Simple Smile Saturday: Birthdays and Sorrow

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Thanks to Jen Armentrout and hannahelt who inspired this meme. They claimed I get excited over the simplest things, so I decided to post something “simple” that I get excited over just to prove that the smallest things really do make you smile :0)

Today’s smile is… Continue reading “Simple Smile Saturday: Birthdays and Sorrow”

Book Review: The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

grimmlegacy.pollyshulmanSynopsis:  When Elizabeth gets an afterschool job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, it isn’t quite what she was expecting. Rather than books, it lends out anything from fondue fountains to Marie Antoinette’s wig and, more importantly, items from the Grimm Collection. But when powerful items start loosing their magic or go missing, Elizabeth and her new friends need to discover who the thief is before someone gets hurt. Continue reading “Book Review: The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman”

W.W.W. Wednesday

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WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.  All you have to do is answer these 3 questions: 

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you’ll read next?

To do something a little different with this, I thought I’d find out what my friends are reading and post that whenever I can get answers out of them!

Sonya is finished reading “Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett

Sonya is reading “Under the Dome” by Stephen King

Sonya is next reading “The Creative Life” by Julia Cameron

Teaser Tuesday: He’s No Prince Charming by LuAnn McLane

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He’s No Prince Charming by LuAnn McLane

Dakota quickly removed her flip-flop and held it up over her head as if it were a samurai sword. “I know karate,” she bluffed.

“If your brain were made of dirt, you wouldn’t have enough for a garden.”

Book Review: Welcome Home, Daddy by Carrie Weaver

welcomehomedaddy.carrieweaverSynopsis: Annie’s best friend set her up on a blind date with Drew Vincent, a reservist being shipped out the next day, and shortly thereafter Annie found herself a single-mother. Two years later, Annie receives the shock of her life when the man who was presumed dead in Iraq is standing on her doorstep and about to discover himself a father. But Annie isn’t sure she has the faith and courage to let the man who risks his life every day into their life. Continue reading “Book Review: Welcome Home, Daddy by Carrie Weaver”

W.W.W. Wednesday

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WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.  All you have to do is answer these 3 questions: 

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you’ll read next?

To do something a little different with this, I thought I’d find out what my friends are reading and post that whenever I can get answers out of them!

Darin is finished reading “Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett

Darin is reading “Game of Thrones” by George R. R. Martin

Darin is next reading “Clash of Kings” by George R. R. Martin

Teaser Tuesday: Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park by Toni LP Kelner

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Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park by Toni LP Kelner

Did Ninja count as supernatural?

It seemed to me that a college boy in need of sexual relief was pretty darned close to supernatural. 

Book Review: Darling Enemy by Diana Palmer

dianapalmer.darlingenemySynopsis: Teddi is a twenty-year-old orphan working her way through school; she is a model during the holidays and a waitress during the rest of the year when she’s not in class. After being invited to her best-friend’s family ranch for some R&R, Teddi falls in love with her best friend’s brother, Kingston, but soon realizes that he despises her city girl life. Just when she thinks he is starting to care for her, a man from Teddi’s past steps in to create trouble. Continue reading “Book Review: Darling Enemy by Diana Palmer”

W.W.W. Wednesday

WWW new

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.  All you have to do is answer these 3 questions: 

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you’ll read next?

To do something a little different with this, I thought I’d find out what my friends are reading and post that whenever I can get answers out of them!

Kelsey is finished reading “Such a Pretty Face” by Kathy Lamb

Kelsey is reading “Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone” by JK Rowling

Kelsey is next reading “Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets” by JK Rowling

Tuesday Teaser: Acorna’s Children – Second Wave by Anne McCaffrey

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Acorna’s Children: Second Wave by Anne McCaffrey

The more they tried to see her, the more they erased her. 

“Drop it, varmints!” a girlish voice with a slight lisp snarled. “You’re surrounded.”
“Put it down and go home to your mama, girly. That twelve-gauge is too big for someone as little as you.”“My mama is dead, hairball face. And my gramps reengineered this here weapon so even a baby could use it.”