Freda's Voice

Welcome to the July edition of the monthly news! COVID. Fear will be with some of us for a while, I think. At least, I hope enough to keep it in people's minds before we start heading back to what life was like before COVID. I've gone for a few drives with the hubby, and am always shocked at how many people don't keep with the social distancing rules, or wear a mask. Seen many in big groups. It baffles me how easily we forget. Until it's one of our own that gets sick... On a better note, hubby and I celebrated our anniversary very low key.  View this post on Instagram Happy anniversary to my Vinny Barbarino ❤❤❤❤❤ A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos) on Jul 5, 2020 at 5:14am PDT We didn't want to venture into patio land with every one else, so we got The Keg for takeaway. We wanted to go back to where we got married, The Ancaster Old Mill. Sadly, they don't reopen the patio till J

Welcome to week 487! 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 . Sorry, I'm not adding them anymore. It takes no time at all for you to add your links if you want the visits. Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56 Happy weekend to you all! Check out this read on  Amazon . Here is my snippet from somewhere kinda early in the story... View this post on Instagram "How are you?" he glances down at my hands. "Oh, you know," I say, "still menstruating. Still not lovin' police." A sassy snippet from this week's #Friday56 #Instagram56 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos) on Jul 30, 2020 at 4:56pm PDT Book Beginnings leave your links in the com

AVAILABLE NOW! NOT RATED. AMAZON A Congolese man runs from a terrible accident and finds himself at a revolutionary camp, where he is told that he has a great destiny. He tries to escape and start a new life by going to another town, joining a new religion, and becoming a missionary. Ultimately, though, he finds himself back in the very place he had tried to leave. He must face his fears and his shame—but also his magnificent possibilities. Heart of Africa is the first full-length, faith-based film to come out of the nascent Democratic Republic of Congo film movement. After decades of colonial oppression and civil war, the country's scars run deep. Cinema is emerging as a cathartic new medium, and director Tshoper Kabambi is a leader of a new kind of revolution: one driven by stories that he hopes will heal the hearts of his people and the DR Congo. REVIEW: What a film deep in African culture. It was so beautiful to watch and learn about some o

Welcome to week 486! 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 . Sorry, I'm not adding them anymore. It takes no time at all for you to add your links if you want the visits. Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56 Happy weekend to you all! Check out this read on  Amazon . Here is my snippet from page 46... View this post on Instagram A highly acclaimed read for this week's #Friday56 #Instagram56 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos) on Jul 23, 2020 at 5:58pm PDT Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:    What are the top books on your TBR pile? A: Pearls of Wisdom by Barbara Bush

Paperback:  288 pages Publisher:  Razorbill; 1st edition (June 14, 2011) ISBN:  9781595141880 AMAZON You can’t stop the future.  You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why.                 Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever. AUTHOR BIO JAY ASHER's debut novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, ha

Welcome to week 485! 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 . Sorry, I'm not adding them anymore. It takes no time at all for you to add your links if you want the visits. Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56 Happy weekend to you all! Check out this read on  Amazon . Here is my snippet from page 56... View this post on Instagram A Netflix adaption for this week's #friday56 #Instagram56 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos) on Jul 16, 2020 at 4:11pm PDT Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:    Do you bring along books when you go on a vacation? A: I don't really go on v