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I hope everyone is having a wonderful Holiday Season.  I am ending this year on a review and my first author inteview.  The review will be first and the interview will follow. First I want to thank Mr. William Brown for giving me the opportunity to read his newest suspense novel The Undertaker. I will be looking at more works written by William Brown. The Undertaker is a suspenseful on the edge of your seat novel. I found myself reading whenever I had a free moment. When I was at a red light I had my phone out and was reading The Undertaker while I waited for the green light. I think you can say I was hooked from the beginning. Peter Talbott is a man who was married to Terri. Peter became a widower when his wife Terri became ill and died. Terri's death hit Peter hard and he hit rock bottom. His friends thought he died in a car crash in Mexico. Peter is brought into trouble when a guy named Gino shows Peter his obituary and his wife's from an Ohio newspaper. Peter is v...

I have decided to try and read all the Harry Potter books again since the last move was released this year.  I have read every book except for the last one many times.  My goal is to finish all 7 books by the end of the year.  I am not doing so well.  I am currently on book 4 and I haven't gotten very far.  Hopefully I will complete this challenge. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the beginning of the life of an ordinary boy until he receives some mysterious letters. His aunt and uncle are determined not to let Harry receive these letters. The story is slow at first just so that you can be introduced to the many characters. You meet Dumbledore, Harry, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley, Hermione, Ron, Hagrid and many more. I love all the interesting descriptions of these characters this helps with being able to connect with them on a very personal level. Harry is surprised to learn that he is a wizard and that his parents were great ones. I loved...

This is my all time favorite book and movie.  The images below are one of the book cover and one of the actors that starred in the movie. The movie!! The Book I read this book again just because I love it so much. Plus I really want to watch the movie. I am just not paying $3.00 to watch it. I cried as soon as I started reading the Outsiders. I think this is one book that everyone should read. The Outsiders is the story of the Greasers and Socs. Ponyboy is the one who narrates this story. Ponyboy is 14 years old and lives with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop. Their parents are dead and Ponyboy is always afraid that Sodapop and him will be put into a boys home if they get into trouble. The other members of the Greasers are: Dally, Johnny, Two-bit, and Steve. The Socs are: Bob and Randy, there are 2 Soc girls named Sherry Valance (aka: Cherry) and Marcia. Johnny, Dally and Ponyboy go to the movies. Dally teases the two Soc girls Sherry and Marcia. Johnny tells Dally t...

I am finally getting to post my review for That Day in September.  I wanted to post it in September but I work in a school district and it was just so hectic at work I didn't have the time.  Better late then never. I want to thank Mr. Artie Van Why for giving me a chance to read his story on the events of September 11, 2001. That Day in September is the first book I have ever read about that fateful day. I do have a fascination about actual events and to have the chance to feel what it was like to be there through the words of someone that was there is one that I will never pass up. That Day In September had me tearing up right from the beginning. I know what I was doing when the attack happened and it touch me then and it touch me again reading this book. Yet to read a first hand experience makes me realize how much different it was for me then for everyone in New York. I cannot even start to say what it was like to be working right next to the World Trade Center and he...

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I just wanted to let all my readers know that I am fine and that I had no problems during the hurricane.  I was very lucky to not have lost power or have any major damage to myself, family, house etc. I would like it if everyone would just remember those that did suffer some sort of damage during the hurricane. The east coast was very lucky and the storm turned out to be less threatening than expected.  I did have a tornado watch for our area which frightened me a lot.  I did learn one thing during this hurricane.  Do not look at all the posts on Facebook about the Hurricane.  I was more worried when reading the posts then any other time.

I am sure everyone has heard of the hurricane/tropical storm that is scheduled to hit the eastern states today (Aug. 27, 2011) and continue into late Sunday.  I am in that path and decided to post to let everyone know that I am hoping to get a lot of reading done during this storm. I believe I have myself prepared with new flash lights.  I couldn't find any of the ones I already own.  They just up and walked off I think.  I even put jugs of water in the freezer so that if the power goes off I at least have some cold water to drink and use for other things if needed. The past couple of days have been very interesting.  So many people running out and buying water, food, generators and other things.  We were talking at work about how some people we saw with gallons of water, and milk.  One person had 8 loaves of bread.  I hope she has a huge family otherwise the birds are going to be well fed in her area. I am not trying to take this storm lightl...

Well the end of Summer is drawing nearer everyday.  I will be going back to normal work hours next week, yeah!!  Which means 8 hours days instead of 10 hour days.  It will take me forever to learn to sleep past 5 am.  I do like to be up early and stay up late.  Now hopefully I will be able to get some reading done before going to bed at night. Now that Summer is winding down in the U.S., at least, do you have plans now that the kids will be going back to school.  Did your children do any summer reading?  Did you have to force them to read?  What did they read? I remember when my children were young taking them to one of the local libraries and checking out books for them to read.  Sometimes they were all gung ho about it and other times they could care less.  The library also had some camps for them to do.  I signed them up one year and they enjoyed themselves.  My son did one for Science.  I can't remember what my dau...

