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Welcome to the March  edition of the monthly news! Not much happened this month until last night, when my cousin passed away. Now I'll spend today getting in touch with family. Getting older sucks, especially as we lose loved ones.  At any rate, let's see what I read and watched in March... BOOKS: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook by Josie Brown (recommend) A Is For Alibi by Sue Grafton (recommend) The Iron King (Manga) by Julie Kagawa The Librarian: Little Boy Lost by Eric Hobbs (recommend) The Librarian: Unhappily Ever After by Eric Hobbs MOVIES: Widows (recommend) Sorry To Bother You The Sisters Brothers Storm Boy (recommend) YEARLY TOTAL: 14 Books & 12 Movies BOOK OF THE MONTH: BOOK OF THE YEAR: SPECIAL POSTS: Dead In A Week by Andrea Kane (Guest Post) BLOGGER /MONEY-MAKING RESOURCES:   1.  SwagBucks  (earn gift cards/Paypal cash) 2.  Unique Rewards  (earn Paypal cash) 3.  Valued

Welcome to week 420! Five weeks ago, it  was our 8 year memeversary! I am hosting a giveaway for an ebook of your choice, valued at $10 or less from Amazon. US and Canada participants only. Sorry to my international participants. Good luck! PS  you MUST be a participant of the meme to enter the giveaway. This is for you guys only! I It ends in a few days!!! a Rafflecopter giveaway RULES: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your  ereader . If you have to improvise, that is okay. *Find a snippet, short and sweet. *Post it, and add the url to your post in the Linky below. Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56 Happy weekend to you all! Please excuse the stupid links that Linky adds to my link up. I am frustrated but there is nothing I can do about it. I am not even able to delete them. Please do not click on them. You will know which ones they are. Check out this read on  Amazon .

AVAILABLE APRIL 5! Rated PG 99 minutes AMAZON Michael 'Storm Boy'  Kingley  (Geoffrey Rush) has grown up to be a successful retired businessman and grandfather. When  Kingley  starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he is forced to remember his long-forgotten childhood, growing up on an isolated coastline with his father (Jai Courtney). He recounts to his granddaughter the story of how, as a boy (Finn Little), he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr.Percival. Their remarkable adventures and very special bond has a profound effect on all their lives. Based on the beloved book, Storm Boy is a timeless story of an unusual and unconditional friendship. REVIEW: What an amazing movie! This one has the same effect on me as watching Old Yeller did. You went on this incredible journey with this boy and his pelicans. These pelicans would have otherwise died.  Frankly, there is a few movies or stories o

Kindle: 1202 KB Print: 305 pages Publication Date: August 1, 2012 ASIN: B008TI4M22 AMAZON After learning their actions in Oz have had grave consequences, Wesley and Tay return to the fabled land hoping they can undo any damage they've done. Once there, however, the children discover things are even worse than they imagined. Not only has the Wicked Witch taken control of Oz, Douglas Stanford is now recruiting an army of storybook villains to help him obtain the magic hidden within Astoria's library. The Librarian will need the children's help once more if he's going to protect the library's power from those who intend to exploit it. AUTHOR BIO: Eric Hobbs is the author of the graphic novels Awakenings, The Broadcast, and The Librarian. He lives in Kokomo, Indiana. My review for The Librarian: Little Boy Lost REVIEW: Ok, so not as good as the first book, but it was still good. As a book lover, it is a unique perspective to go inside

AVAILABLE NOW! RATED R 122 minutes AMAZON Based on Patrick DeWitt's novel, The Sisters Brothers revolves around the colorfully named gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm, who's being pursued across 1000 miles of 1850's Oregon desert to San Francisco by the notorious assassins Eli and Charlie Sisters. Except Eli is having a personal crisis and beginning to doubt the longevity of his chosen career. And Hermann might have a better offer.  REVIEW: I have come to the conclusion that I am not a western fan. I tried so hard to enjoy this film. It had so many elements that I usually love like plenty of killing action and fighting scenes.  Still, it lacked for me. It had a brilliant cast of actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal were what attracted me to it in the first place. They just were not enough. As an avid reader, I am surprised I am not familiar with the book or author. I will have to check them out and quite possibly that wil

Welcome to week 419! Four weeks ago, it  was our 8 year memeversary! I am hosting a giveaway for an ebook of your choice, valued at $10 or less from Amazon. US and Canada participants only. Sorry to my international participants. Good luck! PS  you MUST be a participant of the meme to enter the giveaway. This is for you guys only! Plus it will run till then end of March, in case some miss it. a Rafflecopter giveaway RULES: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your  ereader . If you have to improvise, that is okay. *Find a snippet, short and sweet. *Post it, and add the url to your post in the Linky below. Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56 Happy weekend to you all! Please excuse the stupid links that Linky adds to my link up. I am frustrated but there is nothing I can do about it. I am not even able to delete them. Please do not click on them. You will know which ones they are. Check out this

Welcome to Freda's Voice tour stop for Andrea Kane's new book, Dead In A Week. Keep reading to the end, there is a guest post by the author. Genre:  Suspense Thriller Published by:  Bonnie Meadow Publishing Publication Date:  March 19th 2019 Number of Pages:  384 ISBN:  1682320294  Series:  Forensic Instincts, Zermatt Group Purchase Links:   Amazon   |  Barnes & Noble   |  Goodreads  What would you do if your daughter was kidnapped and given only a week to live? Lauren Pennington is celebrating her junior year abroad when life comes to a screeching halt. At Munich’s Hofbräuhaus, she engages in an innocent flirtation with a charming stranger for the length of a drink. Drink finished, Lauren leaves—only to be snatched from the streets and thrown into an unmarked van. Officially, Aidan Deveraux is a communications expert for one of the largest financial firms in the world. In his secret life, the former Marine heads the Zermatt Group, a covert team of military