHKhaDTctXgxAs55U3Hfsu7D/s320/Childrens%20Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-548362579226620592022-09-04T05:59:00.003-07:002022-09-04T05:59:37.628-07:00Book Review: The Liar by Nora Roberts<h3 style="text-align: center;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">The Liar</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkQEro110LrKMMNVXQenvTgGYQjMPHiI3x1C-MW7EUwYNltklKYsP0QElDNSsLKfD_oAu-t5OwgUGRni1PPMtykyd1Llzzv6NvF-gctvQocMevpdoxKFKrBwA0upqpXOl8vulyiVrX3sjgBKpowDmPkIJN77J6C99pG8r3DRSJ2PPDOJeBewoGYmg/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkQEro110LrKMMNVXQenvTgGYQjMPHiI3x1C-MW7EUwYNltklKYsP0QElDNSsLKfD_oAu-t5OwgUGRni1PPMtykyd1Llzzv6NvF-gctvQocMevpdoxKFKrBwA0upqpXOl8vulyiVrX3sjgBKpowDmPkIJN77J6C99pG8r3DRSJ2PPDOJeBewoGYmg/s320/Untitled%20design%20(7).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">by<br />Nora Roberts</h3><div><b>romantic suspense/thriller</b></div><div><b>Kindle/512pages</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Quote: </b></div><div>"You paid off a million dollars since January? That must have been one hell of a yard sale." ~Viola</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://fave.co/3cLUnVD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">The Liar by Nora Roberts</span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>From the cover:</b></div><div>Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions...</div><div>The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn't just dead. He never really existed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she's yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows- and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>My Review:</b></div><div>This book had three parts, The False, the Roots, and The Real. I honestly do not know if it was originally written or intended to be this way. </div><div>I am glad that it was broken down, it was 512 pages total! But, I almost feel like I would have read it faster, and enjoyed it more, if it had just been made into three separate books, a trilogy.</div><div>Personally, I had moments where I thought, <i>" Why is she starting another character's story, now?</i> <i>Am I ever going to finish this book?"</i></div><div>While, I did enjoy each of the characters, and they were definitely well-developed; I felt at times, it was just too much. The story started to stray away from the main storyline.</div><div>Shelby had way too much going on in such a short timeline to figure out where she was headed. Not to the point that it was unbelievable, but it was heading that way.</div><div>There were a few times I felt the words didn't mesh with the character she seemed to be. I understand that mental abuse and trauma can definitely change a person and how they feel about themselves, I just got the vibe that she flip-flopped from naive, blindsided, mouse, into this country raised, tough as nails gal a little too quickly. Again, just my opinion of how she was written.</div><div>I enjoyed how all her family came together to support her and help her find her way. It's very clear they have a close bond, that I can attest to being a <i>country raised value.</i> </div><div>As for the mystery/suspense elements, I wasn't shocked at all. The bad guy/s were pretty obvious and the twist was not surprising at all. </div><div>Mystery, romance, contemporary; I get that.</div><div>Suspense/thriller, nope. Not at all (for me)</div><div>I'm still going to give this one 5 stars. Overall, it was a great story and the characters made me keep reading.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5HIZ3t40lO640RzAm-p2NYF9hRFq1Uxe9HANNrBRk04pYeQePNGAXH2AKHGzGoa_Dux1YqCbfk8iw2zfhfCnkxRKDaaO3Z7Ox6TnsZVdXFZv-fGBVblTKJ5RsLGwv1wViTCOG4UZKGExGeAzztFy-ZWCGXwrMOyHq9vBwGh8Au8PvFpFt3ZVcY8i/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5HIZ3t40lO640RzAm-p2NYF9hRFq1Uxe9HANNrBRk04pYeQePNGAXH2AKHGzGoa_Dux1YqCbfk8iw2zfhfCnkxRKDaaO3Z7Ox6TnsZVdXFZv-fGBVblTKJ5RsLGwv1wViTCOG4UZKGExGeAzztFy-ZWCGXwrMOyHq9vBwGh8Au8PvFpFt3ZVcY8i/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Notes:</b></div><div>To be honest, I've known that <a href="https://fave.co/3cM97ni" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Nora Roberts</span></a> had written tons, and tons of books. I've only read 4 of her books. I feel like, she's one of those authors that I've heard the name and sort of know her genre of choice, I just never seem to grab one of her books to read. I actually went back through my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6098829-trema" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Goodreads</span></a> shelves and realized I do have a couple on my TBR list. Two that I already own.</div><div>She also has written over 63 crime books in the <a href="https://fave.co/3TJFeVm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">In Death(Eve Dallas) series</span></a> under the pseudonym <a href="https://jdrobb.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">J.D. Robb</span></a></div><div>Totally guestimating, she has over 200 books to choose from! There's bound to be something of hers you'd enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Have you read any of her books? Which was your favorite?</b></div><div><b>Which one should I add to my list?</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_Rd3sA-NStWvphHxZJk9GL_q1F5wlPDJ9mvfbxTc6ffEAshqY6ncl4Uzx96Erhft5pxuznDCguzkaBOnYQr0NZBIs8dZixyMwC8gXfBKlARSjhMWxhfwST5VBL5N5L3X04r1EPZuzpO7a2MTrjSrp16AkCARRy1qmphMfWfLhtvtFsbh7ytTDYy7/s1500/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_Rd3sA-NStWvphHxZJk9GL_q1F5wlPDJ9mvfbxTc6ffEAshqY6ncl4Uzx96Erhft5pxuznDCguzkaBOnYQr0NZBIs8dZixyMwC8gXfBKlARSjhMWxhfwST5VBL5N5L3X04r1EPZuzpO7a2MTrjSrp16AkCARRy1qmphMfWfLhtvtFsbh7ytTDYy7/s320/Book%20Review%20(1).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-64848793945551024012022-09-01T11:42:00.003-07:002022-09-01T11:42:58.808-07:00Book Review: Feeling All My Feelings/Feeling All My Anger by Kim T.S.<h3 style="text-align: center;"> Feeling All My Feelings<br />and <br />Feeling All My Anger</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhea8gA1Rd0tgKs6Dmy71zYaiKcZCFkX63NgY8P1m2rGKOWbk0H_DaXxWCHfbsOtTj6Se1cW3e4fqmzSjlOmmMJBxFTva4lVm924Z-tP6IjoXR4uZVCM4vsViHkdgPSOmIONh5n9t2J4wfkwvNtxKUflxE0Ycj78Cz24NXQO7fBlGj5GS__0B9oOV7A/s1500/Books%20about%20ALL%20our%20Feelings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhea8gA1Rd0tgKs6Dmy71zYaiKcZCFkX63NgY8P1m2rGKOWbk0H_DaXxWCHfbsOtTj6Se1cW3e4fqmzSjlOmmMJBxFTva4lVm924Z-tP6IjoXR4uZVCM4vsViHkdgPSOmIONh5n9t2J4wfkwvNtxKUflxE0Ycj78Cz24NXQO7fBlGj5GS__0B9oOV7A/s320/Books%20about%20ALL%20our%20Feelings.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">by</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Kim T.S.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was honored to receive free pdf copies of both of these books from the author,</span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.kimtsbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kim T.S.</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can also follow her on Goodreads, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21941860.Kim_T_S_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click Here!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In these two books, Kim opens up a way to help everyone learn about different feelings. We all have feelings, and they are all valid. How we share them with others, and how we react, can make a huge difference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Children need to see a healthy way to deal with all their feelings. Together we can set an example, learn, and teach each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Author's note from book:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are firm believers that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting. Learn about different methods, but trust your own instincts. Always be kind to your children, to others, and to yourself. Remember, that we are all just trying our best!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(both books were read aloud with my daughter. All opinions are our own)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-All-Feelings-Book-Self-Regulation/dp/B09KN2PCR5/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Feeling ALL My Feelings</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">18 pages</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kyle is a little kid with a lot of BIG feelings- just like many kids! It's ok to feel all our feelings, because those feelings are normal and real. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the same time, there are things we can do to help us calm down when our feelings get TOO big!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Join Kyle and his friend, Tiny the Mouse, as they find ways to accept and overcome the littlest and biggest emotions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Review:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is definitely a little book that makes a big impact!