tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161424203467853922024-03-18T21:44:20.380-07:00DaBookLady's Reading LifeDaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-20007257071467811672014-10-02T20:33:00.001-07:002014-10-02T20:33:25.599-07:00Do You Write Stories? <span style="font-size: x-large;">I </span><span style="font-size: large;">am an amateur story writer. I love mysteries and that is usually where I find my thoughts wandering off to when I write. I just completed a Murder Mystery for a Halloween party I am hosting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have several suspects and clues and then the solution to the story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I keep it short which is unusual for me since I am a real gabber... lol...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you wrote at all? What themes catch your eye... I don't are for the bizarre and gory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but more on the line of Murder She Wrote, which is one of my favorites... Light and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no sex or colored language....just good watching and reading. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Want to read my other short story? check it in the right side bar...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let me know what you think???</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I love looking at books and book cases.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a bright sunny day e readers have trouble in the sunny daytime </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a regular book has no problems. Costs are also a problem for e readers. A tablet or Kindle or Nook can cost $199 upwards to $800. Books average range is around $9.99. Sharing books with friends can also cause problems with e readers. The e readers like Nook have the abilities to share, but still have some glitches and limitations. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the instant access online to anything you may ever want to read, </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more space, but what happens to library's? </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will the librarian's job go away? </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Will those treasured quite moments spent in the back of a library with heads buried in books be a thing of the past? </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And what about the lessons in school? </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read on a tablet for the most part, but sometimes </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I do own more than I can possibly read in my </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each reader has his/her own preference which may be enough </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to keep books around for awhile, at least temporarily. I fear though, that our children's children will no longer have a need or appreciation where</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and think of all the artists that design those covers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will they </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all be out of work? </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will books head straight into the past like the cassettes and CDs have? Books may not be everyone's favorite today, but many readers will still hold onto those hard covered wonders for their own collections. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This author feels books will be collected like art and kept to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-91226473025627383062013-10-11T10:49:00.000-07:002013-10-11T10:49:00.194-07:00A New Way to Read Books & Stories on Your IPhone<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you use your IPhone to read your books??? Dis you know you can? Its a FREE app of course...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check <a href="http://www.apple.com/apps/ibooks/" target="_blank">Apple</a>'s site to read more about it. Its called iBooks. You can download books from the iBook store, all of the newest selling books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or download the new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000301301" target="_blank">KINDLE</a> app for FREE and read anywhere. Have access to thousands of books anywhere you go. WOW!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can buy any book from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon.com </a></span><br />
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<br />DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-29646844889767841282013-06-11T19:39:00.002-07:002013-06-11T19:39:45.248-07:00Reading Nooks<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a great Reading Nook!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ello all my reading fans...I know "long time no see" well the New Year got away from me but I am back...So let me give you some suggestions for this summer's reading pleasure on the beach, or anywhere..</span></h3>
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<i>Dead Until Dark</i> is this author's 1st book in the <a href="http://bestsellers.about.com/od/suspensethrillers/gr/dead_dark.htm" target="_blank">Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire series</a>, which also inspired the HBO TV series <a href="http://horror.about.com/od/trueblood/a/trueblood.htm" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>True Blood</i></a>. <i>Dead Until Dark</i> is a fast paced and and quite sexy boo. It is well written and chocked full of very interesting and lovable characters. If your a vampire or supernatural reader fan then this isa perfect beach reading. It is a fast read and lots of twists. And each book will lead you right into the next in the series. :) 304 pages</div>
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Writers become writers due to other writers. You can take creative writing workshops or read books on writing techniques, but really authors write because they have fallen in love with other writers’ works and want to reciprocate. We want to join the club.</div>
