Teaser Tuesday- The Art of Devotion

Tuesday 8 June, 2010 By 41 Comments


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here is mine:

“ How many times in our lives can we say that a perfect soul saw the future in us and waited for us and no one else? And how many times can we ever say that we willingly ran to them without fear, only expectation?”

~Pages 141-142 , The Art of Devotion by Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
My Review

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It’s Monday What Are You Reading? 7 June 2010

Monday 7 June, 2010 By 16 Comments

It’s Monday What Are you Reading is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.

Last week was a very slow week for me.

I Read and Reviewed (click the title to be taken to the review):

This week I am planning to read:

  • Full Moon At Noontide by Ann Putnam
  • The Art of Devotion by Samantha Bruce-Benjamin
  • The Love Ceiling by Jean Davis Okimoto
  • The Six-Liter Club by Harry Kraus
  • Conflicts With Interest by Michael Ruddy
  • A Cottage By The Sea by Ciji Ware
  • The Moon Looked Down by Dorothy Garlock
  • The Weight of Shadows by Alison Strobel
  • Three Wishes by Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones, and Pamela Ferdinand
  • Summer At Tiffany by Majorie Hart
  • Amanda Memories by Dr. Joel R. Gecht

Visit next Monday to see if I managed to accomplish my reading goals.

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The Sunday Salon 6 June 2010

Sunday 6 June, 2010 By 5 Comments

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Life: For many summer is a fun and relaxing time, in my household summer becomes hectic and chaotic and this year more so than ever. I am not certain at what point parenting becomes less hectic, I know I have not reached it yet and yearn for simpler times when I was coordinating play-dates around nap times. I fully plan to enjoy this summer, with all the hectic and crazy days my guys bring to it, including graduation parties (wow are there a lot), graduation plans for my oldest, play practise- set-building (the fall play is started in the summer), early morning cross-country practises, and everything surrounding senior year. I know this year will go by all too quickly and I do not want to miss a single moment.

Family Update: My Birthday is on Tuesday and I am excited as usual. I love, love, love birthdays! There is nothing like having a stroke (or two) to put life into perspective and each year is truly a blessing. With that in mind Wednesday makes the one year mark of the death of our dear friend Jon, this is a painful time for us and especially for his wife and son. This week is most definitely bittersweet. My guys will be finishing up school this week and then the chaotic schedule of summer begins, thus cutting my reading down immensely. Senior year has already begun to impact our daily lives and I know it is just the very beginning. At least my oldest has his senior pictures scheduled, one ting off the to-do list.

Saturday Night: This week was not overly exciting. All three teens were scattered to the winds and being the romantics we are DH worked on a scientific paper and I read a book.

Read and Reviewed: The week did not go at all as I had planned. I have been in miserable pain all week, thankfully only another day before my doctor is in his office. My reading was drastically cut down due to pain I read and reviewed 8 books. I shall, as usual, list all the reviews I read this past week on Monday with links. Do not want to wait until Monday? They are all up and as usual I love comments.

So what will I be reading? I am currently reading The Art of Devotion by Samantha Bruce-Benjamin. The review will be up this week so please check back.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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Teaser Tuesdays- The Making of a Duchess

Tuesday 1 June, 2010 By 47 Comments


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here is mine:

“ The man who might kill her if her knew what she had been sent to do. Her stomach clenched again, and grabbing the vase nearest her, she promptly cast up her accounts.”

~Page 56 , The Making of a Duchess by Shana Galen (ARC copy, page numbers may be slightly different)
My review of this fabulous novel.

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It’s Monday What Are You Reading? 31 May

Monday 31 May, 2010 By 21 Comments

It’s Monday What Are you Reading is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.

I Read and Reviewed (click the title to be taken to the review):

This week I am planning to read:

  • Put Your Crown On by Queen Latifah
  • The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
  • Spent by Avis Cardella
  • The Making of A Dutchess by Shana Galen
  • Freya’s Child by Alvin Franzmeier

  • The Confessions of Catherine De Medici by C.W. Gortner
  • The Last Track by Sam Hillard
  • Step Out of Nothing by Byron Pitts
  • Full Moon At Noontide: A Daughters Last Goodbye by Ann Putnam, David Hilfiker, and Thomas Cole
  • A Hollow Crown by Helen Hollick (finish it up)
  • Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (I will get to this)
  • They Never Die Quietly by D.M. Annechino (I will get this book read)

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The Sunday Salon 30 May

Sunday 30 May, 2010 By 6 Comments

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Life: This past week as been a wonderful week confirming my decision the pass up attending BEA and BCC this year was indeed the correct choice. I would have loved to have met up with bloggers, writers, publishers, publicists, etc., as well as get the scoop on the upcoming releases (and I do miss that). However, I would never have been able to get this last week back and I would not have missed this past week with my family for anything. In the end the correct choice was indeed made.

Family Update: Our 19th Wedding Anniversary and party was a lot of fun and the cake was delicious! My car will be repaired this week, so for four days we shall be down to one car, which DH will have considering his long commute, making this week rather interesting as we try to juggle all the schedules about. The rest of the week was spent acquiring the proper clothing for the big night.

