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Friendly Fill Ins Week 61

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Learning about each other and making friends is what it is all about!   Here are this week's statements with the blanks:   1. My favorite line from a film is _______________. 2. Other than blogs, a website I visit often is _____________. 3. When I feel down, I                                . 4.  If I  could                           ,  I  would                             . Here are my answers: 1) My favourite line from a film is " Turns out your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. See, mostly dead is still slightly alive". 2) Other than blogs, a website I visit often is Bored Panda. 3) When I feel down, I snuggle the cats in bed and watch old movies. 4) If I could concentrate when I can't sleep, I would get m...

Audiobook Review: Lost in the Clouds

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Author: R.K. Gold Narrator: Kyle Tait Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Publisher: Earl of Plaid Released: Aug. 3, 2017 Genre: Paranormal Neville Canton was about as average as any man can be. He had a mediocre job, a pleasant wife, an on-going feud with his sister, and an average case of cancer that took his life. But death wasn’t the end of his problems and even average people have to learn to overcome. Now trapped in a cloud between the living and the dead, he must find his way to the afterlife. With the help of a spiritual guide he navigates through seven challenges; seven tasks to sever his final connections to the mortal world. If he fails, he forfeits his eternity and the consequences may be worse than death. R.K. Gold graduated from the University of Maryland in 2014 with a B.A. in English and is now pursuing a M.S. in Economics from the University at Buffalo. He is a non-genre specific author who enjoys reading and w...

Friendly Fill Ins Week 60

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Learning about each other and making friends is what this is all about!   1. My next _______________ will be ___________________. 2. Fireworks ___________________. 3. This week, I am thankful                                           .  4. Freedom                                 . Here are my answers: 1) My next vacation will be a family wedding. 2) Fireworks are awesome!!!! 3) This week, I am thankful that I am surrounded by positive people. 4) Freedom is worth fighting for.      

Audiobook Review: Blood Divine

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Author: Greg Howard Narrator: Gary Furlong Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Publisher: Anakim Press Released: Aug. 1, 2017 Genre: Paranormal Cooper Causey spent a lifetime eluding the demons of his youth and suppressing the destructive power inside him. But a disconcerting voicemail lures Cooper back home to the coast of South Carolina and to Warfield, the deserted plantation where his darkness first awakened. While searching for his missing grandmother, Cooper uncovers the truth about his ancestry and becomes a pawn in an ancient war between two supernatural races. In order to protect the only man he's ever loved, Cooper must embrace the dark power threatening to consume him, and choose sides in a deadly war between the righteous and the fallen. Greg Howard grew up near the coast of South Carolina, or as he fondly refers to it, “the armpit of the American South.” His hometown of Georgetown, South Carolina is known as the “Ghost Capital...

Rapid Fire Book Tag

  I stumbled across this tag at Maggie's blog, The Caramel Files . It's called The Rapid Fire Book Tag.  I love a good tag, so much fun.  1) E-book or Physical Book?   I enjoy reading whatever it at my disposal but mostly physical books.  2) Paperback or Hardback? I love a good paperback. 3) Online or In-Store Book Shopping? In-store for sure, I love to browse and feel my books. 4) Trilogies or Series? I love a good series. 5) Heroes or Villains? I love a good Villian. 6) A Book I Want Everyone to Read Call of the Wild by Jack London 7) Recommend an Underrated Book Animal Farm by George Orwell 8) The Last Book I Finished Stardust by Neil Gaiman 9) The Last Book I Bought I bought Cat a Barbie book yesterday, I do not know the name. 10) Weirdest Thing I've Used As a Bookmark Coins 11) Used Books - Yes or No? Yes!!!!! 12) Top Three Favorite Genres ...

Audiobook Review: Corruption

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Author: Adam Vine Narrator: Kevin Meyer Series: Corruption Cycle, Book One Length: 13 hours 57 minutes Publisher: Lilydog Books Released: July 18, 2017 Genre: Dark Fantasy A dishonored swordsman running from his past. A city shrouded in dark magic. An antihero born. Daniel Harper was champion, until a single mistake destroyed his fencing career forever. With nothing left to lose, he flees to Eastern Europe, where he can start over... where he can be someone else. In the exotic, lantern-lit crevices of a nameless city, Daniel meets two people who open very different kinds of doors than the ones he is searching for: the troubled flower girl Kashka, who holds the key to a nightmarish otherworld; and the enigmatic street magician and self-professed love tourist Ink, who has the power to bend others to his will. As Daniel plummets into a downward spiral of hedonism and dereliction, he is tormented by macabre visions of a frozen world in endless darkness...