Jan. 4, 2014

This was yesterdays post and I missed it because I had nothing to talk/write about.
Today is really no better!
I have decided to share a list of the top 10 books I am interested in reading in the new book club I created yesterday.

1. The Complete Conversations with GOD~Neale Donald Walsch
2. Life of Pi~Yann Martel
3. Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life~Terry Brooks
4. The Help~Kathryn Stockett
5. The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace~Don Miguel Ruiz
6. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5)~George RR Martin
7. Dark Fire (the Last Dragon Chronicles #5)~Chris D'Lacey
8. The Alchemist~Paulo Coelho
9. Just After Sunset~Stephen King
10. We're All in This Together: A Novella and Stories~Owen King

Top 10 from my GoodReads To Read List!

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Today I am grateful for:

books to read

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Today I am grateful for:

books to read

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Today I am grateful for:

Lulu.com

and the two people who purchased ebook copies of my book!!

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Today I am grateful for:

books

to read

and stories to learn from

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Grateful today for:

Game of Thrones

books 1-4 for entertaining me

while I'm sick in bed. ;)

Reading

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sometimes

time with

a good book

is an escape

from the monotony

and drudgery of life

a journey into

romance

intrigue

complex and interesting

characters

and adventures

for a time

the troubles

of life

are held at bay

and someone else's story

catches your mind

for awhile

Bookshelves

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ideas

ideas

ideas

and projects

rattle around in my head

in my mind's eye

the walls

are built out of books

and everything

is tidy

and in order

I want to build

I want to paint

I want to create

and display

the sounds, visions

and beliefs of my soul

for all to see

and know

as I know them

the beauty and order

inside the chaos

the stories and dreams

of my life

Reading

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once in awhile

I like to

take a break

from the insanity

running inside my head

and I will

spend the day

in bed

reading books

taking breaks 

to eat

and you know...

and possibly make myself

a cup of tea

but quickly get back to

the story

that has given me

a short escape

from my own reality

and a peek

into a different world

for awhile

30 Day Blog Challenge-Post #14

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A NON-FICTION BOOK:

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Miguel Ruiz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read this once a long time ago but, just read it again over the last year or so because I feel that if I could live by the agreements life would definitely be better. If we all lived by them the world would likely be a much better place.
READ IT!

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30 Day Blog Challenge-Post #13

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A FICTIONAL BOOK:

The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I LOVE Louis L'Amour and this story is one of my absolute favourites.
It is a great read!

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30 Day Blog Challenge-Post #4

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FAVOURITE BOOK:
My fave book is probably The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks.
I have many faves and most from different authors but I always just
Loved this story and the characters who are part of it.
I named my daughter after a character in the book (Amberle) and every
Every time I think of her name I think of the book again! Terry Brooks
IS one of my faves!!

30 Day Personal Challenge-Post #7

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Do you read? If so, what are your three favorite books and why?

1. Terry Brooks~The Elfstones of Shannara: because I love the characters and the story and the sacrifice and LOVE.
2. Stephen King~Insomnia: I love the story and the idea of being able to SEE more than is physically evident.
3. Don Miguel Ruiz~The Four Agreements: I believe there is much in this book that can help people be better and stronger and wiser in their lives and I wish that I could follow the principles fully myself.

Book Review

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I'm just sharing my book review because I think everyone should read this book. It's a wonderful story and I know you will all appreciate it!

Bad Girl Creek by Jo-Ann Mapson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Wonderful story about women and friendship and life and love. I LOVED all of the women and appreciated each of their life stories as well. Great read!



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Book Club

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I am actually enjoying book club and my time with the ladies.
I end up coming home with way more books than I can actually read in a month! This time I have brought home with me:
The Kite Runner~Khaled Hosseini
(since my friend Ademola suggested this one a long ime ago I'm going to read it! )
Last Known Victim~Erica Spindler
Map of Bones~James Rollins
The Last Oracle~James Rollins
Knights of the Black and White~Jack Whyte
61 Hours~Lee Child
The Closers~Michael Connelly
and
Dust to Dust~Tami Hoag

PLUS...I have a stack almost that big in my room already that I have to read!!!
REMINDER: find The Haunted Mesa, The Walking Drum, the king arthur story and some of my SK books to share next book club...and maybe some others on my shelves too!
I DID say I was gonna read more in 2011! LOL

30 Day Facebook Challenge-Post #23

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Fave BOOK:

Seriously I have MANY favourite books so it's hard to pick just one...I enjoy all the books written by Terry Brooks...he's one of my fave authors...but this one is my FAVE...it was a story that drew me in right from the beginning...and I named my daughter after the main character...Amberle....if you like fantasy stories I say def read the whole series but it's ok if you read them out of sequence because each of the books is a story from a different generation and can stand by itself.
I just LOVE the characters written by Terry Brooks!!

Another reason this one is special to me is that my dad bought my copy of it for me for xmas one year. It was the only thing I really wanted cause I couldn't afford to buy it myself then and I asked mom for it...I was very naughty that year because I snooped under the xmas tree and as soon as I found the package I knew it was my book! So I opened the end and rewrapped it to check and of course it was my book...but my dad had written a little note on the inside and it made me really really happy! (I never snooped again like that after that time...because I figured out that giving me what I wanted so much made my dad just as happy as me getting what I wanted!! and snooping wasn't fair to him :( tho I didn't have to pretend I was excited lol)

The Book That Changed MY LIFE

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I have struggled with this topic.

I have wanted to be a writer a long time and it seems the older I get the closer I come to understanding that my best form of writing is poetry. I AM a poet. I have always been.

I have also always been a READER. From this blog and others I write, that will soon become evident as I share as many of the books I have read in my life as I can remember.

But, I'm not sure I have even ONE book that CHANGED my life because I read it never mind a whole list of them. Though I know I have read books that touched me and I have always carried them with me because they opened my eyes to differences and possibilities and a wider understanding of life, of people, of friendship, of loyalty, of love, of spirit, of heart, and of SOUL.

So when I think of books that I have read and which ones HAVE been the ones that changed the flow of my life I can only say the biggest one was the first book I ever read ALL BY MYSELF.  I was about 4 years old and I remember reading it all by myself and that was the beginning of a voracious reading appetite for anything and everything WORDS.

I'm even the girl who will read the dictionary...for fun.

I have been known to enjoy reading encyclopedias...not for research purposes but for my own amusement, education and entertainment. I like to know things.

If I don't know them, then I will go look them up.

I own more than one dictionary, thesaurus, and writing help book. Yes, I do. I own MANY.

I own a beautiful book called a Word Menu and another called a Describer's Dictionary but, I guess since I've always wanted to be a writer these aren't really strange books to own!

My love affair with the written word began all those years ago, the very first time I ever read....Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer!! :) I still remember the book.  I read the very same book to my two older children. It is long gone now but never forgotten because it opened up the whole world to me (and the LOVE of Santa Claus and Rudolph!). Not just ideas and understandings of the REAL world but also of the ENORMOUS and RICH fantasy world that can live inside EACH of us!

It is good to be a dreamer and have an open mind.

So are there other books that changed my life? HELL yes! ALL of them.

Every book has the possibility of opening your eyes to something new and different and EVERY one is therefore a new adventure and a potentially life changing experience.

It doesn't have to be a light bulb moment! It doesn't have to come like fireworks.

It can come in the subtle and soft moments when an author's voice plants the seed of an idea in your mind or touches your heart with a lasting feeling or impression and brings an even tiny and imperceptible change to the flow of your being.

I think we are all touched by what we read and can change and grow as a result of it!

And again I VOW to read more in 2011 because I have been missing a lot of good stories!