Did everyone watch the Opening Day of the 2010 Olympics?  Did you enjoy?  Because I am a morning person, I tried very hard to watch but sleep took over.  So, unfortunately, I missed most of it. 
  Sorry this is being posted later than usual but having some computer problems again.  Hubby is trying to figure it out so this will be a quick post.  Am hoping to be back on later today and have it running smoothly.  Have another review to write and enter.
  So until then……

Have a great Saturday…..RELAX and READ !!

TGIF and the busiest day for memes……so lets get started ………….

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  From An Island Life: In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends.
  My question is:
   What are your thoughts about Valentine’s Day in general?
  I personally think that it is a day created for commercialism.  If someone is in a relationship, every day should be Valentine’s Day.  Hubby and I usually out to eat for a “romantic” dinner on Valentine’s Day.  But have to say, when he sends me flowers for no reason…those are the ones I like most….. because it speaks volumes.

http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/
And…here we go!
1. Pickles, the sweet gherkins variety, are my favorite.
2. Right now, I enjoy being at home.
3. The snow is amount predicted was wrong..again!!!
4. Artwork with the background in nature are beautiful.
5. It’s 5:16 PM; that means I am waiting for the famly to get home.
6. Am honest person is hard to find.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to some quiet time, tomorrow my plans include laundry, some chores, some blog drafts, then relaxing and reading and Sunday, I want to do nothing but relax and read!

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Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST
     “Hubbard says he saw a white BMW the night of the murder,” Casey said.
     From False Convictions by Tim Green
I am off to visit blogs for Aloha Friday, get some chores done and by that time, my reading chair will be calling for me lol.  Happy Friday and Happy Reading !!!!!

TGIF and the busiest day for memes……so lets get started ………….

Hosted by An Island Life http://islandlife808.com/
  From An Island Life: In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends.
  My question is:
   What are your thoughts about Valentine’s Day in general?
  I personally think that it is a day created for commercialism.  If someone is in a relationship, every day should be Valentine’s Day.  Hubby and I usually out to eat for a “romantic” dinner on Valentine’s Day.  But have to say, when he sends me flowers for no reason…those are the ones I like most….. because it speaks volumes.

http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/
And…here we go!
1. Pickles, the sweet gherkins variety, are my favorite.
2. Right now, I enjoy being at home.
3. The snow is amount predicted was wrong..again!!!
4. Artwork with the background in nature are beautiful.
5. It’s 5:16 PM; that means I am waiting for the famly to get home.
6. Am honest person is hard to find.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to some quiet time, tomorrow my plans include laundry, some chores, some blog drafts, then relaxing and reading and Sunday, I want to do nothing but relax and read!

Hosted by Storytime With Tonya and Friends http://storytimewithtonya.blogspot.com/
Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST
     “Hubbard says he saw a white BMW the night of the murder,” Casey said.
     From False Convictions by Tim Green
I am off to visit blogs for Aloha Friday, get some chores done and by that time, my reading chair will be calling for me lol.  Happy Friday and Happy Reading !!!!!

http://btt2.wordpress.com
Today’s question:
  How can you encourage a non-reading child to read? What about a teen-ager? Would you require books to be read in the hopes that they would enjoy them once they got into them, or offer incentives, or just suggest interesting books? If you do offer incentives and suggestions and that doesn’t work, would you then require a certain amount of reading? At what point do you just accept that your child is a non-reader?
  I can only speak from experience.  I read to my boys from when they were very young.  It was for a dual purpose.  One for them to hear the English language and two that they would hopefully come to love books.  When they were in their playpen they would grab their little books and babble (weren’t talking at this point) as they turned the pages.  As they got older I enrolled them into our library childrens’ activities and then we would check out books that they chose.  They always saw me with a book.  During elementary and middle school, we would buy them series of books that they requested.  Books were never denied.  However, even with their young love of books, once they hit high school and college, they never read for pleasure again. There is definitely a difference in reading text books and books that are “enjoyed”.  I still hope that someday they will pick up reading again.  I do believe, however, that some people just don’t find reading fun.  I can’t remember ever seeing my parents read and I turned out to be an avid reader.  I don’t feel that one should “force” reading on a child, or even an adult for that matter, but try to encourage. 

  I found 3 more great book blogs this week via the blog list from Vicki at Reading At The Beach (http://www.readingatthebeach.com/)  I will be notifying these new blogs and presenting them with the “Thursday Treasure”   Just like books, and now am finding with blogs, there are never too many!!  My treasures this week are:
  Books Are My Magical Escape         http://booksaremymagicalescape.blogspot.com/
  Janet’s Book Place     http://janetsbookplace.blogspot.com/
  Great Reads and Page Turners    http://irecommendgreatreads.blogspot.com/
I look forward to following these new finds !!!!  Happy Thursday all !!!!

