Book Review: Carrigan Christmas Reunion by CJ Carmichael

  

 

Carrigan Christmas Reunion by CJ Carmichael

This story starts out with Wren and she's coming home for the holiday. Her fiancée to be, Adrian will be arriving by Christmas Eve for the family reunion. An old friend, Harrison picks her up at the airport as her sister's baby is sick.

She finds her relative is sick in bed with a pregnancy, everybody else is busy, so busy no one has made any food to eat or decorate or bake cookies. An aunt is also in the hospital. She knew just the story to read to her aunt, Little Women, a treasure.

This is the first book in the series I've read and I enjoyed it immensely because it has a lot of different characters, different age groups and it's the holidays. So when Wren arrives home. She helps Harrison make cookies for his mother's society group because she is away in Denmark. They not only make the cookies but then her aunt in the hospital passes away. Christmas morning she helps him serve the meal to the homeless people along with putting the treat of the cookie near each table. He has been there for her through her time back home. When he asks about her boyfriend he is shocked to know they have broken up. Relocating to California for his dream college and she hopes to stay in Montana to get her degree and be able to teach. Be a lot closer to the family then.  Before she knew what happened the house inside and out was decorated, the porch, cookies baked, etc.

Love the moments they get to spend with the children playing Hide and Seek before the meal. That's kind of sad when she didn't feel as if she didn't fit in with the adults nor the children but then Harrison comes and they sit together.. At the end of this book there are a lot of choices... There is another excerpt from this series about her twin sister Portia.

 Good Christmas holiday read

 

Oct 1 MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES (THE DAVORIN MOTE CHRONICLES Book 1) by STEVEN DECKER

  

 

MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES (THE DAVORIN MOTE CHRONICLES Book 1) by STEVEN DECKER

This book starts out with Davorin and he's just coming out of his vacation time and they are ready to go full steam forward into space. Love learning about the paths they can use through the stars.

The author has such an imagination with all the space out there, planets, galaxies, sun, and stars and so much more.

Creo I could relate to: although AI bot they also had a bit of humor and always 6 steps ahead of Davorin, always so prepared with events and solutions.

Love how he just shows up with the world leaders and the message he has for them, they can hear it in their own language. Wish this book was real because it would end all wars as we know them. The big leaders do go along with the plan, they can gain further years, if they give up some of their nuclear arms.  The people must also vote on the idea.  Tings become real when he introduces his family and at the head of state dinner his son is accidentally shot and it's dire.

He is rushed back to the center where he is put into a special machine to help him heal. There is also another man shot but he can withstand the wait til the machine is clear for him to recuperate with only 80% memory left. Love the girl that capture Davorin's attention and how preceptive she is with her questions of him.

Lots of action, high technology, adventure, mystery, sci fic atmosphere, and so much more to captivate you into reading and following along with this book.

Another installment of the series will be available soon as the saga continues.

Great read.

 

Book Review: Amigurumi Projects Bible by Maris Bellamy

  

 

Amigurumi Projects Bible by Maris Bellamy

This is the Bible of all bibles to have. It includes everything you need so you can make these little creatures and little things just with a crochet hook and yarn. The yarns are explained the hooks are explained the stitches are explained just get going and get started. Everything is so well laid out in this book. Starts with a picture of the item in the pattern. Everything is included with special notes, stitch used, size of hook, etc

Actually how to start and all the way through to the end is included.

There are special features inside that tells you if you want a round circle how many stitches to put on and how to work the pattern if you

 want an oval item it tells you how to start that and increase it in a certain manner to make it. The same with the square or a triangle everything is in this book. I have never seen such a book. This is an awesome book to keep handy great references. I can't wait to get started on a few already. They show you how to make the stitches also. Everything has diagrams, pictures,  words to help explain what you are doing.

 

Children's books sept 29

  

 

Bee Kind, Little Bees: Bee Kind, Bee Gentle, Bee Respectful (Bee Lollie's Littles Lessons Book 1)

AA Ouilmette

In this story bee Lolli is walking around the garden where she has planted vegetables. There are other little bees helping out also and they start throwing fruit at each other. Things get a bit wild and one of them get hurt. Bee Lolli has to tell them to be respectful and they can play again. Cute story children's colorful educational

 

 

Sweet Baby Halloween: A Rhyming Book for Little Girls & Boys by Victoria Scudder

Colorful, rhyming, children's, educational book about Halloween. The problem with this book is I was not able to view any of the pitures after page one. Tried different methods and different programs and none of them worked. The pictures must be too high quality for my computer and tablet.

