RIP Challenge Complete - Happy Halloween

 

 

Every September 1st through October 31st for the last 5 years Carl, has hosted the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge over at Stainless Steel Droppings , affectionately known as the R.I.P. Challenge.

The purpose of the R.I.P. Challenge is to enjoy books that could be classified as:

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

 

 

Click on the titles for my reviews if interested.

 

 

The Abandoned (prequel of Graveyard Queen Series)

 

4 stars

 

 

 

The Restorer (1st in Graveyard Queen Series)

 

My favourite for the Challenge 4 1/2 stars

 

 

 

Resuscitation

 

Medical Thriller 4 1/2 stars

 

 

 

Inside the Outside

 

Horror Dystopian like 3 1/2 stars

 

 

 

Dracula

 

1st time reading this classic 3 stars

 

 

 

Heartshaped Box

 

2 1/2 stars, I enjoyed Horns more

 

 

 

If you participated, please leave your end of challenge link or your favourite review here......

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review - Dracula by Bram Stoker

Book Summary from Amazon

A naive young Englishman travels to Transylvania to do business with a client, Count Dracula. After showing his true and terrifying colors, Dracula boards a ship for England in search of new, fresh blood. Unexplained disasters begin to occur in the streets of London before the mystery and the evil doer are finally put to rest. Told in a series of news reports from eyewitness observers to writers of personal diaries, this has a ring of believability that counterbalances nicely with Dracula's too-macabre-to-be-true exploits.


My Review - 3 More Sugar Please

Let me start by saying, yaaaaay, I completed Dracula.  This was not an easy task, at times I felt like I was torturing myself.

Dracula is a book for those that love classics, historical stories and fans of vampire books that want to know where it all started. This story made me feel like it was riddles and the mystery was figuring out what the riddle meant.

Dracula is told through letters, journals and memos.  The beginning was creepy and I was fascinated.  Jonathan is my favourite character and he had me completely drawn in.  I felt like I was floating and then dropped out of the sky.  The story took a direction that didn't make sense, bad flow, I was bored, put Dracula down and considered it a DNF.  A week later I decided to try again.  It was brutal but I got half way in and started to appreciate it again. 

I enjoyed the hunt.  The group of men and Mina trying to figure the Count Dracula out with scientific and realistic data was interesting.  Determined to hunt him down and kill him.  The creepy unexpected way the Dracula was around but you only knew after, that was done very well.  The first confrontation with the Dracula made me catch my breath.

Once they were on their way to find Count Dracula this began to bore me again, far too much, almost as if Bram Stoker was keeping us in suspense, but it was overdone.  And the ending, blah in my opinion.

Another book I am happy I read so I can add to conversations but I am not impressed and will not recommend. 

I read this for the RIP Challenge and I realised it also goes for the Book Blogger Recommendations Challenge.

Review - Resuscitation by D.M. Annechino

Book Summary


In his heart-stopping new thriller, RESUSCITATION, Daniel Annechino explores one doctor’s quest for fame and recognition at the expense of his patients.

What would drive a doctor to violate his Hippocratic oath to abstain from doing harm,and find perverse pleasure in doing so?

It is a chilling question, one that author Daniel Annechino explores in heart-stopping detail in RESUSCITATION(A Thomas &Mercer original trade paperback,$14.95; digital $9.99; October 11, 2011), a fast-paced thriller that pits a cunning killer against a single-minded cop.


My Review - 4 1/2 Great to the Last Drop

One of the scary things in life for me are dealing with Physicians with a God complex.  In Resuscitation you are dealing with a Physician with overall motivation to receive power and recognition.  I love how different serial killers are, amazing on their thoughts, unbelievable.

When victims asked why - he said "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few".  The Doctor truly believed his clinical research was going to make him rich and well known in the medical world.  How desperate can you get to decide to kidnap and perform surgical experiments on people, knowing they will die.  He is gentle, concerned and violent all at the same time.  I enjoyed the style of hearing the serial killers thoughts, that was executed well and bought some of the stories together.  And the way he chose his victims, I found that chase interesting.

