Thursday’s Tale: Grimm’s Fairy Tales

by Carol3 Comments
Today I wanted to spotlight an audiobook coming out next week. As you know, I love the Grimms' tales and this looks like a fabulous collection. I'll have to pick this one up next week when it comes out. Just look at that list of stories and the all-star narrators. I can't imagine it being anything less than wonderful. I think I've read most of the stories, but I have to imagine hearing them told will enhance them for me. There are also a couple that I don't think I've gotten around to yet. It's suggested age is 10 and up and if it's true that theses are the earlier versions of the tales, they can be a bit bloody and less happy than the stories we are used to. Maybe I should just go ahead and pre-order it. Thursday's Tales is a weekly event here at Carol's Notebook. Fairy tales, folktales, tall tales, even re-tellings, I love them all. Feel free to join in....
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Buried Threads by Kaylin McFarren

by Carol5 Comments
I'm sorry. I had to give up on this one half-way through, and it took me a month to get that far. I just couldn't get into it. I didn't care about the characters and found the plot a little confusing. They were going on a dive to find swords but yakuza were somehow involved and there was a monk who I think was good guy but was in love with a giesha who ended up "owned" by another man. Then that guy ended up dead and I quit reading. It just wasn't for me....
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Readers’ Workouts – 5/3

by Carol7 Comments
Here are my steps for the week. If you're on fitbit, you can find me here. My current plan is to do cardio on Tuesday (60 mins), upper body on Wednesday, cardio on Thursday (60 mins), a total body workout on Friday, cardio on Saturday (60+ mins), and a core workout on Monday. I'm also doing a 10 minute-ish Pilates workout each day. Tuesday - 35 mins Pilates/barre combo. Wednesday - 10 mins Pilates. 10 mins arms and shoulders. Thursday - 30 mins elliptical. Walk with dog. 30 mins Pilates abs and arms. Saturday - 10.4 mile trail run. My time was 2:30:10, which was about 8 minutes better than last year. My brother ran with me. The picture below is just before the finish line. Monday - Walk with the dog. 15 mins core, 10 mins Pilates abs. I usually listen to a book while I'm walking, jogging, whatever. This week I finished The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton and "Cat's Paws" by Bill Pronzini. 2016 miles: 174.75 How was your...
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Spotlight: Banished Threads by Kaylin McFarren

by Carol1 Comment
Excerpt: A lone figure stood in the estuary lookout nestled in the trees above the North Sea on the Holderness Coast, waiting with restless anticipation as Gwen Gallagher approached the cliff's edge. A quick adjustment to the night-vision binoculars allowed the watcher a closer view of the twenty-eight-year-old secretary as she savored the last autumn sunset she would ever see. The crisp, cool air picked up speed, leaving her long black hair sailing like a ghostly pirate's flag behind her. It lifted the hem of her black skirt slightly, exposing her white shapely legs and black suede booties to the wintry elements. Her pale blue eyes swept across the landscape, appraising the beauty surrounding them. She raised her chin toward the darkening sky and smiled, obviously believing the note she had received, inviting her here, had come from her married lover. As Gwen moved even closer to the edge, the watcher inhaled a deep breath. All that remained between this ludicrous woman...
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