I want to thank Mr. Artie Van Why for giving me a chance to read his story on the events of September 11, 2001. That Day in September is the first book I have ever read about that fateful day. I do have a fascination about actual events and to have the chance to feel what it was like to be there through the words of someone that was there is one that I will never pass up. That Day In September had me tearing up right from the beginning. I know what I was doing when the attack happened and it touch me then and it touch me again reading this book. Yet to read a first hand experience makes me realize how much different it was for me then for everyone in New York. I cannot even start to say what it was like to be working right next to the World Trade Center and hearing a loud boom. Mr. Van Why writes from the heart as he recounts his steps during the attack on the World Trade Center and the days and months that follow. Most of us may have suffered for a few days but those who live and work...

Have you ever heard of Paper Towns? I didn't know what to expect when I picked up this book by John Green. This book was recommended by an online friend from my website. I am glad I finally read it. I found the story very entertaining. The story made me think about my time in high school. Paper Towns is the story of teenagers and just them discovering things about themselves and their friends. How would you react if you just learned that your boyfriend and best girl friend were hooking up? Your friends knew but didn't bother to tell you? Would you just snap or would you do something like Margo Roth Spiegelman does in Paper Towns. Paper Towns follows Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman on an adventure and mystery. Q is the good kid and doesn't do anything wrong. Margo is the adventurous type. Two different personalities that were friends when the were young yet have grown apart like so many of us do over time. I suggest taking some time and pick up Paper Towns and jus...

I won this book through Library Thing's Early Reviewers Program (ER).  I want to that both Library Thing and Putnam books for giving me this opportunity to read and review this book. Silent Enemy is the story of Major Parson and Sergeant Gold. We were first introduced to these two characters in Young's previous book The Mullah's Storm. I am not familiar with that book yet I still found Silent Enemy easy to follow. Major Parson is pilot in the Air-force and Sergeant Gold is from the Army working as a teacher in Afghanistan to help train those who want to become police and make Afghanistan a better place. Her school/police office is bombed and students and staff are injured. Gold and her friends and colleagues become patients of Major Parson's aircraft.   Parson's aircraft is now considered an Air Evac mission. The story doesn't get interesting until the Air Evac is in flight and they learn of a bomb threat to all aircraft that left Bagram Air Base. Parson...

Now many may be surprised to learn that I never read this book as a child.  I have heard of it but wan never one to read books just because everyone said they were good or that I should read them.  I could be very defiant when it came to reading. I am glad that I did finally read this book.  I have seen parts of the movie but never from the beginning.  This is a very nice story of a girl, two boys and a secret garden.  The names of the children are Mary, Dickon and Colon. Mary is quite contrary is what children from India called her when she lived there with her parents.  When her parents and everyone she knew had died she was sent to live with her uncle.  At first she was not happy to be in England.  She is very thin and looks ill but once she starts venturing outside and getting exercise and fresh air everyone notices how she grows and changes. She meets Dickon and those two start taking care of the Secret Garden.  One night Mary hear...

I am very upset about the news I just heard.  My favorite book store is closing all of their stores.  If you haven't heard it is Borders that is closing all of the remaining stores that are open.  When I found out about this I was very upset and now wondering if I will have to go to B&N for all my book purchases.  I don't care that much for Amazon as a book seller.  And I feel that B&N can be over priced.  Those are just my opinions. I used to shop at B&N before I realized that there was a Borders just down the street from B&N.  I have gone to midnight parties for Harry Potter and Twilight at both B&N and Borders.  I felt more like family at Borders then I did at B&N.  I remember my sister working for Waldenbooks and just hearing her stories about the books, customers and the people she worked with.  Now I just have to get my emotions in check so that I can decide where I will be buying my books.  I alway...

I am slowly making my way through the Sookie Stackhouse series.  I started reading the series due to my online friends at Books and Chat talking about the series on HBO called True Blood.  I wanted to watch True Blood and realized I also wanted to read the books before hand.  I will say that the HBO series doesn't follow the books completely.  I still love both of them. The sixth installment of the Sookie Stackhouse series.  I enjoyed the book and the stories.  Sookie again is mixed up with trouble and she tries to figure out who has made her a target again.  I did get tired of being reminded of what happened in the previous book. There wasn't as much romance in this book as in the previous books.  There was one scene where Sookie and her newest supe interest were fully clothed and both were sexually satisfied.  I found that scene interesting because it made me think of two teenagers having sex for the first time and not being able to ge...

I don't believe I ever posted a full list of all the books I read in 2010.  Now I have decided to post them, a little late but now you can see how my reading was in 2010: January The Lovely Bones   by Alice Sebold The Picture of Dorian Gray   by Oscar Wilde The Surgeon   by Tess Gerritsen You did it for me   by Robert   Hug American Wife   by Curtis Sittenfeld Living Dead in Dallas   by Charlaine Harris February Dear John   by Nicholas Sparks The Daughter of Time   by Josephine Tey The Zookeeper's Wife   by Diane Ackerman Club Dead   by Charlaine Harris March When the Phone Rang   by Harry Mazer The Art of Racing in the Rain   by Garth Stein Final Target   by Iris Johansen April Genoa Bay   by Bette Nordberg The Soloist   by Steve Lopez The Broken Blue Line   by Connie Dial May Down River   by John Hart Flash Terminal Velocity   by Mark Waid Someone Is Out The...