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the very beginning, Kyle comes to life with amazing illustrations by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21941861.Chel_Labayo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chel Labayo</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His character takes us through a variety of emotions and some of the ways he reacts to them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Like when something is funny,... he laughs until his knees buckle.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kyle learns that his brain is a superpower. He has the power to control his emotions and learns ways of coping when he is scared, sad, or angry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seems like such a simple message, yet I think each of us forget that we hold this power at times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a story that can be read and definitely re-read over. A lesson we all need a reminder of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hooray! to Kyle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My daughter absolutely loved the animation in his character. We found ourselves saying, <i>"Hey, you</i> <i>make that face."</i> several times throughout the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Z73DDSQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Feeling All My Anger</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">18 pages</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's important for everyone to remember that ALL feelings are okay. There's a reason for every feeling, including anger. Instead of hiding it, we should try to understand WHY we feel that way and find healthy ways to release it. Otherwise, our anger might explode!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Join Max the Lion as he tries to find ways to understand, accept, and overcome his anger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Review:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you ever taken away your child's ipad or tablet? How did they react? If your kid is anything like Max the Lion, or<i> my daughter,</i> I bet there was some strong anger shown!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When Max doesn't get his way, he finds himself roaring with anger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He wants to scream and shout. He wants to kick and run; and make his feelings heard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Luckily, he has a mommy that sticks it out and is there for him when he's ready to be calm. He also has Tiny the Mouse to help him along the way. To understand his feelings and how they can hurt others if they aren't gotten under control.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Again, this book also helps us understand our emotions, and how we can help others express them in a healthy way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tiny the Mouse is a hoot! Make sure to catch all her little text. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Maybe, she'll get a book about how she's feeling...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I adored both of these books, and so did my daughter. She'll be 9 this week, and these were easy enough for her to read alone if she chooses. We've already discussed them twice. Once, after reading, and again before I started writing this review. We both found we could relate to the characters, and remember a time when we've shown our emotions. We discussed how we dealt with them and if we used our super brain power to control them. If not, what could we have done different. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Very clear and understandable message.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21941860.Kim_T_S_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kim T. S.</span></a> has a wonderful series started here! I cannot wait for the next book!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 stars all around!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0ICY-qksIkBZIraGWix7iM9FTiXKVMKFqH6SmaBaApWr8BaQ-IcASrLYV3ZbHHeCu_uKg7RYzVGXyok8UIzIW8KXjBrOWzFATRtJSanxi4DN6dJ-6g7lCSJ_esAjC9lv_3n0j_6HJIxzLqOzCmHCdsz9qFnI1OOEVG3iNpY5AW6S3C_JKoBLkFoo/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0ICY-qksIkBZIraGWix7iM9FTiXKVMKFqH6SmaBaApWr8BaQ-IcASrLYV3ZbHHeCu_uKg7RYzVGXyok8UIzIW8KXjBrOWzFATRtJSanxi4DN6dJ-6g7lCSJ_esAjC9lv_3n0j_6HJIxzLqOzCmHCdsz9qFnI1OOEVG3iNpY5AW6S3C_JKoBLkFoo/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-57135930918564805422022-08-30T07:21:00.000-07:002022-08-30T07:21:23.774-07:00National Literacy Month ~Bucket List<h2 style="text-align: center;"> September is National Literacy month!</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QTEj2cjxw85fD6IxgIS36spJcBLShGV44cdt9-McGEePPe6yPWaaiIEW2Rf8Joq34c5QN7khF0XjbrYV9iZLELOMQkbgJ62tM97ce5FAaxLRK6ghgpRvyjnrl9U2PBymE6-WtkNNoCxCHT-HsZeszs07xsPhb9nVzFLqIClTRi6uEltQRhC5Mydk/s1500/National%20Literacy%20Month.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QTEj2cjxw85fD6IxgIS36spJcBLShGV44cdt9-McGEePPe6yPWaaiIEW2Rf8Joq34c5QN7khF0XjbrYV9iZLELOMQkbgJ62tM97ce5FAaxLRK6ghgpRvyjnrl9U2PBymE6-WtkNNoCxCHT-HsZeszs07xsPhb9nVzFLqIClTRi6uEltQRhC5Mydk/s320/National%20Literacy%20Month.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's Celebrate!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I love that there are so many months and days set aside to celebrate all things about books, reading, authors, and literacy!</div><div style="text-align: left;">A few of those are,</div><div style="text-align: left;">The fourth Wednesday in January is Library Shelfie Day</div><div style="text-align: left;">February is National Library Lover's Month</div><div style="text-align: left;">March is National Reading Month(in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday)</div><div style="text-align: left;">June is Audiobook Appreciation Month</div><div style="text-align: left;">November is National Family Literacy Month</div><div style="text-align: left;">There really is something every month, and several different days.</div><div style="text-align: left;">September being National Literacy Month, for me, kind of brings all those aspects together into one full month to celebrate it all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Reading, writing, exploring, all of it</div><div style="text-align: left;">What better way to celebrate, than to do a <b>September Literacy Bucket List!</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>You can do one, a few, or try to do them all!</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are so many wonderful ways to celebrate. Here are a few I came up with. Some will have clickable links for you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Find<a href="https://www.globalpenfriends.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> a PenPal to write</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/182523-for-love-of-a-book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join a Book Lovers group</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Read the oldest book on your TBR list</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Offer to read at your local library</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Take<a href="https://ilovelibraries.org/article/take-virtual-tours-these-stunning-libraries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> a virtual tour of stunning libraries</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6. Buy yourself a <a href="https://fave.co/3QZHqGL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookish Gift</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've also included a free printable bucket list with 30 challenges! You can check off as you go! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_WFu3COSg8B0I2OVZPXb0W_zZdCY1KI/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">National Literacy Month~ Bucket List</span></a> <<click here<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiP-qhmrz3pqXO3VVtvPqVgdiCKIzrF9WqxNHFDq7w8FpcOsq0ycBvs63mf2slFOmCQ2HAbDhA57ENSCJFc0LH3GzqeIkWlSMz041Kqr9NlSCGb7rwBtjgP2mytX_GB0_FjBSsCUs1553gCkbw5ZMzhnX-JHM8qQ2vNiRn8LC4o5bJUO1EH1-fbHS/s2000/National%20Literacy%20Month.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiP-qhmrz3pqXO3VVtvPqVgdiCKIzrF9WqxNHFDq7w8FpcOsq0ycBvs63mf2slFOmCQ2HAbDhA57ENSCJFc0LH3GzqeIkWlSMz041Kqr9NlSCGb7rwBtjgP2mytX_GB0_FjBSsCUs1553gCkbw5ZMzhnX-JHM8qQ2vNiRn8LC4o5bJUO1EH1-fbHS/s320/National%20Literacy%20Month.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoy and will share with all literary lovers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please let me know if you do. 