Freda's Voice

                  Welcome to the September edition of monthly news! We were lucky enough to go to the Exhibition, (CNE), this year. My daughter, the hubby and myself took in all it had to offer us with rides, exhibits, crafts, food and more! I got the cutest necklace, and the hubby won me a stuffy that I gave to the dogs when I got home. We all win! My son wasn't there, but he just lives so far away from us. He was missed though! It was a dreary day with threats of wet, but thankfully no rain came. All-in-all it was a great day!! Labor Day my auntie and I went to the Labor Day Classic to watch our favorite CFL football team, the Hamilton Tiger Cats take on Toronto Argonauts.  We lost but so what?! Sometimes it's about the company and the memories! My Instagram account that I built for years was hacked recently. If you received bogus messages by me regarding bitcoin, rest assured it was not me. Any one who can report @fredasphotos would be appreciated. The sooner I can get my me

Welcome to week 600! 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  Tagging me  @fredasvoice   Happy  weekend to you all!  Check out this read on  Amazon . My review  is here if you want to check it out.   Read my 56: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Freda Labianca (@fredasvoice) Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q: Have you ever skipped ahead to read the ending? A: No. That almost feels like cheating. What would be the purpose anyway?! You may still miss something key to the story. Read it all it don't read it at all. That's me. **This is a weekly book meme post. Compensation may be earned from the lin

Publisher : ‎  Dundurn Press (May 3, 2022) Paperback: ‎  248 pages ISBN: ‎  9781459749252 AMAZON (All proceeds go to Brian Whitney, co-author) The true story of a music editor at VICE who tried to become the coolest reporter the company had ever had ― by becoming an international drug smuggler. In 2019, music reporter Slava P, an editor for VICE media, was sentenced to nine years in prison for recruiting friends into a scheme to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. into Australia. Five of them were already in jail. Immediately, Slava P was internationally infamous. Was he a victim of pressure to commit extreme acts for the sake of a good story? A product of a drug-obsessed work environment? Or a manipulator who pushed vulnerable young people into crime? Here, Slava P tells his side of the story: what exactly happened and how the precarious, dog-eat-dog atmosphere of a media company can lead the young, the naive, and the ambitious into taking crazy risks. Bad Trips is a story about drugs, hip-

Please help me to welcome Chris Patchell to the blog today! She has a new book out and it looks so intense! Let's learn more about the author and the book... Chris Patchell is an award-winning USA Today Bestselling Author who started writing to curb the homicidal tendencies she experienced during her daily Seattle commute. She writes gripping suspense thrillers with romantic elements set in the Pacific Northwest and believes good fiction combines a magical mix of complex characters, compelling plots, and well-crafted stories. Over the years, she has written numerous popular books and series, including bestsellers Deadly Lies, In the Dark, and her most recent collection of small-town crime novellas, the Lacey James Series. Along the way, her writing has won several awards, including a 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award, an IndieReader Discovery Award, and a Pacific Northwest Literary Award. When she’s not writing, you can find Chris reading books, hanging out with her family, wat

AVAILABLE ON DVD OCTOBER 4TH! Street Date: October 4, 2022 Catalog: 191329228203 (US) Audio: Dolby Digital English 5.1, French Stereo, Spanish Stereo US Rating: Not Rated US M.S.R.P.: $10.99 AMAZON Big Rig Blaze comes to the rescue when three big deliveries are needed all over Axle City and only one monster machine has the power to haul it! Next, when a windstorm blows away the supplies for Stripes’ Animal Party, Blaze transforms into the one Monster Machine strong enough to haul it all back – a Big Rig! Then Big Rig Blaze helps a dolphin named Flippy travel cross country to reunite his family in the ocean. There’s nothing he can’t pull with that Big Rig Force! Blaze And The Monster Machines: Big Rig To The Rescue  episodes: Big Rig to the Rescue! Big Rig Blaze Big Rig: Dolphin Delivery The Big. Balloon Rescue WANNA WIN A COPY? US ONLY 1 WINNER GOOD LUCK a Rafflecopter giveaway **Freda's Voice is not responsible for the prize shipment, lost, damaged or stolen prizes.

Shards of Sevia Series on Amazon Release Date: September 23, 2022. 40,000k words. Purchase at Books2Read  or GoodReads Kiva is handsome, generous, and very much in love with recently-widowed Preen Enda. But the thought of becoming his wife fills her with dread—especially when men from her past—men who know too much—begin appearing in her peaceful town. It's only a matter of time before her secrets are revealed. If Kiva learns the truth about what happened to Preen's first husband, will he still want to become her second? E.B. Roshan has enjoyed a nomadic lifestyle for several years, living in the Middle East and Asia. Now she is temporarily settled in Philadelphia with her husband and three children. When she's not cooking, cleaning, or chasing the children, she's writing the latest installment in Shards of Sevia, her ongoing Dystopian/Romantic Suspense series. Goodreads REVIEW: So when I agreed to read this novella, I had no idea it was book 5. I have to admit, as I st

Welcome to week 599! 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  Tagging me @fredasvoice   Happy  weekend to you all!  Check out this read on  Amazon . My review  is here if you want to check it out.   Read my 56: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Freda Labianca (@fredasvoice) Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56. Q:  Have you ever reread a book? If so, why did you decide to reread it? A: I have and it was Anne Of Green Gables. Actually the first 3 in the series. I've read them so many times that I'm actually unclear how many, especially with the first book. There's just something about that series that a

Pope Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, the son of Italian immigrants. He was ordained a priest in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1969 and created a bishop in 1992. He became Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was named a cardinal in 2001. In March 2013 he was elected Bishop of Rome, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. Publisher: ‎  Worthy Books (September 27, 2022) Hardcover: ‎  208 pages ISBN: ‎  9781546003694 AMAZON In this encouraging book, Pope Francis explores the meaning of true joy and offers an inspiring message: even in dark times, the light of hope can shine bright.  The past few years have been extremely challenging, but even in dark times, the light of joy can shine bright.   True joy, says Pope Francis, is not a fleeting sentiment or a short-term solution to suffering; it springs from a solid hope that nothing and no one can take away.   A Gift of Joy and Hope is an invitation to embrace authentic beauty and