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  This week's question is submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews!

When you settle in for the night with a good book, do you read until you can't stay awake or simply have a nightly page goal?

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name and the direct link to your post answering this week’s question. Failure to do so will result in removal of your link).


3. Visit other blogs in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new follower.  The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

  

My Answer: 

 Day or night, my reading goal is at least 75 pages, though if I am reading in bed at night, I have been known to drift asleep while reading.

NOT RATED; 125 minutes; $14.98; Amazon

Now available on DVD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Saban's Power Rangers Dino Charge: Hero, featuring four exciting episodes from the 2015 season. As an added bonus it features the Christmas Special "Race to Rescue Christmas."

Loosely based on the Japanese Super Sentai series Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Dino Charge debuted in early 2015 as the twenty-second season of the Power Rangers franchise. The main plot focused on a alien named Keeper scattering ten Energems across Earth 65 million years ago. Fast forward to the present day, where five new young adults, including a caveman, have been chosen by the energems to become the new Power Rangers to stop the alien bounty hunter Sledge and his evil minions from destroying Earth. Later during the season, an 800-year-old knight, Sir Ivan joins the team as the Gold Ranger.

The episodes on the single-disc "Hero" are the final episodes of the first Dino Charge season. The episodes are:

"World Famous! (In New Zealand)" - The Power Rangers heads to New Zealand to locate the purple energem before Sledge's latest monster finds it.


"Deep Down Under"  - Still in New Zealand, the Rangers are in a race against time to find the Plesio Zord before Sledge can get his hands on it.

That Patchwork Place; 80 pages; $24.99; Amazon

If you have been in a quilting store or visited an online one, then you have probably seen many different reproduction fabrics.

What are reproduction fabrics?

These fabrics have either been recreated or inspired by a historical quilt or pattern (anywhere from 1775 to 1950).

Now available from That Patchwork Place (an imprint of Martingale) is Preserving History: Patchwork Patterns Inspired by Antique Quilts by Julie Hendricksen, author of Remembering the Past.

The author has put together 15 quilt patterns, all of which have been inspired by older quilts that she has found over the years. She shares photos & patterns of the original quilts (featured as an "Antique Inspiration") as well as the recreated quilts throughout the book.


The quilt patterns are:

Now available is the historical fantasy novel Seven Will Out: A Renaissance Revel by author JoAnn Spears.

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The author has taken a few minutes out of her busy schedule for a Q&A about her newest novel.



When did you become interested in storytelling?

I’ve always enjoyed reading a good story, and wanted to be able to write one ever since I read about Jo March doing so in Little Women, back when I was in the third grade. I lacked the confidence to write fiction as a younger woman, and the time to do it as a two-job single mother. By the time I semi-retired at around 50, both the time and the confidence to start authoring were finally there.

What was your first book/story published?

My first book, Six of One, a comedy novel about Henry VIII’s six wives, debuted in early November, 2011.

What inspired you to write Seven Will Out?

Seven Will Out is the sequel to Six of One. It takes the Tudor story to the next generation and introduces some Shakespeare history as well. Obviously, I am a big fan of Tudor history.

What character in Seven Will Out is the most/least like you, and in what ways?

Harald Press; 342 pages; $14.99; Buy Link

Do you have any bad reading habits?

One of my bad reading habits is a reading a book and later noticing it's either book two or three of a series. Like most readers, I would rather begin with book one. However, that sometimes isn't the case with me as either agree to review a title based on the genre, the author's name, or cover art without paying any attention to see if it is part of a series or not.

For Christian's Hope, book three in the Return to Northkill series, by Ervin R. Stutzman, I had signed up to review the book based on the cover art alone. I only noticed it was book three  after I had already read several chapters.

Set in the 1760s, the novel centers on Christian Hochstetler, a young man who has spent the last seven years in captivity during the French and Indian War. During this time, he had lived among the Native Americans.

Now he has returned to his family's home to try and live a normal Amish life. After living with Shawnee Indians, farming along side his Amish father is a little predictable. As Christian struggles with his future in the Amish community as well as faith, he falls in love with Orpha Rupp.

Avon Inspire; 272 pages; $12.99; Buy Link

I'm kicking off a brand new month with reviews for "A Sister's Wish" and "An Amish Family Christmas," both written by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Shelley Shepard Gray.

Yes, many of blog readers will probably recognize her name as I have been a fan of the author's titles for several years now.  "A Sister's Wish" is the third installment of the "Charmed Amish Life" series. Like the other two books in the series, this is a love story. I remember reading the first book, A Son's Vow, but I don't remember if I have read the sequel, A Daughter's Dream.

Set in Charm, Ohio, the story centers on a young Amish woman named Amelia, the youngest daughter of the Kingsinger family, who gets mixed up with Simon Hochstetler, who has just returned to town. Amelia is a sweet and kind girl, so it isn't too shocking that her family wants to protect her from Simon and his wild past.

Final Thoughts: The novel opens up with a neat two-page illustrated map of Charm, Ohio. The prologue begins thirteen years in the past when Simon original left home. After that, the book jumps to the present day, focusing on the love story between a grownup Simon and Amelia.

Similar to her other works, Shelley Shepard Gray uses a fast-paced narrative with short chapters to keep the readers interested in the story. However, I didn't get really interested into the novel until around chapter 5 or 6; then I just flew through the pages. Overall, A Sister's Wish is a nicely written third installment of the Amish series.