I loved following the case and tryin to figure out how they will catch him.  Obnoxious, arrogant and foolish is what caught him out at the end. 

Heart stopping, edge of your seat thriller.  I couldn't stop reading, every second I had free I had to read a little more.  Resuscitation had the perfect balance of story lines and characters.  A medical thriller with a touch of romance, sexual abuse, therapy, good cop vs bad cop and at home heart surgeries.

DM Annechino has created his own medical thriller that Tess Gerritsen fans will love.

Thank you to Elena Stokes at Wunderkind PR for sending me the book.  I have read for the A-Z Author Mystery Challenge Michelle is hosting over red headed book child.  I originally had They Never Die Quietly on my list, his debut, have you read that one?
 
This is to also end my reviews for the RIP Challenge, creepy in its own way for sure.
 
 
 

Confused by FTC (Federal Trade Commission)

Blogging friends,

Do you have any articles or advice you can share in relation to the FTC rules, guidelines for Book Bloggers?

I receive free books at times, paperbacks, hardbacks and ebooks.  I receive these in exchange for a review or guest post.  I do not receive cash and I do not have any amazon affiliation etc on my blog.

Is it important to state the source I received the book from and say it is in exchange for a review?

FTC sounds far to complicated.  I became a book blogger because I love to read and love to share my opinion of books and authors.  I have no interest in becoming a 'professional reviewer', do I want my reviews to be good, yes, and strive to improve them all the time.

I do not have a review policy, why, because I want to be able to say yes, no, maybe or not even respond at times if I don't want to.

Am I putting myself or the authors/publishers at risk in anyway by not stating anything on my blog or in each post?

Any feedback would be helpful, thanks in advance.

Reading, Read and Gave up on........

It's Monday, What are You Reading  Sheila over at Book Journey has an incentive for networking so go over and have fun while continuing to add to your 2011 Wishlist.

I have had a weird couple of weeks of reading, almost in a slump, thank goodness for my current read, i'm loving it.

Currently Reading




Started, will go back, didn't meet my immediate expectations





I don't think I will go back to Dracula (shocking, I know)  I enjoyed the beginning but once the letters were no longer the main characters I was immediately bored and mad that it changed focus just when I was engaged and wanting more.





I trudged through and finished this one but didn't enjoy it. 





I'm not sure what is next, I guess I will try to finish Triangles and possibly give Dracula another chance. 

Booking Through Thursday - Reading Habits

Want to participate in Booking Through Thursday, go here......

Do your reading habits change when you’re on vacation? Do you read more? Do you indulge in lighter, fluffier books than you usually read? Do you save up special books so you’ll be able to spend real vacation time with them? Or do you just read the same old stuff, vacation or not?

I would say I get to read more on vacation, mainly because it is hours on the plane and in airports, not having to drive so I can read instead.

Most vacations is with my partner and no children so I go for exciting books, like Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James.  Why do I do this........  My partner that doesn't read will take interest, whats going on now, read me a section, what do you think will happen, oh no you have to wait for the next book, guess another vacation.......  BIG SMILES  It makes those reads more fun.

Other times I will try to read specific to location.  We like to go Boston so the last time I read The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen, it is fun knowing some of the streets etc mentioned.  It also adds to the eerie feeling when reading about serial killers, which I love.  Maybe every time I go Boston I will continue with this series actually.

I also find that 90% of the time I love what I choose during vacation.

What about you?

Review - Heartshaped Box by Joe Hill

Book Summary

I couldn't find a summary and it would take me far to long to try and write a good one.  A professional blogger and reviewer is not my goal, reading and having fun is. So on to my review.

My Review - 2 1/2 Not my Cup of Tea

A supernatural horror by Stephen King's son.  This is Joe Hill's debut book, which I felt at times you can tell, a few to many rephrasing or repeating of stories, 'Joe you already told me that'. 

