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What time of the year does your library have its library sale?

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My Answer: 

   The Friday & Saturday before Halloween.

A Heart's Home
Journey of the Heart, book six
by Colleen Coble
Pubisher: Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date: August 4, 2015
ISBN: 978-0718031695
Pages: 112
Buy Link: http://bit.ly/1Iyr7Im
Blog Tour: http://litfusegroup.com/author/ccoble

Review:

It's been a very busy month and I almost forgot about reading the final book in the Journey of the Heart series by bestselling author Colleen Coble.  If I remembered correctly, the six-part series started back in March with A Heart's Disguise, which focused on Sarah Montgomery, but starting with the fourth book, A Heart's Betrayal, the main character changed to Sarah's friend Emmie Croftner.

Emmie had high hopes of having a wonderful marriage, well, that is until her husband died and she later learned that he was actually married to another woman. Heartbroken, she left her home for a new life in the Wyoming Territory, where her old friend Sarah and her husband Rand kindly took her in. Shockingly after arriving, Emmie realizes she is pregnant.

After winning the affections of a solider, Isaac Liddle, Emmie is looking forward to getting married and raising her child. Life is full of twists & turns, especially when a friend dies and Emmie is forced to make a life-changing promise.

I'm sure by now that all my blog readers know that I'm somewhat of a bookworm, but you might be surprised that I'm not the biggest eBook reader. I prefer to have a physical book in my hands and be able to taken in the scent of the printed paper. Nevertheless, I do get several opportunities to review advanced copies of novels, which most are in eBook formats, which is one of the reasons why I own a Kindle.

Like I already said, I don't care for reading eBooks because I'm forced to sit in front of my computer to read a book. The good thing about a Kindle is that I can read the eBook anywhere I go. Now this is great for during the daytime hours, but the device is difficult to read late at night.

Earlier this summer, I was sent the Kandle Reading Light by Ozeri to test out and review. The device fits most Kindles as well as other eBook readers. The Kandle easily slips over the top of a Kindle. It features three small bright LED (lifetime) lights and an extended, adjustable & flexible neck. There are two different settings for the LED - soft light and ultra bright. It comes with 2 CR2032 batteries, a USB charging cable and a storage bag.

Once Upon A Time: Red's Untold Tale
by Wendy Toliver
Publisher: Kingswell Teen
Pub. Date: September 22, 2015
ISBN: 978-1484727461
Pages: 416
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

I guess you can say that fairy tales have made a comeback in recent years with several blockbusters and television series, which many are produced by the Walt Disney Company, including ABC's Once Upon A Time. With the series about to start it's fifth season at the end of next month, Kingswell Teen is releasing a companion novel, titled Once Upon A Time: Red's Untold Tale.

Red's Untold Tale centers on Red Riding Hood (the character is played by Meghan Ory in the series), but way before she was known as Ruby in Storybrooke. Here, Red is sixteen-year-old trying to live a normal life with Granny in the small village. She spends her days delivering the baked goods her grandmother maed to the villagers. What makes her different than other girls in the village is that she is also a werewolf, meaning when wolftime nears, they must board up the house, so Red won't venture out and harm an innocent. Plus, it helps keep the other wolves away from Red.

The story flashes back to when Red was thirteen-years-old when she was first entering her werewolf stage and when she learned of how her parents really died. Then it flashes back three years, where the she is dealing her romantic feelings for the blacksmith's son, Peter. Granny's baking business is booming, so Red searches the village for more milk to use for baking, but it isn't an easy task as a wolf has killed a few of the dairy cows.

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When you read a book that isn't for review, do you still feel the need to write a review of it?

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   If I mentioned the title that I'm reading in a post, then, yes, I sometimes feel like I need to write a review on it.

Some of you might have read a few of the male enhancement vitamin reviews that I'd posted earlier this year. Well, about a month ago, I was sent a can of Honey Bee Hard, which contains 6 single-serve viles.

Honey has been used for centuries as an aphrodisiac for both men and women. For men, it boosts their testosterone production and for women, it helps increase estrogen. It's also known to increase nitric oxide levels, which can aid not only in the bedroom but also in the gym as well as it can help your muscles recover from a workout faster.

Each Honey Bee Hard vile contains:

Irish Meadows
Courage to Dream, book one
by Susan Anne Mason
Publisher: Bethany House
Pub. Date: July 7, 2015
ISBN: 978-0764217241
Pages: 384
Blog Tour: http://litfusegroup.com/author/smason
Buy Link: http://bit.ly/1Mi7dDS

Review:

I've been reading up a storm lately as I've been trying my best to get caught up on reading books that have been piled up on my desk for several months; though somehow I've sneaked in enough time to read the newer titles for a few blog tours, including Irish Meadows by Susan Anne Mason.

Set in the early 1900s in Long Island, New York, Irish Meadows centers on Brianna and Colleen O'Leary, two sisters whom are both being pressured by their immigrant father, James, to marry into a rich family, so there would be a prosperous future for their horse farm.

Both sisters have their opinions of what they should do with their lives. Brianna dreams of attending college one day and has no plans on marrying. Colleen doesn't mind getting married as long as she marries for the right reasons and not just for the fact that her father wants to a rich son-in-law.

However, James O'Leary plans for his daughters become in jeopardy when a former stable hand, Gilbert Whelan, returns from business school and takes an interest in Brianna. Then things get worse when Colleen falls for Ryan Montgomery, a young man who is starting his seminary training.

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Retail: $39.99
ASIN: B00WU5B494
Running Time: 79 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Arriving on Blu-ray and DVD this week is Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection, featuring 12 celebrated Disney Shorts, including Frozen Fever!

The only bonus feature is @DisneyAnimaton - An inside look at the process of developing and producing a short. Hosted by actor - T.J. Miller (voice of "Fred" in Big Hero 6).

Frozen Fever! is the sequel to 2013's mega-hit Frozen with the returning voice-cast of  Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, and Josh Gad. The short centers on Elsa planning a big surprise party for her sister Anna, but there is a slight problem - Elsa is catching a cold. It features a new cute song - Making Today a Perfect Day.


Last year's Feast centers on Winston, a  Boston Terrier puppy that enjoys life with his bachelor owner James. He especially likes that he gets to eat all the junk food that he wants to that is until James gets a girlfriend and she forever changes their diets. It won the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject at the 42nd Annie Awards and an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards.


Mickey Mouse returned to the big screen in the 2013's Get A Horse! The short blends black-and-white hand-drawn animation and color CGI animation along with archival recordings of Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey Mouse. It starts out as a short from the 1920s and eventually Mickey pops out of the screen in 3D.