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In <i>Tributary</i>, my heroine Clair Martin loves to read. Tennyson and Rossetti are two of her favorites while she’s unwinding from hard days out herding sheep. Here are a few writers who have influenced me and made me want to join the literary throng. You may not have heard of them, which makes me glad to make the introductions!</div>
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<b>Jon Hassler</b>—Minnesota novelist who loves his home ground. And writes about real people in small-town situations who attempt to live good lives, mostly. <i>A Green Journey</i> and <i>Dear John</i> are companion novels which follow the senior years of Agatha McGee—the town of Staggerford’s indomitable sixth grade teacher, now retired—who finds herself in love with a tall dark stranger, who lives in Ireland. The Los Angeles Times said <i>A Green Journey</i> is “a novel to restore your faith in humanity.”</div>
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I reread these two novels every few years. I love them right down to the pigeons.</div>
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<b>Elizabeth von Arnim</b>—There is something in the great-hearted humor this author creates that soothes me down to my toes. You may have seen the movie <i>Enchanted April</i>. It is delightful. Read von Arnim’s book to get lost in the realistic and magical world of four weary British women who rent an Italian villa for one getaway month. <i>The Enchanted April</i> turns mid-life woes into transformations for all involved, even the recalcitrant husbands, which is no easy feat.</div>
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<i>Elizabeth and her German Garden</i>, von Arnim’s memoir of lavishing love on the sorry landscape around the grounds of her Prussian husband’s estate, is funny, fresh, irrepressibly odd and energetic. Meet her husband, “The Man of Wrath,” and marvel at how the birth of an English garden can bestow sanity on a mother of three who just wants her peonies to thrive.</div>
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<b>Helene Hanff</b>—I love Ms. Hanff. Yes, I loved the movie <i>84 Charing Cross Road</i>. I recommend it highly. But before you see that quiet Anne Bancroft/Anthony Hopkins classic, please read the book and also <i>Q’s Legacy</i>. Hanff always wanted to be a writer and writers, as I testified above, need great books in order to become great writers. <i>Q’s Legacy</i> and <i>84 Charing Cross Road</i> are non-fiction accounts of Hanff’s quest to become well-read. A scrappy New Yorker, she finds her voice and bulldozes her way into perfection with these two slim, moving volumes.</div>
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All three authors have influenced my writing. <i>Tributary</i> contains seeds of Hassler’s everyday reverence, bursts of von Arnim’s feisty humor, and the wry basic goodness of Hanff. You have a splendid autumn of reading ahead of you, whichever titles you choose!</div>
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<i>And speaking of autumn, visit Barbara’s blog to get her heroine Clair Martin’s yummy recipe for Clair’s Windfall Applesauce. www.barbarakrichardson.com.</i></div>
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<br />DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-9042521503094809522012-06-06T16:44:00.001-07:002012-06-06T16:44:21.808-07:00Review The Devil's Elixer Book<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span></b> <b>cannot believe that I have not blogged in soooo long, but my life has been filled. So filled that I have not even read the books I wanted to </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author <i><a href="http://raymondkhoury.com/">Raymond Khoury</a></i>, part of the "<a href="http://www.authorsontheweb.com/">Authors on the Web</a>" is a New York Times Bestseller author of his </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">previous best seller, "The Templar Salvation" I will have to read that one after this one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is called "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Elixir-Raymond-Khoury/dp/0525952438/dabsrealif-20">The Devil's Elixir</a>"<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[affiliate link]</span> and was just released in hardcover and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ebook editions on December 22nd. The book features again </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin, who were
first introduced in the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Templar-ebook/dp/B000PC71UA/dabsrealif-20">THE LAST TEMPLAR</a>."<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[affiliate link]</span> However, <i><a href="http://raymondkhoury.com/">Khoury's</a></i> latest novel will appeal to new readers because it stands
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Devils-Elixir-ebook/dp/B005DIAVLC/dabsrealif-20">The Devil's Elixir</a>"<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[affilate link] [Kindle Ed]</span> is written in the first person from Reilly's point of view.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a historical thriller and will be enjoyed by many who love to be kept on the edges of their seats! I know I read with my throw so I can hide under it when the parts get too thrilling! lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Elixir-Raymond-Khoury/dp/0525952438/dabsrealif-20">The Devil's Elixir</a>"<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[affilate kink]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> is about the thought that there is a drug lost in Central America's J</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ungles capable of inducing an experience so momentous and so unsettling that it might just shake the very foundations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture">Western Civilization</a>! And both sides of the law gets wind of this and both are fighting to to get their hands on it first!! Whoa.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Ray<a href="http://raymondkhoury.com/">mond Khoury's</a></i> million-copy-selling <a href="http://raymondkhoury.com/books/the-last-templar/">Templar</a> novels, Reilly and Tess traveled the globe to unravel ancient mysteries with present-day ramifications. In </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Elixir-Raymond-Khoury/dp/0525952438/dabsrealif-20">THE DEVIL'S ELIXIR</a>", they find themselves dragged into a race-against the clock, against a brutal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_lord">drug kingpin</a> known as "El Brujo"-<i>the sorcerer</i>-and even against government authorities-to merge two divergent trails, one several hundred years old, the other as current as a heartbeat, that could drag humanity down a whirlpool of pain and destruction.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't started read "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Elixir-Raymond-Khoury/dp/0525952438/dabsrealif-20">The Devil's Elixir</a>"<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Elixir-Raymond-Khoury/dp/0525952438/dabsrealif-20">affiliate link</a>]</span> yet, but starting it this weekend and looking forward to reading read more about this intriguing thriller...so stay tuned for a review real soon...</span><br />
