tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50164379977489152172024-03-05T09:31:19.224-06:00born to read booksreading in this life and the next born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2077125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-43868282132549742492021-07-25T06:00:00.024-05:002021-07-25T06:00:00.190-05:00spotlight sunday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR919zi5GwwJatrmuS3gGy-s8x1iJGv5V913TnVIzh4nQVqpHpDt2AOiwhRDsOrb-aNJJ7HWB9V-Xnnbe1vxoUTkOrmeHVgWYx_yFzigdqQQwgxUcXhzZ-97p5k4r_CWSnKOCJcLGOdUD_/s560/spot+sun.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR919zi5GwwJatrmuS3gGy-s8x1iJGv5V913TnVIzh4nQVqpHpDt2AOiwhRDsOrb-aNJJ7HWB9V-Xnnbe1vxoUTkOrmeHVgWYx_yFzigdqQQwgxUcXhzZ-97p5k4r_CWSnKOCJcLGOdUD_/w640-h360/spot+sun.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>holiday themed...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today we are spotlighting without any real explanation books with Holiday themed covers </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBumYujwwMwKUSlRBoU5LWe2fWcko4nnqGscWTF0tOl7jfIRPaUOgOL1tc5pe39sgcLK8rmfwjpO9AIe8n7X1TuILpAk4EoHyVVwr9_CSLjaKKrPf94449Pjy4r9pglhKry5e5CHalbIN2/s1360/71QTvMJUglL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBumYujwwMwKUSlRBoU5LWe2fWcko4nnqGscWTF0tOl7jfIRPaUOgOL1tc5pe39sgcLK8rmfwjpO9AIe8n7X1TuILpAk4EoHyVVwr9_CSLjaKKrPf94449Pjy4r9pglhKry5e5CHalbIN2/w259-h400/71QTvMJUglL.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree... what lurks among thy branches...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year. Candy canes and hot cocoa. Snowmen and sleigh rides. The love and hope that the Nativity brings. Cold milk and warm cookies for Santa. Family, friends, and the cheerful laughter of children.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But, beneath the festive wrapping paper and the gleam and glitter of the lights and tinsel, things less jubilant may lie in wait. The holiday season can bring love, peace, and benevolence... but it may also spawn a darkness lurking amid the shadowy boughs of the Christmas tree, ornaments that should have never seen the light of day, let along hung on festive branches, and bones that jingle and dance, in search of Santa's crimson suit... and the flesh that resides within.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">In this collection of harrowing holiday tales, Ronald Kelly leaves ten frightful and horrific gifts in the Christmas stockings that hang from the mantle of your cheerful fireplace. Ghastly and gruesome presents that slowly unwrap and burst into life while you are tucked, snug and warm, in your bed and take on nightmarish form in the icy winter hours of Christmas Eve, turning comfort and joy into terror and dread.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/w640-h360/don%2527t+forget.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">visit </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">return for</div><div style="text-align: center;">BCT /Free Day </div><div style="text-align: center;">on 7/29</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. 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<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-21334797694970915432021-07-23T06:00:00.047-05:002021-07-23T06:00:00.208-05:00feature friday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6rosjA83opaKfSv4neXqWqsjMMJ0XbUbi7YjEZ5mZRV3yGW_id7s_WsiQlFoAruxPGFALtTPOYaTxjUp7tryfjlIPwyJa5MsQWQDztkaCL2Piwd7UFaJr7wuVKMsA9Dy5gKDf_xcnNES/s560/feat+fri.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6rosjA83opaKfSv4neXqWqsjMMJ0XbUbi7YjEZ5mZRV3yGW_id7s_WsiQlFoAruxPGFALtTPOYaTxjUp7tryfjlIPwyJa5MsQWQDztkaCL2Piwd7UFaJr7wuVKMsA9Dy5gKDf_xcnNES/w640-h360/feat+fri.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>for fun </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today features- for fun</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Let's talk about - BOOK MARKS</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I know it's probably a recycled topic but hey it's for fun! LOL</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So feel free to answer ANY or ALL of the questions below(I did)OR share a pix of any book mark you love.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ever dog ear a book? <span style="color: #800180;">Probably when I was a kid.</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you use sticky notes to mark passages in books? <span style="color: #800180;">Nope- but I have thought about it for my favorites/re-reads.</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you use more than one book mark in the same book? <span style="color: #800180;">Sometimes-just because LOL </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What is the strangest/non book mark thing you have used for a book mark? <span style="color: #800180;">My cell phone LOL</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/w400-h225/don%2527t+forget.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">visit </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">return for</div><div style="text-align: center;">spotlight sunday on 7/25</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. 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<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-67221864139780282862021-07-22T06:00:00.071-05:002021-07-22T06:00:00.218-05:00book club thursday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgzmhoZ2FEGiKesr5XZcKNls0QM0XS5KMzU8aGQjGJjZMn7vRnhqIhI3xvhMxog6UMj_yw2hfVm__3EtvQfTjvh3S6lWcMkXefEYTCEgdfmnwcAmJef9D6tP72jn9fJjR6tUkPXCTD6ob/s560/bct+2021+new.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgzmhoZ2FEGiKesr5XZcKNls0QM0XS5KMzU8aGQjGJjZMn7vRnhqIhI3xvhMxog6UMj_yw2hfVm__3EtvQfTjvh3S6lWcMkXefEYTCEgdfmnwcAmJef9D6tP72jn9fJjR6tUkPXCTD6ob/w640-h360/bct+2021+new.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>reading challenge</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ESfabopSOuFZGFV9KhBOY6ayGSZVdd42NxmzVALRjFcZcODmuKTVabiXcNiZs_KMdgTKY2QHp_0drQw4hYxPoCgvARtWU6Nio5bW3nQ5kYw4KMeY6M08oeihGaJRa8XdDz4THJJ5MK23/s560/today+rc.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ESfabopSOuFZGFV9KhBOY6ayGSZVdd42NxmzVALRjFcZcODmuKTVabiXcNiZs_KMdgTKY2QHp_0drQw4hYxPoCgvARtWU6Nio5bW3nQ5kYw4KMeY6M08oeihGaJRa8XdDz4THJJ5MK23/w640-h360/today+rc.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Just like it sounds- I read and reviewed a book that fit a challenge from the list below.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><b><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><b><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">reader's choice:</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">anything goes</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">just because 2/25</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">double dip</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">recommended by </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">re-read</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">second chance to a previous author</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">try again:a book you once gave up on 7/22</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>i really tried, but... </span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I chose try again- </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZX905R7mexyLFHuaT4EHqouRK4_IWE-GPlQjdn7yB4TQb-ryK5demS3oC9z6edEI7O77krqczCH5I6pSbMjQIV5kJ5D_ELPmA2sE4lrrW5m1y8aEu6cnXo-38pElLVrkuxxQY_W9atOu/s2048/71Bvwe3n01L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZX905R7mexyLFHuaT4EHqouRK4_IWE-GPlQjdn7yB4TQb-ryK5demS3oC9z6edEI7O77krqczCH5I6pSbMjQIV5kJ5D_ELPmA2sE4lrrW5m1y8aEu6cnXo-38pElLVrkuxxQY_W9atOu/w265-h400/71Bvwe3n01L.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The location of the</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> glymera’</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">s notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth—and meets a male who changes everything forever.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself. After she discovers what happened to her sister, getting her back out becomes a deadly mission for them both.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">United by a passion they can’t deny, they work together on an escape plan for Nyx—even though their destiny is to be forever apart. And as the Black Dagger Brotherhood is called upon for help, and Rhage discovers he has a half-brother who’s falsely imprisoned, a devious warden plots the deaths of them all…even the Brothers.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzVPMYSNfU-EqtV4-hYG0oVk_15JANq6v5QKP9gylefVgYsnHJIsQbKYPVgzubz3VkH_vgs8N71cdOP6NMKDIYb7bwosv0wMNjE8r2d1hEv1zskmSGrHtg1wHXeCBHluCxUS6t2B-uyuA/s2048/my+musings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzVPMYSNfU-EqtV4-hYG0oVk_15JANq6v5QKP9gylefVgYsnHJIsQbKYPVgzubz3VkH_vgs8N71cdOP6NMKDIYb7bwosv0wMNjE8r2d1hEv1zskmSGrHtg1wHXeCBHluCxUS6t2B-uyuA/w400-h225/my+musings.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first time I tried to read this, I must have been in a mood- I mean- it's J.R. FREAKING Ward! LOL</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">But for whatever reason, I could not stand Nyx and was so utterly annoyed I stopped reading the book. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">I recently tried again and I'm glad I did. I don't think this is as good as most of her other books and I admit to being somewhat disappointed. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">While I enjoyed the humor and new characters, I thought some other things were not developed enough and found a pinch of disconnect.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Will this stop me from reading/buying - HELL NO...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">I give this book: 3 </span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmSGkPsEWhoz-J9n_VCwIu8ENyDZnKxtauQltuLuqZOtBAF081lZIAe5u6IxhrxmUQJkQGPNmdxtfT7GNPdZjnBDXkbqz7DYIckV2BGFx4_Q-Uoq6ujMQEvoP6zy1j0sIBnt_mDwqVEVQ/s820/rating+system.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">visit </div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">return for</div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Feature Friday </div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">on 7/23</div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; 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Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today we are spotlighting without any real explanation books with Holiday themed covers </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1ur_ZkdHx-DZOtXop5ICqkGX2a4u_Zzd6_y2IrYc4VOk13QfsSjnmjlII_J6q9fzK1CYRZcbNHUmbT8PKIkRi11TvBsHTtpYYAL7LnPzthyphenhyphenhVhl9K4tXJjCSxT6oPzxq_ONfLxAB73Md/s2048/91Rq8GFtK-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1ur_ZkdHx-DZOtXop5ICqkGX2a4u_Zzd6_y2IrYc4VOk13QfsSjnmjlII_J6q9fzK1CYRZcbNHUmbT8PKIkRi11TvBsHTtpYYAL7LnPzthyphenhyphenhVhl9K4tXJjCSxT6oPzxq_ONfLxAB73Md/s320/91Rq8GFtK-L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">NOTE- RELEASES 10/5/21</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The story that captivated the country about a little owl who was found in the world’s most famous Christmas tree.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">When Little Owl’s home is cut down by people saying it will make a beautiful Christmas tree, she’s not sure she wants anything to do with </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Christmas</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, whatever that means. But then she is saved by a woman named Ellen, whose house is merrily decorated for the holiday, and filled with birds who need someone to care for them. Surrounded by kindness and helpful new friends, Little Owl begins to wonder if Christmas might not be such a bad thing after all….