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Book Trailer Thursday! - Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

I'm so backed up  on my Stephen King reading, I don't know when I'll finally get a chance to read this, but I'll be buying it!

Beats of Summer - Howl

Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg My rating: 3 of 5 stars I get it but I don't get it . As poems, they are beautiful in the an abstract piece of art is beautiful.  As for understanding what he's writing about I'm at a complete loss. After I got done reading this I went online to see if I could get a better understanding of what I read. It is cases like this that I find Wikipedia useful, even if not the most reliable source for information.  In this case they have a section Bibliographical References and Allusions and a chart that explains a lot about  Howl. Looking back on Howl now that I've read On the Road, I will admit it makes a bit more sense. Besides Howl I really enjoyed Ginsberg's earlier work.  I think those few poems saved this from being a 2 star review.  My two favorite were Song and In Back of the Real . View all my reviews

Writing Exercise #2

Describe an evoke a simple action (for example: sharpening a pencil, carving a tombstone, shooting a rat) *click, click, whoosh* My lighter flares to life. I hold it under my purple eyeliner pencil. “M-I-SS-I-SS-I-PP-I” *whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo* Close left eye, hold lashes down with the first finger of my left hand. Pinky of the right hand balanced on the bottom lip of my open mouth. Very carefully I place the still warm tip of the pencil to the inside of my upper left eye lid and start to carefully glide it along the line of my upper lashes.  Opening my eye I blink a few times.  I add more liner to the outside of my eye before smudging it a bit with my finger for a smoky look. Desired effected achieved. *click, click, whoosh*  “M-I-SS-I-SS-I-PP-I” *whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo* Close right eye, hold lashes down with the first finger of my left hand. Pinky of the right hand balanced on the bottom lip of my open mouth. Very carefully I place the still warm tip of the pencil to the inside of my

Book Trailer Thursday - The Astronaut Wives Club

The books website  is really worth checking out. There is a lot of really great things on there.

Book Review: Extreme Love

Extreme Love by Abby Niles My rating: 4 of 5 stars Let me start off by being honest.  I requested a copy of this through Netgalley and completely forgot to sent it to my Kindle.  When I finally did remember, I promptly forgot to read it. Then I was cleaning in Kindle of all the free ebooks I had downloaded but will probably never read, and I noticed it and was like hmmm where did this come from.  That's when I finally read it... I really liked this book. First, it's about an MMA fighter, which is a topic I haven't really seen a lot of (let me know if I'm missing out on other books in this area).  Second, Caitlyn's story was honest and again one I'm not used to reading. Dante is an MMA fighting getting ready to train for the biggest fight of his career and he can't afford to get distracted.  Caitlyn is that distraction, but she's not so sure she wants to be the center of Dante's focus. While Dante fights in the cage, Caitlyn has been fighting fo

Book Review - Time Flies by Claire Cook

Time Flies: A Novel by Claire Cook My rating: 4 of 5 stars I received an ARC ebook through Netgalley. This delightful book starts off with Melanie cutting up the mattress that was on the bed she had shared with her husband.  Not only is she in the middle of a divorce, but her best friend B.J. is on her case about going to their high school reunion, she has a horrible fear of driving on the highway, and she's contemplating dating again. This added to her normal worries of being a mother to two grown sons and a sculpture artist. Melanie is a bit bitter about her divorce.  She didn't want to leave Massachusetts, but she made the best out of it and found her passion for metal sculpture.  From the descriptions she makes some really great pieces ... if only they had picture books for adults!  Anyway, she spends a good portion of the book trying her best to avoid her nearly-ex-husband, Kurt.  She's also trying to avoid going to her high school reunion because as she sees i

TBR Challenge - Needles and Pearls

Needles and Pearls: A Beach Street Knitting Society Novel by Gil McNeil My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is book #2 in this series, to read my review of book #1 go here . Thing are going good for Jo, the yarn shop is doing good.  The knitting group is doing good. The boys are doing good. Everything seems to point to Jo's life settling down.  Then Jo realizes she's pregnant and promptly freaks out. Daniel gets angry and Martin steps up. Everyone in the town rally's around Jo letting her know that she won't be alone. They prove that a village raises a child. There are two weddings. A stand off between Jo and her arch nemesis, the PTA president. Jo is just settling into this idea of being a mom again, when it seems her world just crumbles in around her.  Again the town rallies around Jo. Then the baby is born and one of the two men in Jo's life makes his intentions known. I kind of feel that just a bit too much happened in this book. Jo's life is just up an

TBR Challenge - The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club

The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil My rating: 3 of 5 stars Jo thinks everything is going well in her life.  She has a husband she adores and two wonderful little boys. Her husband comes home one night and tells her he got a new assignment at work, and he's leaving her. Like any woman in this situation she freaks out.  He gets mad and storms out of the house only to crash his car.  Jo is now a widow. Jo starts over by moving to the little shore town where her grandmother lives and takes over her grandmother's yarn store.  The town has an interesting cast of characters but is completely charming. It reminded me of a British Stars Hallow . One of these characters is Grace, a very famous movie star.  Grace and Jo become an odd sort of friends with Jo becoming Grace's knitting coach. Through Grace, Jo meets Daniel a word famous jet setting photographer. Daniel's foil in every sense is Martin, the lovable but hapless son of Jo's co-worker/