"New lives begin with a question. Do you love me? Will you marry me? Will you have my child? Some people think it's in the telling, but I know it's in the asking....."fredasvoice
book reviews,book challenges,book memes for nonfiction,cozies, mysteries, different genres. (Review books accepted)
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Wondrous Words
1.coloratura
1.At daybreak, Mother whisks into your room in a long satin robe, waking you with a contrived coloratura, "Good morning, Rodney."
2.Mother frets over a sequined shoe box in the center of the sturdy oak kitchen table. It is a diorama, Sister's fall project.bermudaonion
1. The ornamentation of music written for the voice with florid passages, especially trills and runs.
Vocal music characterized by florid ornamental passages.(freedictionary.com)
2.diorama a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by
placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background. (dictionary.com)1.At daybreak, Mother whisks into your room in a long satin robe, waking you with a contrived coloratura, "Good morning, Rodney."
2.Mother frets over a sequined shoe box in the center of the sturdy oak kitchen table. It is a diorama, Sister's fall project.bermudaonion
Teaser Tuesday
"It was Jashante. The fuzzy snapshot had been taken before he chipped his front tooth. He looked like a little boy. The scarf woman was crying. He didn't come home after school....A phone number on the bottom of the screen. Call if you know anything. Call if you see anything. Someone out there knows something. Don't be afraid. Come forward."shouldbereading
Monday, September 17, 2012
Teaser Tuesday
"There were three factors that were instrumental in spurring me on to write this memoir. The first was reading The Artist's Way. When I'd first heard about Julia Cameron's seminal book on breaking through writer's block, I had no clue that the self-defeating thoughts I'd been having were normal...What Cameron's book offers are tools to deal with writer's block, which never disappears."
Monday, September 10, 2012
Teaser Tuesday
"Her mother seemed almost afraid at the thought that she might find her father. What was so terrible that she didn't want her to have any contact with him? What deep, dark secret would she uncover if she found him? There seemed to be something her mother wasn't telling her; something that would maybe affect their relationship. "shouldbereadingteaser-tuesdays-sept-11
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Unending Devotion by JODY HEDLUND
Thankful Thursday
1. I'm thankful that both conventions got off to a good start.
2.I'm thankful for my container flowers. They did better this year than last year. It's September. All are still blooming.
3.I'm thankful my son and his family are coming to dinner on Sunday.
4.I'm thankful for two books for Mailbox Monday.bloominglovely/thankful-thursday
Theme Thursday
WALK , stroll, pace, tread, step etc
"If Daisy wanted to leave her life of prostitution, she should have the freedom (to walk away) from it without anyone trying to stop her."readingbetweenpagesWednesday, September 5, 2012
Wondrous Words
american-rails.com/pere-marquette-railway
"Within minutes, Mr. Heller had helped him saddle his horse, and he headed toward the Pere Marquette railroad line. He figured Lily was smart enout to follow the tracks as far as they would lead her. But the snow was blowing hard, and if she's left any footprints, they were long gone."
"What if she'd wandered away from the tracks? With th growing snow and drifting, the tracks were well covered. In the denseness of the falling snow, it would only take a misstep to lose the (ties), to get off course, and to get hopelessly lost."bermudaonion
Millions of railroad ties are recycled every year.
"Within minutes, Mr. Heller had helped him saddle his horse, and he headed toward the Pere Marquette railroad line. He figured Lily was smart enout to follow the tracks as far as they would lead her. But the snow was blowing hard, and if she's left any footprints, they were long gone."
"What if she'd wandered away from the tracks? With th growing snow and drifting, the tracks were well covered. In the denseness of the falling snow, it would only take a misstep to lose the (ties), to get off course, and to get hopelessly lost."bermudaonion
What Are Railroad Ties?
A
railroad tie is the cross brace that supports the rails on a railroad
track. Outside the U.S., the ties are called, "railway sleepers." The
ties are made out of wood or concrete. There are an estimated 3,000 ties
used in a mile of railroad track.
ehow.com/info_8118054_railroad-ties
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Dying to Read by Lorena McCourtney A Novel
"Cate glanced at the identification card her Uncle Joe had printed out just before she left his office. Cate Kinkaid, Assistant Private Investigator. Complete with the photo he'd snapped, which showed a spike of red hair growing out her left ear, and the address and phone number of Belmont Investigations."bibliophilebythesea2012/09/first-chapter-first-paragraph-tuesday.html?showComment=1346764121789#c990797960383383148
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Quote It Sat
"Life isn't about waiting for the showers to pass, Its\'s about learning to dance in the rain."
Vivian Greene (TO HEAVEN AND BACK by MARY C. NEAL, MD.fredasvoice
Vivian Greene (TO HEAVEN AND BACK by MARY C. NEAL, MD.fredasvoice
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