Judas Coyne is a rock star that has a Gothic, scary collection so when his Assistant tells him a ghost is being sold he bids for it immediately, and then realises he can buy it out right for $1000 instead of the possible $100.  I had to shake my head, what kind of crazy fool will I be reading about.  Seriously who would do that without thinking possible consequences. 

I did like that the story started with a bang.  Once the ghost was delivered in the heartshaped box, a suit with the spirit of someone he knew, things started happening.  Jude actually considered sending it back but the seller said no returns, no exchanges, final sale is done.

You know when you see a horror and you are laughing through it because all the actors and actress's are just dumb. You don't care what happens to them.  Well, unfortunately for me this was the case, I just never cared about the characters, so much so I struggled to even finish this book.  Finally at half point I was interested enough to finish and was happy when it was over.

I don't mind ghost stories but everything about this one just was unbelievable so I couldn't invest myself.  Even the scene with the Ouija board, I rolled my eyes.  Are these even on the market anymore?

A few things that were interesting.  Revenge is a bitch, holy crap, that was hilarious to me, may be scary to others.  Overall this is what started the story, became the journey and was wrapped up nicely at the end.  I wondered if this book was one big hallucination.  Throughout the book you really did get the feeling that the dead pull the living down.

Jude called all his rock star groupies by the country he met them instead of their real name, so we had Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.  I thought this was cute and ridiculous as the same time.

A favourite quote:

His mind wanted away from death for a few moments.  He felt crowded by death, felt the promise of death all around, felt death on his chest, each death a stone heaped on top of him, driving the air out of him. 

I have read Horns which I enjoyed better.

My friend Paula, loved this book and I found to be one of my favourite reviews by her.  You can read it over at her blog Tome's Devotee.

I read this for the RIP Challenge and I Want More Challenge I host.

I am starting to realise I enjoy watching horrors but not so much reading them.

Winner - Resuscitation by DM Annechino


Thanks for entering everyone. Today was the release of Resuscitation. I am going to read it next.

Only those with email addresses were entered.

The winner is..........

Rachel from Paper Cuts

First Paragraph Teaser........
When Genevieve Foster awoke, she felt completely disoriented, like someone regaining consciousness after major surgery and a heavy dose of anesthesia. She lay on the bed, having no idea where she was or how she got there. When she tried to brush the hair out of her eyes, she found that her wrists were bound to a brass headboard with nylon straps. She lifted her throbbing head and could see that her ankles were also bound to the bed. She lay there spread-eagle. Next to the bed, she noticed the silhouette of an IV bag hanging from a metal pole. The line from the IV was inserted into the vein at the bend of her left elbow. Except for a thin sheet covering her from neck to toe, she was completely naked.



                This can't be happening.



More about Resuscitation by Daniel Annechino
 
In his heart-stopping new thriller, RESUSCITATION, Daniel Annechino explores one doctor’s quest for fame and recognition at the expense of his patients.


New York, NY: Monday, August 8, 2011: What would drive a doctor to violate his Hippocratic oath to abstain from doing harm,and find perverse pleasure in doing so?

It is a chilling question, one that author Daniel Annechino explores in heart-stopping detail in RESUSCITATION(A Thomas &Mercer original trade paperback,$14.95; digital $9.99; October 11, 2011), a fast-paced thriller that pits a cunning killer against a single-minded cop.

Fans of James Patterson, Michael Connelly, and Harlan Coben will be riveted by this taut psychological thriller with its memorable heroine and a killer so chilling he will have you trembling at your next visit to the doctor's office.

Blog Hop - Spooky Reads

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting Tea Time with Marce

 

 

When you are in the mood and have time for networking, a fun way would be to participate in the Blog Hop over at Jennifer's blog Crazy for Books.

Are you a book blogger? Are you a reader? Then welcome to the place where all of us connect over the weekend and chat about books!

