A couple of weeks ago, during our nightly bedtime routine of one of us lying in bed for a few minutes with Big Dude after reading, he asked if we could go on a date. Be still my beating heart! What a sweet guy. The answer, of course, was YES!! He wanted to go “to…
Another bright and cheery NaNoWriMo-Monday-morning to ya! It’s the last one! The end is nigh. Yay, I have/will hit my 50k! (Or: Curses! Not this year.) I’m in the latter group. That being said, 50k was not my goal. I’m nearing the respectable 15k that I aimed to achieve and am finding my new…
Allegiant Author: Veronica Roth © 2013 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Genre: YA Literature & Fiction Subgenre: Action & Adventure (Science Fiction), Social & Family Issues (Values & Virtues), Science Fiction (Dystopian) Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at retail store Synopsis: Tris and Four return in this third and final installment of…
Fresh (Fiction; 100 words) She’ll love this. Billie set down her paint brush and smoothed a few hairs from her face with the back of her hand. The wet lavender paint shined in the late afternoon sun. New coat of paint, new town, new start. She’ll be happier here. It’ll be good for us. She’ll see.…
November (and NaNoWriMo) are two-thirds over! Repeat the refrain and keep at it, writers! Or, for those of you who are ridiculous and are ahead or at the 50k mark, maybe stop at the first 500 words today. 😉 Have a drink for the rest of us! Happy Thanksgiving, thanks for reading and for joining…
Tell Me Where it Hurts Author: Nick Trout, DVM © 2008 Publisher: Broadway Books Genre: Non-fiction Subgenre: Doctors & Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Pets & Animal Care – Essays Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at book fair Synopsis: A memoir from a practicing animal surgeon in Boston, Tell Me Where It Hurts takes…
Good morning and happy Wednesday! I’m delighted to introduce my Coffee Break guest today, children’s author Josh Funk. In addition to Pirasaurs!, which was reviewed by The Mom Who Runs this past weekend, he authored Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast and Dear Dragon. Two additional books are due out in 2017, The Case of the Stinky Stench (a Lady Pancake and…
NaNoWriMo 2016 is almost halfway over! How’s it going? My word count is somewhere it should have been leading in to week 2…but, hey, life! I’m writing (most every day) and getting more words out than I normally average. Satisfaction level = high! With the midway point on NaNo on the horizon, I thought it was…
Pirasaurs! Author: Josh Funk © 2016 Illustrator: Michael H. Slack Publisher: Orchard Books Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Dinosaurs, Family Life – New Experiences, Action & Adventure Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at writer’s conference Synopsis: The Pirasaurs are a pirate crew of dinosaurs in search of treasure and up for a little…
For some time now, Big Dude has been obsessed with jokes. Knock-knock jokes are a current favorite, although he often makes them up and doesn’t get them quite right. Which, in and of itself, is pretty funny. Well, he finally got one right last night while hubby was doing the nighttime routine. And the delivery was spot on.…
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