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                       Welcome to the December edition of the monthly news! This month was off to a bang! I won a ticket to stream The Wilderness and The Trews concert. Two really awesome Canadian bands! That was such a great time, although not hearing a crowd  and seeing the band between plexiglass was weird. Still, it was a great show!! What's the best concert you have seen? What is the best prize you won from a radio station? Just curious! I made my reading goal of 50, and then surpassed it with 66 total for the year! Feel pretty good about that. Brain food at all.... This has been a terrible month for losing loved ones. My aunt passed away on December 5th, and then a good friend and neighbor passed away on December 7th. All right before my birthday. Sent me into the biggest depression. Which I know is going to be extra hard to get out of with COVID restrictions and the way life is now. Sometimes life just really sucks. Especially the death part. We buried her on my birthday whi

  ASIN :  B00B853W60 Publisher :  Revell (October 1, 2010) Kindle:  6308 KB Print length:  177 pages ISBN:  0800719255 AMAZON Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret? Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books (with sales around 6.5 million) for teens, women and children. That's a lot of books, but mostly she considers herself a "storyteller." Her novels range from serious issues like schizophrenia (Finding Alice) to lighter topics like house-flipping (A Mile in My Flip-Flops) but most of the inspiration behind her fiction comes right out of real life. Her young adult novels (Diary of a Teenage Girl, TrueColors e

Welcome to week 508! MERRY CHRISTMAS! 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 . If you don't link up, we may not know to visit. 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 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos)    Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:    Did you meet your reading goals for 2020? How many books did you read? A: I did. My goal was 50 and I will finish 66 before the end of the year! **This is a book meme post. Compensation may be earned from the link within. Opinions are owned by Freda's Voice,

Kindle:  3521 KB Publisher:  Delacorte Press (January 7, 2020) Print:  374 pages ASIN:  B07RTSJQWP AMAZON Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this. A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts.  Until now.  This time it's not an app, though—it's a game.  Truth or Dare. Phoebe 's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark.  Then comes  Maeve  and she should know better—always choose the dare.  But by the time  Knox  is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it's that they can't count on the police for help. Or protection. Simon's gone, but someone's determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And this time, there's

4 hours 8 minutes Released: October 2, 2018 ASIN:  B07DF81PWJ AMAZON In this YA novel in verse from best-selling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess ( Solo ), which  Kirkus  called “lively, moving, and heartfelt” in a starred review, Noah and Walt just want to leave their geek days behind and find “cool” but in the process discover a lot about first loves, friendship, and embracing life...as well as why Black Lives Matter is so important for all. Best friends Noah and Walt are far from popular, but Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan that includes wooing the girls of their dreams and becoming amazing athletes. Never mind he and Noah failed to make their baseball team yet again, and Noah’s crush since third grade, Sam, has him firmly in the friend zone. While Walt focuses on his program of jazz, podcasts, batting cages, and a “Hug Life” mentality, Noah feels stuck in status quo...until he stumbles on a stash of old love letters. Each one contains words

4 hours and 2 minutes Narrated by  Kwame Alexander Music by Randy Preston Released August 17, 2017 ASIN:  B071LN5KT6 AMAZON Through the story of a young Black man searching for answers about his life, Solo empowers, engages, and encourages teenagers to move from heartache to healing, burden to blessings, depression to deliverance, and trials to triumphs. And the audio is narrated by Kwame Alexander himself, featuring original music that ties to the book. Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he’d give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his father. In reality, the only thing Blade and Rutherford have in common is the music that

Welcome to week 507! 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 . If you don't link up, we may not know to visit. 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 A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos)    Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:   Do you have any bookish ornaments on your Christmas tree? A: I guess I would if I had a Christmas tree. We just don't have room in our apartment for one, and with COVID, we opted out this year. **This is a book meme post. Compensation may be earned from the link within. Opinions are owned by Freda's Voice,

Welcome to week 506! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! 😊 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 . If you don't link up, we may not know to visit. Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56 Happy weekend to you all! Check out this read on  Amazon . Read my review Here is my 56... View this post on Instagram A post shared by Freda Mans (@fredasphotos)    Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:  What was the last book you started to read but couldn't finish? A: Bram Stoker's, Dracula. I'm about 200 pages in... I just couldn't take it anymore though. It's not for me at all. I liked the movie, but not the book. **This is a book meme post. Compensation may be earned from the link within. Opinions are own