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~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-69330718012447005562022-08-29T04:55:00.001-07:002022-08-29T04:55:34.533-07:00Book Review: Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden<h3 style="text-align: center;"> Do Not Disturb</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QkQbhP3awhTA9vg6lSTPTnXpW_io7ArbJ5G17VcNvhqOMr8DkAqT3P5UvqOx632Us_KTh9OfS7i2UFuHbFCFkyc3WFmuhs8hHm8QbVM2CoE0-cGFfjg-G2N-12m2B5jCfRkLCFmKROdhmnq3bxqNPX6nTmevN5JMxWB_4c8bkg1YkCFgS6ZSkBOv/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QkQbhP3awhTA9vg6lSTPTnXpW_io7ArbJ5G17VcNvhqOMr8DkAqT3P5UvqOx632Us_KTh9OfS7i2UFuHbFCFkyc3WFmuhs8hHm8QbVM2CoE0-cGFfjg-G2N-12m2B5jCfRkLCFmKROdhmnq3bxqNPX6nTmevN5JMxWB_4c8bkg1YkCFgS6ZSkBOv/s320/Untitled%20design%20(2).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7244758.Freida_McFadden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Freida McFadden</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>psychological thriller/crime/mystery</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Library Audiobook/8 hours</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Quote: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>" </b>Then I have to decide if I'll forgive him. I probably will. It gets easier each time, and I have to admit, I don't know what I'd do without him."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>From the cover:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she's done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn't the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark, and disturbing past. And, in the dilapidated house across the way, the silhouette of Nick's ailing wife, is always at the window. Always watching.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the morning, Quinn must leave the motel. She'll pack up her belongings and get back on the road to freedom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But first, she must survive the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3AxYaNZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Do Not Disturb</span></a> is a Hitchcock-style thriller, that will keep you tearing through the pages until you reach the shocking conclusion!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Review:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After reading, and reviewing <a href="https://anovelexperience2011.blogspot.com/2022/08/book-review-perfect-son-by-freida.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Perfect Son</span></a>, I knew I would be reading more of Freida McFadden's books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm a sucker for an excellent thriller. McFadden is quickly moving up the ranks on my favorite authors list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Do Not Disturb grabs you from the very beginning, right in the grips of the action. Sometimes,...usually, I prefer a little backstory, or leading up; this story does not have or need that aspect. You'll get all that later on, just when you need it. Details of the <i>before </i>sprinkled throughout. Again, this is only my second book by <a href="https://fave.co/3QWlT1j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freida Mcfadden</a> , but this seems to be her writing style. Honestly, I've really enjoyed the way she can jump from one character, or time frame, and then to another without losing the reader. The story is easy to keep up with, and full of details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After reading/listening to this book, I did hop over to Goodreads and read a few reviews on this one. I don't know if this is a habit I should break. I want to give my opinion solely based off my experience of the book, and what I personally took away from it, not tainted by other's opinions. Although there were several people who caught a few things just as I did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were some serious inconsistencies in a character that couldn't be ignored. I'm not sure if McFadden had intended readers to see something else, maybe we missed. Either way, it left a lot of us baffled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wasn't triggered about the <i>excuse/explanation</i> why the character did what they did, but it seemed to be an issue for other readers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were a couple small things, I wish had been explained or concluded a bit more, but nothing to frown on the book about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Throughout reading this twisted thriller, I had a few ideas on the <i>whodunnits</i> and whys. I got a few right, and a couple wrong. I'd say suspense was a 8/10, shock/plot twist 7/10</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My favorite character had to be Rob, or Nick, which doesn't happen often. I usually find one of the female characters that stick with me most.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think weird Greta or maybe even hot/cold Rosalie were my least favorites. But, you'll have to read <a href="https://fave.co/3ATv3WN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden</span></a> for yourself to see why, or if you agree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm giving this one 4 stars!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW-w3HioX2IbLCYqlmtK9vTCMHTJZdOI6uGtWEOMXnJsc1q3gAbZZlKukEamI3YAj2RsqHPz7PrStHasySQuet6t-zlKOzG_b-es-Ymrkj3iWJ8JG579Zvi-BgsjZo0ci8fWnq0Rp-ztsGOcn-uwbcnOfauykk-cQSahkwKnNpItjEViqFXEYPNAl/s1002/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="1002" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW-w3HioX2IbLCYqlmtK9vTCMHTJZdOI6uGtWEOMXnJsc1q3gAbZZlKukEamI3YAj2RsqHPz7PrStHasySQuet6t-zlKOzG_b-es-Ymrkj3iWJ8JG579Zvi-BgsjZo0ci8fWnq0Rp-ztsGOcn-uwbcnOfauykk-cQSahkwKnNpItjEViqFXEYPNAl/s320/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have you read this one? I'd love to know what you thought!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any fans of McFadden's? What should I read next?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7QfgWhpOl9MWbubIHC_Fj1CGAQJX5zyEVlOmLPDcsTBCKlX2hBe0olNQtc6ln4llkYSe7_P-MMGrVSqFq9FOf-U5gfHWLtSCOetKkDZLyT5ASUaQ4DDn3XNNv7hXm7y53kq-YfXkxSPeE1hKTRsQoAo3QXpfFtOYdZRs0AbeYMtVR6LUHsz7iN-e/s1500/Book%20Review.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7QfgWhpOl9MWbubIHC_Fj1CGAQJX5zyEVlOmLPDcsTBCKlX2hBe0olNQtc6ln4llkYSe7_P-MMGrVSqFq9FOf-U5gfHWLtSCOetKkDZLyT5ASUaQ4DDn3XNNv7hXm7y53kq-YfXkxSPeE1hKTRsQoAo3QXpfFtOYdZRs0AbeYMtVR6LUHsz7iN-e/s320/Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-43638850435613078072022-08-25T04:54:00.001-07:002022-08-25T05:07:23.260-07:00Book Review: What Good Is A Dragon by Patrick Carlson<h3 style="text-align: center;"> What Good Is A Dragon?</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT2IpELREQ2lA5xsk3AqvfRgmw0w92bmKqFh-7wYgFyukXWn8P4hxQuSGhA3W1g_o35ql3DhB-_6LPrjv1x5bPwXsfcZ6K-VYzsubuun2w6IXJAjV5GM_pP356GbGv8X5HUjfZ97-NIHJPczGWSWG_ApqdykOJl1nufr2rFg-4VmO7JgWi6FYZwI7/s1500/Book%20Review.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT2IpELREQ2lA5xsk3AqvfRgmw0w92bmKqFh-7wYgFyukXWn8P4hxQuSGhA3W1g_o35ql3DhB-_6LPrjv1x5bPwXsfcZ6K-VYzsubuun2w6IXJAjV5GM_pP356GbGv8X5HUjfZ97-NIHJPczGWSWG_ApqdykOJl1nufr2rFg-4VmO7JgWi6FYZwI7/s320/Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">by </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Patrick Carlson</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Children's</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Kindle edition/ 32 pages</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I received a copy of this book from the author to read and give an honest review.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22690361.Patrick_Carlson" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Patrick Carlson(Goodreads author link)</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">From the cover:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's the queen's birthday and Alexander must deliver a dragon before the party starts. What does the queen need with a baby dragon? Come with Alexander while he travels across the kingdom to deliver this special gift...and discover what good a dragon is!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My Review:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When receiving this book, my first impression was, Wow! The illustrations are wonderful!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm definitely a visual person, as well as a mom. I believe a great children's book must have eye-catching pictures to pull kids into the story. This book definitely hit the mark. Throughout the book, the pictures are vibrant, and seem to pop right off the pages!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The story tells of Alexander's travels through the kingdom and all the creatures he meets along the way. Each of them believe they have an even better gift for the queen than the baby dragon he is sent to deliver. Alexander never questions taking along each gift to be delivered. But, when he arrives to give them all to the queen, which gift will she be most excited about?