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(6) ITEMS OF LITERATURE“The Thirteenth Tale” Diane Setterfield 2006 (starting).
“Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library” Chris Grabenstein 2013 (to be read)
“Here Lies The Librarian” Richard Peck 2006 (to be read).
(5) CLOTHING & FASHION“The Ice Diamond Quest” Eric Wilson 1990 (2 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RD3A6UUE...
“Cloaked In Malice” Annette Blair 2012 (to be read)
“Spellcasting In Silk” Juliet Blackwell 2015 (to be read)
“Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw” Will Ferguson 2004 (to be read)
(4) FOOD“The Union Street Bakery” Mary Ellen Taylor 2013 (5 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RTWJVU12...
“The Bordeaux Betrayal” Ellen Crosby 2008 (to be read).
(3) TRADITIONSI am pleased to have managed two books about unique types!
“Throw Your Tooth On The Roof” Selby B. Beeler, G. Brian Karas 1998 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2KQULXY...
“The Divali Story” Anita Ganeri, Carole Gray 2003 (3 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2RR2INZ...
“A Wee Christmas Homicide” Kaitlyn Dunnett 2009 (to be read).
(2) EMOTIONS, SPIRITUAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL SENSATIONS“Lucky Man” Michael J. Fox 2002 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R3LY3I3O...
“Eyes Of An Angel: Spirit Guides, Reality Of Love” Paul Elder 2005 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2SQUVJ4...
“Feint Of Art” Hailey Lind 2006 (3 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RC0LWUBZ...
“Charlotte And The Quiet Place” Dr. Deborah Sosin 2015 (5 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R3G1RALJ...
“More Than You Know” Beth Gutcheon 2000 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2HXT93Z...
“The Hills Is Lonely” Lillian Beckwith 1959 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RSEWMXY3...
“The Haunting Of Josie” Kay Hooper 1994 (5 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R3Q3TLN7...
“An Inquiry Into Love And Death” Simone St. James 2013 (5 stars)!
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R36C1VHB...
“The Cold Blue Blood” David Handler 2001 (4 stars).
(1) ANIMALS / INSECTS“The Kids Canadian Bird Book” Pamela Hickman, Heather Collins 1995 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R1BMD1VE...
“Andrew Goes Fishing In Manitoba” Carol & Kristin Szuminsky 2008 (3 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R31QA431...
“The Mousehole Cat” Antonia Barber, Nicola Bayley 1990 (5 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R3PZWM0V...
“What Makes My Cat Purr?” Ann Tompert 1965 (5 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RPUFYXYL...
“The Etruscan Chimera” Lyn Hamilton 2002 (to be absolutely savoured)!
| LIMITLESS PALETTE | Here are my colours this 2016! All of this goes into the Gentle Spectrums review page. Sharing here is for fun.
“The Ghost On Black Mountain” Ann Hite 2011 (4 stars)
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2K44UJW...
“One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1960
(3 stars) https://www.amazon.ca/review/RCFYGS0G...
“The Cold Blue Blood” David Handler 2001 (4 stars)
In my queue for years, loved it to a 5! Would be 4-1/2 for a few pscyhological explanations I didn't buy among villains. But far better written than most mysteries! There is constant personal interest and action, lots of twists and developments every time we turn a page. This is no newbie author who devises one plot and then steers us towards it. We really feel like we are on a ride.
I have started our new Celtic Coasts theme with this one: “The Hills Is Lonely” Lillian Beckwith 1959 -Scotland- (4 stars)It is one-of-a-kind, insightful, uniquely cultural, and humorous enougn for five stars but Lillian's adjectives and adverbs inundate us in superfluity. A sentence the could be brisk, breezy, or exciting is always laden with adjectives and adverbs.
She's been too busy for me to know well either, for quite worthy reasons! She is in this group and will see it. :)
“Charlotte And The Quiet Place” Dr. Deborah Sosin 2015 (5 stars)Not paranormal but it is certainly emotional, which I believe has spiritual roots. A girl whose neighbourhood is too noisy, like mine was last year, finds a way to draw quiet from inside her. I won this from the psychologist who wrote it and needed it, as much as I absolutely love it.
It has shaken us, that Spirit's sister died at only 11, without her people knowing why. It makes us watch out for Spirit. Their Mother died at 9; two gone early. They came home and found Nirmal that way! The worst way to lose a loved-one, finding them already gone. Our famlly is in shock, that they endure this awful discovery again.