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<div class="novib module amazon_spotlight " id="module71770681" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 30px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="row" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="twelve columns" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="module_title nopad" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;">hristmas is always a great time of the year to curl up in front of the fireplace with a good book, your <a href="http://www.mysnuggiestore.com/?tag=im|sm|bi|tm&a_aid=011&a_bid=bc305a78">"snuggie</a>" and some hot tea or cocoa. The warmth of the fire always makes the book reading more enjoyable especially with the cooler evenings. A few years ago I read "<a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=140080">The Christmas Jar</a>" it is an excellent book of giving and saving and the joys of Christmas cheer...if you get a chance I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px;">highly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;"> recommend it. I know I have a Christmas jar now every year...</span></span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="200" src="http://kingdomfirstmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/christmas-jar.jpg" width="200" /></div><h2 class="module_title nopad" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></span></span></h2><h2 class="module_title nopad" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">O</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;">ne of my other favorite authors is of course, <i><a href="http://www.debbiemacomber.com/">Debbie Macomber</a></i> and this year she has out her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">latest</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;"> and final [sad to say] <a href="http://www.debbiemacomber.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=books&pageID=4">Cedar Cove series</a> book, "1225 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">Christmas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;"> Tree Lane" it's on my Christmas list for sure!!!</span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><img src="http://bookfanmary.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/1225.jpg?w=158&h=210" /><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://bookfanmary.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/1225-christmas-tree-lane-by-debbie-macomber/">A brief take</a>: </strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Debbie Macomber’s <a href="http://www.cedarcoveseries.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page">Cedar Cov</a>e series.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span><em style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">1225 Christmas Tree Lane</em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">is book 12 and the final novel in the series. You will get to know Beth Morehouse, her daughters, and her ex-husband. There are puppies that will bring back characters from previous books in the series. They adopt the puppies and the reader will learn what’s new in their lives.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">You’ll have to read the book <i><a href="http://www.debbiemacomber.com/">Debbie Macomber</a></i> gives all of the Cedar Cove residents a fond farewell in this satisfying series finale. You will love it and feel bound to this warm neighborhood with all its characters and you might even feel the need to start all over again with the 1st one in the series, "16 Lighthouse Road"</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="A Cedar Cove Christmas" height="200" src="http://ca.pbsstatic.com/l/18/5918/9780778325918.jpg" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" width="144" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Here are some other </span><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/ten-best-christmas-books" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">good reads</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">:</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></div><h2 class="module_title nopad" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.71em; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts</h2><h3 class="module_subtitle" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.29em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/ten-best-christmas-books">The Perfect Holiday Gift</a></h3><div class="module_commerce" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="module_description" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts is a heartfelt book of inspirational stories, fun family traditions, yummy recipes and so much more! This book is the perfect holiday gift for that very special someone on your list, a gift they will treasure for a lifetime.</div><div class="commerce_item" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="commerce_image-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 160px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scrapbook-Christmas-Firsts-Simplify-Holidays/dp/0891125647%3FSubscriptionId%3D19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2%26tag%3Dsquid831128-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0891125647" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #d61e1a; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts: Stories to Warm Your Heart and Tips to Simplify Your Holidays" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PrmonbvnL._SL160_.