Misc Saturday No Memes

SATURDAY
Several issues to blog about this morning, so lets get started.
**For those who have been travelling with me on my medical journey, and who have offered up prayers, said so many thoughtful and kind words of encouragement, know that yesterday I had my 2 month follow up.  The verdict:  I am making progress, however, it is a slow process.  I have graduated to a cane, and better yet, no housework for another 2 months.  I still can not bend, lift or twist…..a BLT on toast.   WooHoo…more time to blog, read and review.  No excuses now, not to catch up with my reading schedule.
**No memes today…I checked the one I usually particpate in but as of this posting the question is not up.
**Tomorrow is a big day for me on my blog.  I will be hosting my first giveaway!!!  So stop by and enter!!!!
**I have to confess to something…I have been stalking the Bloggiesta.  Have you seen this in your google reader?  What great tips.  I have been taking notes from afar and today plan to incorporate some of them.  There are drafts that I have been putting off but since this is the Bloggiesta (love that name) Weekend, I will leave for now to get something accomplished.
    What are your plans for today?    Have a great Saturday and Happy Reading!!

Misc Saturday No Memes

SATURDAY
Several issues to blog about this morning, so lets get started.
**For those who have been travelling with me on my medical journey, and who have offered up prayers, said so many thoughtful and kind words of encouragement, know that yesterday I had my 2 month follow up.  The verdict:  I am making progress, however, it is a slow process.  I have graduated to a cane, and better yet, no housework for another 2 months.  I still can not bend, lift or twist…..a BLT on toast.   WooHoo…more time to blog, read and review.  No excuses now, not to catch up with my reading schedule.
**No memes today…I checked the one I usually particpate in but as of this posting the question is not up.
**Tomorrow is a big day for me on my blog.  I will be hosting my first giveaway!!!  So stop by and enter!!!!
**I have to confess to something…I have been stalking the Bloggiesta.  Have you seen this in your google reader?  What great tips.  I have been taking notes from afar and today plan to incorporate some of them.  There are drafts that I have been putting off but since this is the Bloggiesta (love that name) Weekend, I will leave for now to get something accomplished.
    What are your plans for today?    Have a great Saturday and Happy Reading!!

Friday Blog Hop

FRIDAY
I know its Thursday night, but, we are leaving early in the morning to travel back to see the surgeon.  Friday is the day I allot myself more computer time and hop all over the blogosphere looking for new blogs and blogging friends.  And I just checked and Jennifer has McLinky up so I figured that I will link up and this way I can start running as soon as I get home.  See you all tomorrow.

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Hosted by Jennifer from CRAZY FOR BOOKS
Here are the instuctions from her site:
Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blog Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out on! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed!

So, if you’d like to participate, just repost this on your blog, sign MckLinky on her site, and check out other blogs in MckLinky! Let’s connect and make new book bloggy friends!! So, if you consider yourself a book blogger, come join the fun!

Pretty please – Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

The Journey Home by Michael Baron

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The Journey Home by Michael Baron
Published by The Aronica-Miller Publishing Project, LLC
ISBN-13: 978-0-9819568-6-2
At the request of The Story Plant, a PB copy was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
  Subject: (from back of book): Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn’t recognize. He sets out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where he’s going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him.
  Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living facility who has retreated inside her head. There, her body and mind haven’t betrayed her. There, she’s a young newlywed with a husband who dotes on her and an entire life of dreams to live. There, she is truly home.
  Warren, Antoinette’s son, is a man in his early forties going through the toughest year of his life. With far too much time on his hands, he decides to try to recreate his memories of home by attempting to cook his mother’s greatest dishes and eat them with her.
  My Thoughts and Opinion: Michael Baron delivers again !! Another heart tugging, thought provoking, tender and emotional story written only the way Michael Baron can. Filled with mouth watering descriptions of meals that evoke memories of the past. He takes the reader on a journey, along with the characters, to find their way home. But where is truly the place called home and how do we get there? This story touched an emotional chord in my heart, on a personal level, due to the cross road I am also on. While reading how Warren tried to recreate his memories with the smell of meals being cooked, also brought to mind, meals and memories of my own past. Mr. Baron hit this one out of the park !! Like any good meal, The Journey Home, needs to be devoured in one seating.  Bravo !!

