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Following those dreams.
This is my brother. Very recently he graduated from Le Cordon Bleu and is now a bonafied chef! Yup, my little brother all grown up and moving on in life. Working in a kitchen, lovingly preparing food, doing what he loves. *wipes tears* I’m really proud of him, and I made sure to let him know it. It’s funny really, because as the older sister I’m supposed to teach him. I’m supposed to impart some type of “older child” wisdom to lead him through his life. In all honesty…he’s doing great buy himself. In fact he is MY inspiration at…
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Book Review: The Krybosian Stairpath
In a refreshing change, along comes a children’s book that does not rely on magic to explain the unexplainable. The Krybosian Stairpath puts forth the notion that just because you don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean there must be magic behind it. Knowledge and perspective can make all the difference. Enter a world of wonder deep inside the earth as 11-year-old geologist Madison Terrence follows her pet gopher down a stairpath portal she discovers in her family’s cavern. When she descends the Krybosian Stairpath, a mystery from her family’s past begins to unravel. She soon realizes her arrival in the…
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Book Review: Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator
Media Type: Ebook Title: Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator Author: Janni Nell Publisher: Carina Press Pages: Ebook; 219 Release Date: May 26, 2010 Source: NetGalley ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy ————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart! Recommended to: Lovers of kick ass heroines! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Allegra Fairweather here. Paranormal investigator. Got problems with specters? Shapeshifters? I’m the woman to call. Just don’t call me a Ghostbuster. The last guy who did that ended up flat on his back with my boot at his throat. With my 99.5% success rate, solving the mystery of a…
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“Me Mondays” Feature
Phew, that’s a mouthful! Okay, it’s time again for me to try something new. I may ramble a bit so stick with me! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I decided a long time ago that it was important for me to share bits and pieces about myself with my readers whenever possible. From personal experience, I know that reading about the people whose blogs I love makes me feel more connected with them! I wanted to do that for all of you. Unfortunately….I’m at a loss as to what to write about. SO in the spirit of places like Formspring, I’m letting you ask…
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Children’s Book Review: Whose Hat Is This?
Media Type: Print Book Title: Whose Hat Is This? Author: Sharon Katz Cooper Publisher: Capstone Press Pages: Paperback; 24 Release Date: January 1, 2006 Source: School Library ——————————————– Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy non-fiction books. Difficulty Level: Readers 4-8 years of age would benefit most from the illustrations and job descriptions. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N This entry in the “Whose Is It?” series presents seven community jobs by looking at the hats worn by a variety of workers, including a firefighter, a beekeeper, a football player, a chef, and a construction worker. The text asks, “Whose…
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In My Mailbox (7)
In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren and inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. IMM explores the weekly contents of our mailboxes, as well as books we might have bought this week! This post is a little late today because, as you can see, I’ve been working hard to make my blog beautiful! I knew what I wanted and I decided I was going to learn how to do it myself. Yes friends, after 8 hours of pulling out my hair I coded my own background! If you have my old button, please feel free to grab…
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Book Review: Incarceron
Incarceron — a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology — a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber — chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison —…
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Book Blogger Hop 6/11
The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books so that readers and bloggers can visit one another and get to know new blogs! In Jennifer’s words: This is a weekly event where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read. It’s a great way to network with other bloggers and make new friends! Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all bookies a chance to…
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A dream and a giveaway ;).
I have a dream. I have a dream that someday I’ll live in the house my heart desires, complete with a giant living room, comfy bedroom, lots of space (enough for a library of course) and gorgeous decor inside. *sigh* It probably won’t happen for a while, but a girl can dream! Isn’t this vanity gorgeous? It reminds me of something you’d see in a Victorian era house. With the top covered in sparkling perfume bottles, brushes and combs. I could sit in front of it and get gussied up for the day to come. Yup, I’m a dreamer and…
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Book Review: Forget You
There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. With her life about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon. But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s…