Thank You

I have said on many occasions that I am not computer savvy, that I am computer challenged, that I am computer illiterate.  Oh heck, I just know the basics.   I have also said that when I first started book blogging, I was lucky to find the kindest and most patient person and blogger there is.  She took me under her wing and helped me along.  I have posted that she has been my mentor.  Well today, I called on her for some help.  Things that I had seen and would like on my blog.  And again, she was there for me.  I don’t know how to thank her.  But I do know one thing.  If you haven’t visited her or her blog, you really should.

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So to Vicki from Reading At The Beach (http://readingathebeach.com/) Not only are you my mentor but my blogging computer angel.  Thank You !!!!!!!!!!

Monthly Wrap Up (2 of 2)

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May was definitely a better month for me and hoping the same for next month.  So here are the books I finished and my Challenge standings:

COMPLETED:
  The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener  Photobucket
  Our Promised Land by Michael T. Darkow  Photobucket
  Still Midnight by Denise Mina  Photobucket
  Death of a Cure by Steven H. Jackson  Photobucket
  So Cold The River by Michael Koryta  Photobucket
  Moonlight Falls by Vincent Zandri  Photobucket
  The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon Photobucket

CHALLENGES:
  Lisa Jackson (originally signed up for 5)  5/5 Completed
  Awesome Author 0/3
  RYOB  1/10
  Romance 2/3
  EBook 1/6
  Reading from my Shelves  20/20  Completed
  Thriller/Suspense  12/12  Completed
  Books I Won 1/6
  100+  22/100
  FOMA 12×12 20/?
  Buck A Book  22/100
  The Arthur Reagan  2/?
  50+  10/50

Holiday (1 of 2)

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In honor of those who serve our country, please take time today and remember those that are protecting our freedom.

Support Our Troops
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Monthly Wrap Up (2 of 2)

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May was definitely a better month for me and hoping the same for next month.  So here are the books I finished and my Challenge standings:

COMPLETED:
  The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener  Photobucket
  Our Promised Land by Michael T. Darkow  Photobucket
  Still Midnight by Denise Mina  Photobucket
  Death of a Cure by Steven H. Jackson  Photobucket
  So Cold The River by Michael Koryta  Photobucket
  Moonlight Falls by Vincent Zandri  Photobucket
  The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon Photobucket

CHALLENGES:
  Lisa Jackson (originally signed up for 5)  5/5 Completed
  Awesome Author 0/3
  RYOB  1/10
  Romance 2/3
  EBook 1/6
  Reading from my Shelves  20/20  Completed
  Thriller/Suspense  12/12  Completed
  Books I Won 1/6
  100+  22/100
  FOMA 12×12 20/?
  Buck A Book  22/100
  The Arthur Reagan  2/?
  50+  10/50

Holiday (1 of 2)

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In honor of those who serve our country, please take time today and remember those that are protecting our freedom.

Support Our Troops
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The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon

The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon (ARC)

Published by Doubleday
ISBN 978-0-385-530-63-7
At the request of Doubleday, a PB copy was sent, at no cost to me. for my honest opinion
  Synopsis: (from back of book) Justin Fisher has a successful career as the manager of a luxury hotel, a lovely wife, and a charming young son. While all signs point to a bright future, Justin can no longer ignore the hole in his life left by his estranged family. When he finally gathers the courage to reconnect with his troubled past, Justin is devastated to learn that his parents have passed away. And a visit to the cemetery brings the greatest shock of all-next to the graves of his father and mother sits a smaller tombstone for a three-year-old boy: a boy named Thomas Justin Fisher.
  What follows in an extraordinary journey as Justin struggles with issues of his own identity and pieces together the complex and heartbreaking truth about this family.

  My Thoughts and Opinion: Dianne Dixon, the author of this book, writes a brilliant and masterful story of one family’s heartbreaks, betrayals, lies, control, and secrets that can hurt so many people. The book is divided between the past and present lives of Justin, his parents and two sisters. The author interweaves the characters, that were dramatically life like, that it could be either a family the reader knows or maybe even their own. There is suspense as Justin tries to reclaim a life and family, that he thought he knew, because of a song his mother taught him as a three year old toddler, only to find out there are pieces missing in the puzzle of his life. With an ending that was a total surprise. In the plot of this story line, the author conveys about life’s lessons and the reality of that saying, that life is too short. A beautiful and emotional book to the very last page. I highly recommend that everyone reads this book, whatever age, because it will have the reader reflecting about their own life.
My Rating:  5      
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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.

Memorial Day

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Hope everyone has some fun plans for this long weekend, Memorial Day.  The unofficial start of summer.  But lets not forget what Memorial Day is about.  Stop and take a minute to remember those that gave their lives for our freedom. 

Any special plans this weekend? 

No memes today !!!  I am still on the lookout for another one for Saturdays .  I love participating in daily memes and meeting new blogging buddies BUT yesterday I went overboard.  I had 6 memes going and all that hopping was too much.  A bloggy friend, Julie, who I value her opinion, made me see the error of my ways  lol.  So today I will just be doing my computer to-do list, draft some postings and writing a review.  And then I will relax and read.      Happy Memorial Day and Happy Reading !!!!!

The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon

The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon (ARC)

Published by Doubleday
ISBN 978-0-385-530-63-7
At the request of Doubleday, a PB copy was sent, at no cost to me. for my honest opinion
  Synopsis: (from back of book) Justin Fisher has a successful career as the manager of a luxury hotel, a lovely wife, and a charming young son. While all signs point to a bright future, Justin can no longer ignore the hole in his life left by his estranged family. When he finally gathers the courage to reconnect with his troubled past, Justin is devastated to learn that his parents have passed away. And a visit to the cemetery brings the greatest shock of all-next to the graves of his father and mother sits a smaller tombstone for a three-year-old boy: a boy named Thomas Justin Fisher.
  What follows in an extraordinary journey as Justin struggles with issues of his own identity and pieces together the complex and heartbreaking truth about this family.

  My Thoughts and Opinion: Dianne Dixon, the author of this book, writes a brilliant and masterful story of one family’s heartbreaks, betrayals, lies, control, and secrets that can hurt so many people. The book is divided between the past and present lives of Justin, his parents and two sisters. The author interweaves the characters, that were dramatically life like, that it could be either a family the reader knows or maybe even their own. There is suspense as Justin tries to reclaim a life and family, that he thought he knew, because of a song his mother taught him as a three year old toddler, only to find out there are pieces missing in the puzzle of his life. With an ending that was a total surprise. In the plot of this story line, the author conveys about life’s lessons and the reality of that saying, that life is too short. A beautiful and emotional book to the very last page. I highly recommend that everyone reads this book, whatever age, because it will have the reader reflecting about their own life.
My Rating:  5      
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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.