</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Co-written by Ellen Kalish, caretaker of the real owl found inside the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The Christmas Owl</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is a charming story of friendship, compassion, and the true meaning of this special time of year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/w640-h360/don%2527t+forget.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">visit </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">return for</div><div style="text-align: center;">BCT /Reading Challenge </div><div style="text-align: center;">on 7/22</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. 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Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today features- falling behind. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I'm cheating- for the past month, due to medical reasons, I fell behind on EVERYTHING - books, blogging - etc</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>But in the coming weeks, I'll be back as much as I can. I've missed it so I'm really excited. </b></span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/w400-h225/don%2527t+forget.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">visit </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">return for</div><div style="text-align: center;">spotlight sunday on 7/18</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. 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<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-69446115722770826602021-07-15T06:00:00.025-05:002021-07-15T06:00:00.204-05:00book club thursday <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCzB1EylYRkjcs_zzTA4eucMh9KiSmg3FAKpPWr307nHUnOFjPfGwpUeLkwQHDROPHEvRqidi5FFUmI9NX54kaZBPmGEnMiSmdSzefU8yzwI3jFzWbyIj_WYsPvRsnI-y5bnPvSyUw4q-/s560/BCT+2021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCzB1EylYRkjcs_zzTA4eucMh9KiSmg3FAKpPWr307nHUnOFjPfGwpUeLkwQHDROPHEvRqidi5FFUmI9NX54kaZBPmGEnMiSmdSzefU8yzwI3jFzWbyIj_WYsPvRsnI-y5bnPvSyUw4q-/w640-h360/BCT+2021.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Throwback Thursday</b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxl_bv9sbB2XdOKQwgs99E6kIvAK95jgeP_ou0ICiwZEv_tEiKND52095Ts-KGySGCALxKrqPR7FJlJtyO_ILZXbFA2XA_ngJkechbZH4m9n3VWApLxRv0uOYVTiILK1Lkb4Np-D__-Je/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxl_bv9sbB2XdOKQwgs99E6kIvAK95jgeP_ou0ICiwZEv_tEiKND52095Ts-KGySGCALxKrqPR7FJlJtyO_ILZXbFA2XA_ngJkechbZH4m9n3VWApLxRv0uOYVTiILK1Lkb4Np-D__-Je/w400-h225/welcome.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</span></span><span><span> </span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span>Each Thursday (not to mention Fridays and Sundays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.</span></span><span> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGI41dtY_3cGLcIvb5OZyUM_31DqwOCy4HaMhjHQJ6yAqNT9ImG1qNqGNZgBsGVeek6K7a4YlLJctvZ7hsCEMoCqVDZipwgrDCsymMeo2WY_LHThfI6O8E_Wkag7qH22bP1s0GyvC8K2d/s560/today+TBT.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGI41dtY_3cGLcIvb5OZyUM_31DqwOCy4HaMhjHQJ6yAqNT9ImG1qNqGNZgBsGVeek6K7a4YlLJctvZ7hsCEMoCqVDZipwgrDCsymMeo2WY_LHThfI6O8E_Wkag7qH22bP1s0GyvC8K2d/w400-h225/today+TBT.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Join me in looking back at this post - PS I LOVED THIS BOOK </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Return on: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>7/16 for Feature Friday</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S8u3z8jts02N_LnwTO6t8MS_KNPPhu5lRfnf6DYdDfbrtJmX8p6MWWDMIqgzS24crCo4mjbBPwq2OAsmpW7l_Oant9C-k4Yjt7wvnKIR5ewMtFBlKCOx_-VrOrbQ0-8UzLkpyCMvp2cj/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-68804300779776337092021-05-16T06:00:00.021-05:002021-05-16T06:00:00.342-05:00spotlight sunday - book covers <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR919zi5GwwJatrmuS3gGy-s8x1iJGv5V913TnVIzh4nQVqpHpDt2AOiwhRDsOrb-aNJJ7HWB9V-Xnnbe1vxoUTkOrmeHVgWYx_yFzigdqQQwgxUcXhzZ-97p5k4r_CWSnKOCJcLGOdUD_/s560/spot+sun.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR919zi5GwwJatrmuS3gGy-s8x1iJGv5V913TnVIzh4nQVqpHpDt2AOiwhRDsOrb-aNJJ7HWB9V-Xnnbe1vxoUTkOrmeHVgWYx_yFzigdqQQwgxUcXhzZ-97p5k4r_CWSnKOCJcLGOdUD_/w640-h360/spot+sun.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today we are chatting about book covers. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My task was to pick a book with a cover (not the content) that I think would appeal to Ann. Let's see what she thinks...The funny thing is sometimes we choose books the other has already read or plans to in the future! LOL </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtysnEo4GXnNgnSL913Ueh_8gAexEbaaj5LNl_RKgkH_vgWYYBjSv-qL2lVI_wYEnSrnHQludsfhFqpjTWg3AlaJzp5lJQ5qehl6YKZzkHtkgUlWZeDpLIVg58sO2xDzrhrYV_jK8yzjU/s1360/61P%252BOBuvOoL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtysnEo4GXnNgnSL913Ueh_8gAexEbaaj5LNl_RKgkH_vgWYYBjSv-qL2lVI_wYEnSrnHQludsfhFqpjTWg3AlaJzp5lJQ5qehl6YKZzkHtkgUlWZeDpLIVg58sO2xDzrhrYV_jK8yzjU/w250-h400/61P%252BOBuvOoL.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Victoria married one of the most evil men in the country, known as Hangman, president of the Untamed Angels. She’s finally had enough of the cheating and abuse, so she takes off, hoping her cousin Lilly can help her out. What she didn’t expect to find, while hiding from her husband, was a new man, but this man seems very familiar to her.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Trevor is hiding from his family, hiding within the club of the Angels Warriors with a new face and a new last name. His brother Hangman, thinks he’s dead, and he wants to keep it that way. What he didn’t expect was for his brother’s wife to turn up, seeking protection, to hide from Hangman. Trevor has loved Tori since they were kids, and will do anything he can to win her love back.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Considering she was his first.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; 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color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. 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Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today features- YOU!! So drop me a line all about yourself, I'd love to hear from you. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu9bfxBv2Pmlwd6xaDsv64dHa5WqHeuWowMCX-zMWurJEu6NrEwxfFsGva_pt4lujREkgtn5d0ZEsfnnIEPVdZppyXZ70qk1UpyLYcfAA2-QK7Lw7TlHakWqQeaxY0RKb9WcLIWJdF1LC/w400-h225/don%2527t+forget.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">visit </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">return for</div><div style="text-align: center;">spotlight sunday on 5/16</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. 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Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</span></span><span><span> </span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span>Each Thursday (not to mention Fridays and Sundays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.</span></span><span> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdM0vRVhqDf4hvcXW85VeP3y7thlloSQOXt4K0n3Q8QbhlWf3toQjbG4sHiTJlHE_CR05UF03-BG4luMuu7dO7DSlrQk_4hZlRVMOgDeQEw40uVvgKquL03lWnECYO5b-PC8sUEYBzRiL_/s560/today+this.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdM0vRVhqDf4hvcXW85VeP3y7thlloSQOXt4K0n3Q8QbhlWf3toQjbG4sHiTJlHE_CR05UF03-BG4luMuu7dO7DSlrQk_4hZlRVMOgDeQEw40uVvgKquL03lWnECYO5b-PC8sUEYBzRiL_/w640-h360/today+this.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Exactly like it sounds- I'm going to ask you a this or that question and you drop your choice below.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Which book (if you've read them) do you like better? You can also answer for the movies if you want.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuOWnPeoavSc0Kssi53nuzRfqxi1uADmj1A60Df8ZUwl16ASMwC5aDCcktwzQoDFR_hv8IO-hqegj3siQ5bfVrY-h_F3Zn08sjMcRWEoDoWzoUs-Ngt_4ERpRWgdi7pAX789apAuM3glL/s2048/719th-3CqyL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuOWnPeoavSc0Kssi53nuzRfqxi1uADmj1A60Df8ZUwl16ASMwC5aDCcktwzQoDFR_hv8IO-hqegj3siQ5bfVrY-h_F3Zn08sjMcRWEoDoWzoUs-Ngt_4ERpRWgdi7pAX789apAuM3glL/s320/719th-3CqyL.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today we are chatting about book covers. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My task was to pick a book with a cover (not the content) that I think would appeal to Ann. Let's see what she thinks...The funny thing is sometimes we choose books the other has already read or plans to in the future! LOL </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjGGuw5siP_XEPK0_X1CjaYLf5f3OnzVwa5-SC0jxFrYu7YxqhUuvAZ4QF_ITAGstcyP7TYyhgozxycLwr6wj7Wac7pKTgyMxvkp4IKvcda79yDyXGT2BEn6oOrZQjW9MoqjCIxc0KApM/s1600/710P3KWpcfL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjGGuw5siP_XEPK0_X1CjaYLf5f3OnzVwa5-SC0jxFrYu7YxqhUuvAZ4QF_ITAGstcyP7TYyhgozxycLwr6wj7Wac7pKTgyMxvkp4IKvcda79yDyXGT2BEn6oOrZQjW9MoqjCIxc0KApM/w250-h400/710P3KWpcfL.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>Breathe in. Breathe out. Survive.Marilyn Ellis is finally putting her life back together. The domestic abuse she suffered may be labeled textbook by therapists, but it’s the parts she’s never told anyone that haunt her.She refuses to get trapped in that hell ever again.Former Special Forces soldier turned rancher Noah Dempsey is more than capable of training the delicate single mom in moves and tactics that will help her feel safe. But his own tortured past makes him decidedly less qualified for anything more.No matter how much her big eyes—and even bigger heart—draw him in.However, when unexpected danger arrives in their small town, Noah knows this is a woman worth fighting for. Worth fighting beside. And he’s going to be the one to do it.She needs a hero.He’ll have to remember how to be one.</b></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>What are you waiting for- grab your own copies today.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/">indiebound</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ref=ap_frn_logo">amazon</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from you so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-24843132129739241992021-05-07T06:30:00.014-05:002021-05-07T06:30:00.205-05:00happy book birthday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh943uNHGRLo8mfGvkGmxxJGLUhSOPeXET8OdtgJ051ZCZlFFX6e2lVluh-ZdVQYxRmrxcrnOjwoNbriS1tPm9rx51ZiV4hknQKGuDU6mzYBDfO1sMHvHOLbiR2b3i4uexvEehzwXQ_uAnM/s1600/71F49Mv3T0S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh943uNHGRLo8mfGvkGmxxJGLUhSOPeXET8OdtgJ051ZCZlFFX6e2lVluh-ZdVQYxRmrxcrnOjwoNbriS1tPm9rx51ZiV4hknQKGuDU6mzYBDfO1sMHvHOLbiR2b3i4uexvEehzwXQ_uAnM/w250-h400/71F49Mv3T0S.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Now available</span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/s2048/happy+book+birthday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/w640-h360/happy+book+birthday.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please join me and let's raise a glass or mug (you get the idea LOL)and wish a very Happy Book Birthday to the following book(s)- </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLm6DlFMi3-4dhhiZaG5NxDq6P6qm8M8vErDCU3NSwLEfBE4hau5XsGZFFQi242z9C4AAkNX84CFMAzbqjuRWjEjXuOm6_sVeStmgRTM8RV7dGWrRem5yfRtXuIfLeEM0vRKOpDoQgih3/s1600/71F49Mv3T0S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLm6DlFMi3-4dhhiZaG5NxDq6P6qm8M8vErDCU3NSwLEfBE4hau5XsGZFFQi242z9C4AAkNX84CFMAzbqjuRWjEjXuOm6_sVeStmgRTM8RV7dGWrRem5yfRtXuIfLeEM0vRKOpDoQgih3/w250-h400/71F49Mv3T0S.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Love twisted into horrific shapes, nightmares driven by cruel music, and a world where what little light remains fractures the sky into midnight rainbows in eighteen stories tracing the dark veins of queer horror, isolation, and the monstrous feminine.