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November 4, 2016
Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 11/4/2016 part 2!
Whispers of the Serpent by C.L. Roberts-Huth
I love killer books like this one! Zoe is again hunting for a killer in this book. The killer is killing babies. Then Zoe niece goes missing. This book had my in the beginning and didn’t let go. I loved every minute of it! I think this is a great series! * I received this book from the author –This is my honest review*
5/5
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Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 11/4/2016 part 1!
The Keskori Dispute by Paul Emery
Queen Maya! Wow, this story is quite an adventure. I enjoyed going along for the ride. I was lost in the action and how the story unfolds. I think this series is one to enjoy. * I received this book from the author–This is my honest review* 4/5
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November 2, 2016
Real diary (73)
I love the shots this guy takes just walking around. People, things, everything. And almost all of them are gorgeous shots.
(beach blues)
Filed under: Musings
clouds among the leaves
I see us. #ASMSG #IARTG #IAN1 #SupportIndieAuthors!
I had to start this several different times, because every time I started to write it, it came from a place of anger, and that’s not the message the world needs.
I see us. I see us all around the world, just trying to get by. A single father doing his best to raise his daughters, a mother worrying over her sick child, even the young adult making his first steps out into a larger world. We’re all around, the ones who just want to live life. We don’t want to fight, we don’t want to argue, we just want to do what we need to in order to survive.
All too often I find myself shocked to find those people who were peaceful to each other just a short time ago at each other’s throats. We were ready, willing, and able to tackle anything the world threw at us, and we did constantly. We went so far as to invent threats that we have no evidence of in order to secure ourselves.
Does it really keep us safer? Does anyone really feel safer since we started the Drug War? The War on Terror? Does anyone really feel safer in 2016 than they did even in the middle of the Cold War at its worst? At least then the threats seemed to be from outside the nation.
It seems like there is more aggression and anger with one another than there has been in a long time, and I don’t understand it. From twisting someone’s words to paint them in an unfavorable light to just plain name calling, I don’t understand where all the animosity comes from. We live in what has to be the most prosperous time in existence.
Think about it, that phone in your hand has more processing power than the computers used by NASA to reach the moon in the 60’s! Yet, here we are, still arguing over imaginary threats that no one else can perceive except for the people on our side.
I’m not saying there aren’t social issues, I’m not saying people shouldn’t protest. I’m saying that we as a people are choosing to ignore the other person’s side, because it doesn’t conform with our ideals.
We have to decide, are we going to be a free society, where people are trusted to make their own life choices? Or are we going to be a society of selfish men and women, ready to insert our opinions into other people’s thoughts before they even have a chance to finish arguing.
There’s a poem I love from the end of the Second World War, because it espouses why I will never be silent. It’s called “First They Came…” and if you haven’t read it, then you should.
I find it empowering, and I have never had a problem listening to others speak up and defend their points of view, because of this poem.
But lately, as more and more voices come out of the woodwork, and I see people arguing and fighting and dividing ourselves along lines only we can see, I find myself shaking my head.
Is this all the farther we’ve reached in our evolutionary process? Even with all this technology and life saving machinery in our world, one that’s only going to become more and more technological as time goes on, are we damned to be nothing more than apes looking to smack each other in the head with cellphones, because we’re unwilling to compromise? Are we in too much of a hurry to respond to what people are saying? To actually listen to their words?
I’ve alway eagerly anticipated the advancing technology of our society, knowing the great things that can and will come as we implement the science into our daily lives for the betterment of mankind. I’m starting to wonder what I was so eager for, as it seems like the more technology we gain, the more of our humanity we lose. We’re communicating more than ever, and listening to each other less and less.
We seem to be falling into our own bubbles, ones that confirm our own biases whether they’re true or not. These bubbles divide us and keep us from uniting and fighting together. Now I have this long exposition on what I have seen and heard from society lately, but I still don’t have an answer to the one question I want to ask.
Who is the enemy? I hope things turn around soon, and we all start to #ChooseLove again. Make our great peaceful leaders proud to watch what we’ve become.
Filed under: Musings Tagged: Rant
November 1, 2016
Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 11/1/2016 part 4
The Eye of Fuusa by Paul Emery
Maya is content to be third in line to the throne of Laran, but Maya soon meet the throne. The book is about how her life has changed. Is there anyone she can trust? I think the characters were good and the story line had me reading on to find out how things would end up. * I received this book from the author–this is my honest review* 4/5
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Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 11/1/2016 part 3
This book was odd for me but interesting. I think it was a good idea to give animals supernatural powers. It worked ok for me. I guess maybe I was hoping for more but this book was ok for me. * I received this book from the author—this is my honest review. 3/5
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Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 11/1/2016
Cold Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff
This series is very good! I enjoyed them very much. I love a good mystery and full of twists and turns and everything I look for in a book. I really like this author Alexandra Sokoloff as well. I think will look into other books she has since I loved this series so much. * I received this book from Netgalley—this is my honest review* 5/5
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October 29, 2016
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Meet-and-Greet 2016
It’s time to go cyber trick or treating!
How do you trick or treat in cyberspace? First, leave a comment with the name of a treat. It can be your favorite candy. It can be a caramel apple, pumpkin cookies, or some other treat you enjoy this time of the year. Maybe you are participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project for kids with food allergies and you’re giving out stickers, glow sticks, or small toys instead of candy.
If you are a blogger, also leave a link to your blog in your post. Then grab your bag and go trick or treating at the “homes” of the other bloggers who have left links here.
Have a safe and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
Filed under: Musings
