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Monday, January 14, 2013

2013 Mailbox Monday 1-14



Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share their new book acquisitions each week. January's host is Lori of   Lori's Reading Corner. 




I received 3 books in the mail this week. They came all in one package from PBS. I had some credits to spend there, so I picked these:


From the author's website:
Annie Colwater's husband has just confessed that he's in love with a younger woman. Devastated, Annie retreats to the small town where she grew up. There, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, a recent widower who is unable to cope with his silent, emotionally scarred young daughter. Together, the three of them begin to heal. But just when Annie believes she's been given a second chance at happiness, her world is turned upside down again, and she is forced to make a choice that no woman in love should ever have to make…




True Colors is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah’s most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet. With the luminous writing and unforgettable characters that are her trademarks, she tells the story of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, betrayal, and the kind of passion that rarely comes along.

With breathtaking pace and penetrating emotional insight, True Colors is an unforgettable novel about sisters, rivalry, forgiveness, redemption---and ultimately, what it means to be a family.






Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you…and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget…one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

I copied the above descriptions directly from Kristin Hannah's website. I am anxious to read these 3 titles. I really enjoyed Night Road. 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

2013 Wondrous Words Wednesday Jan 9






Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get creative! If you want to play along, go to Kathy's Blog  grab the button, write a post and link up to see what wondrous words others have found.


My words this week come from Russian Winter  by Daphne Kalotay
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1. balletomane – “As a young lawyer and balletomane, he had insinuated himself into Nina's life in a gentle, measured way,.."

A balletomane is a devotee of the ballet.


Russian baletoman, from balet  ballet+o+man, from maniya, mania

First known use: 1930


When I saw this word, I knew it had something to do with the ballet, Nina is a ballerina, but I wasn't sure exactly what it meant.
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2. oeuvre – “It's not an enormous oeuvre, by the way."


noun : a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer


I can't imagine myself ever using these words in my everyday conversation, but you never know!!.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Mailbox Monday 1-7-13





Mailbox Monday is a social meme that encourages us to share our new books. Created by Marcia who has set up various book blogs as well as a Mailbox Monday blog, it's been a "traveling" meme for the past few years.Lori at Lori's Reading Corner is the host of Mailbox Monday for the month of January. What books landed in your mailbox recently?


This week my outdoor mailbox held a win I received in a giveaway at Unabridged Chick. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I am looking forward to it. 
I also added several books to my new Kindle:

 My friend Lynn recommended Anne of Green Gables to me. I had not read it previously. I am enjoying it.
 Blind Your Ponies was recommended to me by members of my F2F bookclub. It is not one of our recommended reads, but some members had read in separately.
 This one I saw featured on Facebook. My DIL talked about it. She is an aspiring writer, so I thought I would download it and see.
 Don't really know why I chose this one. The cover caught my eye and it is an international bestseller.And it was a bargain!

The author contacted me on FB so I succumbed to the request. Also, I am a pushover for a trilogy! All of these will help fulfill my Ebook Challenge. 

I have my reading time pretty well filled up. I also have my quilt challenge in the works. I really need to continue to work on it, so I can get it completed. 


Until Next Time,
Stay Busy and Stay Happy




Wednesday, January 2, 2013

WONDROUS WORDS WEDNESDAY #1



Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get creative! If you want to play along, go to Kathy's blog and link up. You'll learn something new and wondrous every Wednesday.

Today I had to go to my online dictionary to find a word. Merriam-Webster has a new word of the day every day. They also give a pronunciation, that helps me a lot.


HELIACIAL



adjective:   relating to or near the sun — used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun's rising and setting

The heliacial rising of Pleiades marked the beginning of summer in the Old Julian calendar.


Today my focus in on the quilt challenge that I signed up for. It has taken me quite a bit of planning to get to the actual "putting together". Hopefully today I will get all the pieces on the background today.

Until Next Time

Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year








I am so excited to begin 2013. My TBR list in a monster, and my actual TBR stack has my husband shaking his head. I think he thought the addition of the Kindle would make the print books go away. Silly man!

I am excited to start new reading challenges and new sewing projects challenges. It seems lately my posts have been mosted about reading, but I hope to post about both of my hobbies in the coming year. We don't have any travel plans for 2013, but I hope we get to do some. Because we have moved my MIL to our city, to an assisted/independent living facility we have that added obligation. And now my husband has decided to go back to work after 3 1/2 years of retirement. I'm not sure if he was just bored or since I retired he is tired of so much time spent with me!  I always teased him after his retirement, that retirement meant "Twice as much husband and half as much money". Maybe he was feeling the "Twice as much wife" part!.

I hope everyone has a wonder new year, and that 2013 brings all of us new adventures, new friends and new peace. 


Until Next Time

Stay Busy and Stay Happy


Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year - Mailbox Monday






Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia and hosted by Susan of Suko’s Notebook in December.  This is where we spotlight the books that came to our home in the last week. Caveat: Mailbox Monday can cause your TBR pile to increase exponentially.
This week has been a winner in the received books department. Santa brought me a Kindle Fire, so I downloaded the following from Amazon.
I have read the first of this series and enjoyed it a lot. It's  a time-travel story.

I know nothing about this book. It was free online. I like the cover.

Stephen King's novel has been on my TBR list for quite awhile. I found a bargin online this week, so I fell fortunate.

This one showed up as an addition to the dictionary on my Kindle.




Also in the mail were these two books. This Year Will Be Different by Maeve Binchey is from PBS and Geraldine Brook's People of the Book is a traveling book from Beth at Goodreads. As soon as I am finished I'll send it on to Gayle.  Of course, my new Weight Watcher magazine came in the mail too. As a gentle reminder that the holidays are over and it's time to get serious. Look at Jessica Simpson, doesn't she look great. Even it was for only a little while, she's pregnant again. Good Luck Jess, I gained weight with each baby I had.....


Until next time,

Stay Happy and Stay Busy


Sunday, December 30, 2012

A Non-review: I'm Sorry I Feel This Way





Title: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing But True Story of
a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother and Friend to Man & Dog.
Author: Diana Joseph 
Publisher:  Amy Einhorn Imprints
Publication Year: 2009
Edition:  Paperback
Source:  Purchased-Amazon
Date Completed: December 2012
Rating:  2/5  only because it was a little better than my 1 star books
Recommend:  No

I don't know where to begin. It's hard enough to write a review of a book that you fell in love with. It's harder yet to review a book you only just "liked".  But to write a review of a book that you really didn't like is hardest of all.

Maybe I just don't like memoirs. This book was on a list of books published by Amy Einhorn Imprints and since THE HELP was also on this list, I thought maybe that meant it would be as good THE HELP was. It wasn't. It was dull and boring. I raised a son too, I had trouble getting him to shower when he was an adolescent. I didn't bother to write a novel. I too made bad choices when I was young, I had sex with the first boy that asked, I got pregnant, I didn't write a novel.  I didn't smoke pot or experiment with drugs, I don't feel that I missed anything. My in-laws showed me what my husband was going to turn out to be, I didn't feel moved to write a novel.   In other words, don't bother with this book. There was very little that I found funny, cute, or outstanding, certainly nothing astonishing.