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love the message this story gives that even with the best of intentions, others may not know exactly what we need or want at that moment, and not everyone seeks beauty and power. I feel it also shows that just because something isn't important or special to one, doesn't mean that for everyone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I actually read this book twice. Once alone and then again aloud to my 8-year-old daughter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ele:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She agreed the pictures were her favorite, and the story was well liked. Her takeaway from this was, a bit different from mine, but I love that she formed her own opinion and found something that I missed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*spoiler*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She thought when the queen received all the gifts, and seemed to only notice the baby dragon, that she should have been happy with all her gifts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes we focus so much on that one thing we need or want, we forget about all the other gifts we've received.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Is my 8-year-old wiser than me???</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We decided to give this book 4 stars. I do wish the ending had maybe been a little clearer for younger readers. It does give you the reason, in pictures, but then just kind of trails off. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ele wanted to see pictures of the queen's birthday party.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn-atJTGnfHjXpLsPTSGFljq-9kg-k3umQ0xIYH9UCm1iqKa10bTF1OFvD0F3vYHYqm6hucb0sYIezFztAKraHF4EFNOks7UWIaf0pk0QeHdC0fvYW9ZIsIGcbvK54tYxfqc-dHpabjiJAfBPw44c_uP2pq1lSH8jaH1kpaOfrFDBVmR1lPhrNxBx/s1002/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="1002" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn-atJTGnfHjXpLsPTSGFljq-9kg-k3umQ0xIYH9UCm1iqKa10bTF1OFvD0F3vYHYqm6hucb0sYIezFztAKraHF4EFNOks7UWIaf0pk0QeHdC0fvYW9ZIsIGcbvK54tYxfqc-dHpabjiJAfBPw44c_uP2pq1lSH8jaH1kpaOfrFDBVmR1lPhrNxBx/s320/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Again, thank you, Patrick Carlson for this wonderful opportunity to read and review this book.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b>If anyone would like to get a copy of this book, here is the Amazon link(no affiliate):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-Good-Dragon-Patrick-Carlson/dp/B0B92NT469/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">What Good Is A Dragon?</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy Reading!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1EXCV_fxKG4fateMGTIkk2JTVPa0WyEhTS_nLUqiipgmjMAJaHRGoy2iK-NF7sMj8XN3FjKrwQBegVChUs9J7LdDy9Aw6zAoiKUaHWEUEut8y-8Vcphf-3NWZZJOCOtpbQXh4D7aLUkaUM1FkJcgj2YoaZUHTOrTDSbP5k7pi_EJ97zM4874_F80/s1500/Childrens%20Book%20Review.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1EXCV_fxKG4fateMGTIkk2JTVPa0WyEhTS_nLUqiipgmjMAJaHRGoy2iK-NF7sMj8XN3FjKrwQBegVChUs9J7LdDy9Aw6zAoiKUaHWEUEut8y-8Vcphf-3NWZZJOCOtpbQXh4D7aLUkaUM1FkJcgj2YoaZUHTOrTDSbP5k7pi_EJ97zM4874_F80/s320/Childrens%20Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-68397676706920804712022-08-24T04:00:00.004-07:002022-08-24T08:22:25.544-07:00Book Review: Blazing Bedtime Stories(Harlequin)<h3 style="text-align: center;"> Blazing Bedtime Stories</h3><div style="text-align: center;">Harlequin Blaze #447</div><div style="text-align: center;">Grown-up fairy tales for Valentine's Day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcQxv-CWqfdgr0PwlFbnJX54qzGpSn8Vvr6CyDB0KU-OH0kXyqO6lX78wtO0k7O9jj2NfisH08DTS2TgEk5q6f5y-BC1IyBbjpmASLoAVz9hvhEWO-FGsGpx_YoxrrZLwmfRDp3ZhUjC9GKZaMAVy2dbf2dfTCC03PyBy9aS-MMhkPKWhM1yVQFUb/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcQxv-CWqfdgr0PwlFbnJX54qzGpSn8Vvr6CyDB0KU-OH0kXyqO6lX78wtO0k7O9jj2NfisH08DTS2TgEk5q6f5y-BC1IyBbjpmASLoAVz9hvhEWO-FGsGpx_YoxrrZLwmfRDp3ZhUjC9GKZaMAVy2dbf2dfTCC03PyBy9aS-MMhkPKWhM1yVQFUb/s320/Untitled%20design%20(3).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kimberly Raye, Leslie Kelly, Rhonda Nelson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quote from Once Upon a Bite(story #1):</div><div style="text-align: left;">"For every male of our kind, there is a female. It's just a matter of finding her son. The minute you do, you'll know it."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Date started: July 23, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Finished: August 22, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">paperback, 216 pages</div><div style="text-align: left;">fantasy/romance/erotica/contemporary</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>From the Cover:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Once Upon a Bite</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beauty and the Beast-in the bedroom! When wolfishly irresistible Matt Keller lands in Skull Creek, Texas, Shay Briggs sees a hunky beast who needs her taming touch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>My Review:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nope! You cannot type the words Beauty and the Beast in the description and give me,...this?! I could not get into this one. Short, yet it took me over a week to push through. I seriously struggled to read it more than this author probably did writing it. Too cheesy. (Quote:Shay- "<i>You scared the pants off of me!"- Matt" Your pants, sugar. They're still present and accounted for." </i>his mouth crooked into a grin.) ok, just uhhh, <i>ok?</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">The storyline is Shay owns a haircare spa, and meets Matt, AKA the werewolf, and they jump in bed after their first meeting. He's uncontrollably drawn to her, and she just needs someone who isn't a one-night stand. Oh! Did I mention they also threw in a vampire?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>From the Cover:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My What a Big...You Have!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Scarlett Templeton doesn't believe in fairy tales. That is, until she meets a sexy rogue in the woods, on her way to Grandmother's house...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b>My Review: </b>This one was actually my least favorite. I'm not sure what was missing, or maybe there was too much going on outside their secluded cabin. It just never felt like the story was coming together. The smexy scenes were much better than in the first short story. The characters were more believable, but, what happened to Grandma? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b>From the Cover:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sexily Ever After</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ugly duckling Juliet only ants to be a femme fatale. Little does she guess that a chance meeting with hottie Gareth will inspire her to reveal her sexy swanlike plumage-and a lot more-before long!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>My Review:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">This one I actually did enjoy. The storyline was well-thought-out, believable, and came through all the way to the end. This was the most realistic one, for me. That definitely helped me get into it more than the first two. No fantasy, mythological creatures. There's nothing wrong with fantasy genre, just wrong type of <i>fantasy </i>for me. LOL</div><div style="text-align: left;">I think most women could relate to Juliet. She's insecure about her appearance, but confident in her career. One of 3 sisters, she never seemed to be the one "bringing home the boys". This time, the man shows up at her house. I would give this one 4 stars if it was a stand alone. I could see this story growing into a full length book.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall, I gave <a href="https://fave.co/3cfiYll" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Blazing Bedtime Stories</span></a> 3 stars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwtR22GUolM7RXa9qNa1cfvD7FkZDU7SOSC6O30j72OrX5VEdjoIgaSW9KhNyegwa1FMpCr1j9PDv-KLTWhp1YR56mEuP9_gwImo707SCu_ldHC8Q93MXsLfKFfjAJQ7JHt966TQZlHMG10vIl4vkjvaeDnAqTXPFH4So8IF0P4D8HLZLgxzA8Vb-/s1032/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="1032" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwtR22GUolM7RXa9qNa1cfvD7FkZDU7SOSC6O30j72OrX5VEdjoIgaSW9KhNyegwa1FMpCr1j9PDv-KLTWhp1YR56mEuP9_gwImo707SCu_ldHC8Q93MXsLfKFfjAJQ7JHt966TQZlHMG10vIl4vkjvaeDnAqTXPFH4So8IF0P4D8HLZLgxzA8Vb-/s320/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can get a used copy by clicking the link above.