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February 26, 2016
Bad Poetry on a Friday
Roses are red
These violets aren’t blue
I’m uninspired today
How goes it with you?
In DoG We Trust
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February 25, 2016
Look Ma, No Cavities!
February 23, 2016
Book Review REMEMBRANCE
THE BOOK
• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (February 2, 2016)
Fifteen years after the release of the first Mediator novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot returns with a deliciously sexy new entry to a fan-favorite series. Suze Simon—all grown up and engaged to her once-ghostly soulmate—faces a vengeful spirit and an old enemy bent on ending Suze’s wedded bliss before it begins.
You can take the boy out of the darkness.
But you can’t take the darkness out of the boy.
All Susannah Simon wants is to make a good impression at her first job since graduating from college (and since becoming engaged to Dr. Jesse de Silva).
But when she’s hired as a guidance counselor at her alma mater, she stumbles across a decade-old murder, and soon ancient history isn’t all that’s coming back to haunt her. Old ghosts as well as new ones are coming out of the woodwork, some to test her, some to vex her, and it isn’t only because she’s a mediator, gifted with second sight.
From a sophomore haunted by the murderous specter of a child, to ghosts of a very different kind—including Paul Slater, Suze’s ex, who shows up to make a bargain Suze is certain must have come from the Devil himself—Suze isn’t sure she’ll make it through the semester, let alone to her wedding night.
Suze is used to striking first and asking questions later. But what happens when ghosts from her past—including one she found nearly impossible to resist—strike first?
What happens when old ghosts come back to haunt you?
If you’re a mediator, you might have to kick a little ass.
PURCHASE LINKS
Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble
THE AUTHOR
Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to her award-winning adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of bestselling young adult fiction, including The Princess Diaries and the Mediator series. More than twenty-five million copies of her novels for children and adults have sold worldwide. Meg lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband.
Find out more about Meg at her website, follow her blog, and connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
MY REVIEW
I often try to recall the moment a book ‘sucks me in’, if indeed that happens, and I can tell you REMEMBRANCE got me good and early in chapter Uno. Suze lives in Carmel, California and is a school counselor at Junipero Sera School. I spent many years in Monterey, CA and know Junipero Sera well!!! Let the adventure begin as I love the setting!!!
I had yet to discover the MEDIATOR series but it appears the first books in the series were YA novels and then the books grew up with the readers and the last two are Adult Fiction. I will for sure be putting my YA cap on and reading the previous books as I often regress to the preteen reading level!
Enduring literature? Probably not…. Enjoyable reading for several rainy winter days? For sure!!! If you are a fan of Charlaine Harris and her Sookie Stackhouse books, you will certainly be a fan of Meg Cabot’s Susannah Simon. It is always a plus to know that there is a collection in the series to add to a TBR pile if you like to see a story continue beyond the covers of one single book. Paranormal romance mysteries are fun weird reading for me and if you enjoy the genre, you will love REMEMBRANCE!
ENJOY THE REST OF THE TOUR!
Tuesday, February 2nd: Read-Love-Blog
Wednesday, February 3rd: Curling Up by the Fire
Thursday, February 4th: All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
Friday, February 5th: In Bed with Books
Monday, February 8th: Reading to Distraction
Tuesday, February 9th: Palmer’s Page Turners
Monday, February 15th: Books and Bindings
Tuesday, February 16th: Books That Hook
Wednesday, February 17th: A Chick Who Reads
Thursday, February 18th: Ageless Pages Reviews
Monday, February 22nd: No More Grumpy Bookseller
Tuesday, February 23rd: Sara’s Organized Chaos
Wednesday, February 24th: Gspotsylvania: Ramblings from a Reading Writer Who Rescues Birds and Beasts
Thursday, February 25th: Doing Dewey
Friday, February 26th: Priscilla and Her Books
TBD: I’m Shelf-ish
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Three is a Crowd
Dreary winter’s day
Two may be company but
Four are so cozy
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Pets, poetry, The Basset Plantation, Winter Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, pets, poetry, winter
February 22, 2016
Rutababy
Twenty seven weeks
I love this rutabaga
grandbaby of mine!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: daughters, Family, grandparenting, haiku, poetry, The Basset Plantation Tagged: daughter, family, grandparenting, haiku, love, poetry, pregnancy
February 19, 2016
My Angels
Charles ATB 9/30/10
Hannah Lee ATB 2/20/13
One left us right on schedule at the age of 16
The other left us way too soon at age 5.
As the sad anniversary of Hannah’s Rainbow Bridge journey approaches, I shed tear #2,222,222,222
and miss both my red dogs
Charles Memorial Stone
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, grief, Love, Rainbow Bridge, The Basset Plantation Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, grieving, pets, Rainbow Bridge
February 18, 2016
Gold Medal!
Throwback Thursday!
Tiffin!
Canine Olympics:
Tiffin wins battle of sticks;
holds his trophy high!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Pets, poetry, snow, The Basset Plantation, Throwback Thursday, Winter Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, pets, poetry, Snow, Throwback Thursday, winter
February 17, 2016
Wordless Wednesday
Hannah Lee Gurl Dawg
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Blog Paws, Dogs, Pets, Rainbow Bridge, Wordless Wednesday Tagged: basset hounds, BlogPaws, dogs, pets, Rainbow Bridge, Wordless Wednesday
February 16, 2016
Dead of Winter
Second winter storm
lasts mere hours then melts away
Gotta love Spotsy!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: haiku, poetry, snow, Spotsylvania, The Basset Plantation, Weather, Winter Tagged: haiku, poetry, Snow, Spotsylvania, weather, winter
February 15, 2016
Lettuce Look at Week 26
The grandbump
26 weeks
Gotta love her
To the moon and back
Love, Yaya
In DoG We Trust
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