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; max-width: 160px;" /></a></div><div class="commerce_description-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 175px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">"This book took will take your breath away. Truly beautiful, unique, heartwarming. It's one of those books you'll treasure from year to year, reading and re-reading the stories within until you know them by heart. It has a hodgepodge of everything - recipes, inspirational stories, Christmas tips, poetry, projects. There are 160 pages, and it's an overflowing chest full of treasures!"</span></h4></div></div><div class="break" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="break" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; 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padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="module_title nopad" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.71em; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Simple Christmas</h2><h3 class="module_subtitle" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.29em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Christmas-Stories-Celebrate-Holiday/dp/1595230629">Twelve Stories That Celebrate The True Holiday Spirit</a></h3><div class="module_commerce" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="module_description" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you're looking for a little clarity, sanity, and inspiration at this insane time of year, you're sure to enjoy A Simple Christmas. Mick Huckabee tells the stories of twelve of his own Christmas memories, some funny, some deeply moving, that will make you take a deep breath and appreciate the magic of Christmas. You will laugh and cry it is a touching book not about politics..</div><div class="commerce_item" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="commerce_image-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 160px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Christmas-Stories-Celebrate-Holiday/dp/1595230629%3FSubscriptionId%3D19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2%26tag%3Dsquid831128-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1595230629" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #d61e1a; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513u8HziMqL._SL160_.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; max-width: 160px;" /></a></div><div class="commerce_description-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 175px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="module_description" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A beautiful story of the love between a husband and wife that will have you in tears of joy and sadness, and leave you feeling inspired, uplifted and grateful. Be warned - you won't be able to put it down!</div><div class="commerce_item" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="commerce_image-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 160px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-List-Richard-Paul-Evans/dp/1439150001%3FSubscriptionId%3D19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2%26tag%3Dsquid831128-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1439150001" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #d61e1a; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Christmas List: A Novel" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NN%2BA5LsWL._SL160_.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; max-width: 160px;" /></a></div><div class="commerce_description-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 175px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Christmas_Letters">A Stunningly Beautiful Book</a></span></h2></div></div></div><div class="novib module amazon_spotlight " id="module71770621" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 30px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="row" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="module_description" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A beautiful collection of the letters that the children of J R Tolkein received from Father Christmas over the years from 1920 to 1943. Each letter tells a wonderful story and the illustrations are absolutely spellbinding.</div><div class="commerce_item" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="commerce_image-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 160px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Father-Christmas-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618512659%3FSubscriptionId%3D19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2%26tag%3Dsquid831128-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0618512659" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #d61e1a; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Letters From Father Christmas" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DC8SH6TNL._SL160_.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; max-width: 160px;" /></a></div><div class="commerce_description-spotlight" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 175px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">"Tolkein wrote these letters to his own children as if they were coming from Santa Claus at the North Pole. They are sweet, funny, obviously done with great love. There are sketches to illustrate. you'll have this one around for many years and give them as Christmas presents and continue to make rereading it a part of getting into the Christmas spirit."</span></h4><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is your idea of a great fall read? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Nobody said that the fun has to end. because summer reading season is over. You can still read all the books you purchased over the summer. Autumn’s an even better time to read outside. Beach reading gets a lot of promotion, but the weather’s hot and sticky, and the blazing sun doesn’t make the best reading lamp. The softer light of fall, and the cooler weather, can make an autumn afternoon on the patio with a good book a great joy. With fall, the books can get longer. In summer, we like compact, breezy reading, but in autumn, we’re more comfortable with books that don’t have to fit so easily into a beach bag. So enjoy a much longer book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I particularly like to get into a new series. Starting one with lots of mystery and light romance... that way I look forward to curling up monthly with the next book in the series. