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Extreme Home Makeover: Coventry Edition - Day 178 We've Got Cabinets

Now that I got you caught up to the drywall stage of our Extreme Home Makeover: Coventry Edition, I'll now show you what they put in during the past couple of days. Caninets! This is the stage where building a home starts to resemble something closer to the finished product. this is where the design elements start coming into play.

First, in the basement, there's an art niche wall. I call it my "Stairway to Heaven". It will hold my angel collection and photos of family members and friends who ...

Whale Song: "I've never really read a book that good; and I've read a lot of books!"

Receiving reviews from fans always makes my day. Receiving reviews from students who read my novel in school is even more special, because I sure remember the novel studies I did in school and the book reports that followed. I feel blessed to have touched so many people through my words.

'Whale Song' was a wonderful novel. It is rare and I've never really read a book that good; and I've read a lot of books! I guess it was all in the way that everything started out so good, and so perfect and t...

Extreme Home Makeover: Coventry Edition - Day 177 The Walls Are Up

Today is Day 177 of our Extreme Home Makeover: Coventry Edition, aka the building of our new house in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A lot has happened inside and outside of our house, but we're not ready to move in yet. They're saying November 1st now. Because this is a custom build, our house has taken longer than usual to build. It's been a bit frustrating because we're so excited about moving in. And we want to do so before winter sets in.

Unfortunately we were missing a chord for our camera, ...

Whale Song "always leaves you wanting more"

Students from ESC Trillium High School in Ontario studied Whale Song last year, and here's another critique from a student there.

The novel Whale Song has been my favourite book read thus far during my high school career. From the minute I picked up Whale Song, I was hooked. The story develops at a good pace and always leaves you wanting more. The story that this novel recounts has aspects that everyone can relate to, from living through a move or the death of a loved one. 

The character of...

Bestselling Canadian author Cheryl Kaye Tardif organizes the biggest online book tour ever

Today marks one month before I launch my contemporary romantic suspense, Lancelot's Lady, with the BIGGEST online book tour ever. Over 108 blogs in 15 days! I'm so excited. Especially because anyone who follows me to these blogs will have a chance to win great prizes and everyone who leaves a comment with their email address will receive FREE EBOOKS during my Cherish the Romance Virtual Book Tour.

I guess you could say Cherish D'Angelo, my romance pen name, has pulled off this major event. It'...

Another review from an ESC Trillium student

Students at ESC Trillium High School in Ontario studied Whale Song last year and as part of their novel study, they wrote reviews of my novel. I'm printing them here with their permission. Please keep in mind that many of these students do not speak English as a first language, but French.

Here's a critique from one of the young men in the class:

I will be totally and truly honest on what I think of the story that is told in Whale Song. I think that this story is a good one because there are a ...

'Eclipse' actress Jodelle Ferland "loved" Whale Song

A couple of years ago, I connected with Canadian
I arranged to send Jodelle a copy of Whale Song. Her mother emailed me and told me they'd...

"Whale Song is an extraordinary story"

Check out this critique from another ESC Trillium student who studied Whale Song in her Grade 11 English class.

Whale Song is a story about a little girl who faces a lot of obstacles in her life. Even though she gets hurt a couple of times, she has friends and family to help her get through it and that is the reason why I loved that book. 

This book tells us a lot about Sarah who is in her teenage years. Yet she moves into a new town, she meets new people, she gets bullied...She hits a lot of b...

ONE CHILD by Jeff Buick is Powerful...Explosive...Moving

In Jeff Buick's powerful thriller, One Child, the world of high stakes stock exchanges, illegal arms dealing, the never-ending war in Afghanistan and past sins collide. From the moment young Halima awakes in Kandahar and tells her father she had a dream she would be someone "important" to the tragic yet hopeful ending, we are drawn into this story of interconnecting lives and cultures.
Buick's writing is descriptive and intelligent, and the author's expert research allows him to set out the b...

Whale Song review: "Cheryl Kaye Tardif will leave you overwhelmed with emotions"

Here's another Whale Song review from an ESC Trillium student. ESC students studied Whale Song as part of their English studies. My novel has been used as part of the curriculum for a couple of years now, along with my thriller The River.
Here's Mélanie's critique:

Whale Song is a book that opens new emotions...you feel the emotions of joy, sadness, anger, sympathy, and frustration, all in one book of 22 chapters. In all the emotions you feel in this book it is really impossible not to show...