 

This week's question:

 

“What is your favorite spooky book (i.e. mystery/suspense, thriller, ghost story, etc.)?”

These are my favourite genres, I am excited to see the answers and add to my Wishlist.

I immediately think of these 2........




Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

and




The Restorer by Amanda Stevens

 

Please accept my apology - Review of I am not a Serial Killer trilogy

 

Friends,

This is my first time during blogging that I have felt guilty about reviews I have posted and would like to apologise.  One of things I love about blogging is getting recommendations and making them for books fellow bloggers.  Adding to the Wishlist and TBR list from trusted bloggers is exciting.

Most of you know I LOVED this trilogy and read all 3 this year.  You can see my reviews below.

Well, 2 of my blogging friends have read I am Not a Serial Killer and didn't enjoy it, one wanted to throw the book across the room, eek.

Why is the question.

SPOILER

I do think you should read this if considering reading the trilogy. 

John, the character who I said I love, lol, is a genuine boy that is trying not to become a serial killer.  The serial killers he is haunting down are demonic, monsters inside of humans, a huge paranormal element. (This is what others hated)

John does not know this at first and so it is a surprise when revealed.  This did not add or take away from my love of the book but now I realise it is huge, so I wanted to say..... Friends, please accept my apology for recommending so highly a book that completely is not your cup of tea.  I hope you will continue to take recommendations from me.

My reason for not revealing is that I thought it was a huge spoiler of the book but now see it is a make it or break it for others.

For those that considered reading this I hope this helps with your decision.  I still of course loved it and highly recommend it but will add this caution to my reviews.

I know we all have different opinions, which I love and appreciate but I really felt like I let others down this time.

Please accept my sincere apology. 



My Reviews of the trilogy

I am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells 

Mr. Monster by Dan Wells

I Don't want to Killy You by Dan Wells 

Exclusive Teaser and Giveaway - Resuscitation by D.M. Annechino

First Paragraph Teaser........

When Genevieve Foster awoke, she felt completely disoriented, like someone regaining consciousness after major surgery and a heavy dose of anesthesia. She lay on the bed, having no idea where she was or how she got there. When she tried to brush the hair out of her eyes, she found that her wrists were bound to a brass headboard with nylon straps. She lifted her throbbing head and could see that her ankles were also bound to the bed. She lay there spread-eagle. Next to the bed, she noticed the silhouette of an IV bag hanging from a metal pole. The line from the IV was inserted into the vein at the bend of her left elbow. Except for a thin sheet covering her from neck to toe, she was completely naked.



                This can't be happening.



More about Resuscitation by Daniel Annechino
 
In his heart-stopping new thriller, RESUSCITATION, Daniel Annechino explores one doctor’s quest for fame and recognition at the expense of his patients.


New York, NY: Monday, August 8, 2011: What would drive a doctor to violate his Hippocratic oath to abstain from doing harm,and find perverse pleasure in doing so?

It is a chilling question, one that author Daniel Annechino explores in heart-stopping detail in RESUSCITATION(A Thomas &Mercer original trade paperback,$14.95; digital $9.99; October 11, 2011), a fast-paced thriller that pits a cunning killer against a single-minded cop.

Fans of James Patterson, Michael Connelly, and Harlan Coben will be riveted by this taut psychological thriller with its memorable heroine and a killer so chilling he will have you trembling at your next visit to the doctor's office. 

Giveaway Details

 

For my US and Canadian Followers

 

Closes Oct 15, this Saturday, release date for Resuscitation

 

Please leave email to count

 



Update - I Want More Challenge 2011



I have enjoyed hosting this Challenge, a true challenge for myself also.  There are 28 participants and 38 reviews so far.

I will host again for 2012, that post will go up late Nov or early Dec.

Post your reviews here

Here is a summary of details:

Have you read a book and at the end said you must read another by this author but haven't? Then this Challenge is for you. There are so many amazing authors but sometimes we get caught up in reading all the new we forget about the authors that have already impressed, excited us, gave us what all readers want, a great read, that wow moment, so this Challenge is to show all the authors that have pleased us already how thankful we are by reading more of their literary works.  Note - part of a series is not eligible, that is the true challenge.

