Month: March 2014

Spring into a Good Book Read-a-Thon

Spring into a Good Book Read-a-Thon

Posted March 20, 2014 by Whitney in read-a-thon / 2 Comments

Spring into a Good Book  Read-a-Thon Hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair March 20 – March 26 Midnight to 11:59 p.m. (your time) It has been a long, long, long time since I participated in a read-a-thon (or at least it feels that way).  A week of reading sounds exquisite.  I’m not going to try and […]

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Book Review: Kyle Demore and the Timekeeper’s Key

Book Review: Kyle Demore and the Timekeeper’s Key

Posted March 19, 2014 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

At the start of Kyle Demore and the Timekeeper’s Key all I felt was missing was a lightening bolt scar, although there is so much more to this story. My catch phrase as a little kid was “What’s happening now Mom, what’s happening now?”  That is how I felt about this novel, what will happen […]

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Book Review: My Sister’s Keeper

Book Review: My Sister’s Keeper

Posted March 12, 2014 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment

I’m not sure how I feel about this book. One of the main characters has epilepsy and being epileptic myself I had some problems with the accuracy of Campbell’s seizure activity. In the novel, Campbell, Anna’s lawyer, has a dog that goes everywhere with him and later the reader learns it is a seizure dog. […]

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Heading on up

Heading on up

Posted March 8, 2014 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 1 Comment

A quick post before my departure to Wisconsin.  I’m going on another week long trip to our lake house.  I checked the weather and Illinois is experiencing a heatwave compared to upper Wisconsin!  Sadly we have heard that compared to past years there is very little wildlife due to the lack of food and cold […]

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Book Review: Above

Book Review: Above

Posted March 4, 2014 by Whitney in Review / 3 Comments

Above has been compared to Emma Donoghue’s Room and based on the subject matter I can see why.  One could say what is original about that, its been done before.  No it has not.  Above is as fresh as the air that is above, but it is the darkness below that draws you in. Blythe’s […]

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Review: The Grip of God

Review: The Grip of God

Posted March 3, 2014 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments

While reading The Grip of God I felt a nagging feeling in the back of my head, Sofia and her story reminds me of someone, but who?  Last night it came to me, Cynthia Ann Parker.  Strange I know but bear with me, (and yes I know Cynthia Ann was a real person)  both were abducted […]

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Road Trip

Road Trip

Posted March 2, 2014 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 2 Comments

While I never announced it, I was away on another family vacation and returned on Friday.  We drove to Jacksonville, Florida to visit my brother and his wife – always a good time, with great food, weather and awesome company how can you do wrong? My parents and I then headed on to Savanna with […]

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Monthly Review: February 2014

Monthly Review: February 2014

Posted March 1, 2014 by Whitney in Monthly Review / 2 Comments

Currently Reading: The Grip of God by Rebecca Hazell Reviewed: The Riddle of Sphinx Island by R.T. Raichev Road to Reckoning by Robert Lautner Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen When She Woke by Hillary Jordan The Secret of Raven Point by Jennifer Vanderbes Stuart Little by E.B. White Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Eclipse by […]

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