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The universe unwinds to the tune of a malicious ice cream truck jingle in “We All Scream”. “The Law of Conservation of Death” dictates that a ghost pursue his prey across her every reincarnation. Superstitions thrive even in the distant future and across the stars when a colony shuttle mounts a witch trial in “Hairy Jack”. And try to “Forgive the Adoring Beast” as it scavenges a world of dead gods for tokens of bloody affection.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Including two new short stories and a never-before-published novelette, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy digs deep inside us and clings to the beating nightmare heart you always knew was there.</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm in LOVE with that artwork and the concept of this book and I can't wait to read it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>What are you waiting for- grab your own copies today.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/">indiebound</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ref=ap_frn_logo">amazon</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from you so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-28694161838887470142021-05-07T06:00:00.030-05:002021-05-07T06:00:00.202-05:00feature friday - to read in the future <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m5_7iHV126SbpJrjPt72Xsh7yZNw8xLYq-WO7PLJqWkiQ3t6-THM8x-E6oqchB2tzTjFhi86SyB50-fymB4NMaqv7gNI1n91Bn7NbJz4lMpMGK-k7mRbyCdhjebvBSd22RpO3EDQAmzJ/s560/feat+fri.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5m5_7iHV126SbpJrjPt72Xsh7yZNw8xLYq-WO7PLJqWkiQ3t6-THM8x-E6oqchB2tzTjFhi86SyB50-fymB4NMaqv7gNI1n91Bn7NbJz4lMpMGK-k7mRbyCdhjebvBSd22RpO3EDQAmzJ/w640-h360/feat+fri.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">to read in the future </span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each week on Sunday, Thursday and Friday, myself and my BBFF Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together about various book related themes. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today we are chatting about a book we hope to read someday soon...in the FUTURE. I mean hey, we all have books that have been in our TBR mountain for...years...LOL</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I've had my pick today since it came out. I really and I mean REALLY wanted to read it. Um, yeah...guess where it sits...I think that page count (640) and small font is scaring me! LOL </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbO6eTGIy4b9ZAW-BMmOzv48dkcxPsXaR77sJc1izgabYHgmcx3XNcNC06gNhYZJZbxlmglZIsNDJVc3QG3oZntW1pD7tHvXnt1YfUmbNBkk_5rg2fCO3zea4RWiVS9sHzrqOp1V2yh0Bh/s2048/81CKQ83vW9L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1349" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbO6eTGIy4b9ZAW-BMmOzv48dkcxPsXaR77sJc1izgabYHgmcx3XNcNC06gNhYZJZbxlmglZIsNDJVc3QG3oZntW1pD7tHvXnt1YfUmbNBkk_5rg2fCO3zea4RWiVS9sHzrqOp1V2yh0Bh/w264-h400/81CKQ83vW9L.jpg" width="264" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary’s book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Less than five years later, the Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever—but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way.<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed” Gilded Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern heroines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangled—or perhaps just grimly exploited—and soon it’s impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b> A story within a story within a story and featuring black-and-white period-inspired illustrations, <em>Plain Bad Heroines </em>is a devilishly haunting, modern masterwork of metafiction that manages to combine the ghostly sensibility of Sarah Waters with the dark imagination of Marisha Pessl and the sharp humor and incisive social commentary of Curtis Sittenfeld into one laugh-out-loud funny, spellbinding, and wonderfully luxuriant read.</b></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>What are you waiting for- grab your own copies today.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/">indiebound</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ref=ap_frn_logo">amazon</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from you so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-66337968669719539992021-05-06T06:00:00.014-05:002021-05-06T06:00:00.200-05:00book club thursday <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCzB1EylYRkjcs_zzTA4eucMh9KiSmg3FAKpPWr307nHUnOFjPfGwpUeLkwQHDROPHEvRqidi5FFUmI9NX54kaZBPmGEnMiSmdSzefU8yzwI3jFzWbyIj_WYsPvRsnI-y5bnPvSyUw4q-/s560/BCT+2021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCzB1EylYRkjcs_zzTA4eucMh9KiSmg3FAKpPWr307nHUnOFjPfGwpUeLkwQHDROPHEvRqidi5FFUmI9NX54kaZBPmGEnMiSmdSzefU8yzwI3jFzWbyIj_WYsPvRsnI-y5bnPvSyUw4q-/w640-h360/BCT+2021.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Trivia Thursday</b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxl_bv9sbB2XdOKQwgs99E6kIvAK95jgeP_ou0ICiwZEv_tEiKND52095Ts-KGySGCALxKrqPR7FJlJtyO_ILZXbFA2XA_ngJkechbZH4m9n3VWApLxRv0uOYVTiILK1Lkb4Np-D__-Je/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxl_bv9sbB2XdOKQwgs99E6kIvAK95jgeP_ou0ICiwZEv_tEiKND52095Ts-KGySGCALxKrqPR7FJlJtyO_ILZXbFA2XA_ngJkechbZH4m9n3VWApLxRv0uOYVTiILK1Lkb4Np-D__-Je/w400-h225/welcome.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</span></span><span><span> </span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span>Each Thursday (not to mention Fridays and Sundays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.</span></span><span> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiEgHaIoszTfc7Pcd5GpCwylJ1YDNHdR4ckYzdfppt8u51U81DzP3zbPrsEJdaU55CU_PDyEW9quOzDAm8mTbq833yaOi751s84wAlcZdbomfiO8trAkWnvd774DahJJM8bLBt5lcL5I7/s560/today+trivia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiEgHaIoszTfc7Pcd5GpCwylJ1YDNHdR4ckYzdfppt8u51U81DzP3zbPrsEJdaU55CU_PDyEW9quOzDAm8mTbq833yaOi751s84wAlcZdbomfiO8trAkWnvd774DahJJM8bLBt5lcL5I7/w400-h225/today+trivia.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Exactly like it sounds- I'm going to ask you a question and you drop you guess below...correct answers get bragging rights LOL </div></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>What publisher did I feature on last Thursday? </b></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xoDUKXyz2MshL6I2PKew-ml_I2dXZX-GLiHVO9tCJp4Mx5mqt96LOeB2hYzcZZuADWIM45AUJXH8TruODyo_gBSCDGAdXuPb1_nUp_JDkpSuShn7YGB9KOqy1LzVyON5jWS4vf9qnIke/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xoDUKXyz2MshL6I2PKew-ml_I2dXZX-GLiHVO9tCJp4Mx5mqt96LOeB2hYzcZZuADWIM45AUJXH8TruODyo_gBSCDGAdXuPb1_nUp_JDkpSuShn7YGB9KOqy1LzVyON5jWS4vf9qnIke/w400-h225/don%2527t+forget.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Return on: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>5/7 for Feature Friday</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/s2048/happy+book+birthday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/w640-h360/happy+book+birthday.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please join me and let's raise a glass or mug (you get the idea LOL)and wish a very Happy Book Birthday to the following book(s)- </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>PS - I did read the first two as eARCs and they were enjoyable. The last one is on my buy list because well, you know! LOL </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPk3OVR2llrqiCaGC7Ze9zJgqKljg8t3bQITR_D8BnwSff2kpUfUprxvOo5PFDqQ7w_2m4sjPrLfvv1vxOuiw6_rIB6mZYNpLjdbOiltsjGITdE1j0K1Tw18Pb0Ab1XqW2RqBzLz6W-zP/s2048/54063343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1347" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPk3OVR2llrqiCaGC7Ze9zJgqKljg8t3bQITR_D8BnwSff2kpUfUprxvOo5PFDqQ7w_2m4sjPrLfvv1vxOuiw6_rIB6mZYNpLjdbOiltsjGITdE1j0K1Tw18Pb0Ab1XqW2RqBzLz6W-zP/s320/54063343.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, a woman like Mary--a woman who harbors secret desires and finds it difficult to tolerate the brazen hypocrisy of so many men in the colony--soon becomes herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight to not only escape her marriage, but also the gallows. A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense from one of our greatest storytellers, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Hour of the Witch</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfpoW5SVKDe42ha4jvXHE1pHVoLCBBhn9G_W7KDnUer8qJvHuGkNkVcmWa743inRrAK-3J4-mu_i3sn9ZQzrdAz5U4usvx2_wd97tCdVIX4lxkns0PazKwwmVhtWGhhlhETookQ-Fogy_/s2048/81h1QGSiaoL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfpoW5SVKDe42ha4jvXHE1pHVoLCBBhn9G_W7KDnUer8qJvHuGkNkVcmWa743inRrAK-3J4-mu_i3sn9ZQzrdAz5U4usvx2_wd97tCdVIX4lxkns0PazKwwmVhtWGhhlhETookQ-Fogy_/s320/81h1QGSiaoL.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Thea Mottram is having a bad month. She’s been let go from her office job with no notice—and to make matters even worse, her husband of nearly twenty years has decided to leave her for one of her friends. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn’t know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great uncle in Scotland has passed away, leaving her his home and a hefty antique book collection, she decides to leave Sussex for a few weeks. Escaping to a small coastal town where no one knows her seems to be exactly what she needs.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Almost instantly, Thea becomes enamored with the quaint cottage, comforted by its cozy rooms and lovely but neglected garden. The locals in nearby Baldochrie are just as warm, quirky, and inviting. The only person she can’t seem to win over is bookshop owner Edward Maltravers, to whom she hopes to sell her uncle’s book collection. His gruff attitude—fueled by an infamous, long-standing feud with his brother, a local lord—tests Thea’s patience. But bickering with Edward proves oddly refreshing and exciting, leading Thea to develop feelings she hasn’t experienced in a long time. As she follows a thrilling yet terrifying impulse to stay in Scotland indefinitely, Thea realizes that her new life may quickly become just as complicated as the one she was running from.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMvrbbyhBGOuxyrF_TMKDEPIF2AmmdXWiUxR8qWX3JFPFEgCb_56YWynW5LPTeuuT5wxQJi-DwBJ95tpMnZC7xC0mvH5mgfb0FzsGgqXFg0caMlB3SJEkSFzMac-w5avII2qwqdXrG3JX/s2048/81IJGHt6PJL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMvrbbyhBGOuxyrF_TMKDEPIF2AmmdXWiUxR8qWX3JFPFEgCb_56YWynW5LPTeuuT5wxQJi-DwBJ95tpMnZC7xC0mvH5mgfb0FzsGgqXFg0caMlB3SJEkSFzMac-w5avII2qwqdXrG3JX/s320/81IJGHt6PJL.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">A KILLER AFTERPARTY . . .</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">When Kylie walks into the gorgeous beach house, it’s a dream come true. She still can’t believe she talked her parents into letting her spend the weekend down the shore with her boyfriend, Liam, after prom. Kylie, Liam, and their friends have rented the most amazing party house—and it’s all theirs. Prom was awesome, but this is going to be even better.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Except there’s a little problem. A violent storm hits the beach and the power goes out—with no sign that it’s coming back anytime soon. Roughing it with candles and camping lanterns isn’t the vibe they were going for, but everyone wants to make the most of it. Until people start disappearing . . . and turning up dead. Kylie is terrified. Is somebody’s prom date a killer?</span></div></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>What are you waiting for- grab your own copies today.