Rules:
Grab a book, any book.
Turn to page 56.
Find any sentence,
(or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.
Post it.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
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| 111 pages; Amazon |
Set in the private boarding school called Rotten School, the series focuses on a troublemaker 4th grader named Bernie Bridges, who is always coming up with some sort of scheme to make money or try to win the heart of the prettiest girl in class, April-May-June.
On a rare field-trip to the Lousy Town Zoo, Bernie's shy friend, Chipmunk, accidentally gets the school bully, Joe Sweety, in trouble and everyone thinks he is a hero. Well, all except for chipmunk, who wants to just hide underneath his bed in fear that Joe might hurt him.
After learning that Joe is afraid of scary movies, Bernie has the perfect plan to scare the living daylights out him. First, he tells Joe a little white lie that Rotten School is haunted by a student who was bullied by another student named Joe. Eventually the student became so scared that he died, but he returns every five years to haunt a new student that happens to be named Joe.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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| 208 pages; Blog Tour; Buy Link |
Now available to purchase in bookstores is the fourth installment in the Horses and Friends series, titled Blue Ribbon Trail Ride, by Miralee Ferrell.
While I'm not a horse lover, I have been reading the Horses and Friends series this month. The series centers on a thirteen-year-old girl named Kate Ferris, who moved with her family to Oregon to live on her late grandfather's farm. Kate got her very own horse in "A Horse for Kate" (book 1). Her parents opens up a boarding stable in "Silver Spurs" (book 2). Then in "Mystery Rider" (book 3), Kate's best friend, Tori, got a horse too.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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| Pub. by David C. Cook; 224 pages; Amazon |
If you have been following this blog for the last few days, then you would know that I've been reading the children book series Horses and Friends by Miralee Ferrell. The series centers on a thirteen-year-old girl named Kate Ferris, who moved to Oregon with her parents and her younger brother to live on her late grandfather's farm. Kate is a horse lover and she eventually gets her own horse, Capri. In book two, Silver Spurs, her parents open up a boarding stable.
Monday, February 15, 2016
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| Pub. by Thomas Nelson; 240 pages; Amazon |
Final Thoughts: I've never really understood the appeal of so-called reality television; though my grandmother watches about every show that is on cable. She's the one that got me interested in watching Duck Dynasty of A&E a few years ago. While many of the episodes clearly look staged, the shows is funny. Plus, the Robertson clan seem to be nice people.
Anway, the Robertson family has co-written many non-fiction titles over the last two years, including last year's The Good, The Bad, and the Grace of God, which is written by the youngest Robertson Jep and his wife Jessica with a little help from author Susy Flory.
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| Pub. by David C. Cook; 240 pages; Amazon |
If you read yesterday's post on my review for A Horse for Kate, book one in the Horses and Friends series, then you would know that I'm reviewing the first three books in the series this week prior to my review post for the fourth book, which is part of a book blog tour on Wednesday.
The second book in the series is titled "Silver Spurs" and once again centers on pre-teen Kate Ferris, who had left the big city and moved with her parents and younger brother to a small town in Oregon, where they are now calling home to the ranch that once belonged to her late grandfather.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
I almost forgot about writing this week's post, so I'm
listening to the last half of the new "Castle" episode
while I'm writing this. Then a little bit later tonight I'll have do my
late night workout, which will be last day of week six of the
"Master's Hammer & Chisel" workout program. The last two weeks of the program starts tomorrow. I'm not for sure
what I'm going to do after the program; though I'm considering doing
the "Beast Body" workout program, which I already own the
DVDs.
However, I need to add some more "cardio"
into my weekly workouts as I'm not seeing any weight loss on the
scales; though I have seen a little body fat loss around my chest and
arms, but not so much around my love handles.
I lost a lot of weight a few years ago when I was doing
Tae Bo workouts. Yes, I know Tae Bo is considered "old" and
out of style to many, but the exercises are very intense and an easy
way to get into shape. Sadly, things came up in my life, which I will
not name here, and I didn't have time to exercise; resulting in some
weight gain. When I eventually went back to Tae Bo, I started having
issues with my knees/legs and my back, which was probably caused by
the lack of exercise and the weight gain. I did a few Beachbody
workouts last year and lost about ten pounds, but I took around five
months off from exercising last fall and gained all the weight back.
My plan is to slowly start adding Tae Bo back into my
workouts; probably starting tomorrow. Yes, I do have an arsenal of
Tae Bo DVDs. Starting around 2008 or 2009, I would buy almost every
new Tae Bo title that came out. I got most of the older titles on
eBay over the years. During the time I wasn't doing Tae Bo, I was
still keeping an eye out for new releases, but for some reason Anchor
Bay quit releasing new ones. Then, Tae Bo Fitness updated their
website and began producing new titles through their BG Star
Productions, where you could only buy the new DVDs on their website. I was
aware of the new titles, but I didn't purchase them because the DVDs
were more than twice the price of what they used to be.