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have you read any of the Blaze series books? Which is your favorite?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl0ssStJEHMPLs1azLspQ3r6sehZLXCIh0UnntnAZEl8bVT5ZRQCyGFhC_PkX2rKx6yzirc2Nfof3f3a1ghURUx33KgV9OGaFyfb4oTmmPRVtkzd1GbJOQG3bf0-Df12ftdLCJnvRCWQR_nMxGPqhr5zyPYbHAmaPkTksBw25jVAzUSyqERAO56s0/s1500/Book%20Review.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl0ssStJEHMPLs1azLspQ3r6sehZLXCIh0UnntnAZEl8bVT5ZRQCyGFhC_PkX2rKx6yzirc2Nfof3f3a1ghURUx33KgV9OGaFyfb4oTmmPRVtkzd1GbJOQG3bf0-Df12ftdLCJnvRCWQR_nMxGPqhr5zyPYbHAmaPkTksBw25jVAzUSyqERAO56s0/s320/Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-29490301336257615042022-08-16T08:07:00.001-07:002022-08-16T08:07:30.532-07:00Book Review: The Best Mistake Ever!(And Other Stories) by Richard Scarry<h3 style="text-align: center;"> The Best Mistake Ever!</h3><div style="text-align: center;">And other stories</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMgk0AqNxQmEIJZyDG2AqZgLlbFHqQjlHnVsjOleuG2sWQwHaAz9qijjIQTfVj2eCYabCf9QCls_8tuwI4mYq5CQCOm0IZCgBYHXabzurXemmwqRs4w-hmHMPm1p7ASOZxgNi9Lk51Q4mCN5-dW89wngCuCKvUI2s3f6Pt5OEWcxLoqWTejp8LVb-/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(25).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMgk0AqNxQmEIJZyDG2AqZgLlbFHqQjlHnVsjOleuG2sWQwHaAz9qijjIQTfVj2eCYabCf9QCls_8tuwI4mYq5CQCOm0IZCgBYHXabzurXemmwqRs4w-hmHMPm1p7ASOZxgNi9Lk51Q4mCN5-dW89wngCuCKvUI2s3f6Pt5OEWcxLoqWTejp8LVb-/s320/Untitled%20design%20(25).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>by</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Richard Scarry</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 2 book (grades 1-3)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>48 pages</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Best Mistake Ever!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Visit to Mr. Fixit</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Friends</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>From the cover</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">In these three stories about Lowly and Huckle, there are all kinds of silly mistakes-mistakes about food, mistakes about friendship, and even a mistake about a cuckoo clock!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my first review on a children's book!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My daughter will be 9 in September, and she is homeschooled. Which means we do A LOT of reading, and we have the freedom to choose which books we read. I want to continue sharing our reviews with you, and have a great way of teaching and understanding from start to finish.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. choosing a book</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. reading it</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. going over what we've read/possible further research on either topic, or author</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. giving a review and report of book</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think this will be a great way for us to keep Ele accountable with her reading and also share our books with everyone. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Here's to our first review!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Review</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My POV:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This book was easily split into three stories, all with the same lesson. Mistakes can be silly. We don't need to assume every mistake means something horrible.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Labeled grades 1-3, I found it a great fit for Ele. She is going into "3rd" grade, but does struggle with reading. This book was easy enough for her to have confidence in her reading, yet include challenging words for her to work on. The illustrations were spaced well to break up the reading parts into "chunks" that were manageable, and easy to stop, when placing a bookmark. These cute little characters definitely gave me a laugh. Lowly was my favorite.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ele:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Visit to Mr. Fixit was my favorite. I loved when the bicycle bell went cuckoo! Mother Cat was my favorite, and I liked her "angry eyes". It was easy for me to read and tell my dad about it. I would give it 5 stars for the whole book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCURytZLXRL7GccbuaycLK0k9VXNcJNlLfBOIanmVExWIASAa3foYes4lMCZoOgvYbc3oRjqkaA4MT6fbBOvUFez0GHHKN49K3g20tIMHd2U_5yl_UGm4Ljja3vZYxgPu3ypsuhs4emLq_xjvwLE4ptFeaKyqH5y4_eYATQ9ewpqLrfN2XiwMJLMdW/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCURytZLXRL7GccbuaycLK0k9VXNcJNlLfBOIanmVExWIASAa3foYes4lMCZoOgvYbc3oRjqkaA4MT6fbBOvUFez0GHHKN49K3g20tIMHd2U_5yl_UGm4Ljja3vZYxgPu3ypsuhs4emLq_xjvwLE4ptFeaKyqH5y4_eYATQ9ewpqLrfN2XiwMJLMdW/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>You can get your copy here:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://fave.co/3PoE66d" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Best Mistake Ever!(And Other Stories)</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5NsVzDcYjR-HcWDZDaU10jyjQfja96qXYX2jhL_9Xm1W_hdiXVgEYSw1I0a9Nl1CH-Z57UGVYvszO8uidg9xYQno_8s6v713uSN50bc33_0OHN6uV6bkqJOjDzlAYzRETg-9U8OgTpO5609ECk-WXS1FP_dAQIEykjhUTNRufBPnSLl9f6OuyP1f/s1500/Childrens%20Book%20Review.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5NsVzDcYjR-HcWDZDaU10jyjQfja96qXYX2jhL_9Xm1W_hdiXVgEYSw1I0a9Nl1CH-Z57UGVYvszO8uidg9xYQno_8s6v713uSN50bc33_0OHN6uV6bkqJOjDzlAYzRETg-9U8OgTpO5609ECk-WXS1FP_dAQIEykjhUTNRufBPnSLl9f6OuyP1f/s320/Childrens%20Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-10253592348595280992022-08-12T15:55:00.005-07:002022-08-13T06:06:46.543-07:00My Weekend is Fully Booked<h3 style="text-align: left;"> Do you have a weekend full of reading ahead?</h3><div>I seem to always <i>plan</i> on getting so much reading done over the weekend, in between all life's other things that fill up the hours. Alas, it always seems the hours are too short to accomplish all the things I'd hoped. Reading, usually, is at the top of my list of things I didn't have or spend enough time doing. </div><div><br /></div><div>My current reads that I'm hoping to at least make substantial progress in are,</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23431131-the-liar" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Liar by Nora Roberts</span></a><br /></div><div>This one is a Kindle, coming in at 502 pages, I'm on page 93. It's finally picking up pace, and I'm really enjoying it.</div><div>Listed on Goodreads as contemporary romance mystery</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5471485-blazing-bedtime-stories" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Blazing Bedtime Stories</span></a><br /></div><div>self-explanatory. Erotica, 3 stories It's those Harlequin series you get by mail club. I actually bought 2 of these at a thrift shop a few years ago, and just set them aside. They are...what you'd expect, short, spicy, cheesy, romance. </div><div>This one has:</div><div>Once Upon a Bite</div><div>What A Big...You Have!</div><div>Sexily Ever After</div><div>(vampire, /werewolf edition)</div><div><br /></div><div>These are the two I'm going to work on this weekend. I may start something new too. LOL</div><div>How many books at once is too many?</div><div>Asking for a friend.</div><div><br /></div><div>What are you reading this weekend? Let me know.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWNSF3XcVPNnSlkX0CjYs_I1r2TqNvcFY6P8J3DaNOeMP-LvExIw3T5suLW9eQlgw8LviUcoF-00nNnaoZRajlyc4eysNhbrh5bil_XvwI_xdnhdf5jki0wBgyCn78557Lg_BQjhPfWnOc9ZLrdV7gma0uc4miXp4AUSi8aY-vV0hwZ8luNdfUBQK/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(24).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWNSF3XcVPNnSlkX0CjYs_I1r2TqNvcFY6P8J3DaNOeMP-LvExIw3T5suLW9eQlgw8LviUcoF-00nNnaoZRajlyc4eysNhbrh5bil_XvwI_xdnhdf5jki0wBgyCn78557Lg_BQjhPfWnOc9ZLrdV7gma0uc4miXp4AUSi8aY-vV0hwZ8luNdfUBQK/s320/Untitled%20design%20(24).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-66322331835408835272022-08-10T05:47:00.002-07:002022-08-10T05:47:24.707-07:00Book Review: The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden<h3 style="text-align: center;"> The Perfect Son</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_S5iCTOX1vIs9OyTVo4aTInMbRRNGWlrAj0LT0fGpwN_XMyuGwDxfB2wsNbkMiCCE6WN09JJdykPDKjMC5HpxSMTBFkGjg2Hay6D7hr2roC7dAviyWr9KhzbxED3NmMFx4GUXOg7h0AFEpG4-TSMOV078Pmw3TU_O8uVJgBc-4lecSFqGe8mCstws/s1500/Untitled%20design%20(15).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_S5iCTOX1vIs9OyTVo4aTInMbRRNGWlrAj0LT0fGpwN_XMyuGwDxfB2wsNbkMiCCE6WN09JJdykPDKjMC5HpxSMTBFkGjg2Hay6D7hr2roC7dAviyWr9KhzbxED3NmMFx4GUXOg7h0AFEpG4-TSMOV078Pmw3TU_O8uVJgBc-4lecSFqGe8mCstws/s320/Untitled%20design%20(15).