Photos from the Festival
We went to the Conneaut Lake Park Fall Pumpkin Fest Saturday, so I thought I'd post a couple of photos.
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads, even though I'm a little late....
Do you read series you don’t actually like?
I saw an author complaining yesterday on Facebook about people who don't like her books, but continue to read each one in the series and complain about them on Goodreads and Amazon? "I mean, if I take one bite of food I don't like, I don't eat it again, right? I don't keep eating it and complain about it."
Am I the only out here who does this occasionally, keep reading a series I don't love and do complain about? I have actually enjoyed the couple of books of this particular author that I've read, but I can think of at least one (or two or three) series where I've read 3, maybe 4 of the books and have been annoyed, but picked up the next one anyway.
Here are some reasons:
They are easy to get hold of. My library does not necessarily have the best selection and sometimes, especially when it comes to audios, I have to take what I can get. A mediocre book...
Audiobook Review: The French Powder Mystery by Ellery Queen
Title: The French Powder Mystery (Ellery Queen #2)
Author: Ellery Queen
Reader: Robert Faas
Category: Mystery
Audio published: September 15, 2013 by AudioGo (First published 1930)
Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars
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The windows of French’s department store are one of New York’s great attractions. Year-round, their displays show off the finest in fashion, art, and home décor, and tourists and locals alike make a point of stopping to see what’s on offer. One afternoon, as the board debates a merger upstairs, a salesgirl begins a demonstration in one of the windows, showing off French’s new Murphy bed. A crowd gathers to watch the bed lower from the wall after a single touch of a button. But as the bed opens, people run screaming. Out tumbles a woman—crumpled, bloody, and dead.
The victim was Mrs. French, wife of the company president, and finding her killer will turn this esteemed store upside down. Only one detective has the soft touch necessary—debonair intellectual Ellery Queen....
Thursday’s Tale: Fitcher’s Bird
Today's tale is another of the Grimms' stories. I can't help it if some are just perfect for this time of year. "Fitcher's Bird" is quite gruesome - women chopped up with an axe left in a bloody room, a house full of guests burned to death.
Once up a time, a wizard took the form of a beggar and carried off young women from their homes. He carried off an oldest sister and assured her she would be happy with him. He took her to his house, which was marvelous, but then he had to go on a short journey. He told her she could go anywhere in the house except one room; he also gave her an egg and told her to carry it everywhere and be careful with it. Of course she went into the forbidden room, who wouldn't?, and found hacked-up bodies and a basin of blood. Shocked, she dropped the egg into the basin. The wizrd returned and demanded the egg. When he...
Guest Post: Cinta Garcia de la Rosa, author of The Funny Adventures of Little Nani
Today I'm happy to welcome Cinta Garcia de la Rosa, author of The Funny Adventures of Little Nani. Today she's telling us a little about her future plans for Little Nani.
What are Little Nani’s future plans?
When I wrote the first Little Nani story on my blog, back in February 2012, I didn’t even have in mind the idea of writing a book. But when people started asking me if I was going to write more Little Nani stories, I couldn’t resist and wrote the book. Ten funny and lovely stories that are liked both by children and adults. Indeed, Little Nani only asks her readers to have a young heart. After writing this first book and seeing how much people like Little Nani, I decided to do more things with her.
So what are my plans for the near future? First of all, I will finish the second book in the series, which will include another set of ten stories, equally...
Audiobook Review: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Title: Casino Royale (James Bond #1)
Author: Ian Fleming
Reader: Simon Vance
Category: Thriller
Audio published: February 9, 2011 by Blackstone Audio (First published 1953)
Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars
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Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless, and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Flemings tales of Secret Agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table, forcing his Soviet spymasters to retire him. It seems that Lady Luck has sided with 007 when Le Chiffre hits a losing streak. But some people just refuse to play by the rules, and Bonds attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster and to an unexpected savior.
I think I may have been somewhat spoiled by the Bond movies. The James Bond in Casino Royale is just not the sexy, dangerous 007 I know. Bond in this does not making the smartest decisions, lets his guard down too easily for...