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/">indiebound</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ref=ap_frn_logo">amazon</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from you so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-47611567483972522092021-05-03T06:00:00.042-05:002021-05-03T06:00:00.197-05:00great heroine but a JERK hero <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPXpUpJ1LmajbxTLIN1ssAK-JDR7t8CLQX2B3pAMG2Jx2S0-kfyxAQj9jwdMp4pO1mFd66wHyf-roIyBP38InCKJenlh7juFCfFOa1_7u5NWR1isWaB4-EHSzzFYpPeksfmdq7Xht_Aph/s2048/81h1QGSiaoL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1328" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPXpUpJ1LmajbxTLIN1ssAK-JDR7t8CLQX2B3pAMG2Jx2S0-kfyxAQj9jwdMp4pO1mFd66wHyf-roIyBP38InCKJenlh7juFCfFOa1_7u5NWR1isWaB4-EHSzzFYpPeksfmdq7Xht_Aph/w260-h400/81h1QGSiaoL.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>my musings</b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially all genres of horror. I recently read a quote from Dorothy Allison that sums up how I feel about reading/books; "But I want the [poem or]story to burn me. I want the page to crisp my fingers."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">I do from time to time read books other than horror and today I'm featuring one of them. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">I'm also a shorter type of reviewer hence calling them musings LOL. I typically don't summarize the plot too much, that's what a book blurb/cover copy etc is for. I rarely discuss spoilers and if I do, I give fair warning. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtturb-bmivKHbKEbR9RkqBLtlmo6TOvRY6_cNNmGJiiv4ZEMh3c2l2RutcifUtWa2fLGY1l0uwrTrwi99oKWgyUrcvVfvTsUs8XXgH9_E1Bw0aaWHcMoxf-JQ7_Ck3BYgaLtLdtUi61gG/s2048/81h1QGSiaoL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtturb-bmivKHbKEbR9RkqBLtlmo6TOvRY6_cNNmGJiiv4ZEMh3c2l2RutcifUtWa2fLGY1l0uwrTrwi99oKWgyUrcvVfvTsUs8XXgH9_E1Bw0aaWHcMoxf-JQ7_Ck3BYgaLtLdtUi61gG/s320/81h1QGSiaoL.jpg" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Thea Mottram is having a bad month. She’s been let go from her office job with no notice—and to make matters even worse, her husband of nearly twenty years has decided to leave her for one of her friends. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn’t know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great uncle in Scotland has passed away, leaving her his home and a hefty antique book collection, she decides to leave Sussex for a few weeks. Escaping to a small coastal town where no one knows her seems to be exactly what she needs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Almost instantly, Thea becomes enamored with the quaint cottage, comforted by its cozy rooms and lovely but neglected garden. The locals in nearby Baldochrie are just as warm, quirky, and inviting. The only person she can’t seem to win over is bookshop owner Edward Maltravers, to whom she hopes to sell her uncle’s book collection. His gruff attitude—fueled by an infamous, long-standing feud with his brother, a local lord—tests Thea’s patience. But bickering with Edward proves oddly refreshing and exciting, leading Thea to develop feelings she hasn’t experienced in a long time. As she follows a thrilling yet terrifying impulse to stay in Scotland indefinitely, Thea realizes that her new life may quickly become just as complicated as the one she was running from.</span></span></div><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WltthQd8RSBuMme_VW5jHiym0TqoacLJ8-MfDvgNi4OnS_Pxk8baaTBhe1MlDCCa2XhL57ao66kcfowEuWmizzfc9xe6GPHydvT0liVif_zRwy9CCUAWi1B-1NbpGAXbotTJ3Ez9Ygco/s2048/my+musings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WltthQd8RSBuMme_VW5jHiym0TqoacLJ8-MfDvgNi4OnS_Pxk8baaTBhe1MlDCCa2XhL57ao66kcfowEuWmizzfc9xe6GPHydvT0liVif_zRwy9CCUAWi1B-1NbpGAXbotTJ3Ez9Ygco/w400-h225/my+musings.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I wanted to like this book more than I did. I had high hopes based on the cover and blurb. Somehow despite this being an easy read, it was not as light and fluffy as you would expect.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">What I did love was the setting: Scotland & a bookshop. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Thea was great- she's in her 40's and was a hoot and realistic. But Edward was a total JERK and kind of juvenile. Not only that I didn't feel like there was any chemistry between them. And in the end I thought Thea deserved better. </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkVHfdKwcWomI4XBVOaPfeCc15JkFrqy7qVRU0ExTwSzup-yl857xGQP_0yi3dkgy5z5q2PHgK5cGueAb2OcRtQ7IYau6eB34OC-WPGZSSH7su9j6CLPEokqA4EsYEHUSZ2pn6M4_I81l/s820/Add+a+heading+%25283%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkVHfdKwcWomI4XBVOaPfeCc15JkFrqy7qVRU0ExTwSzup-yl857xGQP_0yi3dkgy5z5q2PHgK5cGueAb2OcRtQ7IYau6eB34OC-WPGZSSH7su9j6CLPEokqA4EsYEHUSZ2pn6M4_I81l/w640-h244/Add+a+heading+%25283%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from you so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-63114604722628900452021-05-02T06:00:00.023-05:002021-05-02T06:00:00.198-05:00spotlight sunday <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDdwn_pnZpNScrDuMTjcf_Wdr4AlEh0EafuNwqKcOxp5mkbUEDj4SZ70JHFuXe42bx0y5e1SqnPFtb7cXMKfJVsuxizU1H3B1SzUne1YHTjqIFA1RJ6woFCNhMU2yBhvPXbS94PCTZlzC/s560/spot+sun.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDdwn_pnZpNScrDuMTjcf_Wdr4AlEh0EafuNwqKcOxp5mkbUEDj4SZ70JHFuXe42bx0y5e1SqnPFtb7cXMKfJVsuxizU1H3B1SzUne1YHTjqIFA1RJ6woFCNhMU2yBhvPXbS94PCTZlzC/w640-h360/spot+sun.png" width="640" /></a></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">book covers we...</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww07VuiiwOEIp972fGlFFsCCmuYDWcBua3epFsVuSf2lzbnsxz25K2UZ1L4bc44vTBFPjO5ymsnBjO1zL6kPiteAdTGtLdBd3uyAzS5z_dgpcvaJ5KptZ7k9glQOVhxr2K2nzHqlZ3Lee/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww07VuiiwOEIp972fGlFFsCCmuYDWcBua3epFsVuSf2lzbnsxz25K2UZ1L4bc44vTBFPjO5ymsnBjO1zL6kPiteAdTGtLdBd3uyAzS5z_dgpcvaJ5KptZ7k9glQOVhxr2K2nzHqlZ3Lee/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>My name is Cyn and each Sunday (not to mention Thurdays and Fridays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.</span></b><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><b>Today we are "spotlighting" books with covers that we each think would appeal to the other. Cover only- not content. </b></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><b>This is fun because usually we are both spot on- not only that sometimes we choose books the other has already read OR plan to. LOL </b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here goes this week's cover:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RpMOlNfxBFOw8PTF6yc45gXroZnpeYpMOrmWSd1S4sJnznopyOUxWWjAHt_Pm6tPk2CWHhE7WkqpAzjjhrfBl6BBY6hR6souL4aVqmmbMc0B4L1Q1_wAC_3WUoitsDUu0qSaG4Lx4W38/s499/51ZNIUi74PL._SX311_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RpMOlNfxBFOw8PTF6yc45gXroZnpeYpMOrmWSd1S4sJnznopyOUxWWjAHt_Pm6tPk2CWHhE7WkqpAzjjhrfBl6BBY6hR6souL4aVqmmbMc0B4L1Q1_wAC_3WUoitsDUu0qSaG4Lx4W38/w251-h400/51ZNIUi74PL._SX311_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="251" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></span><div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdJbqT7VGV_LUazmy5A88F3LzIdrgVK8qD1sRAy1TPpTfCOalQj_FnxX67agHmi-GSdWnRy0iL_1-yN_1mzF1mBPu8X5xDaJkjlKBWT27MYDFNnCzltsWlBIcymisgNiVn47sxbh3zv8T/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdJbqT7VGV_LUazmy5A88F3LzIdrgVK8qD1sRAy1TPpTfCOalQj_FnxX67agHmi-GSdWnRy0iL_1-yN_1mzF1mBPu8X5xDaJkjlKBWT27MYDFNnCzltsWlBIcymisgNiVn47sxbh3zv8T/w640-h360/don%2527t+forget.png" width="640" /></span></a></div></b></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><span><br /></span></b></span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Return on: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>5/6 for Book Club Thursday</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_2mzM6oDXWSw_0nI9A_JxGWSr6ZradKYEzEqTmgD027Qb-oZHqDg4snyS1SPxWu3HAJfZk5BADbHdlxoZGP4MwaEP2WOUhUhY2oonxNHwvq4SjjVHzhQ2w_r9gUXuqg06OfL0IAE8raZ/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Especially the dark, spooky, horror, snarky type to name a few...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/s2048/happy+book+birthday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/w640-h360/happy+book+birthday.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please join me and let's raise a glass or mug (you get the idea LOL)and wish a very Happy Book Birthday to the following book(s)- </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtc34HLHgbN9rDyQbAHr_OOY-zpUwzc_tR0gj53GrYQFo37skgs4puYGLSMuNXtGH-uG_ksWn3ot8qWsug99I0wsC3eNXTUqYn7zvhY1BVpFG3HzVFcGsS4jpxefSe6utsm3wkg0Kixlme/s500/5126Tx-IJlL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtc34HLHgbN9rDyQbAHr_OOY-zpUwzc_tR0gj53GrYQFo37skgs4puYGLSMuNXtGH-uG_ksWn3ot8qWsug99I0wsC3eNXTUqYn7zvhY1BVpFG3HzVFcGsS4jpxefSe6utsm3wkg0Kixlme/w250-h400/5126Tx-IJlL.jpg" width="250" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">An abandoned house. A locked desk drawer full of old papers. And an 80’s mix tape?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Jill is tasked with seeking out any legal documents from the property.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">What she discovers, transports her into a world of nightmares, ranging from the macabre to the downright chilling. Jill knows she has to share the stories she’s uncovered …</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">In Twisted: Tainted Tales, the Splatterpunk Award-nominee delivers creature features, supernatural urban legends, cannibalism and a few other surprises. Mixing flash fiction with short stories, these tales might be tainted and will be twisted.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Includes foreword from the amazing Flame Tree Press author, Glenn Rolfe.</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I really can't wait to read this one- especially since I keep seeing all over Twitter. And if that cover(LOVE LOVE LOVE) doesn't hook you maybe you're already dead! LOL </div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>So what are you waiting for- grab your copy today. </b></span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from so drop me a line.</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-46202617175170226052021-05-01T06:00:00.000-05:002021-05-01T06:00:00.224-05:00to witch or not to witch...<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1L52Zo8pXVwFDtoQAHaU1ex67yEjurByxF4U6XDmLVtLZ9OLv3QmBaBW30qP0bZiwRH5aLZ0FDA_YKsj1kHRXHeW_BMRyxYTahHU6AeqHr5bggQQm2osdVYPxieMUryoHxU2p2_6T05b/s2048/54063343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1347" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1L52Zo8pXVwFDtoQAHaU1ex67yEjurByxF4U6XDmLVtLZ9OLv3QmBaBW30qP0bZiwRH5aLZ0FDA_YKsj1kHRXHeW_BMRyxYTahHU6AeqHr5bggQQm2osdVYPxieMUryoHxU2p2_6T05b/w263-h400/54063343.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>my musings:a review</b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9ZSk-AUjZLyPxlZqFuqZB3M7fC7T4lRyB3Vmd1JOmEKKtucOhx9C_CmxOEOsNGzeaGdV-7VUcAwt0FgLQcktd6TBsJJkrTy7WePCQunTRlkp1SWFfPpPFF4CnMuvAhlgbhK-H8gAiigh/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9ZSk-AUjZLyPxlZqFuqZB3M7fC7T4lRyB3Vmd1JOmEKKtucOhx9C_CmxOEOsNGzeaGdV-7VUcAwt0FgLQcktd6TBsJJkrTy7WePCQunTRlkp1SWFfPpPFF4CnMuvAhlgbhK-H8gAiigh/w400-h225/welcome.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and I have a serious addiction to books. </b></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Today I'm reviewing the book listed below. Actually I call my reviews "musings" because I typically keep them very brief and more impressions than anything. If I include spoilers (a rarity) I will warn you.