I Has a Hotdog by Professor Happycat and ihasahotdog.com

by Carol7 Comments
I Has a Hotdog by Professor Happycat and ihasahotdog.com This is not my usual type of book. To be honest, I'm not a big fan in general of those cute animal pictures with funny captions. That's just not the kind of thing I find funny usually. But I had to review this one, because, you see, my daughter (10) found it hilarious. The day it came in the mail, she told me grandma has the cat one, which must be I Can Has Cheezburger?, then she sat down, looked at every picture, laughing and giggling and showing me one everyone few minutes. And then David got home, and he had to look through it and laugh too. It really is a cute little book. Fun, light-hearted. Probably not something I personally would spend my money on, I can imagine a lot of people really enjoying it. The pictures included here are from the I Has a Hotdog website. Do you know what your dog's...
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A teaser from my Earth Day read

by Carol6 Comments
The revelation of God through creation is so powerful and so obvious, Paul says that no one is excused for refusing to believe our Creator exists. The world is God's apologetic about himself. (pg. 73, Green Like God by Jonathan Merritt) I haven't started reading this one yet, but it does seem like it may fit in well with Earth Day Thursday. Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along. The rules are easy. Grab your current read, open to a random page, and give us two teaser sentences. Remember, no spoilers. My copy was sent by the publisher for review and the above is my honest opinion. I am an Amazon associate....
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Another Week in the Books

by Carol7 Comments
You know, I don't think I finished a single book this past week. I take that back, I read a couple of books with Amber (10) that were short enough to read in one sitting, including Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, which we've read several times a year since she was like 5. I posted a couple of reviews last week. My favorite though was The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook. It's probably not for everyone, but I loved it, even if it had me bawling at the end. My giveaways for Montana Legacy by R. C. Ryan and Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready are both still open, by the way. Besides watching the hockey play-offs, we had a nice week. It was gorgeous, so we got some yardwork done and some flowers planted. As soon as David gets the garden rototilled, we'll be planting some Romaine lettuce, peas and onions. Saturday, David, Amber and I...
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“Instructions” by Neil Gaiman

by Carol4 Comments
I read a Neil Gaiman poem recently in A Wolf at the Door. The title was "Instructions" which describes the poem perfectly. It's instructions on what to do if you find yourself in a fairy tale. It's cute but true to the fairy tale standards. Help those who ask for it, don't steal from an old woman's house. It's about trust and hope and seeking. Remember: that giants sleep too soundly; that witches are often betrayed by their appetites; dragons have one soft spot, somewhere, always; hearts can be well-hidden, and you betray them with your tongue. At the end, if you follow the instructions, you will return home, safe and sound, although changed by your journey. Of course, we all know that even if you follow the rules, a journey through fairy tale land is dangerous, indeed. You can read the whole poem at The Endicott Studio. It's also on Gaiman's Speaking in Tongues CD and according to the Neil Gaiman Online Store, if  "despite following...
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The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook

by Carol8 Comments
The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook Henry Griswald is the narrator of this tragic story he relates what happened seven decades earlier, when in 1926, he was a teenager, son of the headmaster of the Chatham School. That is the year, Elizabeth Channing arrived in town, a young, beautiful art teacher who has traveled the world.  That is the year his small town witnessed passion and death, saw a young woman destroyed and eventually accused of murder. Only Henry holds the key to what truly happened those years ago and it takes the whole book to learn all of the secrets. We left a few minutes later, and I didn't say a single word to Miss Channing that morning, but only gazed at her stonily, my demeanor already forming into the hard shell it would assume on the day I testified against her, answering every question with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, knowing all the...
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