“More Than You Know” Beth Gutcheon 2000 (4 stars)This one, I loved and will remember. However I am seldom capable of allowing 5 stars where there are killed animals and hung on as long as I could. They were fleeting, not plot contributors however they came up enough that one star dropped. There is a much larger reason culminating with that, for this really is an exquisitely well-developed story with marvelous language. It paralells two Maine island families over 200 years. Our peer, Margaret knew I owned this and for at least two years; she raved about it as "the perfect ghost story". I debated that, back when we discussed wanting atmospheric hauntings for adults; not the comical cozy variety. However her review specifies a spectre should be a fleeting vision. Having read this at last, I disagree emphatically.
Had I not had her endorsement, I would have been less bothered by the outcome of the ghost NEVER speaking with Hannah. This is a time where a review damaged enjoyment. I might have enjoyed it having a ghost at all but she had me expecting "the ghost story blueprint", which it is not for me. She wrote "communication should be difficult", which implies it will come eventually and I looked forward to it. The ghost seldom appeared, was never resolved, and never spoke! A letdown for me. A wonderful story and characters but thankfully, I have recently fulfilled my quest of finding elsewhere, the kind of ghost story that really whets my appetitite for spirit experiences.
“The Ice Diamond Quest” Eric Wilson 1990 (2 stars)https://www.amazon.ca/review/RD3A6UUE...
I enjoyed this a great deal more than the few to which I have reluctantly given low stars. I explain what is noticeably wrong with it, more candidly than usual. I am conscious of the feelings of authors who might see our feedback. However I think Mr. Wilson might benefit from what I have to say. I am respectful and know he has done much better.
The blurb at my blog discusses there not being a decent Irish source for years and there hadn't been one for Scotland when I considered it. I found the one that came competitive. I crammed novels, even though I prefer savouring Celtic authors / settings / literature a few at a time. There has never been a place for Wales and still, I wanted a place to enjoy Scotland without duplicating the later ladies. I am elated to have thought of combining all of them! If we read even one book mixed and matched of each country, there's somewhere it belongs. :)
We have interesting similarities. I mentioned wanting to read Rex's second novel this year, which took a long darned time to acquire. Finally someone got it for my birthday a year ago. The reach of my book-acquisitions wouldn't be possible if we bought new. Lastly, I also finally read "Feint Of Art", Juliet Blackwell's first novel authored with her sister as "Hailey Lind". Nowhere near as good as her ghost and witch content. You really notice her filling in gaps with comedy. However one must give a pass to one's first mystery and novel. Anyway we've both read of art forgers early this year.
Tizzy in England was with Gentle Spectrums 2015. I visited her blog yesterday but Disquis doesn't let me comment. I hope she sees this. Without knowing she was pregnant: I read that she has just had a baby! She married about two years ago and her wedding gown is what we see in her avatar thumbnail. I've told her it is a gorgeous photograph and now, she is already building a family.Congratulations to you and your husband, Tizzy for your daughter! She is so tiny, cute, and precious! Born December 29 and just one month old. I also read Tizzy's Christmas wish to her visitors like me, wondering when her child would arrive. It must be a relief and joy that she is here.
If there are heavy times that need support, or when it is your birthday, anniversary, promotion; anything you would like to share: this announcement thread is for you.
HAPPY OPENING DAY TO OUR RIEDEL CIRCLES! It is February 1: our challenges officially begin today! We have the choice to tally what we read until January 31, or to count content from January to December based on the calendar.To let me know which groups you are doing, you need only make me a blog post and send it via e-mail. Or those without blogs, e-mail me wth your Goodreads profiles and name the themes you are doing. :) It looks like a small, cozy year so we can use all the promotion we can get. My fond, positive wishes to you all, Carolyn!
A happy reminder to those in this group: this gives us an easy place to tell you: I am drawing for the winners of our 2015 groups right now! My fiancé, Ron, as always is helping me draw the names for our overall, year-end winners of: ETHEREAL, MY KIND OF MYSTERY, and GENTLE SPECTRUMS! I hope you all join me in 2016. Thank you for adding your special characters and having been a part of them.Each initial name we choose will be e-mailed to see if you accept, as long as I have your e-addresses from last year; so keep your eyes on your in-boxes. I hope you recall Ethereal 2015 has a unique prize for the year we are finishing today: numerology or tarot readings offered by our fellow participant, Hazellie! Yours sincerely, Carolyn.
It's only January. Leslie and I are just nuts. Hehehe! We don't even start until February 1 but you count whenever you like. *I* start with the new year! :) Leslie for instance, might follow the wind and close her reading in December, which works out equally. I don't care about any details, except fellowship with you lovely ladies from year to year. :)People rejoining me flow into the next year, whether it's January or February. The point of starting our year one month differently, is to avoid a pile-up of accounting over Christmas; that's all.