</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKl7lbDbKym-Zwaba53wBsHMz8if0A5Sd15HB0M-uoRXEDA-wNECp1Ux3v13dwNl20AEvw9jUZDf12H9recLDwfeMK7TArCTxLak60ojY_BBXX4QxRgrNGLQL6HXv4RUyU-g59vKwaL1B/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKl7lbDbKym-Zwaba53wBsHMz8if0A5Sd15HB0M-uoRXEDA-wNECp1Ux3v13dwNl20AEvw9jUZDf12H9recLDwfeMK7TArCTxLak60ojY_BBXX4QxRgrNGLQL6HXv4RUyU-g59vKwaL1B/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9RQg7UKNozAdkrB_aUBNR0cNpXHvhMdKOPBdO7E5j88_9AW1apcfzB385kR1_TbqQ0PwZobP-ZBYu0i3S4zMC2gJT87ehhPb8tjDvFuyI8w-nTsf1lRKOu3krrlsgcyCANFCAw1GYvZK/s2048/54063343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1347" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9RQg7UKNozAdkrB_aUBNR0cNpXHvhMdKOPBdO7E5j88_9AW1apcfzB385kR1_TbqQ0PwZobP-ZBYu0i3S4zMC2gJT87ehhPb8tjDvFuyI8w-nTsf1lRKOu3krrlsgcyCANFCAw1GYvZK/w263-h400/54063343.jpg" width="263" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, a woman like Mary--a woman who harbors secret desires and finds it difficult to tolerate the brazen hypocrisy of so many men in the colony--soon finds herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight to not only escape her marriage, but also the gallows. A twisting, tightly plotted thriller from one of our greatest storytellers, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Hour of the Witch</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> is a timely and terrifying novel of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_VfaDHP5u1IFE_7hWCHRW5Stp0xrAEnSI5RBIoetoCkyeZpBJMfWdBJtNRddjv9itiD4cLR3v0UId8snnMvKz4CnXsF2jK-zOaMqH7SZSPWjnH3FX7ulVnGwGS8Kk4DydGu_fGqT4HEp/s2048/my+musings.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_VfaDHP5u1IFE_7hWCHRW5Stp0xrAEnSI5RBIoetoCkyeZpBJMfWdBJtNRddjv9itiD4cLR3v0UId8snnMvKz4CnXsF2jK-zOaMqH7SZSPWjnH3FX7ulVnGwGS8Kk4DydGu_fGqT4HEp/w640-h360/my+musings.png" width="640" /></b></span></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have a confession - I really wasn't a fan of Bohjalian's The Red Lotus (pub 2020). I LOVED LOVED LOVED The Flight Attendant though...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And I'm glad to say that I really enjoyed Hour of the Witch despite it's very very very slow start. But if you stick with it (you should) the pay off is HUGE.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although bogged down with DETAILS, I mean after all historical fiction, it is still intriguing & thought provoking. It is clear there is a thoughtfulness and vast amount of research put into it all by Bohjalian. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I enjoyed the complexity of Mary as a character- she was likable(but still not Cassie! LOL)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was provided an ARC ebook from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>This is will be available on 5/4 in both print and ebook formats.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7gLmhspxKcuo3736A6nDp3gzfbCgk2IPjmMFjExlSKq6759FvaQ_1PmoHkdzaEadXJ35T9d8E_xGV5phyoLRvVviAZgtcdJFWmVGvKw8m2qLG-zJliJXYF5i2cTC7PxPNmMiCY9iHSya/s820/Add+a+heading+%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7gLmhspxKcuo3736A6nDp3gzfbCgk2IPjmMFjExlSKq6759FvaQ_1PmoHkdzaEadXJ35T9d8E_xGV5phyoLRvVviAZgtcdJFWmVGvKw8m2qLG-zJliJXYF5i2cTC7PxPNmMiCY9iHSya/w640-h244/Add+a+heading+%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><b>featuring:FrEak OuT </b></span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a name='more'></a></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92H1f06TkBE6D0bqhuNXb4WZDT8CbrH9o84_4lJlOaq8uID3pRb6d2Z4ic_9MCc2BPX38MSbuz9tr_7mSGRx3GmErFReCCZT1iuC9rFnyEaDowAqFUcqJZuhElKQbjGoeu898Rk30HwOP/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92H1f06TkBE6D0bqhuNXb4WZDT8CbrH9o84_4lJlOaq8uID3pRb6d2Z4ic_9MCc2BPX38MSbuz9tr_7mSGRx3GmErFReCCZT1iuC9rFnyEaDowAqFUcqJZuhElKQbjGoeu898Rk30HwOP/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; 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I'm actually reviewing a book today. </b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">I just read this recently and while I thought I was Ms Smarty Pants and had it all figured out... there was an ending twist that had me...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">So... I really LOVED this book. It was already on my buy list then LUCKY me, it was part of my Nightworms Box. The book came with a signed book plate, a sticker and letter from the author; totally killer stuff (ha ha ha see what I did there). </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Chapman made this story believable and realistic and I can't talk more about it without giving too much away. It was deftly plotted and paced and importantly, Richard was that special sort of character...go read the book to find out.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileO0B8zOFqnPt4McHUob44Hv_aLVQukIowOXiO8i80ki_WnGf9rs5oQ9MVRHQ6WWvXv1WGJm9GG0aRC8ARI56YxyZUWYbDHcmzM89VQLpdf45as84i_exzNk7Sv_-IsT-QKV3NRULqaCa/s820/Add+a+heading+%25284%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileO0B8zOFqnPt4McHUob44Hv_aLVQukIowOXiO8i80ki_WnGf9rs5oQ9MVRHQ6WWvXv1WGJm9GG0aRC8ARI56YxyZUWYbDHcmzM89VQLpdf45as84i_exzNk7Sv_-IsT-QKV3NRULqaCa/w640-h245/Add+a+heading+%25284%2529.png" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lA-juRh_G_6ipGhaoSLjyY4_3xU5nkXp4ZH0j8JoMUtFknie-XMpTHXRFKE0OVsaVPJPcgcoQjPtU3DUbi7MoG_IaNihxGVk2zGMu3HMPeFLGVKjvkxGm-1L14CIThcYgPsNMZYngbf3/s2048/A1oUnDyDAZL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lA-juRh_G_6ipGhaoSLjyY4_3xU5nkXp4ZH0j8JoMUtFknie-XMpTHXRFKE0OVsaVPJPcgcoQjPtU3DUbi7MoG_IaNihxGVk2zGMu3HMPeFLGVKjvkxGm-1L14CIThcYgPsNMZYngbf3/w266-h400/A1oUnDyDAZL.jpg" width="266" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-large;">Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the ‘80s, the critically acclaimed author of <i>The Remaking </i>delivers another pulse pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijah’s elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesn’t have a birthday—but Sean does . . .</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, she’s worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table . . . and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Sean’s school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Sean’s favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation—and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Now, thirty years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesn’t exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">GO BUY IT</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/">Indiebound</a><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/">Amazon</a><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1KDW7kUbz46PhE8fnP2FaULxX7Qm1c_kn1kUaadDI3ch4QYhfYzrGf8SU8Atk18UVYir2fHveWYtOnBzLgQ7dki0RbH8roenfJK6OR0W9rRDK0xoq9D9rrxMkmyduSDZJC9K5E_JkfkN/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1KDW7kUbz46PhE8fnP2FaULxX7Qm1c_kn1kUaadDI3ch4QYhfYzrGf8SU8Atk18UVYir2fHveWYtOnBzLgQ7dki0RbH8roenfJK6OR0W9rRDK0xoq9D9rrxMkmyduSDZJC9K5E_JkfkN/w640-h360/don%2527t+forget.png" width="640" /></b></span></a></p><span style="font-family: courier; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>My name is Cyn and each Thursday (not to mention Fridays and Sundays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.</span></b><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIFNvuXDdL0lez5B835jCqniol8M3afNw_Jj3YLhIKQEhI6PhyphenhyphenkMncHYTSu-a2Q9JYFLWMd7vJmY0141DPuC-pq3IX23I4pB57UUxqFkt1xJzqfeKA4q4sX4LstgvyBY1ydl_mBuX8STu/s560/today+free.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIFNvuXDdL0lez5B835jCqniol8M3afNw_Jj3YLhIKQEhI6PhyphenhyphenkMncHYTSu-a2Q9JYFLWMd7vJmY0141DPuC-pq3IX23I4pB57UUxqFkt1xJzqfeKA4q4sX4LstgvyBY1ydl_mBuX8STu/w640-h360/today+free.png" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Just like it sounds, today I'll be running my mouth/blog (HA HA) on whatever the hell I want...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since I mainly read all genres of Horror right now, I've become a HUGE fan of so many Indy publishers. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the future, I will featuring more of them but today I'm going to talk about </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clashbooks.com/"><span style="color: #800180;">Clash Books</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I've only ordered two books from them there are so many more up for pre-order on their site I really want! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm going to feature both books I just bought. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A little secret first - romance novels were my very first love, just minutes ahead of horror. I was reading adult content books at a very young age(college level reading/comprehension in 6th grade). In fact, I learned to NOT show my mom what I was reading because she had taken books away from me for being too explicit. Can anyone else relate? HA HA HA </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm still a huge fan of the paranormal romance variety so...yeah I could not resist buying this one. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBuTPyeVHcHWujLumOTkiSHNPaG_NGmfeJy7-oC6kT3t4XtAG4LQ2Mwn7YFHoGhJ7_xP54vBc9La6CrQMNuTsox6tqOR6YyjpBAnk_OHc3D1se3pklEt-7N8Dh7iUA4Bq0vb8mp6J7igS/s1360/71FckeuTC4L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBuTPyeVHcHWujLumOTkiSHNPaG_NGmfeJy7-oC6kT3t4XtAG4LQ2Mwn7YFHoGhJ7_xP54vBc9La6CrQMNuTsox6tqOR6YyjpBAnk_OHc3D1se3pklEt-7N8Dh7iUA4Bq0vb8mp6J7igS/w250-h400/71FckeuTC4L.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A horror novel about writing, publishing, and paranormal romance.</div></div></b></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Autumn Collins left rehab with medical debt and a new skill: she had a knack for spinning dark sexy yarns of paranormal romance for her rehab housemates. Unable to find a steady job, Autumn self-publishes her stories with moderate success. She attends the Paranormal Romance Awards, hoping to land top agent, Janet Rose, to help her snag a 6-figure dream deal. Despite dwindling sales, her latest novel has been nominated for the Haunted Heart Award.</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Also up for the Award is Nora Carpenter, who routinely throws parashade at Autumn on Twitter, and Shira Constantine, a paranormal romance author who based her novel on what she is convinced are real encounters with the spirit of her dearly deceased husband. At the awards ceremony, Shira will unleash something ancient and evil that thrives on dark romance. Autumn and her rivals must work together to survive a hotel that has twisted their stories into an Infernoesque fantasy world.</b></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX26z76VFaqyci51ONDbLsJc8y2Ynpxd6uKcbnJytrDN-xbRnfMfDFAeA3iuahhtXFqR79tPxZR5UVzAM9GFAJ72Pxf-sbISwLdei4c7J1YmhadYRgIUG6dGnUuC80BRRetzz1qKTQkg2_/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX26z76VFaqyci51ONDbLsJc8y2Ynpxd6uKcbnJytrDN-xbRnfMfDFAeA3iuahhtXFqR79tPxZR5UVzAM9GFAJ72Pxf-sbISwLdei4c7J1YmhadYRgIUG6dGnUuC80BRRetzz1qKTQkg2_/w400-h84/divide+banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span>OH! And lucky me...and lucky someone else...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">The other book I ordered is featured & reviewed below. Clash Books was kind enough to send me an extra package of books that actually contained a signed copy of this book featured below (book plate). So I'm going to give that extra copy away to one USA reader-the details are below if interested. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcjqynx3JLH1cbZu8tU9AhRp5TUr0YQW7mgFtlI-TnqlqcfoRDXkyNmBHqbxRr0KgNy3JLBlv7VbXpU7PZc-xoR8a5X18Bzb9uNpyfdfgl8IBWdTZzsVopmV5j6USWaRCntqBAq2P9aZr/s1360/71350cPEo3L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcjqynx3JLH1cbZu8tU9AhRp5TUr0YQW7mgFtlI-TnqlqcfoRDXkyNmBHqbxRr0KgNy3JLBlv7VbXpU7PZc-xoR8a5X18Bzb9uNpyfdfgl8IBWdTZzsVopmV5j6USWaRCntqBAq2P9aZr/w250-h400/71350cPEo3L.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">“Filled with grotesque imagery, Russell Coy’s DIMENTIA is a hypnotic and hallucinatory jaunt through a bizarre and sinister alternate realm. There are shades of Cronenberg and Brian Yuzna’s SOCIETY in these pages. Compelling, well-written stuff. Check it out.