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;">Freida McFadden</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quote: "But, I never believed him. Even when he was sobbing in my office, it seemed incredibly fake. I don't think he was sorry at all. Not even a little bit. The only thing I think he was sorry about was that we found her."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Date started: Aug 4, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Finished: August 5, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kindle/e-book edition, 237 pages</div><div style="text-align: left;">mystery/psychological thriller</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>From the cover:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>"Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night..."</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening, two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst--murder. <b>And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth- <b>Liam may have done the unthinkable.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now she must ask herself:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>How far will she go to protect her son?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>My review:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The book begins with the transcript of Erika's interview with the police.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It then goes on to be told from Erika's point of view, and remains that way throughout the book.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The first chapter starts off as a mundane, typical suburban daily routines. Breakfast, chats about their days, school, plans. But, in Erika's mind, there is a lot going on that is not your typical stay-at-home-mom's thoughts.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I do like that this particular story stayed with one narrator, although she wasn't my favorite. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The story is pretty fast-paced, and flows. There were a few parts that threw me off. They just didn't seem to have good reason to be placed in the story. I kept waiting to see <i>why</i>, but even then, it didn't seem relevant. Maybe too many "fillers" for the book.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The relationship between the Cass family and the school, teachers, friends, neighbors seemed a tad unrealistic due to the nature of their situation. Also, within the household, it seemed they all had separate lives, and secrets.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Do we really even know the people we live with?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hannah(sister) and Jason(dad) didn't play a huge role in the book until later into the story.</div><div style="text-align: left;">A few times while reading, I would think, <i>"Oh, this is it!" "This is where we figure i</i>t <i>out." </i>and then...nope! Wrong!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The Perfect Son</b> definitely holds up to the plot twist factor. I'd say the last 3 chapters, I couldn't read fast enough. After all my failed attempts to figure it out, I just had to keep going.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The ending? *Mind Blown*</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I gave this one 4 stars</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd definitely recommend for anyone looking for a good psychological twist mystery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mpOeq8CTtd6fg89ipdNitvl1VB8-uYFWsmCHuV6wjyDjdwaw3zLGube5lYbRYXm7BeH4Is-yAfJ4LaTqbRiZsiTy97XGCCkViiS09zRyyH4U3x9FB5A2C9JURTZBfsUo-zyj8fNl7gwYWi2ib636rxadeg0KYo-LN3qAQbf8GI-IR3HrkEv0hxOU/s1002/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="1002" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mpOeq8CTtd6fg89ipdNitvl1VB8-uYFWsmCHuV6wjyDjdwaw3zLGube5lYbRYXm7BeH4Is-yAfJ4LaTqbRiZsiTy97XGCCkViiS09zRyyH4U3x9FB5A2C9JURTZBfsUo-zyj8fNl7gwYWi2ib636rxadeg0KYo-LN3qAQbf8GI-IR3HrkEv0hxOU/s320/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>This is the first book by Freida McFadden that I've read. I really enjoyed her style and the story. I'll be looking into more of her books</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Find your copy here:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3JMqY9G" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMho9IdnYJ6KvzTy_1GFVNbJlc-3VnlJz1lO7pUy0Bsaa9DZW718JMavKgvX6I6DhpgRI_F_qEmHX4Bn6FnvRv235T6fs1cBZxSgo5JNUdpaPuTdzYrcEDx8E701QVIpbkm9O1JB2cE3z6gASTxq31cuXop3wtD_35-brT-oRAo3WzzuSLv1C7hCnq/s1500/Book%20Review.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMho9IdnYJ6KvzTy_1GFVNbJlc-3VnlJz1lO7pUy0Bsaa9DZW718JMavKgvX6I6DhpgRI_F_qEmHX4Bn6FnvRv235T6fs1cBZxSgo5JNUdpaPuTdzYrcEDx8E701QVIpbkm9O1JB2cE3z6gASTxq31cuXop3wtD_35-brT-oRAo3WzzuSLv1C7hCnq/s320/Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-49459463426328594282022-08-04T14:44:00.002-07:002022-08-17T06:00:49.981-07:00Book Review: In My Head by Alicia Rades<h3 style="text-align: center;"> In My Head</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12OCQTdnRqGsA982AE9Nw6v9HHbRN6DheTWX0gWXLAatCs0N9R6mmeNtyGqF1vKp9hL_fYyz8D5m8xTlDAgLZHdK64t3uNcWxWRnMMzGlHs665rtYTBOreC8ddvnWVvwDkE_yC8xUhs2Pj5Lfp_kazfPlFo-byMwnJzyf-YPnv74M3HgEFdXuQTT9/s475/inmyhead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12OCQTdnRqGsA982AE9Nw6v9HHbRN6DheTWX0gWXLAatCs0N9R6mmeNtyGqF1vKp9hL_fYyz8D5m8xTlDAgLZHdK64t3uNcWxWRnMMzGlHs665rtYTBOreC8ddvnWVvwDkE_yC8xUhs2Pj5Lfp_kazfPlFo-byMwnJzyf-YPnv74M3HgEFdXuQTT9/s320/inmyhead.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;">Alicia Rades</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quote: "Don't be sorry Mila, if something is wrong with this version of the program, we have to know before we release it to the public." ~ Dad pg.2</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Date started/finished: August 3, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kindle edition/ short story, 98 pages</div><div style="text-align: left;">YA/Sci-Fi</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From the cover:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sixteen-year-old Mila Brooks doesn't have any friends. Her father's position as chief technology manager at the biggest tech firm in the world has alienated her from her peers. As a beta tester for the latest implant, a computer chip that connects you to The Internet of Things, Mila is sure everyone hates her because of her upgrade. When Mila hears Parker's voice in her head, everything changes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My Review: This is one of the shortest and fastest books I have read in a long time.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Literally took me less than 2 hours to read it. </div><div style="text-align: left;">From the synopsis and page 1, I immediately got The Giver, and, The Feed vibes. I know there was another book about the brain implant/chips, but I cannot remember it! Ugh!</div><div style="text-align: left;">In my Head, jumps right into the story, and just keeps going. The storyline is easy and quick to follow.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mila is a typical teenager, except for her upgrade. She has insecurities, and a crush on the popular guy.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Parker isn't really Parker, but it was pretty easy to figure that one out. Ariel is annoying and Carter turns out to be a nice guy.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I wish this had been longer. I think the story and characters could have really developed into a great book. Possibly even a series. I enjoy the futuristic, fantasy storylines. I think it's the "<i>what-if"</i> factors that really grab me into them.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We've experienced so much in the last few years. I don't know how anyone couldn't be wondering.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd recommend this to like-minded people.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3oTMIa7" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">In My Head by Alicia Rades</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm giving it 3 stars. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Only because it was cut short, and we needed more backstory. Still a good read.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ05keO9KkwB0gPy-7082mVYHmGJ9MYHfhhVrAc1CAefx_ynRB95S0JCUfkAY8g0puo7sPjPxE2G2x4RkgtU-AcpCMS3UDjDN-zAhIllDwfXsM_CE9o9M6bM0Ta7DL0pae8zJKwvzj-cverpoXE_Q06uOC9lEdPWg_zL-Vl3pLEJheR4gvyC-N4UT/s1032/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="1032" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ05keO9KkwB0gPy-7082mVYHmGJ9MYHfhhVrAc1CAefx_ynRB95S0JCUfkAY8g0puo7sPjPxE2G2x4RkgtU-AcpCMS3UDjDN-zAhIllDwfXsM_CE9o9M6bM0Ta7DL0pae8zJKwvzj-cverpoXE_Q06uOC9lEdPWg_zL-Vl3pLEJheR4gvyC-N4UT/s320/STAR3-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW8RgKMHyqND9rX42CoKkAPNRPPX3T-XTsudOFIzQSr1GOi1-Vlz11cuKGtRnslFnmr2uJ5UXUZo3zL4Z5b_j4AhoseYG0GmrB1DKqh2bAAuFYotLIoZcFTZY9Y24Bdym8S4651YDIo0zOkRICr0JnCPOigpV9DgvC_kiVyYzn9RWBjcI7BCT6g0t/s1500/Book%20Review.