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Everyone says this is so spooky, they question it being for children and count it among "spookiest of all time" books, for its demographic. That must happen nearer the end because nothing is scary yet. One gusty attic moment that is over before the narration explains what occurred and why it ought to be scary. We are finally getting into a mystery. Until now, it was mostly about a niece sidestepping a sour uncle.

Sarah shouldn't be sullen when she very assuredly had her Mother's love and understanding. Never mind a Father favouring a Sister. She shouldn't have turned out so hollowly with one parent and champion who adored her and cared. We'll see how this unpleasant horror mystery crime goes. It is possible Amanda Stevens wrote a bleak tale well. Pitiful that Sean loves Sarah above whom he married but fled their discord.

Stories about evil or violence are not for me but having read two forensic crime mysteries by Patricia Conrwell in a row, I can handle it. However unless my second standalone Amanda Stevens mystery is a rarity in psychotic horror, I think her ghost series is the only one I like. I love it as an enthusiastic fan, actually. We'll see how this novel goes. I found it and "The Dollmaker", which I liked less, on sale.

I love Lucy rejoining the cast! Patricia needed to lay off such garish emphasis on Kay's low computer knowledge; especially since all she had to do was type what Lucy directed. Dialogue repeating "slow down" was annoying. Perhaps pretending comes off poorly from Patricia, who was a computer analyst. So much minute detail but personal things like Mark's death skimmed! I am however, enjoying this story very much.

Stop talking about coffee! Who the fuck brings a *thermos of it* somewhere in their house???? Just damn well finish a cup and get another, if you need more that badly! It isn't a day trip to some sort of desert! Also I hope Patricia figured out that she needs to stop talking about rain. Mention that it has rained occasionally but drop the painstaking detail about it dripping on you or how it looks in the window.

Now that I read the correct volume that is third, I might as well reprise the fourth! Regrettably despite finishing "All That Remains", I still feel quite a personal chunk was left out. Ought we not have been along for a scene of Kay moving house and what happened to Mark!? It is uninformatively blurted out here that he died by a fluke! I am incredulous that volume 3 didn't cover such a major circumstance either.

I guess this becomes dry because it is several brief quotations jogging all through this book instead of stories. However they are amusing and I think I enjoy them best, not whooshed through too many at a time but in little doses amid other reading, that makes me laugh. That makes a lovely dose of laughing and smiling. It has occurred to me: since publishing, I wonder if people say silly things to Jen on purpose!

Could you imagine how much fun it would be to have the "expanded Canadian and American bookshop" edition I notice in Goodreads' list? That one entertains us for 188 pages and of course would be things we would deliciously relate and titter over. Meanwhile this is grand. I am laughing along to be sure. Thank you, Jen Campbell! One shocked me: "A shame Anne Frank didn't write a sequel. She's such a good writer".

I am galloping along until I nod off and drop this novel every time. I read at night and was too upset over my absent cat to read, or chose animal subjects that depressed me. We await his homecoming anxiously but believe he is all right. After choosing the balm of fiction instead of anything heavy, I am so glad to be enjoying these, I want to zoom through a lot of pages. I try longer even after dropping the book!

I wonder where I got the idea "Cruel & Unusual" was #3. It was the only volume excepting newer releases that I needed to fill in. I found it Thursday! The many lined up in our bathroom, funny enough, couldn't budge until I had the next novel. I started it and wondered why an event seemed to jump ahead. When I cliced on it, Goodreads called it #4. I see "All That Remains" could have cleared the bathroom sooner!

There is a such thing as something being under the levels you have reached. Eleven years ago, this would have made pleasant reading about how animals, pets and wild, understand everything we say and care more about helping other life than we expect. However I never needed to be told and am into animal communication. I thought I had savoured all those years, another lesson book. These are stories people submitted.

Thank you to everyone answering my messages requesting prayers, protection, guidance, stories of encouragement, animal communication, and anything that will help bring our Conan home safely soon, who is a son to us. I know we don't catch a lot of update notifications if we have a lot of friends, ironically (the more friends, the less interaction). Reaching out more directly confirmed you are glad to know and help!

I have dreamed about my cat, Conan, suddenly arriving home safely. Friends, indeed I take the word literally and this is a time for friends: if you see this update, please indicate that you will join my call of prayer for his safe return. I have 140+ of you. The more energy bent to a good, heartfelt purpose, the better! Those of you with even more "friends"; likely your contacts will see your reply and join us.

I will keep sending this message until either my cat is safely home, or friends see it and actually reply. In my last update and at my group, I asked you to please pray and add to the positive energy beacon for the safe return and protection of my dear cat, Conan, who has been away from home now 11 days. He may well have taken a trip even though he has never done it before but I'm worried and want him home quickly.

Please play for the protection and safe guidance home, of our dear cat CONAN, who is a son to us! He has been away a week. We have faith and pray this is a willing walk, with perhaps some uncertainty of the direction home, or perhaps a detour with friendly folks, from which he will walk home and return soon. However we are giving him all the help we can in searches, alerts, etc and asking you to join our prayers.