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Bryan Smith, author of 68 KILL and SLOWLY WE ROT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">"Russell Coy has crafted a tale that sends you into the throes of happy delirium. A spectacle of intensity guaranteed to thrill."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Wile E. Young, author of MAGPIE COFFIN</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">After giving up on his dream of being a published writer, Chris is plagued by a series of nightmarish visions of grotesque creatures. As the visions manifest with greater frequency they start targeting his young daughter. They are finding their way into his world and only he can fight them. Chris must uncover the truth about his connection to this strange, sadistic realm, and plunge headfirst into the unknown if he wants to save his daughter and himself.</span> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykBEoyDtRekv7YjF1bJ-7UQhDBDDfDV85oZ5lle5ZYXwLIqcsrufOsXsT6wZJRoXQcg9S7QEA7g4EuxvyMLZiBNxrYi-BW0Fh0VmXNXL5Vg6C8K8H3x9r8y-yMXaj6VY8K4jlg-c_ACpL/s2048/my+musings.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykBEoyDtRekv7YjF1bJ-7UQhDBDDfDV85oZ5lle5ZYXwLIqcsrufOsXsT6wZJRoXQcg9S7QEA7g4EuxvyMLZiBNxrYi-BW0Fh0VmXNXL5Vg6C8K8H3x9r8y-yMXaj6VY8K4jlg-c_ACpL/w400-h225/my+musings.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Coy knows how to use his words and this slim book packs a huge punch. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I cared about and rooted for Chris, which for me is important in books I read; being able to connect with characters (either good/evil, hero/heroine or villain etc)can really make or break a book for me. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You know that feeling when you are just about to fall asleep and you are in that in-between world? This book evoked that sort of feeling for me. Or maybe, like me, you have a very active imagination and you are the type to look for hidden images/patterns in EVERYTHING, including the darkness of this book cover. This book delivers on these things. I hope that makes sense? And that ending...Have I peeked your curiosity? I'm evil laughing so like go buy the book! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can't talk about too much about what I think happened (the why that is)in this book because of spoilers. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All I can say is if you are looking for a wickedly weird piece of fiction then this is the book for you.</div></div></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-0cEuy2hhjbeLshgda6iy-sK3AfEyemPSFYZOIZENFR51o9Q2zpsZv0ZgvHVy0Zd8PkqGyoxnAfj6WzWKtVbGKPB62_49zY91Ucn6bqPFqESeeZDb_AT6JCryr_p8jXL46CyG_kPIQOH/s820/Add+a+heading+%25284%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by - please drop me a line, I'd love to hear from you. </b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div>Still with me??? LOL</span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Again- I'm giving away a copy of Dimentia(with some cool stickers/bookmark)to one lucky (sorry-USA resident address only)reader. Just drop me answer below to this question & I'll pick a winner. What is one of your FAVORITE HORROR movies?</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>Hurry- answer by (this) Monday May 3rd- I'll pick someone on the 4th. <br /></span><span><br /></span></b></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></span></div></div>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-54579699466649273042021-04-28T06:00:00.025-05:002021-04-28T06:00:00.215-05:00happy book birthday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXtEwFkUi3HnCvarf0bA8JvwphKiYhRn_7RzBUtiD2CIssn93ADmDsuTMqh0mvMz-vt9FN7GZBqQCZ59SBTgj4-lRRSFGgHefYZ3d2h0tb0rrIR0HEZq-kvSyXJfRbnsDtPEz7xv5zKKG/s500/51r7BmhEyyL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXtEwFkUi3HnCvarf0bA8JvwphKiYhRn_7RzBUtiD2CIssn93ADmDsuTMqh0mvMz-vt9FN7GZBqQCZ59SBTgj4-lRRSFGgHefYZ3d2h0tb0rrIR0HEZq-kvSyXJfRbnsDtPEz7xv5zKKG/w250-h400/51r7BmhEyyL.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Now available</span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially the dark, spooky, horror, snarky type to name a few...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/s2048/happy+book+birthday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/w640-h360/happy+book+birthday.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please join me and let's raise a glass or mug (you get the idea LOL)and wish a very Happy Book Birthday to the following book(s)- </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHjif6j5d3-gDlR6-MT56LD76d39rMpoyENdWePbRrpYIY5vITeu_OX7HCOha0eADUIgfr9lcbJI_QgFsYkLeoIsShhCHhDIaFwRIXh9DaChaJ0lwYFYSUHScEqbVk-8skC1Rwhf1zpt9/s500/51r7BmhEyyL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHjif6j5d3-gDlR6-MT56LD76d39rMpoyENdWePbRrpYIY5vITeu_OX7HCOha0eADUIgfr9lcbJI_QgFsYkLeoIsShhCHhDIaFwRIXh9DaChaJ0lwYFYSUHScEqbVk-8skC1Rwhf1zpt9/w250-h400/51r7BmhEyyL.jpg" width="250" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Cave-dwellers. Grave-dwellers. Crypts, catacombs, nuclear bunkers. This volume of one-hundred-word stories will explore the horrors that lie beneath. From monsters lurking below the Earth’s crust to subconscious nightmares forced to the surface, you can be sure to find something to appeal amongst these bitesize tiny terrors.</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I've read titles from this publisher before and they are worth your time & money. Seriously. So I really can't wait to read this one!</div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>What are you waiting for- grab your copy today. </b></span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-69157760336751519462021-04-28T05:00:00.046-05:002021-04-28T05:00:00.218-05:00come visit Darkisle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C_KvDX7llzyxQM1NAymKWZaIObE0kBXcskAwdMSaFoz3TksjDcZ0OVIal7qj-dDmhQ39JEKFuSAKUxZQtXzfKryz61wr8RdnCgnW_3Ae2o4i1Zrk0wnsGJzMuqi8qn6YbshHydVXt4nd/s2048/The+Gathering+of+Shadows+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C_KvDX7llzyxQM1NAymKWZaIObE0kBXcskAwdMSaFoz3TksjDcZ0OVIal7qj-dDmhQ39JEKFuSAKUxZQtXzfKryz61wr8RdnCgnW_3Ae2o4i1Zrk0wnsGJzMuqi8qn6YbshHydVXt4nd/w250-h400/The+Gathering+of+Shadows+cover.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdPkNA8-m36u8jc055st0XcFxfYc8IsueGQsRyXHZDcWmFYpk_ZJqojYD-_8OIngTxY3yiwZmrJxFrqT-3KMvXXMZBrsjHDPVd-bbom3chHQZQS1LFxzpbxDM3bHUJH3xXQoeU74yApRz/s2048/Those+Under+The+Hill+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdPkNA8-m36u8jc055st0XcFxfYc8IsueGQsRyXHZDcWmFYpk_ZJqojYD-_8OIngTxY3yiwZmrJxFrqT-3KMvXXMZBrsjHDPVd-bbom3chHQZQS1LFxzpbxDM3bHUJH3xXQoeU74yApRz/w250-h400/Those+Under+The+Hill+cover.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Now available</span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially the dark, spooky, horror, snarky type to name a few...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today I'm hosting author Mark N Drake. Mark contacted me bringing his books to my attention. And while I've yet to read any of them they sound pretty fascinating, especially since he describes them as having a Lovecraftian vibe. Plus I LOVE the cover on Those Under the Hill. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>So... without further ado...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C_KvDX7llzyxQM1NAymKWZaIObE0kBXcskAwdMSaFoz3TksjDcZ0OVIal7qj-dDmhQ39JEKFuSAKUxZQtXzfKryz61wr8RdnCgnW_3Ae2o4i1Zrk0wnsGJzMuqi8qn6YbshHydVXt4nd/s2048/The+Gathering+of+Shadows+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C_KvDX7llzyxQM1NAymKWZaIObE0kBXcskAwdMSaFoz3TksjDcZ0OVIal7qj-dDmhQ39JEKFuSAKUxZQtXzfKryz61wr8RdnCgnW_3Ae2o4i1Zrk0wnsGJzMuqi8qn6YbshHydVXt4nd/w250-h400/The+Gathering+of+Shadows+cover.jpg" width="250" /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">A gritty detective story that spirals into the realms of Lovecraftian Horror, 'The Gathering of Shadows' will delight fans of the genre as they travel with Jack Glennison from the stolid certainty of 1920s England to a world of lost temples, ancient gods, whispered chants and terrifying visitations.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Glennison is a failed scholar, a frustrated policeman, a discharged soldier… and now a private detective about to get out of his depth. When a glamorous blonde arrives at his less-than-glamorous Manchester office, her missing person case has "straying husband" written all over it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But Jack's investigation soon takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself on a steamer bound for half-forgotten Darkisle in the Irish Sea. Here he finds himself confronting both dark forces and his own forgotten past.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>BUY:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9">USA Kindle</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08B45XRM9">UK Kindle</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DC84KDN">USA Print</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DC84KDN">UK Print</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5TqCmuVSnsW0q3IEM_X3d2pcOclloiatRb_pgZhswnhXbPUHemlLBoHRP5lha2HKQ7VYXC02utjCviptov5u2jaTScbJRg0EITkJGi_b_ZT_Tt39s9T6u6QxAIWbrbSlGJuDPNyocKj0/s2048/Those+Under+The+Hill+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5TqCmuVSnsW0q3IEM_X3d2pcOclloiatRb_pgZhswnhXbPUHemlLBoHRP5lha2HKQ7VYXC02utjCviptov5u2jaTScbJRg0EITkJGi_b_ZT_Tt39s9T6u6QxAIWbrbSlGJuDPNyocKj0/w250-h400/Those+Under+The+Hill+cover.jpg" width="250" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's May 1922, eight months after events during his first visit to Darkisle shook Jack Glennison's world. Now he's being pulled back there to find out what happened to a young boy who disappeared from the family farm. But any hopes Jack had that this might be a regular missing person case soon evaporate in the unseasonal heat of a Darkisle spring. Why haven't the boy's parents raised the alarm? What is the source of their unexplained wealth? And what links the uncanny events that have happened recently on nearby Slee Top hill?As Jack's investigation takes him across the island, he realises that if he thought he knew just what Darkisle could throw at him, he was sadly mistaken. For Darkisle holds more ancient magical secrets than he ever expected. And some secrets are best left buried.This second book in the Glennison Darkisle Cases delves deeper into the hostile Lovecraftian world of Darkisle, where nothing is quite as it seems....What readers are saying about this series:“I eagerly look forward to future entries in the series.” “Looking forward to further adventures.”“Can't wait to read whatever is next. Write quickly, Mr. Drake, please.”“Looking forward to more… good stuff!”“I look forward to more in the series.”</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>BUY: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0922YDGZV">USA Kindle </a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0922YDGZV">UK Kindle</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0924JZ8TD"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>USA Print</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0924JZ8TD">UK Print</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge77OqNjFW8pl7GGvpKDcxFTk5dQzFyF4rc5ATJoOq9L9C5rJ5l17XIKo7cIGwletEAic54SZ18PhtqKsd5bCO1qCA8oCStlGMPCBX7F7jylxRJ6vG1mYNSpbqX2g7BIO_SwreSqkNqIAL/s1296/Pint+in+Head+of+Steam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge77OqNjFW8pl7GGvpKDcxFTk5dQzFyF4rc5ATJoOq9L9C5rJ5l17XIKo7cIGwletEAic54SZ18PhtqKsd5bCO1qCA8oCStlGMPCBX7F7jylxRJ6vG1mYNSpbqX2g7BIO_SwreSqkNqIAL/w400-h299/Pint+in+Head+of+Steam.jpg" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Mark N Drake is a British author of
Lovecraftian fiction (though he has been
known to write for other genres as well).
