Follow Friday Four Fill-In Fun - 2/27/15

 

Love this meme....I hope you can join in the fun.  

Each week, Feeling Beachie lists four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs.  

The statements:

1. Once I ____
2. ___ isn’t ____
3. One can __________________.
4. I have _________________ for the______

My Answers: 

1. Once I read a book I love, I may talk about it a lot, but I never re-read.  I never re-read any books.

2.  Winter isn't one of my favorite seasons. Right now I am entirely sick of it.

3.  One can read only so many books in a month.  Life gets in the way. :)

4.  I have sympathy for folks who don't like to read.  :)

 

Hush, Hush by Laura Lippman

Did she or didn't she?

Melisandre was found not guilty, but was the charge of insanity the correct charge?  How could anyone not be guilty of forgetting her child in a hot car?

After the trial, Melisandre left the country and lost custody of her other two children.

Melisandre returned years later, but when another murder occurred and she was present, she wasn't going to be going anywhere.​

The characters in HUSH, HUSH were an interesting mix and most were not likable.  Melisandre was evil and manipulative, and her ex-husband wasn't a nice person. The girls, Alanna and Ruby, were ok.  They were confused and were the way they were because of their crazy mother and their sneaky father.

HUSH, HUSH was set up in an interesting way. The book started​ out with an interview and had several throughout the book with people who knew Melisandre because Melisandre wanted to make a documentary about when she met her estranged daughters.  I didn't understand what the documentary was going to prove or the purpose of it.   HUSH, HUSH then went back and forth between Melisandre and Tess's life and actually all over the place.
 
​HUSH, HUSH was difficult for me to follow.  Not sure if it was the way it was set up or just the storyline.  I also couldn't keep the characters straight.  It did get a bit better toward the end but was still confusing even though the ending pages wrapped it all up.

​I was disappointed because I always enjoy Ms. Lippman's books. 3/5
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This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review. 

The Truth And Other Lies by Sascha Arango

Here’s a crime thriller you won’t want to miss! It’s the perfect length to consume in one or two sittings and an enthralling story that will keep you turning the pages.

THE TRUTH AND OTHER LIES follows a famous author whose wife—the brains behind his success—meets an untimely death, leaving him to deal with the consequences.

This book sounds quite good - what do you think?

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THE TRUTH AND OTHER LIES

“Evil is a matter of opinion…”

On the surface, Henry Hayden seems like someone you could like, or even admire. A famous bestselling author who appears a modest everyman. A loving, devoted husband even though he could have any woman he desires. A generous friend and coworker. But Henry Hayden is a construction, a mask. His past is a secret, his methods more so. No one besides him and his wife know that she is the actual writer of the novels that made him famous.

For most of Henry’s life, it hasn’t been a problem. But when his hidden-in-plain-sight mistress becomes pregnant and his carefully constructed facade is about to crumble, he tries to find a permanent solution, only to make a terrible mistake.

Now not only are the police after Henry, but his past—which he has painstakingly kept hidden—threatens to catch up with him as well. Henry is an ingenious man and he works out an ingenious plan. He weaves lies, truths, and half-truths into a story that might help him survive. But bit by bit the noose still tightens.

Smart, sardonic, and compulsively readable, here is the story of a man whose cunning allows him to evade the consequences of his every action, even when he’s standing on the edge of the abyss.

The Truth and Other Lies by Sasha Arango
Atria Books | 256 pages | ISBN 978-1-4767-9555-3 | June 23, 2015 | $24.99

Available for pre-order now

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sascha Arango is one of Germany’s most prominent screenplay writers and a two-time winner of the Grimme Prize, a prestigious award for German television, for his work on the long-running detective series Tatort. His first novel, The Truth and Other Lies, will be published in more than thirteen countries in 2015. He lives in Germany.

 

A Future E-mail For Your Children?

 I think this is an amazing idea.  I don't have any new born babies, but I definitely would do this.

What do you think?  Will you do this if you have young ones?

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https://www.facebook.com/929theBULL?fref=photo
 
 



 

Review and Giveaway of Doctor Death by Lene Kaaberbol

 

 REVIEW:

A disappearance, a dead body and then other dead bodies.  What caused the deaths? Was it murder, a natural death, or something else?

It is the 1800's, and medical procedures aren't very sophisticated, but Madeleine Karno wants to learn about medical procedures even though it was not lady-like to see or to take part in the medical field.

Meanwhile, someone was murdering town folks and mutilating them with human teeth bites. Madeleine was required to help even though her father wasn't happy, but she definitely was.

DOCTOR DEATH was a bit slow at first, but once the reader is taken to the convent and other murders happen, DOCTOR DEATH unveils hidden secrets of the town and the book's characters. I love secrets, doesn't everyone, though?

DOCTOR DEATH went from learning about medical procedures to solving multiple murders to an odd ending.

The book was very different in terms of content and a bit confusing.  Great characters, though.  Even though the ending was  odd, it did wrap things up.

I enjoyed the read, but it isn't a favorite just because of the slow beginning, confusion about who was who and what was going on, and the odd ending.  3/5

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review. 

GIVEAWAY:

The Contest has ended.   The two winners are:

Dorothy - #6
Susan - #12 

CONGRATS!!

TWO print copies for TWO lucky winners!!

February 16 - February 23

USA Only

Click here to enter the contest 

 

Do You Know How To Type?

If you do remember typing class, then you are one of the lucky folks who knows how to type correctly.

I definitely remember typing class in high school, and I also remember teaching typing.

During my first few years of teaching, I taught on manual typewriters with 40 students clicking and clacking, as they learned the valuable skill of typing back in the 70's.   Then we moved on to the Selectric Typewriters pictured above.  I loved how the ball turned around for the letters.  We even had similar desks.  Then of course we moved to learning typing on computers.

TYPING is ESSENTIAL.   I love how no one is looking at his/her fingers in this photo....I do see one young lady, though, but she is fixing the paper in the machine....that's ok.  :) 

It looks as if these students must have had an awesome business teacher.

Do you type correctly?  I do.  :)

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https://www.facebook.com/AntennaTV?fref=photo

 

War of The Wives by Tamar Cohen

 

My deepest sympathies, ​M​rs. Busfield.  What?  I am Mrs Busfield.  ​Everyone was confused, but the cat was out of the bag.
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Mr. ​Simon Busfield ​had two lives and two wives, and he was the only one who knew. Well only he and his accountant and his financial advisor, but definitely not the two women he claimed to be in love with and married to...one for 28 years and one for 17 years.

Despite the serious situations in the book, THE WAR OF THE WIVES is entertaining and humorous. Once you think the surprises are over, another one pops up.

WAR OF THE WIVES moves back and forth between Selina and Lottie's life telling how Simon managed to lie and cheat and remain married to both women at the same time without their knowing it.  He must have been some major organizer to pull that off.

​I enjoyed WAR OF THE WIVES even though some parts were a bit hard to believe.  I actually didn't like ​the two wives, Selina and Lottie. They both were self-centered and if you ask me a bit naive.  How could they not know? Their children were a bit odd as well.
 
If you need a light, entertaining read, I suggest reading WAR OF THE WIVES.  The ending was heartwarming and one that had yet another surprise. 4/5  

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review.