Freda's Voice

Welcome to the September edition of the monthly news! For those of you on Blogger, do you like the new layout or do you prefer the legacy layout? Just like Facebook, they felt the need to fix what was not broken. I've given it a shot, but will this be what pushes me to a new platform? I've always appreciated the simplicty of Blogger. While I do feel like I'm getting the hang of it, I'm still not a fan though. It is not easier to use and it takes longer to create a post. Ironic that the kids went back to school and cases started to rise? Now they're discussing the possibilty of another shutdown. If they would've done things right in the first place we might be past this now, but nope... Here we go again. 💩 I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired, how 'bout you? I'd like to say Happy Fall Ya'll, but with no Halloween and possible Thanksgiving restrictions... I dunno. What a depressing world we live in. Stay safe everyone! 🙏 BOOKS:

AVAILABLE NOW! RATED R 120 MINUTES AMAZON Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years. My review for the book, Tweak by Nic Sheff REVIEW: After reading the book by Nic Sheff, I needed to see the film. So I grabbed a copy and watched it alone. Man, I needed tissues at the end. I cried and cried. It hit home so hard. Like, that could have been me. It was a powerful book, and while the movie hit every emotional cord in me, the book was still better. There was more detail for one, and the book was by Nic's point of view. The movie was more his dad's. There is a book out there in his dad's viewpoint, which I would read if the opportunity arises. This was not a movie that will be on everyone's to-watch list but I am glad I watched it. Made me so grateful for Nic's sobriety, and my own

Kindle :  2816 KB Print:  340 pages Publisher :  Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint Edition (April 24, 2009) ASIN :  B001NLKUEQ AMAZON The story that inspired the major motion picture Beautiful Boy featuring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet. This New York Times bestselling memoir of a young man’s addiction to methamphetamine tells a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery. Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As we watch Nic plunge

Welcome to week 495! 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 56... View this post on Instagram Can't wait to watch the TV series to this book! #Friday56 #Instagram56 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos) on Sep 24, 2020 at 2:59pm PDT Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:      Do you have a pet peeve about books?   A: I answered this one a few weeks ago... remember when I was feeling special?! 😀 **This is a weekly book meme. Compensation may be earned from the link wit

Welcome to week 494! 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! Sorry I am late, I actually forgot it was Thursday last night. 😁 Check out this read on  Amazon . Here is my 56... No Instagram post this week. Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56.   Q:      What draws you in more: the book's title, the book's cover, or the summary on the back cover?   A: I would have to say the cover is the first thing to draw me in and capture my attention. Without a nice and eye-catching cover, I may not end up picking it up to see what the synopsis is. ** This i

Kindle:  979 KB Print:  382 pages Publisher:  Berkley (September 6, 2016) ASIN:  B019DHP654 AMAZON The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park’s ice-skating rink. The victims: a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be. Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD but never one like this. A review of the security videos reveals that the victims were killed with a tactical laser rifle fired by a sniper, who could have been miles away when the trigger was pulled. And though the list of locations where the shooter could have set up seems endless, the number of people with that particular skill set is finite: police, military, professional killer. Eve’s husband, Roarke, has unlimited resources—and genius—at his disposal. And when his computer program leads Eve to the location of the sniper, she learns a shocking fact: There were two—one older, one younger. Someone

Welcome to week 493! 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 56... View this post on Instagram Book 43 in a police procedural series for this week's #Friday56 #Instagram56 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos) on Sep 10, 2020 at 5:54pm PDT Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:      Do you read books by authors from outside your country? Any book recommendations? Also, if non-US/UK, could you name one author/book from your country?    A: I love reading books from outside North A

DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She is a storyteller and creates action-packed, suspense-filled novels to thrill readers. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She is the director of the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference, Mountainside Retreats: Marketing, Speakers, Nonfiction, and Novelist with social media specialist Edie Melson where she continues her passion of helping other writers be successful. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. Connect with DiAnn On: Her Website ,  Goodreads ,  BookBub ,  Instagram ,