Most of his works feature his fictional
creation Darkisle, a British island of dark
secrets and whispered terrors.
His first novel, ‘The Gathering of Shadows’,
was published in 2020. It was the first in a
series of Cthulhu Mythos-inspired novels
centred upon the cases of private
detective Jack Glennison. Based in the
Northern England of the 1920s, the stories follow Glennison as he explores Darkisle and
gradually learns of the ancient horrors that stalk that island… and beyond.
The follow up novel, ‘Those Under The Hill’, was published in 2021. More in the series are
planned.
Despite a misspent youth spent seeking out Panther horror paperbacks in second-hand
bookshops, Mark graduated in Applied Physics and became a defence research scientist.
Later, he went on to work in Higher Education management and return to education,
obtaining an MBA. He lives in County Durham with his family. When not writing, he retreats
to his shed to invent games.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntT22u7y_fdF8-9WS1E5vnhYUCuhGDwTIr4eqAjZIyKUOzKhsZRevqxK3FJSB-7IKZ4WhYeK1aIDwSwqqyZnBvu9C9l-VC90mzbrgxWUjfcslOf6fkpgXfWxPk1kHf72sirVVzaMXcyPM/s1500/divide+banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntT22u7y_fdF8-9WS1E5vnhYUCuhGDwTIr4eqAjZIyKUOzKhsZRevqxK3FJSB-7IKZ4WhYeK1aIDwSwqqyZnBvu9C9l-VC90mzbrgxWUjfcslOf6fkpgXfWxPk1kHf72sirVVzaMXcyPM/w400-h84/divide+banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">You should also take the time to visit Mark's website (listed below) for FREE downloads of: </span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'd love to hear from so drop me a line. </b></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-10264404338992286652021-04-27T06:00:00.000-05:002021-04-27T06:00:00.235-05:00happy book birthday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy51W3MjM2o45Sroo4ngM3zdHxshy2_KTYOROehddlfuLUUBB8UB8vBf8l5ruP4pph4mEvtPLh4W6W2Gwa6pS0VdvkeB_snVBp60ZOu-Qd9N-et9DzX_XxNc2mz4_jWOkb0XPtbFSrWUHW/s1535/71hUen2qFtL+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy51W3MjM2o45Sroo4ngM3zdHxshy2_KTYOROehddlfuLUUBB8UB8vBf8l5ruP4pph4mEvtPLh4W6W2Gwa6pS0VdvkeB_snVBp60ZOu-Qd9N-et9DzX_XxNc2mz4_jWOkb0XPtbFSrWUHW/w260-h400/71hUen2qFtL+%25281%2529.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Now available</b></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially the Gothic, dark, spooky, horror, snarky, sometimes romantic type to name a few...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/s2048/happy+book+birthday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBaKTdtFCQgyYJPrI8_YWyCa9n3C1-pykrwREyxzlgFyV0JqUqMa7IMxu02u4YZqhCz2Ktgzc_1x8V4rj5kI6QapNlNo_GiwkDA5ymuzFWPfOZFNFYxQYcpAWly8ulXruucBx_56r5K_E/w640-h360/happy+book+birthday.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please join me and let's raise a glass or mug (you get the idea LOL)and wish a very Happy Book Birthday to the following book(s)- </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkBpFz4Eth0dCvQWsE55XUBsWoBAIR8qcNhZDiXp1Dq1bHbbUZe2S8sFKAcPiPjqTGDjRKxntFcPg-N0fjZPYw85_aJRLSfezijMzzJ8s4rzrWmjn1_CsIWo9RBBfsXtRLhFNW5tnlIep/s1535/71hUen2qFtL+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkBpFz4Eth0dCvQWsE55XUBsWoBAIR8qcNhZDiXp1Dq1bHbbUZe2S8sFKAcPiPjqTGDjRKxntFcPg-N0fjZPYw85_aJRLSfezijMzzJ8s4rzrWmjn1_CsIWo9RBBfsXtRLhFNW5tnlIep/w260-h400/71hUen2qFtL+%25281%2529.jpg" width="260" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">They are the Beautiful Ones, Loisail’s most notable socialites, and this spring is Nina’s chance to join their ranks, courtesy of her well-connected cousin and his calculating wife. But the Grand Season has just begun, and already Nina’s debut has gone disastrously awry. She has always struggled to control her telekinesis―neighbors call her the Witch of Oldhouse―and the haphazard manifestations of her powers make her the subject of malicious gossip.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">When entertainer Hector Auvray arrives to town, Nina is dazzled. A telekinetic like her, he has traveled the world performing his talents for admiring audiences. He sees Nina not as a witch, but ripe with potential to master her power under his tutelage. With Hector’s help, Nina’s talent blossoms, as does her love for him.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But great romances are for fairytales, and Hector is hiding a truth from Nina ― and himself―that threatens to end their courtship before it truly begins.</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I read and reviewed an eARC of this book and while it wasn't my favorite, I still found it an enjoyable read. I guess I was looking/expecting of more a Mexican Gothic tone/vibe but without the horror. LOL </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So what are you waiting for- grab your copy today. </div></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from so drop me a line.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></p>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-35067791454950513132021-04-26T06:00:00.050-05:002021-04-26T06:00:00.215-05:00The Serrulata Saga Begins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHmU4ltHKvzxuEuQrztDyyftoeWuR-a-g_tYXDvbtbTAsSsQbm1YwzPPRASmqWzKztI-aNZOIGZgtb86kmzBqyO6foCgbzgpRFNbnZq7ahWoZFlKXRgoO8XEOM3ZmCxmXYHnuZGfQkEB5/s1500/61iZ3hxOYoL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHmU4ltHKvzxuEuQrztDyyftoeWuR-a-g_tYXDvbtbTAsSsQbm1YwzPPRASmqWzKztI-aNZOIGZgtb86kmzBqyO6foCgbzgpRFNbnZq7ahWoZFlKXRgoO8XEOM3ZmCxmXYHnuZGfQkEB5/w266-h400/61iZ3hxOYoL.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Now available</b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNat8zVuCw_Xx18esNm0SIaLgJQHdddwYlm1BD2KmMlk_fis8jEjvL-Q3LOoRGfYjvC3ZIedjc3V2fvFYYf2ZQSEYtI037bgDcvSuw-dAxnNnXr7yfBaCEIk9UKozDGgt_alRl1xuRJig/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></b></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially the dark, spooky, horror, snarky type to name a few...</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today I'm featuring & hosting A.E. Bennett, a brand new self- published author of book one The Serrulata Saga.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBRxzo9btLwczbmNAmnLqdpOm1QNCsb6awqVmfO2hGuSVYwGYsu72DbNQkWDIA7Ek1ypH_isbCSChYKzNLcKVaHxVtkTHGnvDNrxmy5Xt9B7XhyphenhyphendmO0Vp6obD-sHyWwRJG7PmwJExkx4d/s1500/61iZ3hxOYoL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBRxzo9btLwczbmNAmnLqdpOm1QNCsb6awqVmfO2hGuSVYwGYsu72DbNQkWDIA7Ek1ypH_isbCSChYKzNLcKVaHxVtkTHGnvDNrxmy5Xt9B7XhyphenhyphendmO0Vp6obD-sHyWwRJG7PmwJExkx4d/s320/61iZ3hxOYoL.jpg" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Leora of Mae is a young Xanthi woman, orphaned at birth and raised on a remote farm where she is the only one of her kind. As a wielder of Xanthcraft, her abilities set her apart from her adoptive family and the other villagers. Shortly before her twentieth birthday, she learns of her family’s plot to sell her into servitude. Fearing for her life, she flees from the only home she’s ever known… Roland Shallowbrook has been traveling the Thieves’ Road since childhood, performing odd jobs and stealing when necessary to survive. With twenty-five years behind him, he has no permanent home to speak of and considers himself lucky to have survived his latest theft. Lacking any proper destination, he stumbles into a dingy tavern in a remote road-stop town, not realizing his life will be changed forever… Lady Aurora Verte, the eldest daughter of the powerful Lord Tristian Verte, is one of the most desired young women in the Realm. As a member of the gentry, she has only known comfort and luxury. On the morning of her wedding, she is preparing to become head of a new household and assume duties befitting of a lady when White Riders storm into her family home, destroying life as she knows it. With the help of her twin sister Eve, Aurora flees House Verte with little more than the wedding dress she’s wearing…Leopold, First Commander of the White Riders and the Realm’s First Defender, has been a loyal servant of the sovereign since he was a child. Raised as a soldier with single-minded devotion, a secret regarding the gentry was recently thrust upon him. Bound by a duty stronger than his upbringing, he makes the decision to betray his own men, and now he must pay a terrible price…Together, these four unlikely heroes will have to band together, not only to survive, but to battle to create a more just country for all.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BUY: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Four-Book-Serrulata-Saga-ebook/dp/B08ZJRXBGV/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1617719674&sr=8-1">Amazon</a> PS- it's on Kindle Unlimited</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s1500/divide+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMcnDbk1XJd4WukvAH2lvWmiOBUHZ0wyg5Gwm8mS1hz3hbJOZbiKaP3YSN39GTMJevJFCcDaUG_43JdzcHUzvDr-cOB8LY-7H_5hucdZ_e0JlftOIUKUmOg2sVGxcMsiRl3ceOibmngth/s320/divide+banner.png" width="320" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><b><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div>Bennett recently contacted me, and while I don't have plans to read this yet, she let me interview her.</b></span><b> </b></span><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I wasn't a very inventive reviewer LOL, and yet I still think these questions were fun and her answers were interesting-Plus who doesn't LOVE Tori Amos(saw her in concert back in the day)& NIN! </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/s2048/me+new.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1281" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/w125-h200/me+new.JPEG" width="125" /></a> Name one of your favorite books?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/s2048/cherryblossom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/w200-h150/cherryblossom.JPG" width="200" /></a>The favorite book question is always hard for me. When I was in middle school, it was Little Women. In high school and for a long time after it was Pride and Prejudice. (Supre cliche, I know!) I've always been fascinated by the ancient world, too, and during quarantine I had the chance to read Gilgamesh and Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey, so I think those are tied for my favorites at the moment. </div></b></span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/s2048/me+new.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1281" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/w125-h200/me+new.JPEG" width="125" /></a>When writing your book were you inspired by any music or do you have a play list that you associate with your novel?</b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/s2048/cherryblossom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/w200-h150/cherryblossom.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">I have a writing playlist that I've cobbled together over the years, so often I'll put that on to get me started. If I have to write a particularly emotional scene, I might turn to Tori Amos. All of my fights and battle scenes are written to Nine Inch Nails. (I was in high school in the 90s - what can I say?)</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/s2048/me+new.