 

http://btt2.wordpress.com
Today’s question:
  How can you encourage a non-reading child to read? What about a teen-ager? Would you require books to be read in the hopes that they would enjoy them once they got into them, or offer incentives, or just suggest interesting books? If you do offer incentives and suggestions and that doesn’t work, would you then require a certain amount of reading? At what point do you just accept that your child is a non-reader?
  I can only speak from experience.  I read to my boys from when they were very young.  It was for a dual purpose.  One for them to hear the English language and two that they would hopefully come to love books.  When they were in their playpen they would grab their little books and babble (weren’t talking at this point) as they turned the pages.  As they got older I enrolled them into our library childrens’ activities and then we would check out books that they chose.  They always saw me with a book.  During elementary and middle school, we would buy them series of books that they requested.  Books were never denied.  However, even with their young love of books, once they hit high school and college, they never read for pleasure again. There is definitely a difference in reading text books and books that are “enjoyed”.  I still hope that someday they will pick up reading again.  I do believe, however, that some people just don’t find reading fun.  I can’t remember ever seeing my parents read and I turned out to be an avid reader.  I don’t feel that one should “force” reading on a child, or even an adult for that matter, but try to encourage. 

  I found 3 more great book blogs this week via the blog list from Vicki at Reading At The Beach (http://www.readingatthebeach.com/)  I will be notifying these new blogs and presenting them with the “Thursday Treasure”   Just like books, and now am finding with blogs, there are never too many!!  My treasures this week are:
  Books Are My Magical Escape         http://booksaremymagicalescape.blogspot.com/
  Janet’s Book Place     http://janetsbookplace.blogspot.com/
  Great Reads and Page Turners    http://irecommendgreatreads.blogspot.com/
I look forward to following these new finds !!!!  Happy Thursday all !!!!

 

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  *What are you currently reading?
     False Convictions by Tim Green
  *What did you recently finish reading?
     Death of a Valentine by M. C. Beaton (enjoyed..gave it a 4 out of 5 rating)
  *What do you think you’ll read next?
     Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan
     A Note from an Old Aquaintance by Bill Walker (he will be a Guest Author on this blog in March)
  I usually join in for Wondrous Words Wednesday, however, I didn’t find any words that stumped me.  I will be visiting those bloggers that have new words so I can expand my vocabulary.
  Today I will also go on my treasure hunt looking for new book blogs for “Thursday Treasure”  If you would like to join in on this new meme, check out the right sidebar of this blog.

 

  Here in New England, we are expecting a snow storm with predicted snow fall close to a foot of snow.  What better way to spend this kind of day than by getting cozy and warm with a good book and a cup of coffee or hot chocolate….those are my plans for later today!!

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  *What are you currently reading?
     False Convictions by Tim Green
  *What did you recently finish reading?
     Death of a Valentine by M. C. Beaton (enjoyed..gave it a 4 out of 5 rating)
  *What do you think you’ll read next?
     Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan
     A Note from an Old Aquaintance by Bill Walker (he will be a Guest Author on this blog in March)
  I usually join in for Wondrous Words Wednesday, however, I didn’t find any words that stumped me.  I will be visiting those bloggers that have new words so I can expand my vocabulary.
  Today I will also go on my treasure hunt looking for new book blogs for “Thursday Treasure”  If you would like to join in on this new meme, check out the right sidebar of this blog.

 

  Here in New England, we are expecting a snow storm with predicted snow fall close to a foot of snow.  What better way to spend this kind of day than by getting cozy and warm with a good book and a cup of coffee or hot chocolate….those are my plans for later today!!

Death of a Valentine by M. C. Beaton  (Rating-4)

Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 978-0-44-54738-3
At the request of The Hachette Book Group, a HC copy was sent, at no cost to me for my honest review.
  Synopsis: (from the book’s jacket)
Amazing news has spread across the Scottish countryside. The most famous of highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth will be married at last. Everyone is the village of Lochdubh adores Josie McSween, Macbeth’s newest constable and blushing bride-to-be. While locals think Josie is quite a catch, Hamish has a case of prenuptial jitters. After all, if it weren’t for the recent murder of a beautiful woman in a neighbouring village, there wouldn’t be a wedding at all.
  My Thoughts: This was the first book that I read, of many that have been written, by this author. After getting past the Scottish dialect, I was pulled in and rooting for Sergeant Macbeth. A small town police sergeant who uses his common sense and gut instincts in solving crimes. A modern day Mayberry mystery.
  My Opinion and Rating: I gave this book a rating of 4. An enjoyable and fast read. Macbeth was a character that one could not help but like. The two page prologue, which introduced the setting of Macbeth’s wedding and his feelings on this memorable day, grabbed this reader in and wanting more. The plot of the Valentine murder had me turning the pages to find out who-done-it from the multiple list of characters. A recommended mystery read !!!