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">One of my favorite athors is Joann Fluke I love her mystery series. I am now starting the "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0758234899/httpwwwmarkes-20">Apple Turnover Murder</a>? I look forward to trudging through this new one...</span>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-86983005703404725352011-09-28T11:29:00.000-07:002011-09-28T11:29:09.681-07:00Computer of the Future<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7H0K1k54t6A" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow is this too cool or what? I love it ...thank you </span><a href="http://chattycrone.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chatty Crone </span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just love to read but have a hard time fitting it into my busy days as I grow older with more on my plate...so I think that the MP3 is a lifesaver. I can listen to my favorite book and be on my computer or still crochet. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we read we lots of time "skip? over words...</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Its absolutely amazing!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Count every " F " in the following text:</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI</div><div style="text-align: center;">FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(SEE BELOW)</div><div style="text-align: center;">HOW MANY ? Answer below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhZWMg0XL1XMX8av-8kZuUoX9fzI3RACXhBAVJPKLwnRtTDeedo7W5fhgUuT4Eb4pLvZ15dpyPOiI70GuVhP1NMlSlCXPoVSwQGQ8zV_xT67igviaD2_PWDljpnS6TMdOIgWbkISkFjo/s1600/thumbnailCA0BQYF8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhZWMg0XL1XMX8av-8kZuUoX9fzI3RACXhBAVJPKLwnRtTDeedo7W5fhgUuT4Eb4pLvZ15dpyPOiI70GuVhP1NMlSlCXPoVSwQGQ8zV_xT67igviaD2_PWDljpnS6TMdOIgWbkISkFjo/s200/thumbnailCA0BQYF8.jpg" width="139px" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think of a great thriller, wasn't your perception of the killer completely changed by the end of the book? Think of the greats...Stephen King... Mary Higgins Clark....Dean Koontz...James Patterson.. to name a few don't they write about the main character that turns out to be the killer in the end??? And did we guess it? Not always... One of my favorite thrillers was "Whispers" by Koontz....it is a real thriller that made me a bit afraid of the dark after I read it...and Mary Higgens Clark's "Loves Music Loves to Dance" another favorite of mine....that one really stumped me...and who cannot forget Stephen King's "Misery" Kathy Bates did a wonderful protrayal of the main insane character in that thriller...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWucC4-m0ncd7Z2XSW5zOgb0oSfncg7R_P6IcMqmES5ftj-2fRUA5jzM7dO_JS2GaUxIezBKcpZbr6EAYVV_NSlIG_B3IK8MrhyphenhyphenpWmlP1w0BqqSmpfPFtHUBqMXlRSRZfyqEiHtBv3Pc/s1600/thumbnailCAIC6B4U.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWucC4-m0ncd7Z2XSW5zOgb0oSfncg7R_P6IcMqmES5ftj-2fRUA5jzM7dO_JS2GaUxIezBKcpZbr6EAYVV_NSlIG_B3IK8MrhyphenhyphenpWmlP1w0BqqSmpfPFtHUBqMXlRSRZfyqEiHtBv3Pc/s200/thumbnailCAIC6B4U.jpg" width="150px" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sit on the edge of my chair when I read my thrillers with anticipation and excitment itching to turn the pages or click I should say click the pages for most, but I can't seem to put the books down! I crave more and more and the more challenging the more I love it....hmmmm ... I wonder????? Does this put me on the same level with the killers or am I working with the detectives who solve the crimes????? Which one are you realtine to???? Scary thoughts aren't they???? Just food for thought.....................................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And of all the videos "Thriller" witht the late Michael Jackson was an all time favorite of mine!!! What role do you play in a good thriller? Care to share?????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span>h my goodness it has been quite awhile since I posted last and I do apologize. I have been swarmed with other obligations and family matters, so back to reading. I have so many books that I want to read and there are so many in my library now that I am not sure when I will have time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I have decided, since I joined a gym and I am now exercising daily that I will get a lot of them on <a href="http://audio.com/">audio.com</a>, which by the way is wonderful. Have you all been there and bought audio books? Well if you have not go there and check it out. Its a great way to get your reading in with our busy lives. Especially if you have a communte daily to your jobs. :) They have a monthly fee of $14.95 with the 1st 3 months at $7.95 a month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But there is one that is the <strong>KING</strong> of <strong><span style="color: red;">FREE</span></strong> audio books! What you say <strong>free</strong>? Yes FREE....its <a href="http://librivox.org/">Librivox</a> check them out it is wonderful!!! <a href="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/free-audio-book-and-podcast-resources/">Pick Your Brain</a> did some research on this and came up with these ideas. I love that place...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/home">AudioBooksForFree</a> also has a big catalog to sort through, with an emphasis on classic works, but a decent amount of mystery, sci-fi, and thriller as well. The only catch here is that you’ll have to pay for quality: the lowest quality downloads are free but anything better than 8 Kbps costs $5-8.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you’re looking specifically for classics, <a href="http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/">FreeClassicAudioBooks</a> is a nice little resource. Although the library isn’t huge, there are a lot of big names. They also offer the convenience of downloading in an iPod-ready format.