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DISCLAIMER
I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,
in exchange for my HONEST review.
No items that I receive
are ever sold…they are kept by me,
or given to family or friends.

Friday Blog Hop

FRIDAY
I know its Thursday night, but, we are leaving early in the morning to travel back to see the surgeon.  Friday is the day I allot myself more computer time and hop all over the blogosphere looking for new blogs and blogging friends.  And I just checked and Jennifer has McLinky up so I figured that I will link up and this way I can start running as soon as I get home.  See you all tomorrow.

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Hosted by Jennifer from CRAZY FOR BOOKS
Here are the instuctions from her site:
Every day I seem to find another book blog that I start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blog Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out on! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed!

So, if you’d like to participate, just repost this on your blog, sign MckLinky on her site, and check out other blogs in MckLinky! Let’s connect and make new book bloggy friends!! So, if you consider yourself a book blogger, come join the fun!

Pretty please – Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

The Journey Home by Michael Baron

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The Journey Home by Michael Baron
Published by The Aronica-Miller Publishing Project, LLC
ISBN-13: 978-0-9819568-6-2
At the request of The Story Plant, a PB copy was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
  Subject: (from back of book): Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn’t recognize. He sets out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where he’s going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him.
  Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living facility who has retreated inside her head. There, her body and mind haven’t betrayed her. There, she’s a young newlywed with a husband who dotes on her and an entire life of dreams to live. There, she is truly home.
  Warren, Antoinette’s son, is a man in his early forties going through the toughest year of his life. With far too much time on his hands, he decides to try to recreate his memories of home by attempting to cook his mother’s greatest dishes and eat them with her.
  My Thoughts and Opinion: Michael Baron delivers again !! Another heart tugging, thought provoking, tender and emotional story written only the way Michael Baron can. Filled with mouth watering descriptions of meals that evoke memories of the past. He takes the reader on a journey, along with the characters, to find their way home. But where is truly the place called home and how do we get there? This story touched an emotional chord in my heart, on a personal level, due to the cross road I am also on. While reading how Warren tried to recreate his memories with the smell of meals being cooked, also brought to mind, meals and memories of my own past. Mr. Baron hit this one out of the park !! Like any good meal, The Journey Home, needs to be devoured in one seating.  Bravo !!

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DISCLAIMER
I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,
in exchange for my HONEST review.
No items that I receive
are ever sold…they are kept by me,
or given to family or friends.

Booking Through Thursday

THURSDAY

Just a little note regarding my Friday memes and posting.  Tomorrow morning we are driving, I should say hubby is driving and I am along for the ride and probably reading, back to see the surgeon for my 2 month post op visit.  Am hoping that some of the restrictions are lifted but not the one where I can do housework lol (and don’t tell hubby I said that).  Getting very used to and enjoying blogging and reading the majority of the day.  We won’t be back until sometime in the  afternoon so my postings will be later on.  Now on to today’s meme:

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Today’s question:
Do signed copies excite you? Tempt you? Delight you? Or does it not matter to you?
My answer:
One word Absolutely !!  Especially if it is personalized.  Ironically, the first book that I received with a personal inscription was from the doctor who performed my 2nd and 3rd back operations and had just had his latest book published, the topic, backs.  Since then I have received a few more.  And all of my signed editions have a special place in my bookcase.

Booking Through Thursday

THURSDAY

Just a little note regarding my Friday memes and posting.  Tomorrow morning we are driving, I should say hubby is driving and I am along for the ride and probably reading, back to see the surgeon for my 2 month post op visit.  Am hoping that some of the restrictions are lifted but not the one where I can do housework lol (and don’t tell hubby I said that).  Getting very used to and enjoying blogging and reading the majority of the day.  We won’t be back until sometime in the  afternoon so my postings will be later on.  Now on to today’s meme:

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Today’s question:
Do signed copies excite you? Tempt you? Delight you? Or does it not matter to you?
My answer:
One word Absolutely !!  Especially if it is personalized.  Ironically, the first book that I received with a personal inscription was from the doctor who performed my 2nd and 3rd back operations and had just had his latest book published, the topic, backs.  Since then I have received a few more.  And all of my signed editions have a special place in my bookcase.