SURPRISE GIVEAWAY WINNER

Zoe from In The Next Room - She has been amazing at this Challenge.  Zoe, I will send you a book of your choice from Book Depository up to $15. 

Thanks for supporting my Challenge.


What has been your favourite read for this Challenge so far?  Link that review here.

It's Monday - What are you reading, this is what I'm reading.....

It's Monday, What are You Reading  Sheila over at Book Journey has an incentive for networking so go over and have fun while continuing to add to your 2011 Wishlist.


I just completed more of Fifty - I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, you must read in order

Review of Fifty Shades of Grey
Review of Fifty Shades Darker





I started reading...  (it is not gripping me, will go back to it)





Currently reading.....




I am looking forward to the release of this adult Verse Novel, maybe my next read.






Have a great week, I look forward to see what your reading.

Review - Fifty Shades Darker by EL James

Summary from The Writers Coffee Shop Publishing House (TWCS)
Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.

But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven, and demanding Fifty Shades.
While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront her anger and envy of the women who came before her and make the most important decision of her life.

Erotic, sparkling and suspenseful, Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy.




My Review - 4 1/2 Great to the last Drop

EL James has a way with creating tension that is out of this world. If you do not want spoilers in any way, please go read my review of Fifty Shades of Grey, my favourite read of the year so far.  I highly recommend this trilogy, love it, you must read in order. It is categorized as Erotica but truly it is so much more, Suspense, Mystery, Romance and definitely Thrilling, oh and did I say hot!

I am in love with Christian and Ana, they were totally made for each other. And Christian truly can knock the panties right off you. This is the perfect book proving there is the perfect person for everyone even when one is damaged and another innocent. The battle of these two getting to know each other, fighting on what to give and not give, outside relationship pressures and just the unknown is executed brilliantly. I am extremely satisfied and cannot wait until the next one now.  This book gives you the glowing experience of an amazing make out sex session.  You are so fulfilled and can't wait for the next time.

Ana calls Christian her Fifty Shades and this book really goes into the darker side of Christians past, who he is and why. I really love when an author gives background, deep down in their souls. Christian has nightmares and thinks he has chosen the perfect lifestyle to release but realizes Ana is his lifeline and they will create the perfect lifestyle for them, the true essence of a honest loving relationship.

I find the email messages in this book to be so refreshing, so real, definitely a unique style that I look forward to EL keeping.

There was a moment in the book that totally ripped my heart out, I was breathless and a tear rolled down my face. A serious, what the hell, no way, omg moment. I had considered it happening but let me tell you, this was executed to perfection. The whole chapter I felt like I was going to pass out.  For those that have read it, the switch scene, hope that is a hint.

Another moment, the confrontation near the end of the book, total drama but I was in Ana’s corner. She may look like she can’t handle Christian but she knows what her man truly needs and gets her point across with some motherly help. Stunning…….

The music and Ana’s inner Goddess still play a huge part which I continued to love. Her inner Goddess showed her excitement by dancing, pirouetting around, etc, loved that.

We were left with a cliffhanger in Fifty Shades of Grey that made me feel like an addict; I want and need more now. Well this one isn’t a cliffhanger but totally sets us up for the next. More hot drama, I look forward to it.

The covers of these books are so dreamy and mysterious but totally meaningful.

If you can handle some detailed sizzling sex scenes I totally recommend these books. The BDSM lifestyle is so classy it will not offend you, I’m sure it will peak your interest, (wink wink)


There is a Book Tour going on this week with GIVEAWAYS, definitely go have a look and enter.

Poll Results - Commentluv

 

Here are the results.........

Yes, keep commentluv	8 (34%)
Doesn't matter to me	8 (34%)
No, go back to blogger	7 (30%)
No, try another system	0 (0%)

And my decision.............