What I did on Friday Night: Friday was the big day and most of it was spent preparing. The evening was utterly delightful! DH, Twin A, and myself all dressed up for a formal dinner and awards ceremony.

The Theatre department knows how to put on a brilliant show. After a delicious catered dinner we were entertained by the cast as well as the presenters of the awards. We were shocked and thrilled for our son who won The Best Rising Star award. The evening ended with the unveiling of the line-up of plays and musicals for the 2010-2011 season and everyone appeared quite pleased with the selections. Auditions begin in a mere 5 days! If you have a school near you, go and see the performances, there are a lot of talent teens out there.

For those wondering (and who was not on edge about these facts?) my fingernails and toenails looked lovely and red, the little black dress fit well, I wore a red wrap and DH wore a matching red tie, I was able to walk in my extremely high heels without twisting or breaking anything and finally, I did not have any runs in my pantyhose, which I consider a huge achievement.

Saturday Night: Family movie night! This may not appear to be a big deal, unless one happens to have three teens, in which case, having them all home at once is cause for celebration.

Read and Reviewed: This past week was a rather slow review week for me considering all the excitement of the past week. I read and reviewed 11 books, actually one was a DNF, but it is spotlighted, I did almost finish it. I shall, as usual, list all the reviews I read this past week on Monday with links. Do not want to wait until Monday? They are all up and as usual I love comments.

So what will I be reading? I am currently reading A Hollow Crown by Helen Hollick and will also be reading The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch. Check back for reviews.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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Teaser Tuesdays- Welcome To Harmony

Tuesday 25 May, 2010 By 31 Comments


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here is mine:

“ I got my mom, two widowed great-aunts, two divorced sisters and a four-year-old fairy princess. I haven’t said a word at the dinner table in five years.”

~Page 68 , Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas
My review

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It’s Monday What Are You Reading? 24 May (A Special Day!)

Monday 24 May, 2010 By 23 Comments

It’s Monday What Are you Reading is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.

Today is my 19th Wedding Anniversary and I am spending the day with my wonderful husband. I will be making my rounds as usual, I just may be a day late. ;)


I Read and Reviewed (click the title to be taken to the review):

This week I am planning to read:

  • A Hollow Crown by Helen Hollick
  • Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
  • Returning Injury by Becky Due
  • English Trifle by Josi S. Kilpack
  • The Last Christian by David Gregory

  • Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas
  • Life After Yes by Aidan Donnelley Rowley
  • The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips
  • Every Boat Turns South by J.P. White
  • My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
  • Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
  • They Never Die Quietly by D.M. Annechino

Visit next Monday to see if I managed to accomplish my reading goals.

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The Sunday Salon 23 May

Sunday 23 May, 2010 By 5 Comments

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Life: I am still sad I will not be at BEA and BBC. I will be missing out on making connections, meeting other reviewers, authors, publishers, publicist, etc, in person. I will miss out on hearing and seeing the newest ideas, releases, and missing some fantastic seminars. I cannot express how much it saddens me to not be involved. Yet, my family comes first, as it should.

Family Update: Tomorrow is my 19th Wedding Anniversary. We have a fun day planned then a small party with friends. Friday is my son’s big formal affair and I found a Little Black Dress, accessories and heels I need to learn to walk in. I am contemplating painting my nails. The last time I did was in the early 80s, so I am not certain it would go well. My oldest was in his first fender bender and hopefully it will be his last. Thankfully, no one was injured. There is an amazing amount of damage to my car. :( This is not going to go well for my insurance premiums. My iPad has not arrived, I have tried to get excited about it, so far, there has been no excitement on my end, although my family cannot wait. We experienced another rainy week and yet still managed to plant flowers in the beds and prepared hanging baskets as well as moved some shrubs around. Overall the yard looks much better than it did. Our neighbours are completely moved into their flat. We see them daily, but it is somehow not the same, yet still good.

What I did on Saturday Night: I spent Saturday night in a theatre watching Extreme Theatre 2010. My son and his drama friends had 24 straight hours (their work began Friday at 7:30 P.M.) to write, create, cast, memorize, build sets, work lighting, make costumes etc, for the live performance on at 7:30 P.M. We had a brilliant time and those teens are quite talented!

Read and Reviewed: Even with the loss of my glasses I did read and review 11 books. I could have done more but lost a day during the great glasses hunt. I shall, as usual, list all the reviews I read this past week on Monday with links. Do not want to wait until Monday? They are all up and as usual, I love comments.

So what will I be reading? I am getting delightfully lost in Helen Hollick’s Captain Jesamiah Acorne pirate series. Reviews will be coming, but for now anyone looking for a novel filled with action, adventure, suspense, strong women, pirates, wit and excellent writing, her first in the series is Sea Witch.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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Teaser Tuesdays- Dismantled

Tuesday 18 May, 2010 By 28 Comments


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here is mine:

“Fueled by this bit of news, she’d finally gotten up the nerve to go pay an actual visit to Henry and Tess. She’d driven up the driveway to their house, sure she’d announce herself, have a cup of coffee, and reminisce while showing them the strange postcard she’s received, but no one was home.”

~Page 159 , Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon
My review

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