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And who knew that on top of all that print content, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1">ProjectGutenberg </a>also has a huge audio section? They’ve got everything from A to Z, including a decent number of works in French, German, and other languages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video#directory">LearnOutLoud</a> has over 500 educational titles and offers a lot of video as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you don't mind older classics you can probably find them for free online all over just "<a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>" it. But if you want some new ones then you will have to pay a little. But there are a ton of Podcasts out there now too that are free. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now here is another great source its called <a href="http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/">Simply Audio Books</a> What I like about this place is that you can rent your books at a lower rate and gain credits towards purchasing books too! A subscription gives you download credits which you can redeem towards books on the site. Audio book prices can vary greatly, but with the download club, you get access to more than 6,000 for one flat subscription rate. One credit = one audio book (Note: a small number of titles, approximately 5%, will require 2 credits to download). </span><br />
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This a place that is sort of like NetFlex. They ship the audio books to you, there are no due dates and no late fees. You listen at your leisure and then return it back to them to get another. Plus they have two ways to use your audio books available in MP3 or M4B format. They charge $14.95 a month too. <br />
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My next book is the Nortorious Mrs Winston by Mary Macey. This is a bit on the history side but Mackey makes it a suberb story with immagination and crsip style. :) Lots of historial detail that sparks the interest and aset of vibrant chacters. A love story to bring tears and rememberence forever. <br />
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So read on gals and let me know which place that you get your books from, whether it is audio, e-books or just plain old paperbacks.....till the next paragraph...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">The <em>Amazon Kindle</em> is a portable e-book reader. More precisely, it is a software, hardware and network platform developed by <em>Amazon.com</em> and uses wireless connectivity to enable users to shop for, download, browse, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and other digital media. </span></span><br />
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For its basic function, reading, after purchasing a book it should be a very pleasant and comfortable experience. It's compact, lightweight, and easy to use at a moment's notice. You should be able to take it with you anywhere. :)<br />
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There are some flaws. As many people have reported, it's extremely easy to accidentally push the "next page" bar, which runs nearly the length of the right side of the device. You may also accidentally hit the "Previous" and "Next" page bars on the left as well. <br />
Buying books will be easy and they upload within seconds. In fact, in a stroke of marketing genius, buying books is almost too easy. To be fair, <em>Amazon</em> does a good job of not only presenting detailed information prior to purchase, but you can download the first chapter of most books for free. This is a great way to quickly and easily either get hooked on a book or decide it's not for you. I love that feature... :)<br />
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<em>Amazon</em> is smart: your <em>Kindle</em> will come pre-programmed with your name and and your <em>Amazon</em> account. In other words when it arrives you won't need to do anything like configure or "log in" to the device or the <em>Amazon</em> store. It will be set-up ready to go! How cool is that? Some might also argue that its a bit of a security risk, as anyone who can lay hands on your <em>Kindle</em> can start spending your money??? The good news here is that your <em>Kindle's</em> relationship to your<em> Amazon</em> account can be managed via the web without the device. In other words, if you lose your Kindle, you can disassociate it from your account quickly.<br />
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<em>Kindle</em> offers subscriptions to major magazines and newspapers. For people who are religious readers of publications like <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> and others, this could be a very lucrative way of having the latest issues with you automatically and at all times<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Remember, there's no monthly fee</span></strong>. Once you have a Kindle, you have a basic web browser that you can use for free. While at the airport, at the coffee shop, at your friends house, at the park or just about anywhere for FREE. did I mention that already? WOW!!!<br />
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A big fear is that "Experimental" means that <em>Amazon</em> may take it away some day. Another fear is that they'll start charging a subscription fee for access. With a v2 browser, though, it might well be worth it.<br />