I am going back to blogger

Why.......

1. The poll validated the responses I received on this post Networking/Commenting with Bloggers
2. I thought commenting systems were a make it or break it for followers, it isn't
3. Sometimes the load up time to comment takes to long, yesterday and today it hasn't shown up at all, there is no way I want to make it harder for my followers to comment

Pros of Commentluv.....

1. I loved the link to your last post BUT most of my commenter's are bloggers I visit or already have on my sidebar so this wasn't a true benefit for me and sometimes the blogger doesn't leave the link
2. I can respond directly to you.  I think this is only needed for discussion posts which I would like to try to do more of, "at least once a month is more to me" :-)

Major Con

1. All my comments are gone with commentluv, all my birthday wishes :-(

Thank you for responding and helping me with testing.  I considered keeping it for another month but after not getting on yesterday and this morning sealed the deal, I don't know what happened.

Have a lovely weekend.

AND I bought a new computer, picked it up today, so I get to network again, it is hard to do while at work and no weekends.

Thanks again

NOW I AM ANGRY.........  I deleted it but obviously I need to do more.  

Winner - The Human Obsession by Heath Sommer

 My Review

The Winner is..................

#1 - Annette

  

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Coming up..... Interview with Dr. Heath Sommer, to be scheduled, can't wait.

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Waiting on Wednesday - Michelle Zink

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event spotlighting upcoming releases we are highly anticipating. It is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink

March 2012

If you are an Early Reviewer for LibraryThing go request it now, the new list is up.

Description from LibraryThing:

Even angels make mistakes in this page-turning epic romance.

When her parents are murdered before her eyes, sixteen-year-old Helen Cartwright finds herself launched into an underground London where a mysterious organization called the Dictata controls the balance of good and evil. Helen learns that she is one of three remaining angelic descendants charged with protecting the world's past, present, and future. Unbeknownst to her, she has been trained her whole life to accept this responsibility. Now, as she finds herself torn between the angelic brothers protecting her and the devastatingly handsome childhood friend who wants to destroy her, she must prepare to be brave, to be hunted, and above all to be strong, because temptation will be hard to resist, even for an angel.

Michelle Zink masterfully weaves historical fantasy with paranormal romance to create a gripping tale of love and betrayal.




I LOVED her trilogy.My Reviews of Prophecy of the Sisters and Guardian of the Gate, I haven't read Circle of Fire yet.

Click on Title to comment please

Review - Inside the Outside by Martin Lastrapes

Book Summary

By the time Timber Marlow is fifteen years old, she has already killed three men. Despite the bloody and violent nature of their deaths, Timber is hardly a murderer. She has lived her entire life as a cannibal within a cult tucked away in the San Bernardino Mountains called the Divinity of Feminine Reproach. The Divinity keeps itself isolated from the Outside, which is the mainstream society beyond its invisible borders. When the opportunity presents itself, Timber escapes into the Outside, bearing witness to some dark and unsettling truths about the world around her and the integral role she plays in it. But no matter how long she stays away, Timber finds out the past isn't as far away as she thinks it is. In this debut novel, laced with scenes of horrific violence and uplifting humanity, Martin Lastrapes has written a one-of-a-kind story about love, friendship, sacrifice and cannibalism.

My Review - 3 1/2

I wanted to read a horror, so after reading Jennifer's review over at Book Den I decided to go for it.  Hunger Games meets horrified grossness in this story.  For all those that loved Hunger Games, if you can handle a whole new level of violence and deranged thinking you will find yourself another story to love. 

I tried not to be so judgemental as the characters can only react to what they know, a whole world that at times, completely grossed me out.  The thought of cannibalism is of putting and with the details it took me to a level of squeamish reading.  I was intrigued on the family unit, women had babies and they were taken away immediately, they wanted all women to love all the young as if they were their own.  And the God complex leader was Daddy Marlow, one sick twisted son of a b - demon.   The Inside was a community of hairless bodies that represented purity and goodness.

