Thursday, February 20, 2025

Feb 20 Book Review: A Saltwater Christmas by Laurie Beach

  



A Saltwater Christmas by  Laurie Beach
Allie has a new job as an enologist in the lab at the winery. She also has a new roommate, Sam. She asked for a female and got Same a male. She likes the things he does for her. He is ex military along with this trained dog. She doesn't do holidays and he has decorated everywhere. Like how the others at work treat her, as if she's one of them. Big huge community effort.
Love ending with the child rescued by unlikely things and family connection.
Received this review copy from Tule Publishing and this is my honest opinion.
 

Feb 20 Book Review: A Georgia Christmas by Susan Sands

 
  

  
A Georgia Christmas by Susan Sands
In the first book Merilee is a hairdresser and she has her own store in the small town  of Moonshine. The story also follows Randy who is a detective that has been hired by the local authorities. He is hiding a lot of secrets but he just want to keep her safe. She agrees to rent him the garage apartment and also installs  security cameras. It's quite the mystery what really happens and how welcoming the family is towards him until they realize he is hiding something from them.... Great details on the sceneras and especially the investigation strategies with security.
Received this review copy from Tule Publishing and this is my honest opinion.
 

Feb 20 Book Review: A Taste of Christmas Magic

 


A Taste of Christmas Magic
Book 1 of Southern Love Spells by Sinclair Jayne
A Taste of Christmas Magic by Sinclair Jayne
This story follows the Mayes sister and their grandmother Millie. Love how this book came about and Jane Porter's small library outside her house.
In This story the grandmother needs to get one of the girls interested in following the family  magic traditions. One of them does speak up and takes on the task .  Chloe finds the magic love spell cookbook in her grandmother's small library.
Love hearing how  Chloe is able to get Rustin to help her cook for the huge holiday fundraiser.    The other girls help with other projects to make it a success. Family conflicts and who will end up with Rustin...
Love hearing about all the planning and how it's accomplished.
The love spell recipe book is just so precious to have something from her.
Received this review copy from Tule Publishing and this is my honest opinion.


 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Book Review: Onward: A Life on a Sailboat by Mark Tedesco

  


   
Onward: A Life on a Sailboat by Mark Tedesco
Love this book because the travel and everything he learns are so important and enteraining..
Jovanny is the captain and he sails to places that interest him. He's done his research.
Love hearing all about them and thought this was such a short read. It is packed with all kinds of information about the places and the friendships he makes.
Thought for sure a few times he would be taken for a ride, get scammed but it didn't happen.
Some people are so trusting and worthy, he finds the good ones. Author is so very descriptive I felt I was exploring the caverns and other religious areas with Gio.
Love the moments he spent where he learned more about his mother: this one struck me the most as I've not yet let go of my parents.
Love hearing all about the treasures he is able to explore. Different regions and just how close he becomes with the people he meets. Lot of emotions as we watch him develop as he gets older, the people he meets and stays with and the religious things that he has common inclinations with.
Spent so much time digesting everything before I advanced onto other chapters. I felt like the information I learned  was written in about 600 pages. The author is so good at what he does that it was only 242 pages. There is so much to this story. I can't wait to read it again to find more things that I missed the first time.
Super read, it's on my top 3 books for this year.

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Book Review: Soccer Legends for Kids Inspiring Stories for Kids 20 amazing players who show grit, perseverance, and Mental Toughness to achieve their dreams by Liam Cruz

  

 
Soccer Legends for Kids Inspiring Stories for Kids 20 amazing players who show grit, perseverance, and Mental Toughness to achieve their dreams by Liam Cruz
What I love about this book is that it's the perfect one to engage our great grandchildren to appreciate the sport. They are at the age where they are trying new sports and this is one of them. Book starts with the authors love of the sport and how to read the book and so much more introduction material.
This book out of 20 stories tells what make a difference to the players when they got with others to play soccer. No matter how their lives had started they changed to make that difference.
Love hearing allt he intricate details. Each chapter starts with a color poster of the soccer player, 5 greatest moments, 5 greatest statistical achievements,  top 10 facts about the player,  and their story and how they made a difference and their life today, life lessons learned.  I am familiar with a few of these players but really appreciate the others stories as well. Can never learn enough and this is a fun read with heart and soul.   Kids are gonna love reading this with me when we visit. 

Book Review: The Complete 56-Day Chair Regimen: Merging Chair Yoga and Exercises for Seniors:

  

 
The Complete 56-Day Chair Regimen: Merging Chair Yoga and Exercises for Seniors: Low-Impact Chair Yoga and Exercises for Flexibility, Stability, Balance, and Strength 
by Ottie Oz 
This book actually contains two different books but they work together as a super pair.
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28 days of chair yoga for seniors
Lots of introduction material about the concept of chair yoga and the benefits, myths and facts, consideration and how to use the book.
How to prepare for chair yoga, the things you might need. .
What I like about this book is that it focuses on certain parts of your body that you want to work on.
Shows samples of the positions, the yoga pose name and how to do them,  and what parts of the body they are good for.
Book also focuses on other types of routines, daily exercises that by the end of 28 days every body part will have had some exercise.
 Bonus sequences are also included at the end.
Appendix shows all of the chapters exercises in icon form along with chapter name telling you which parts they are focusing on. References are also included at the end.



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28 days chair exercises  for weight loss for seniors 99 illustrated exercises organized into 28 routines.
Into discusses being active at our age and the benefits of doing so.
Love that this book also concentrates on food and what to eat to help on your way to lose weight.
How to achieve your goals with new routines and why are discussed in detail.
Chair yoga exercises have their won chapter before the routines start. There are simple quotes at the start of each chapter for encouragement.
Benefits of certain exercises and why they are important, noted by reference notes.
FAQ and how to use the book are included. Do exercises correctly and warm up and cook down routines are highlighted.
These exercises sitting in a chair are explained in detail and also shown in a small picture.  They also explain why they are important.
Each day shows various poses of exercises and tells you how many to do at one time.
 Other books by the author are highlighted at the end.  References are also included at the end.
Encompasses so much of what we need to do daily.
SUPER KEEPER!
  

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Book Review: Firestorm (Tom Maverick #1)" by Ethan Jones:

  


  
Firestorm (Tom Maverick #1)" by Ethan Jones:
This story starts out with Tom and he's been assigned with a buddy to accomplish the mission. Things go badly and he can't understand why his partner would shoot so many and now he runs for his life. He escapes and heads to another location to lay low. He has another mission and is paired with a woman that he's worked with before and not too happy about that situation because they both are one person missions.
He does his part and she does hers but things don't go so right. He is being threatened personally now. A buddy from long ago tracks him down in South America and he can't understand how he was found so easily. There is a joke about the bomb sticking out from under the drivers seat and they go for dinner and car doesn't blow up. When the friend leaves the car blows up. He has to do what he can, at all costs to save his son from the bad guys.
There is a lot of high fast paced action packed political at times, drama during the mission. Things are very descriptive and the details are so crucial to the outcome of the missions. Love all the travel and destinations.
Excerpt from the next book is included at the end.