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW8RgKMHyqND9rX42CoKkAPNRPPX3T-XTsudOFIzQSr1GOi1-Vlz11cuKGtRnslFnmr2uJ5UXUZo3zL4Z5b_j4AhoseYG0GmrB1DKqh2bAAuFYotLIoZcFTZY9Y24Bdym8S4651YDIo0zOkRICr0JnCPOigpV9DgvC_kiVyYzn9RWBjcI7BCT6g0t/s320/Book%20Review.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-11320326795710813332022-08-03T18:15:00.000-07:002022-08-03T18:15:06.322-07:00Book Review: Maids of Misfortune(A Victorian San Francisco Mystery #1) by M. Louisa Locke<h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Maids of Misfortune</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_QOYzReJlB5JpNRDMIRfcz2VX-nZ3-O23E2-ZL5lYcZQQDdKK09jWpdT5-gQsNo7xp-TBheEyvQnI3POGLoB3VagAB1xX74fe1m4oboqzT2DWXhYkV_P8EFc1dn3jHXfvR0mtULANyWdSHj6bqv6zvknPOzmVTDQurUn1iPMwuqqt18imD9Ipx4B/s1500/bcpin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_QOYzReJlB5JpNRDMIRfcz2VX-nZ3-O23E2-ZL5lYcZQQDdKK09jWpdT5-gQsNo7xp-TBheEyvQnI3POGLoB3VagAB1xX74fe1m4oboqzT2DWXhYkV_P8EFc1dn3jHXfvR0mtULANyWdSHj6bqv6zvknPOzmVTDQurUn1iPMwuqqt18imD9Ipx4B/s320/bcpin.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">by</div><div style="text-align: center;">M. Louisa Locke</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quote: "Men, in particular, would rather trust their lives to the stars than to the advice of a woman."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Started reading: July 16, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Finished: August 3, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kindle edition: 338 pages</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From the cover:</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie's husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide, five years earlier, and one of his creditors is threatening to take the boardinghouse she owns to pay off a debt.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Annie Fuller, also has a secret. She supplements her income by giving domestic and business advice as Madam Sybil, one of San Francisco's most exclusive clairvoyants, and one of Madam Sybil's clients, Matthew Voss, has died.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My Review:</div><div style="text-align: left;">My favorite aspect of this story was Annie's character as a woman finally having her independence, and it shows throughout the book.</div><div style="text-align: left;">No longer, the mere wife or daughter of someone, to be controlled, she has taken her new role and embraced it. The story does give bits and pieces of her life before, but for the most part, we just see a woman with her own mind, and a mystery she intends to solve, no matter how she gets it done.</div><div style="text-align: left;">This would definitely be more of a cozy mystery series. While there is the "who dunnit" theme, for me, it was more about Annie's life after becoming a widow. I'm leaning more towards historical romance.</div><div style="text-align: left;">A few characters didn't really get to shine through or become developed like I had hoped.(maybe in the books to come).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3zWmXMX" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Maids of Misfortune</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was pleased with the story as a whole. I rate it 4 stars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmFUILldTHx23y_PgidJwpG-_Xbbfpf5eC_vCqOJGxUXYa0iktsUOiYC9G4nWYuB1Ge4srHGD4WwDmVnf5dQV2tY1MOaI0mao3S7BPfvTm1ZLKf5UeH4Jpluyjr-63jB3KoLUmndBw8UCJn95lXtsbGKmd0QWCxYup0DU57zonUgtd-Z0KuQiDifM/s1002/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="1002" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmFUILldTHx23y_PgidJwpG-_Xbbfpf5eC_vCqOJGxUXYa0iktsUOiYC9G4nWYuB1Ge4srHGD4WwDmVnf5dQV2tY1MOaI0mao3S7BPfvTm1ZLKf5UeH4Jpluyjr-63jB3KoLUmndBw8UCJn95lXtsbGKmd0QWCxYup0DU57zonUgtd-Z0KuQiDifM/s320/STAR4-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-3286658297252219802022-08-02T10:42:00.003-07:002022-08-02T11:42:06.931-07:00Follow Me Links~ temporary set up<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">Hi everyone.</span></p><p> I know this isn't the typical way to ask people to follow. As I said in my "re-launch" post here, <a href="https://anovelexperience2011.blogspot.com/2022/07/welcome-back-wednesday.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Novel Experience~Welcome Back</span></a> I am trying to make this blog a priority, and my main blog once again. I had been running another blog for a few years (non book related), and it just isn't working for me anymore. I made the decision to let that domain go and refocus on this one. My OG Book blog!</p><p>With that said, I am having to make a lot of changes throughout my social media pages. I have to decide whether to convert them or just start fresh with new accounts. I do want A Novel Experience to have its own contacts and connections, but some things I cannot see having a personal and a book blog account, at this time, anyway.</p><p>Mainly, Pinterest and Goodreads.</p><p>I have had both for years, and it would be impossible to transfer all my things. Pinterest I am having the most difficulty with. I have tried for days to unclaim or remove my other website, and replace it with this one. It will not save the changes, and now it says <i>You do not have access to this account.</i> (Meaning A Novel Experience). I have said, I am no way tech-savvy, and this is example A.</p><p>I will list the ones here that you can follow.</p><p>I will also add <b>follow me</b> buttons to my home page, once I get them all worked out. Feel free to comment or email me if you see any issues, or can help me with this in any way. I truly appreciate it!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6098829-trema" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodreads</span></a><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/2790601409" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">BookBub</span></a><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/ANEbookblog" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Twitter</span></a><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/TremaRenae/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Pinterest</span></a> hopefully, I can get this worked out soon.<br /></p><p>I definitely will be creating a Facebook page in the near future.</p><p>If there are any other places you know of that have the follow options, and are book related, please let me know.</p><p>Happy Reading!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrbo6JTtoZdyItI6-8lOLFhFL09plnTFYdEXeFV42PR2gkKteaYkHBozG6NiOSbHXLIofbqLEDX2ZusFS7YbHTtE4asDV9Ic2PVinEpuEUiY5eDTrBj9zWFOLwFpDNRhC8V9TcLU7kfVVs0Of6EaooTTXQ_YCVEZVfOaWAessVBOXXyXkt6cg6dlL/s1500/ANEPIN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrbo6JTtoZdyItI6-8lOLFhFL09plnTFYdEXeFV42PR2gkKteaYkHBozG6NiOSbHXLIofbqLEDX2ZusFS7YbHTtE4asDV9Ic2PVinEpuEUiY5eDTrBj9zWFOLwFpDNRhC8V9TcLU7kfVVs0Of6EaooTTXQ_YCVEZVfOaWAessVBOXXyXkt6cg6dlL/s320/ANEPIN.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-82033790414897846902022-07-29T10:57:00.001-07:002022-07-29T10:57:48.984-07:00Memoirs of Southern Women :Celebrity Edition<h2 style="text-align: center;"> My Top 4</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Southern Celebrity Women's Memoirs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my favorite genres is memoirs, and biographies. As I've mentioned several times, I love reading about people. I love hearing their stories. People fascinate and intrigue me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Especially, good, old-fashion southern women. They truly are a whole special breed. They will make you laugh, scold you, pray for you, give you their last biscuit, pour you a cup, and bless your heart all in the same day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For me, there is a great respect and comfort for those people. It's almost like a <i>sure thing.</i> They've always been that way, and probably always will. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These 4 memoirs I have chosen, in no particular order, are a few of my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Don't come at me. Loretta will get a whole post of her own!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She's A 1 at the top, <i>top</i> of my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3vkHPdZ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was raised listening to Dolly. I would bet, I knew lyrics to whole songs of hers, before I could recite my address and phone number. Yes, Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, and 9 to 5 are still some of my favorites.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In this book, Dolly takes you through the stages of her life, through lyrics. She tells how so many of the songs she has written came to be.