 

Children's books read Sept 28

  

 

My Crazy: Halloween by Bella Dale 

This is a middle grade chapter book about the week before Halloween. The girl lost her dog actually it was her dad that tied him outside the pizza place and stayed in there a little bit too long and the dog ran away. She puts up signs all over the neighborhood and her friends are. She goes to her grandmother's house the day before Halloween to do grand. I love that phrase and I can imagine the chores that I would give to my grandson for Grandma work. They had a good time she entered a Halloween costume party and was singing in the talent show just such good. When she arrives home she decides to go look in the lost woods for her dog. She finds a surprise there and then her father follows her and they are all surprised by the cold icy Wind blowing so hard that only 2 of them could fit in the tent the dog and the girl. Poor dad. When they arrived back home her girlfriend shows up with a bucket of candy that all of her friends collected for her plus the pizza slices because she missed the party everyone else had gone home early because of. It was a very magical kind of story really enjoyable. Also has pictures throughout the book of the scenes that are being described.

 

 

 

The Little Fish Who Got Lost in the Sea by Nancy Khalif

This is a rhyming, children's, colorful book about a little fish who was always by his mother's side.  One day he decides to go exploring by himself and he meets a lot of different fish. Most are very friendly to him. Until he meets the big shark who wants to eat him. He escapes and then he gets help from a turtle and other creatures to help hide him so the shark won't eat him. He does eventually find his way home and his mama is waiting for him. He won't leave her side anymore. Cute story.

  

 

Jack-a-Roo Misses Mama (Jack-a-Roo's Adventures Book 2) by Angela Radzevich

Colorful, rhyming, children's book about jack-a-roo the rabbit. His mother leaves to do chores in town and he goes into the fields to play with his friend. He sees a lot of different things and they are explained in the pictures and the words.  He starts feeling sad at the end and his friends come to play with him. He was just not used to his mother being gone so long. But he's happy to find her waiting at home when he returns. Cute story.

 

 

The Naughty Little Baby Elephant: The Naughty Little Baby Elephant What is the Baby elephant up to ? Let's find out. by Ami Bhagat

This is a colorful, children's book about a baby elephant and he leaves in the morning and finds some children to play with at the park. Julie and the big elephant come looking for baby elephant and the kids have told him yes they saw him and played with them and he went somewhere else. They are on the track of finding him.  A huge trunk is sticking out of the bushes. The baby elephant really just wants to play, he wants to make a castle out of sand. Kind of a silly book for kids.

 

Book Review: The Amish Method Survival by Aden Brown

  

 

The Amish Method Survival a 4 level resillence protocol for apartments by Aden Brown

What I enjoyed about this book was the ability to survive but doing what you are doing. It's a start with recycling and how you prepare food, shop and handle utilities.

This book will lead you to do the framework of setting up a system that you can rely on when times get hard or you lose electric for a few days or weeks.

Love the parts about food because we harvest our crops and store them in jars for the winter months.  I know some preparedness skills from others where they store cans by wiring dates on top for when they need to be used. store new things in back and use from the front of the shelves.

I like how the book is laid out by levels. Appreciate the chore of figuring out how much space you really have that is useable for storing of foods and toiletries.

Under the back, tops of closets, etc. It's not livable space but is great for other storage. We use mylar bags already and we food save our foods in the freezer with dates on them already.

Lots of practical information in this book. 30 Day plan is included.

Great reference book to keep handy.

 

Book Review: The Lovers Who Found Each other again by Werner Stejskal

  

 

The Lovers Who Found Each other again by Werner Stejskal

This book is a fun one to read and imagine. I have had moments where I felt I had run into my spouse when we were teens, roller skating. We each had been there every Saturday. We knew some of the same people and the events during the skating.

Love how this one starts at a coffee place and he sees her across the room and approaches her. She is hesitant but gives in and they go to the river to sit and decide what to do with what the have seen in dreams. Love the adventures they go on, not knowing will they will end up...

Love where the storyline goes and it's very descriptive. So much that later on they can figure out where it's actually located and they travel there to see the distant relatives...

Love ending and how it goes on from the legends told.....

Love the adventures, travels, descriptive details and destiny.

Great book to read and imagine you are there with them.