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<em>Kindle </em>also has the ability to play music while you are reading so you can use as an MP3 too, but there are a lot of limitations so don't throw your MP3 away just yet... my consensus is <strong>A+ buy it.....</strong><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When a former employee of her husband's genetic engineering firm, Genesis, dies of a drug overdose on her front lawn, Allison Constantine is horrified. She can't forget the young man's final threats that "people like her" will soon "get what's coming to them." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the days to come, Allie suspects she's being followed, and fears someone might try to kidnap her or her two small children. But who? A rival firm, hoping to extort technical secrets from her husband, David? A protest group that has accused Genesis of reckless experiments? Or a former Genesis president who supposedly killed himself two years earlier? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Probing the company's activities, Allie discovers a pattern of mysterious deaths by electrocution. She begins to fear that the greatest threat to her family may be Genesis, itself, if she dares to interfere with its terrifying secret plans for its executives, for society...and even for Allie's own children... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I already have this book and I want to get this one read before the summer months....it is about Carl Stanfeuss who was born with "Twilight Eyes," a color his grandmother said foretold of psychic abilities. After murdering his uncle Denton at the tender age of seventeen, Carl flees Oregon, shedding his name to become Slim MacKenzie, and join up with the Sombra Brothers Carnival. Of course, it wasn't bad that he murdered his uncle ... because his uncle was one of <em>Them</em>. The goblins. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From his psychic abilities, Slim can see the piggish, doggish faces of the goblins hiding underneath the façade of normal humans. They live off the pain and suffering of others, gathering with glee at fires, accidents, shootings, and disasters. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book has an explosive culmination that is suppose to keep you on the edge of your set??? We shall see. Koontz is one of my favorite authors alongside of King... One of the scarriest books I have read was "Whispers" </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Koontz doesn't usually write in first person, which makes this a unique novel among all the others he's done. Its also an earlier novel of his, written before he developed a 'Stephen King' plot theme line. I am told that 'Twilight Eyes' is an adventuresome novel with a unique storyline and is well written enough to keep you up all night long. It came highly recommend. so if you are reading along with me..... Enjoy, but be sure to keep the lights on! </span><br />
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</span>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-16816996950562124872010-12-08T21:29:00.000-08:002010-12-08T21:29:37.704-08:00I'm Reading Debbie Macomber's "Summer on Blossom Street"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnSTxaXgun9awwDc3llqP1_qNokhY7mrY6KGHaR06o3L9DmNCx8w3JiYpFowdA4BqNzTvCFuxWmg8FzDMfKAgcjMmSSFfFqRIomwQfq1SpZadAold843xCdc7m-M8VuffAPib5XPk_r0/s1600/0778326438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnSTxaXgun9awwDc3llqP1_qNokhY7mrY6KGHaR06o3L9DmNCx8w3JiYpFowdA4BqNzTvCFuxWmg8FzDMfKAgcjMmSSFfFqRIomwQfq1SpZadAold843xCdc7m-M8VuffAPib5XPk_r0/s1600/0778326438.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I </span>love Debbie Macomber's books!! She writes in a style that I can relate to and also enjoy any time of the year. I get so involved in her stories that I feel let down when they end, which is why I love her Cedar Cove series the best as it keeps on going!! :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer on Blossom Street, is back at the yarn shop with Lydia and her sister Margaret and some of the other characters from Back on Blossom Street, I so enjoy the characters and each of their side stories and can't wait to see what happens next as this one has a man joining in on the yarn group's meetings should be interesting. The meetings are called, "Knit to Quit" geared for people who want to quit something, like smoking, a boyfriend, any bad habit...</span>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-74739503518399700432010-11-11T20:02:00.000-08:002010-11-11T20:02:25.471-08:00A Review of Darkness Falls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nOObOefa9CioiiGp6zHhecdwTReUFbjyHPgqNK_Mt1cd7GCNBOPgtiijNgZZ-eKzGpwfhJHZtut_EXJHC24OrdXVDRnwL1_OFaC9PIzDfYH3v15JVlu8taQJc__-y1C28WFUb6GiWxQ/s1600/328f39bdarknessfa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nOObOefa9CioiiGp6zHhecdwTReUFbjyHPgqNK_Mt1cd7GCNBOPgtiijNgZZ-eKzGpwfhJHZtut_EXJHC24OrdXVDRnwL1_OFaC9PIzDfYH3v15JVlu8taQJc__-y1C28WFUb6GiWxQ/s200/328f39bdarknessfa.jpg" width="139" /></a></div> <a href="http://www.best-horror-movies.com/darkness-falls.html">Don Summers</a> gave a review of <em>Darkness Falls</em> and I thought I would add my "two cents" too!! Since I am a big fan of scary and thriller type movies this one "takes the cake" as mom always used to say....It's a real scary one and one that will leave you questioning the Tooth Fairy and maybe convince you to keep that closet door closed all night long!!!<br />
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Chaney Kley as Kyle Walsh<br />
Emma Caulfield as Caitlin 'Cat' Greene<br />
Lee Cormie as Michael Greene<br />
Grant Piro as Larry Fleishman<br />
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Remember when you were a kid? Alone, in bed at night. Can’t sleep (because your mom probably made you go to bed at 8:00 PM) and so you peer around your room in the dark. What’s that shadow on the floor from moonlight spilling in from the window? A scarecrow? And what IS that I see through the closet door that’s open a crack? An eye? Oh no…under the bed…what’s that noise?!?<br />
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</div><em>Darkness Falls</em> begins with a boy, Kyle Walsh (Chaney Kley), who has lost his last tooth. He puts it under his pillow as any good lad should. He knows, however, that the town lore in (the cheerily named) <em>Darkness Falls</em> reports that the tooth fairy is actually the spirit of a woman that was persecuted and generally treated badly by those that lived 150 years ago, and that this “fairy” will do her job correctly and replace the tooth with silver unless…you have the NERVE to see her face while she’s replacing your tooth for money. <br />
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If you do see her, it is told, you will be killed horribly. (She is, it would seem, a bit sensitive about her burned up mess of a face) Talk about having trouble sleeping…who could sleep knowing that some frightful frauen is going to come in your room and dare you to take a peek…..<br />
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So, of course he can’t sleep, and of course he does see her…and because of that his poor mother is killed when she comes in his bedroom to and checks out his closet to prove to him that everything is alright.<br />
