We live in a world that revolves so much around technology and electronic devices. While you walk down the street it is not unlikely that you will see people, young and old, walking around with their cell phone pressed to their ear while in conversation, or you will see them texting their friends, family, or even their boss or others at work. Many employers no longer accept paper applications, it needs to be filled out and sent online.

In this world, children are running around with about as many electronic devices as their parents are, so why not use those devices as a learning tool at school. There are a number of benefits to having a child bring their electronic device from home in order to learn at school.

• Students already know how to use their own devices and are comfortable using them. This helps save time in the classroom to train students on how to use the devices. They can just begin learning with them.

• The devices that students use tend to be newer and more advanced, so the schools can have the kids use their own devices in order to stay up to date with technology.

• When the students are using their devices for learning and doing their work at school, they are more likely to continue using them for learning when they are outside of school as well.

• Teachers will not have to worry as much about students not remembering to bring their electronic device with them. An electronic device is a prized possession for many children, so if they are able to bring them to school, the will probably not forget, not the way they forget their textbook.

Thomas Nelson; 336 pages; Buy Link; Blog Tour

Reading a book is the perfect way to get your mind off life's many problems. I had a terrible week, which I won't go into details here, but everything that occurred in my life led me to delay in writing a few post, including this review.

It's no secret that I like reading a good Amish romance, so it should come to no surprise why I wanted to read A Dream of Miracles (part of An Amish Wonders series) by Ruth Reid.

Right from the get-go, us (readers) are introduced to Mattie Diener, a young Amish widow and mother of three-year-old Nathan and eighteen-month Amanda, who finds herself once again in the emergency room. Her son has had signs of a serious illness since right after his birth. Unfortunately, their regular doctor is on vacation and they are forced to see a different doctor. The new doctor doesn't understands Mattie's situation and automatically believes that she is abusing Nathan, which leads to the doctor to call social services.

Now is this when Bo Lambright comes into the picture, the social service investigator who takes Nathan's case. While Bo might look like he has his life in working order, he actually has plenty of problems, including a melding mother and a shadowy past. Nevertheless, as Bo spends more time in the Amish world, the faster he starts to fall in love with Maddie.

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  This week's question is submitted by Ana @ The Bewitched Reader!

Where do you find motivation and inspiration for your blog?

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).


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My Answer: 

  Blogging is more of a creative output for me. I get inspiration (ideas) for new posts every time I read a book (good or bad).

Harvest House; 224 pages; Blog Tour; Buy Link

Now available to purchase in bookstores in paperback as well as on most ebook formats is the new mystery thriller "The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder" by Rachel McMillan.

In a cross between a Sherlock Holmes adventure and an Agatha Christie mystery, The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder is set in Toronto in the year 1910, where two women, Merinada Herringford and Jem Watts, decide to get into the detective business to help solve the deaths of several young Irish women.

Trying to find clues deep inside the city's underbelly is a bit difficult to do, they must enlist the help of a reporter, Rey DeLuca, and a police constable, Jasper Forth, if they are to unravel the mastermind plot behind the murders.

Rated R; 89 minutes; $32.98; Amazon

I believe that I have mentioned a time or two on here about my love for the western genre (books & movies). Unfortunately, this is a dying genre, with exception of the occasional theatrical film, the only way to find a decent "wild west" movie is to look for the ones that go direct-to- VOD or direct-to-DVD.

Last month, Momentum Pictures released the western Forsaken to DVD and Blu-ray. Directed by Jon Cassar (24), the film stars Kiefer Sutherland (24), Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games films), Brian Cox (X2: X-Men United), Michael Wincott (Alien: Resurrection), Aaron Podle (The Scent of Rain and Lightning) and Demi Moore (Ghost

The only special feature on the single-disc Blu-ray is the Making-of Featurette.

Forsaken follows a very familiar plot that occurred in countless western flicks of the 1950s, in which the prodigal son returns home after the Civil War. In this film,  John Henry (played by Kiefer Sutherland) returns to his hometown in search of a more meaningful life. He left home many years ago to join the Civil War, but found himself drifting around to town to town afterward; eventually his wild ways led to a death of an innocent, so he put away his guns and came back home.

Sadly, John's homecoming is not a pretty one as he learns about his mother's death upon arriving at his family's small farm. His father, Reverend William Clayton (played by Donald Sutherland), doesn't exactly have welcoming arms for him, but, nevertheless, the Reverend prays that John will stay away from his gunsling ways.

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

What other interests do you have besides reading and blogging?

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).


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My Answer: 

  Writing, Cross Stitching (Yep, guys can embroidery), Cooking, Fishing, etc. 

128 pages: Amazon

Wow! This year has really went by fast. It seems like it was yesterday when I first started my Thursday ReReads posts, but now here I am reviewing book 14 of the Rotten School series (only two more books left).

This entry is titled "Night of The Living Creepy Things," which is a spoof of the famous zombie film "Night of the Living Dead," though the plot doesn't involve zombies.

The story centers on the greatest horror director, B.A. Gool, visiting Rotten School to give a speech about his films, and to make a great announcement - he will be judging a horror film contest on Halloween Night. The student that makes the scariest film will win a  role in B.A. Gool's next movie. And of course Bernie Bridges, aka Rotten School's 4th-grade schemer, is determined to win the contest.

But there's one little bitty problem - Bernie cannot come up with a scary idea.

It seems all the other students have already taken all the best ideas, like "Attack of the Toad People" and "Horror Zoo."