I enjoyed the style Martin L used to execute his book in Parts.  The first section the Inside was a rude awakening which I began to 'appreciate'.  You couldn't help to love Timber and wanted to follow her journey.  I was excited to see her get to the Outside, this section was ok, I felt the huge mystery could have been more edgy, the waiting took to long in my opinion. 

I was entertained with how the story was being told to me.  It felt like I was in dark room, scary but cozy with this adorable storyteller.  My mouth fell open when I figured out who was telling the story.  Great point of the book.

My favourite quote from the book - To eat a person in the Outside was frowned upon not simply because it was eating human flesh, but because you were eating everything that person was - you were eating their love and their compassion, their imagination and their empathy, their hopes and their dreams.

Cover -  This is my favourite cover of the year, so eye catching and completely relevant to story.

Another great read for the RIP Challenge.


I started reading this and was only about 4 chapters in when Martin Lastrapes emailed me to review, talk about coincidence.   Thank you Martin for giving a copy to one of my followers.

eBook GIVEAWAY for Kindle

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Closes Friday, Oct 7

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It's my Birthday

It is my Birthday, I am celebrating ME.  Happy Birthday to Me..... I'm 36 years old :-)

I wanted to celebrate with you and decided I will do 36 facts about me, some book related, some not.

I am a girly girl, love the glam of life but I choose books over makeup.  I love a beautiful garden to look at but in my books they need to have a dead body included to really intrigue me, lol

Hope you enjoy, I know 36 is a lot, I kept them short.

Also, my blogoversary was Aug 29 and I chose to create the event Thrill Week to celebrate. This will be an annual event now.  I had a blast and thank those that participated and commented.  Blogging is such a bonus in my life, I appreciate all of you.

On to 36, facts, favourites etc about me.



1. My favourite childhood book is Corduroy  



2. I was born and raised in Bermuda



3. I studied dance education in Philadelphia, Univ of the Arts as a dance instructor for 10 years



4. I currently teach a fusion class, Pilates, Yoga and strength stretch combined



5. My favourite movie is Silence of the Lambs, love the book also



6. My favourite Adult Fiction book is Still Alice



7. My favourite inspiration fiction book is Dibs, In Search of Self



8. My favourite psychological thriller book is Manufactured Identity 



9. My favourite long term author is Mary Higgins Clark



10. Verse Novels are my simple pleasure



11. I have a 4 year old daughter named Paige



12. I got her name from the show Charmed, I call her daddy my Charmed One



13. I have 2 brothers



14. One of my brothers had a massive stroke and the book My Stroke of Insight helped me lots





15. My favourite place visited was Capri, Italy



16. One of my favourite hotels is Hotel Giraffe in New York



17. I have been blogging for 2 years



18. My favourite genres are Thrillers, Suspense and Mystery



19. My favourite concert was Madonna in 2006


20. I love being a Libra 



21. I work at Hospital



22. I love being a career mommy, I have been a professional human resource specialist for 11 years



23. My worst grammar mistake for years was writing 'alot, instead of a lot’ 







24. I used to think I was pretty techy but blogging has shown me that I’m a little clueless actually



25. My favourite colour is purple



26. My Bermudian accent sounds like a mix of British and Island like



27. I have 4 tattoos  - this is one 



28. I am staying at Newstead, Belmont Hills hotel for my birthday, my favourite getaway at home



29. I am a divorcee



30. I have been with Paige’s dad on and off for 13 years



31. My favourite poem is Reason, Season, Lifetime



32. My favourite quote is The Serenity Prayer 



33. My favourite thing about blogging is interacting with bloggers,especially with same interest



34. I love going to the spa, my favourite treatment is a hot stone massage.



35. I would choose being a stay at home mom and blogging all day over work right now (really only the stressful days, lol, I love working)



36. I love birthdays, it is like your very own special holiday to celebrate your life.


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