</div><div style="text-align: left;">{Jolene has two parts. First, the name came from a little girl (fan) asking for an autograph. Dolly asked her name, and she replied, "Jolene". Apparently, Dolly didn't want to forget it, so she claims to have repeated it over and over until she could write it down. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene...</div><div style="text-align: left;">The story of the song, is about a red-headed woman at the bank who seemed to have a serious crush on Dolly's new husband.}</div><div style="text-align: left;">The book is full of these stories and so much more.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook edition, and I'm so glad I did. Dolly does the narration, so it truly is like sitting around listening to her tell you all her stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhEfmt80QPfycl9yMALWhyPiNBuY5-Iocufi3FCgbM-FCYo4n9osz8-rF5v9db6V_PuIKDaXHtfrhS_Ma7CctETratl23TTocu8VyAhVrMt6pomHl4dyj05ishWlDJI_nmQeM7DZeo2YDqyjn73gc9XpMWx453O-Lu_sq8lsQZZNInS4Gk0C5YGZv/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhEfmt80QPfycl9yMALWhyPiNBuY5-Iocufi3FCgbM-FCYo4n9osz8-rF5v9db6V_PuIKDaXHtfrhS_Ma7CctETratl23TTocu8VyAhVrMt6pomHl4dyj05ishWlDJI_nmQeM7DZeo2YDqyjn73gc9XpMWx453O-Lu_sq8lsQZZNInS4Gk0C5YGZv/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3Bta0ey" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Reese quotes her grandmother, Dorthea "A combination of beauty and strength made Southern women "Whiskey in a teacup." We may be delicate and ornamental, on the outside, she said, but inside, we're strong and fiery."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the beginning of this book, you'll see how Reese truly embraces her roots.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She talks about her love of wallpaper, her collection of handmade quilts, and even her flea market frog soap dish she displays.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Each one of these, to me, says southern home.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Would you agree?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are also a few recipes in the physical book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one I also had the audiobook, and again I feel the author being the narrator created a wonderful experience to hearing the story.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhEfmt80QPfycl9yMALWhyPiNBuY5-Iocufi3FCgbM-FCYo4n9osz8-rF5v9db6V_PuIKDaXHtfrhS_Ma7CctETratl23TTocu8VyAhVrMt6pomHl4dyj05ishWlDJI_nmQeM7DZeo2YDqyjn73gc9XpMWx453O-Lu_sq8lsQZZNInS4Gk0C5YGZv/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhEfmt80QPfycl9yMALWhyPiNBuY5-Iocufi3FCgbM-FCYo4n9osz8-rF5v9db6V_PuIKDaXHtfrhS_Ma7CctETratl23TTocu8VyAhVrMt6pomHl4dyj05ishWlDJI_nmQeM7DZeo2YDqyjn73gc9XpMWx453O-Lu_sq8lsQZZNInS4Gk0C5YGZv/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3vluHFm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sissy Spacek will forever be "Coal Miner's Daughter, Loretta Lynn" to me. That is where my love for her began. Through the years I've come to admire her and enjoy so many more of her roles, in films such as, Carrie, The Straight Story, and The Help.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Her book covers everything from growing up in rural Texas, to going to New York as a seventeen-year old with two guitars on her back, off to California, and finally to Virginia with her husband and daughters. She has been East, West, North, and South. </div><div style="text-align: left;">This book, for me, shows no matter how small you feel, or how ordinary; you can achieve big dreams and still be you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhEfmt80QPfycl9yMALWhyPiNBuY5-Iocufi3FCgbM-FCYo4n9osz8-rF5v9db6V_PuIKDaXHtfrhS_Ma7CctETratl23TTocu8VyAhVrMt6pomHl4dyj05ishWlDJI_nmQeM7DZeo2YDqyjn73gc9XpMWx453O-Lu_sq8lsQZZNInS4Gk0C5YGZv/s1071/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="1071" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhEfmt80QPfycl9yMALWhyPiNBuY5-Iocufi3FCgbM-FCYo4n9osz8-rF5v9db6V_PuIKDaXHtfrhS_Ma7CctETratl23TTocu8VyAhVrMt6pomHl4dyj05ishWlDJI_nmQeM7DZeo2YDqyjn73gc9XpMWx453O-Lu_sq8lsQZZNInS4Gk0C5YGZv/s320/STAR5-removebg-preview.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fave.co/3oCB3fV" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Knee Deep in Paradise by Brett Butler</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As a teen, I remember watching Grace Under Fire. I loved her 'take no crap' attitude, and her nurturing love through all the struggles. She was hilarious, and always seemed so <i>real </i>to me. I had no idea how much her character had in common with her real life. Born in Alabama, and moving at least two more times by early childhood, she not only grew up around alcoholism, abuse, and mental health issues, sadly she began repeating the cycle. Her book takes you through all of it in true Brett fashion. She's never been one to sugar coat things, and she keeps true to that. This was one of those that you have to say "I loved it, but it was so sad." kind of books.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBGRXrPwvjHZRmuW3XES9PVddHfGEy2sXbwiR-_l3mIOgmxxHt8WwDVsZTE6fWeCzRC5gVuS4CQLSPBWmf_x6atOnJzO7RH6-hH1ZLiZt1oVrZVmYj13ftPo6KAyL_OKQRn9iRCvkGB9xvJoPPBKEwmNTBdczLUqjPRXFf_DoIL88RJf1ICTrhMNT5" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="320" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBGRXrPwvjHZRmuW3XES9PVddHfGEy2sXbwiR-_l3mIOgmxxHt8WwDVsZTE6fWeCzRC5gVuS4CQLSPBWmf_x6atOnJzO7RH6-hH1ZLiZt1oVrZVmYj13ftPo6KAyL_OKQRn9iRCvkGB9xvJoPPBKEwmNTBdczLUqjPRXFf_DoIL88RJf1ICTrhMNT5" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br />Writing this review has made me want to go back and re-read these. Ah, but which one first?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have you read any of these or looking forward to? Leave me a comment.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The reviews may be short, but I do recommend all four of these.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I'm trying to get back into writing and blogging. I hope you'll watch for more to come.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can always go back and read some of my older reviews and recommendations also.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8F9m2tM9Bj8tY_cdbHkwzVWWYFk3wbDOuv2hPtP_VlUhD0KOQ17PvNkD3zqJWb_6vn0YTJaqx2lqErsJZOCSqK_1pDExMVVLxMhFg2RT-oxcrOyU15nbWkxGEzY3xxhmMNBStly5rnt9bpIbVBH-OoCK5EPDhBBfACHmUTjnPEQnegc7XMFx2E1a/s1500/Memoirs%20from%20Southern%20Ladies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8F9m2tM9Bj8tY_cdbHkwzVWWYFk3wbDOuv2hPtP_VlUhD0KOQ17PvNkD3zqJWb_6vn0YTJaqx2lqErsJZOCSqK_1pDExMVVLxMhFg2RT-oxcrOyU15nbWkxGEzY3xxhmMNBStly5rnt9bpIbVBH-OoCK5EPDhBBfACHmUTjnPEQnegc7XMFx2E1a/s320/Memoirs%20from%20Southern%20Ladies.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850030568349417438.post-33817841310551786892022-07-27T14:32:00.002-07:002022-07-27T15:00:18.571-07:00Happy Hump Day Wednesday<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Happy Hump Day</span></p><p>Hi. Nothing super exciting to post, but I have worked my BUTT off the last few days. </p><p> I am finally taking some time to actually read. Just read and not write for the rest of this hump day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEq2DpusZN0vTobjKy9ZDU4-E1R0UTX_fsKMlC5BsEhWofUprdZJU2x3VHiymNK1z6S0p2pW1KfH-2EuwAQhxaCKdIVcgry9YrVMuKNCdjakAobqJvAajA8mqm183E_bcyaXSPBEnrYX0StFiAo8XAlo8vZgG1GZyfXbp4xCLF1AIsUXrh2K7QTmI/s900/Happy%20Hump%20Day%20Now!%20Go%20read%20a%20book!.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEq2DpusZN0vTobjKy9ZDU4-E1R0UTX_fsKMlC5BsEhWofUprdZJU2x3VHiymNK1z6S0p2pW1KfH-2EuwAQhxaCKdIVcgry9YrVMuKNCdjakAobqJvAajA8mqm183E_bcyaXSPBEnrYX0StFiAo8XAlo8vZgG1GZyfXbp4xCLF1AIsUXrh2K7QTmI/s320/Happy%20Hump%20Day%20Now!%20Go%20read%20a%20book!.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, I did get my watermark made too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do you think? I don't have a "logo" per se yet, so this is what did. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just the "signature" for this blog. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioj3kjhLdmC7HSRqCoSaiHBYfdfwuTjHGYMQxQ5OeP5zpWcfDATam-ASuoeIeN0I2edOCme-X82BPOTmipLqaTuv60MFCZwP8YEV_RCG-ZXYacUiiUKKij6t4EATrYmTO0fBGM9v1Yy1hIBNdj1wX2WFxWrTaBOTGYK7oBTP52206sZxbbNrU67pml/s559/A_Novel_Experiencewm-removebg-preview.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="559" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioj3kjhLdmC7HSRqCoSaiHBYfdfwuTjHGYMQxQ5OeP5zpWcfDATam-ASuoeIeN0I2edOCme-X82BPOTmipLqaTuv60MFCZwP8YEV_RCG-ZXYacUiiUKKij6t4EATrYmTO0fBGM9v1Yy1hIBNdj1wX2WFxWrTaBOTGYK7oBTP52206sZxbbNrU67pml/s320/A_Novel_Experiencewm-removebg-preview.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>~Trema~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06719642517033133753noreply@blogger.com0