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1281" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/w125-h200/me+new.JPEG" width="125" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">When you wrote your book, did you plan it all out, or are you more of a seat of pants type of writer?</span> </b></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/s2048/cherryblossom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/w200-h150/cherryblossom.JPG" width="200" /></a>I<span style="background-color: white;">'m definitely a planner. I tried pantsing a version of this book and it just didn't work. So, when I went back to the drawing board, I outlined every chapter. Now I can't think of writing without an outline!</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/s2048/me+new.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1281" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/w125-h200/me+new.JPEG" width="125" /></a> <span style="background-color: white;">Where did you idea for this novel come from? Meaning were you inspired by a person or event or news story/history etc?</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/s2048/cherryblossom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/w200-h150/cherryblossom.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">There was a period in 1997 where the Hale-Bopp comet was all anyone talked about and I was obsessed. I found the idea of a comet coming around once every two thousand or so years fascinating, and I started to think about what the planet would be like the next time Hale-Bopp comes our way, and an idea was born!</span></b></span></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/s2048/me+new.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1281" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVuND6uLxydh1F06Eo5CqKFwbxehNyOVHL0UxVDC8UIEPG5F0BVQHN2dHWgxfKMjVPx4A6ZY8k09qa6jIvPQHMrnxPI5UqvvGKwIilT4ggagxRBhTV34oIV0Hoh_tgPcrMhBYToACoqz-/w125-h200/me+new.JPEG" width="125" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">Are you working on another novel now? A few details? </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/s2048/cherryblossom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBCVACDzVn6s7F0SLzCp1dnpViVYefV3dyDdwvtGUergmcEenzNu3RjRqLwOWE-pM07jq_fUgRiHz1ciImGAv45hnaccM4XOJZrePdN4WWd3yL4oh4PcclFJIWlaC2vIpp285XyVgMjcl/w200-h150/cherryblossom.JPG" width="200" /></a>The Serrulata Saga is just that, so there will be several books in this series. During summer of 2020, I challenged myself to write a romance, and that exercise actually turned into a prequel of Gathering of the Four. It's a novella and with my editor now. I'm hoping to have that out by this coming holiday season. I've just started working on Book Two (working title - ha!) in the series and honestly I have no idea when the first draft will be done, but I'd love to get it to readers around this same time next year. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrruF-E18m5aT6QcsVMFwliIjISWnajQIZLVkIjktTduSZosiHADAtKanab3JfAgN3i1XyiW2y8FVANuy2NGmtVfav-Bxjuv_hqPTZteQW46t3P68WLX1HtWxmsiHSshvj1BhWkpHbpEV/s1500/divide+banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="1500" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrruF-E18m5aT6QcsVMFwliIjISWnajQIZLVkIjktTduSZosiHADAtKanab3JfAgN3i1XyiW2y8FVANuy2NGmtVfav-Bxjuv_hqPTZteQW46t3P68WLX1HtWxmsiHSshvj1BhWkpHbpEV/w400-h84/divide+banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Again, I'd like to thank A.E. for reaching out to me and sharing a few details about herself & the Serrulta Saga. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">PS - Her cover art work, some of the website art, including the above cherry blossom, from artist James Maselas are beautiful! So take a minute and visit her below- those photographs are BEAUTIFUL too. </span></b><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><br /><a href="https://www.booksbybennett.com/">A.E.'s website</a><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xf-eQN2TZf-lJpIWnzxUD_RxNJklJCjj4dRo2ZB7ple4wQm8JTcRKXfG9tEYkZzm8X_zTo5-k2VwsioBbsnxlemfk6PunCnuQw1UzJB_lj1UCueiEWb80ypU5BbrlFZqvtsxS4v9rvjf/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsTFX_MKaRL0DU5Aj77YeYGxrKELUaXiuS1YLrAD4MULdtToDPUD1Pbkv7Ufd4-t7Zqax6fuht8GPRX7KVDJ91DyhXIgDx8PwOFay6E9GdsBaa93oZJAMa-VA8lGbfFYgF-XNbK_QI8Q/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to hear from so drop me a line.<span> </span></b></span></p></div></div></div></div>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016437997748915217.post-90022372807500130512021-04-25T06:00:00.042-05:002021-04-25T06:00:00.222-05:00spotlight sunday<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDdwn_pnZpNScrDuMTjcf_Wdr4AlEh0EafuNwqKcOxp5mkbUEDj4SZ70JHFuXe42bx0y5e1SqnPFtb7cXMKfJVsuxizU1H3B1SzUne1YHTjqIFA1RJ6woFCNhMU2yBhvPXbS94PCTZlzC/s560/spot+sun.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDdwn_pnZpNScrDuMTjcf_Wdr4AlEh0EafuNwqKcOxp5mkbUEDj4SZ70JHFuXe42bx0y5e1SqnPFtb7cXMKfJVsuxizU1H3B1SzUne1YHTjqIFA1RJ6woFCNhMU2yBhvPXbS94PCTZlzC/w640-h360/spot+sun.png" width="640" /></a></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">book covers we...</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww07VuiiwOEIp972fGlFFsCCmuYDWcBua3epFsVuSf2lzbnsxz25K2UZ1L4bc44vTBFPjO5ymsnBjO1zL6kPiteAdTGtLdBd3uyAzS5z_dgpcvaJ5KptZ7k9glQOVhxr2K2nzHqlZ3Lee/s1640/welcome.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww07VuiiwOEIp972fGlFFsCCmuYDWcBua3epFsVuSf2lzbnsxz25K2UZ1L4bc44vTBFPjO5ymsnBjO1zL6kPiteAdTGtLdBd3uyAzS5z_dgpcvaJ5KptZ7k9glQOVhxr2K2nzHqlZ3Lee/w640-h360/welcome.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>My name is Cyn and each Sunday (not to mention Thurdays and Fridays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.</span></b><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><b>Today we are "spotlighting" books with covers we aren't crazy about. This is no reflection on the book itself- rather than our opinion about the cover. We also understand that many times the author has no control over the cover or title. </b></span></span><b>We also typically won't offer much in the way of any explanation about our choices.</b></span><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>While I don't care for this 1st cover (I don't think it all quite goes together) I LOVE the cover on the other edition. I understand different editions and countries use different covers. Also the book sounds really intriguing so yeah maybe someday I'll actually read it! LOL </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>I'd love to know which cover you like better too: </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>The one I don't like too much:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIyH4sfCNt__6BTZ7DiqxR9kjXkasMAjbzIRDUSlDYammkNdez5GguqiU7slmwitRQ5uf-59NpqAp_PvcQiTPtlqO_GVIFoLbSYIIRxomjv-7Z1KZCC8u7r8DEkslCo0L3PS5S4SatAHH/s475/53816053._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIyH4sfCNt__6BTZ7DiqxR9kjXkasMAjbzIRDUSlDYammkNdez5GguqiU7slmwitRQ5uf-59NpqAp_PvcQiTPtlqO_GVIFoLbSYIIRxomjv-7Z1KZCC8u7r8DEkslCo0L3PS5S4SatAHH/s320/53816053._SY475_.jpg" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>The one I like more:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5I28mR20ca1tfbyARzoTp1-xsZGd-cnbeqM3-sEq6OKPqXRoE_fg9Xgt0VD8n_AbaV7JSLmgXwUAoxkQ2ARyigxpb0-y-PKMX8dO1m737iamuh9Rje7z9igBQo2VTCkdVO-Eg10XO0FB/s475/51003651._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5I28mR20ca1tfbyARzoTp1-xsZGd-cnbeqM3-sEq6OKPqXRoE_fg9Xgt0VD8n_AbaV7JSLmgXwUAoxkQ2ARyigxpb0-y-PKMX8dO1m737iamuh9Rje7z9igBQo2VTCkdVO-Eg10XO0FB/s320/51003651._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>About the book:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">WELCOME TO THE ANCHORAGE, FOR A HONEYMOON YOU'LL NEVER FORGET . . .</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Charles and Grace wanted a quiet staycation honeymoon, but when their train terminates early due to a storm up ahead, they wonder if they made the wrong decision. Forced to take shelter in the nearest seaside town, Saltwater, they discover that there is only one guesthouse left. Unlike the rest of Saltwater, The Anchorage is entirely deserted.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">That night, with the storm howling relentlessly, Grace is woken by a child crying. She is haunted by the sound, until Charles convinces her it was only her imagination. But the next day, she finds a warning scrawled in the guest book: </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Leave now. Do not trust them </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">As the storm rages on, phone lines are down, transport links cut off. Grace is desperate to leave, but Charles remains unaffected by the eerie stillness of the house. Is it just Grace's imagination or do the owners, and Charles, have something to hide?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><i>THANK YOU FOR STAYING AT THE ANCHORAGE. WE</i> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><i>HOPE YOU'LL BE BACK SOON...</i></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b> PS - I told you this sounds really good LOL- especially since it is indicated that it is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdJbqT7VGV_LUazmy5A88F3LzIdrgVK8qD1sRAy1TPpTfCOalQj_FnxX67agHmi-GSdWnRy0iL_1-yN_1mzF1mBPu8X5xDaJkjlKBWT27MYDFNnCzltsWlBIcymisgNiVn47sxbh3zv8T/s560/don%2527t+forget.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdJbqT7VGV_LUazmy5A88F3LzIdrgVK8qD1sRAy1TPpTfCOalQj_FnxX67agHmi-GSdWnRy0iL_1-yN_1mzF1mBPu8X5xDaJkjlKBWT27MYDFNnCzltsWlBIcymisgNiVn47sxbh3zv8T/w640-h360/don%2527t+forget.png" width="640" /></span></a></div></b></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><span><br /></span></b></span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.romancingthereaders.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Romancing the Readers</span></a><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>Return on: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><b>4/29 for Book Club Thursday</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_2mzM6oDXWSw_0nI9A_JxGWSr6ZradKYEzEqTmgD027Qb-oZHqDg4snyS1SPxWu3HAJfZk5BADbHdlxoZGP4MwaEP2WOUhUhY2oonxNHwvq4SjjVHzhQ2w_r9gUXuqg06OfL0IAE8raZ/s2048/happy+reading.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_2mzM6oDXWSw_0nI9A_JxGWSr6ZradKYEzEqTmgD027Qb-oZHqDg4snyS1SPxWu3HAJfZk5BADbHdlxoZGP4MwaEP2WOUhUhY2oonxNHwvq4SjjVHzhQ2w_r9gUXuqg06OfL0IAE8raZ/w400-h225/happy+reading.png" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKyS_oTmEy4NNGhGx_4-HB30FJBwEFGGLHO_PdDTIAjxvVT3leXBIIB8hBFJjsXPNGUScD3Sx-aXdOG1Tqo1kcL0ED1ID_pMLCJllHsYSis7CHiH-9m4QLoz8qCSNsLPz7yPl4DH41dqg/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioz5IyA9uRlW6LeweLjQ6JA2C9of4q8r1IE_tTSgQe5IupVjANDyBN4anSnH1hXo-GaHr5qZ0hxm5lWykEsGrPEFhR8gakjSwiIdbowzP_Z6cL8WFsjceb7p2nM8plf0blFWxnNz7rrFEA/s560/host+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioz5IyA9uRlW6LeweLjQ6JA2C9of4q8r1IE_tTSgQe5IupVjANDyBN4anSnH1hXo-GaHr5qZ0hxm5lWykEsGrPEFhR8gakjSwiIdbowzP_Z6cL8WFsjceb7p2nM8plf0blFWxnNz7rrFEA/s320/host+banner.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br /></div></div></div></div>born to read bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772272561459922138noreply@blogger.com0