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Do you listen to audio books?

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My Answer: 

   When I have the time. I currently have 7 audio books on my desk that need to be reviewed!

Dead Ice
An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher: Berkley
Pub. Date: June 9, 2015
ISBN: 978-0425255711
Pages: 576
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:
 
Do you remember a time when you could buy several books for $1.00 when joining a book club? Well, I do! It was a great way to be introduced to many exciting new authors. I recall buying a huge book by Laurell K. Hamilton that had two or three titles in one. They were the first few entries in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. At the time, I was a huge of fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so anything with vampires in it caught my attention. To find out, the author lives in my home state of Missouri, so I quickly became a fan of her works.

Dead Ice is the 24th installment (Yes, I said wrote that correctly! The 24th!) and once again centers on U.S. Marshall Anita Blake, a vampire executioner that has the ability to raise the dead. Despite her job, she is now engaged to the master vampire Jean-Claude.

The FBI recruits Anita to help them with a major zombie problem as it seem someone is making zombie porn! While this isn't the creepiest thing that Anita has seen before, something really bothers her about this case - the female zombies still have their souls attached.

I'm sure many people probably think the only way to gain muscle mass is to take illegal steroids that will due to damage to your body, but in reality there are healthier ways to get into shape.
 
One of most popular dietary supplement to use is creatine, a nitrogenous organic acid that is found in your vertebrates that supplies energy throughout your body. Creatine supplements became poplar in the 1990s and is used by athletes, bodybuilders, wrestlers, etc..

A few weeks ago, I was sent a 500g (100 servings) container of Creatine Monohydrate by Natura Formulas. It's used to boost muscle growth, decrease muscle soreness and increase strength & power during your workouts. Each serving has 500mg per serving.

If you're like me, then you've probably got one too many extension cords and/or surge protectors in about every single room in the house. While it might get the job done, it does look a little messy.

Recently, I was sent the Xtreme Compact Wall Surge Protector (300-joules) to test out and review.

What makes this all Wall Surge Protector so different than all the rest?

Well, for starters it features two USB ports (2.1A), so you can charge your cell phone, iPad, or whatever electronics you own that needs to be charged. There are child safety sliding covers on the all 6 outlets, which will prevent accidents and possible fire hazards.

The Xtreme Compact Wall Surge Protector is very simple to use. Just remove the faceplate from the outlet, plug the wall surge protector into it and use the provided screw to mount it securely to the outlet. Then you're already to go!

Desperate Measures
by Sandra Orchard
Publisher: Revell
Release Date: June 2, 2015
ISBN: 978-0800722241
Pages: 368
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

I'm going to try and catch up on book reviews over the next few weeks starting with this review of Desperate Measures by Sandra Orchard, which I should have written and posted last month. I have a bad habit of judging a book by its cover, which is what occurred when I signed up to review this book. I liked the cover and decided to give it a try without knowing it was book three in the Port Aster Secrets series.

Desperate Measures centers on a herbal research scientist Kate Adams, whom has finally found the so-called "miracle plant" amendoso from Columbia that has haunted her family for years. Her hope is that the unraveling of the mystery will help her learn the truth behind her father's disappearance.

Unable to trust anyone, including her co-workers, she turns once again to Detective Tom Parker for help, whom is already on the case of a missing teen that coincidentally is connected to the "miracle plant." Kate must risk her life and her relationship with Tom to find out the truth once and for all.

The Summit
Director: Nick Copus
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, James Purefoy, Rachelle Lefevre, Mia Maestro, Christopher Plummer.
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Retail: $9.98
ASIN: B00XK713T2
Running Time: 179 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Arriving on DVD on Tuesday July 21st is the 2008 Canadian miniseries The Summit. Directed by Nick Copus, the miniseries stars Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek), James Purefoy (TV's The Following), Rachelle Lefevre (TV's Under the Dome), Mia Maestro (TV's The Strain) and Christopher Plummer (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). There are no special features or extras.

The Summit centers on an upcoming annual G8 Summit meeting that is taking place in Canada. After a biological weapon experiment goes terribly wrong, politicians try to cover up the incident. A documentary filmmaker (played by Rachelle Lefevre) and a mother (played by Mia Maestro) losing her son who was exposed to bio-terror, combine forces to try to unravel the mystery of whom is behind the possible outbreak. They must race against time before the G8 Summit meeting starts as the U.S. President and the Canadian Prime Minster are set to appear at the event.

Once again I'm writing a Monday Morning Madness post on a Monday night, even though I had planned on posting this morning. I was busy this morning writing two review posts and I became slightly ill this afternoon when my allergies/sinuses kicked in, which probably occurred due to the extremely hot weather outside.

Speaking of weather, there has been way too much rain this year. Unlike last year, my vegetable garden hasn't done very good . The tomatoes and the jalapenos haven't done very well, but the green pepper plants are growing. The zucchini plants have blown up, becoming a little too wild for my likening. Little one inch zucchinis would grown, but then they would just go to mush, so today I decided to pull up the zucchini plants and guess what I found the middle of them. One huge zucchini!

Despite feeling ill tonight, I did get my P90X3 workout finished. Actually, my body is extremely sore. On top of my daily workouts, I've mowed the yard five times in the last two weeks because of the rain. Plus, a few week ago, I had put in a new flooring in my bedroom, which is located in the basement. Rain water had gotten into the basement and I had to pull up the carpet. I had two extra boxes of tile, so I decided to put them down in the living room/desk area/family room and see what they would look like. Well, it looked a lot better than the old aluminum flooring, so I had to wait over a week for 12 more boxes of tile to arrive on my doorsteps, which I received last Friday afternoon. I didn't waste any time as I continued with the flooring that night. I finished the entire room on Sunday afternoon. Putting the tile down was the easy part, but moving the desk, entertainment center, chairs and bookshelves was the hardest. Anyway, that's the reason why I'm so sore.


You would think with everything I've been doing that I would be able to sleep, but no as I've been wide awake. With nothing else to do, I've been watching early morning television and besides from watching a few shows on the Disney Channel and those realty shows on  HGTV, there's nothing on but infomercials.