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Then Kyle is sent to a mental institution because of rumors that he brutally murdered his mother…only he is wrought with terror of the dark. It seems that the tooth fairy will not rest until she punishes Kyle for peeking, but she can only attack in the dark. <br />
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12 years later Kyle is still living in fear and trying to keep his world brightly lit, always holding a flashlight to fend off the attacker of the darkness. He comes back to town when his childhood sweetheart is concerned that her little brother is afraid of the dark and is apparently being stalked by the same spooky specter. I know why would he? But remember its a movie and you have to have the dumb decisions to make it more scary...<br />
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Is <em>Darkness Falls</em> a "B" movie? Sure. Does it use a lot of the horror tactics we have seen before to startle and scare the audience? Definitely. Does this mean that you should not see this flick? Absolutely not!<br />
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Sometimes I want to see a scary movie simply because I want to sit on the edge of my seat and feel that sensation in my stomach that makes me want to to hold my breath in anticipation. The tooth fairy monster is a scary movie. She comes out at dark time to snatch people up and carry them away – and she is very creepy and very well done through the special effects. The monster herself is original and very believable. The scenes are interestingly constructed and promote the "throwing of popcorn in the air" when the music and the tooth fairy jumps out. The one thing that I did like was that Darkness Falls was extremely light on the gore. I peronally do not care for a lot of gore as others might, I just want to be scared! Which is why I always read thrillers... <br />
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If your looking for an excellent Acadamy award movie, then don't watch this one, but if you want some scary, hands over your eyes, movie then rent this one and enjoy. You'll be sure to be checking your closet all night long.....Be sure to put this on your "must see" lists but be sure that you have someone with you when you watch it!!!DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-55440003333187537572010-11-04T17:38:00.000-07:002010-11-04T17:38:35.383-07:00I am Reading Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexqhozkzCMxqFT__SDpYeP86aa8P388e7p0LcU8VmaGzkMBNOv-IAGt8xQ0k67W4tm7DQABJDGmjupIN4U-Ge6PFtGJWFioqmu8tnuC6BbVFYMEGLe1D2KrxZA5Y_ighM-lGRcVmuRhg/s1600/thumbnail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexqhozkzCMxqFT__SDpYeP86aa8P388e7p0LcU8VmaGzkMBNOv-IAGt8xQ0k67W4tm7DQABJDGmjupIN4U-Ge6PFtGJWFioqmu8tnuC6BbVFYMEGLe1D2KrxZA5Y_ighM-lGRcVmuRhg/s1600/thumbnail.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o Sorry I have been aay for so long, such is life!!! You know what they say.... "Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches." So to scratch my itch....I am reading a real THRILLER....ohhh...and I am thinking that is why my BP rises...really, I read that when you watch happy-funny-laugh out loud flicks your BP actually lowers, but when you watch horror-scary-thriller flicks it rises, and since that is all I watch, wellllllll????????????????? Get the drift?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anywho....on with this books' little critique......... I love it ....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Saul's ....."Perfect Nightmare"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;">This is about a girl that vanishes from her bedroom and how her mom and the next store neighbor collaborate to try and draw out the monster that is taking people and doing unspeakable things to them....it is a book to make one's skin crawl, and one of suspense and chills to make you want to sleep with the light on at night! The Prologue sets the pace of thrills and the story keeps you on the edge of your seat. Not a book to read when you're home alone but one to read on a cold winter evening with a nice hot cup of tea!! You won't want to put this one down, or will you? It may scare you so much that you will want to put it in the freezer. ??? {Remember that episode with <em>Friends</em>, when Joey and Rachel read scary books and Joey kept it in the freezer?}</span>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216142420346785392.post-61789191710440323832010-06-09T12:40:00.000-07:002010-06-09T12:40:09.009-07:00Whiter Than Snow Book Review author Sandra Dallas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhky9DGISJLlrz6r5Stvp9bE5AM9Ae-9N6ob_ScCgnqZbdmpQK6pjczG-4Vbfo5xeiQRtvr7NDmDJWF3s1l7kPTPaIgAZC2k2-1_Di8veboZYjlmkkyIXw9AkwFzYEDuGPRgy7UZUtfIf4/s1600/snow250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhky9DGISJLlrz6r5Stvp9bE5AM9Ae-9N6ob_ScCgnqZbdmpQK6pjczG-4Vbfo5xeiQRtvr7NDmDJWF3s1l7kPTPaIgAZC2k2-1_Di8veboZYjlmkkyIXw9AkwFzYEDuGPRgy7UZUtfIf4/s320/snow250.jpg" /></a></div><em>Whiter Than Snow</em> was a really great read. It has an intriging feel of historical fiction put into the story about a tiny town in Colorado and it's townsfolks. It starts out with a tragic Avalanche that destroys not only some of its residents lives, but it also begins to mend relationships and reveal some hidden secrets. <br />
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I found it to be interesting and a hard to put down read. I kept wanting to read more to know what was going to happen next with the town. I especially wanted to know about two of it's main characters, who were sisters, and how their lives from high school age through adulthood would end. <br />
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Set back in 1920, the reader is thrown into a whirlwind drama of the towns reactions and emotions from this tragic occurance, and how it effects the people that there. I liked the stories twists and turns of how fate and chance are reveled through the Avalanche's aftermath and how no one's life is without sin nor is it "whiter than snow." A wonderful play on words!<br />
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Sandra Dallas has nine other novels and lives in Denver.DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com1