REVIEW - TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(132/200)
Global Reading Challenge(Australia)

"Tales From Outer Suburbia" by Shaun Tan
Product Description(Amazon.com)
An exchange student who's really an alien, a secret room that becomes the perfect place for a quick escape, a typical tale of grandfatherly exaggeration that is actually even more bizarre than he says... These are the odd details of everyday life that grow and take on an incredible life of their own in tales and illustrations that Shaun Tan's many fans will love.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (February 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0545055873
ISBN-13: 978-0545055871

MY THOUGHTS: As I was going thought my library data base looking for a book about Australia, this one stood out. And once I got the book home, I read it. It's only 96 pages, but those 96 pages are filled with great stories and awesome pictures. My library has this categorized as a Young Adult book, but I think it should be in the children's section. There are 12 stories and they are all told wonderfully with pictures. My favorite is Stick Figures. It's a different version of Telephone poles. Very cute story and a way I never thought of them. If you haven't read this book, please do, it's an awesome book full of exciting stories and great pictures.

MY RATING: 5

REVIEW - TROUBLE IN SUGARLAND

"Trouble in Sugarland" by Harold Krakower
Product Description(Amazon.com)
This is the second in the series of Sugarland stories.In this episode Sarah is getting ready for her birthday party, not knowing that there is trouble in Sugarland. In Sugarland, Chocolate lake has all dried up and Arnold the Bear has to get help. And so once more Sarah is awakened in the middle of the night by Alice the butterfly who flies her back to Sugerland to help her friends.
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 28 pages
Publisher: AuthorHouse (October 17, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1449018807
ISBN-13: 978-1449018801

MY THOUGHTS: The Chocolate Lake at Sugarland is blocked by huge chocolate brick. Arnold the bear and Sam the frog is sitting on a lily pad with no chocolate to float in. They get Alice to go get Sarah. Sarah can't move the brick by herself, she needs some help. Arnold climbs up the narrow path to help. Do they get the brick out? You'll have to read the book to find out. Wonderful story and the pictures are very colorful and fun. You really need to read this to your child, they will love it.

MY RATING: 5

[This is a free review book.]

REVIEW - BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE A BATH

"But I Don't Wanna Take A Bath" by Mildred Pope
Product Description(Amazon.com)
But I Dont Wanna Take A Bath! is the first in A Mike and Tyke Series of children's picture books based on the experiences of the author's children and grandchildren. Mike, his dog, Tyke, and his friend, Bud, splash and play all day in a mud puddle. As the day comes to an end, Bud goes home. Mike and Tyke are reluctant to go inside because they don't "wanna" take a bath! Covered in mud, they decide to "disguise" themselves from Mom, or so they think. Written from a child's prospective, children as young as 3 years old can identify and enjoy the various characters, costumes, and antics that children play. The book immediately grabs the audience's attention and draws them into the story by asking questions and by demanding silence. Reading a book has never been more fun for parents and children of all ages!
Paperback: 36 pages
Publisher: AuthorHouse (April 12, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1456739395
ISBN-13: 978-1456739393

MY THOUGHTS: This book is so cute. The pictures are awesome and the story is told from the view of the children. It also is a written in rhyming. Very easy to follow along. It's a wonderful story book to read to a child. They would love the pictures. Do you have children? Pick this book up and read it to them.

MY RATING: 5

[This is a free review book.]

REVIEW - THE MYYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES

This book is for 3 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(131/200)
Vintage Mystery Challenge(Wrap Up)
52 Books in 52 Weeks(Wk.35)

"The Mysterious Affair At Styles" by Agatha Christie
Product Description(Amazon.com)
The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold digging younger husband, and an embittered daughter-in-law.

Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular detective, Hercule Poirot, was introduced to the world in this book, which launched her career as the most famous and best loved of all mystery writers.
Paperback: 124 pages
Publisher: Deodand Publishing (October 21, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0646418432
ISBN-13: 978-0646418438

MY THOUGHTS: This book is full of twists and turns. Lots of suspects. And as usual I picked the wrong one. Mr. Hastings is telling the story, he's just come home from the Front and runs into John Cavendish. John invites him to stay at Styles for some relaxation and rest. Which turns out to be not relaxing. Mrs.Inglethorp is murdered. By chance a friend of Mr. Hastings is living in the village, Mr. Poirot. He is a former Belgian detective. Mr. Hastings asks Mr. Poirot to look into the case. Mrs. Inglethorp is found in her room with locked and bolted doors. Does Mr. Poirot solve the case? Who done it? You'll have to read the book to find out.

MY RATING: 5

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Vintage Mystery Wrap Up
Bev over at My Reader's Block is the host for Vintage Mystery Challenge. Thanks Bev for hosting a great reading challenge. I enjoyed reading all of them. These are the books I read.

1. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
2. The Hound of The Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie
4. N or M? - Agatha Christie
5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie
6. A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

REVIEW - ZERO DAY

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(130/200)

"Zero Day" by Mark Russinovich
Product Description(Amazon.com)
An airliner’s controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction.
At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing the gross errors that led up to 9/11, thinks otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the United States computer infrastructure is already under way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop up around the world, some with deadly results, he realizes that there isn’t much time if he hopes to prevent an international catastrophe.
Written by a global authority on cyber security, Zero Day presents a chilling “what if” scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today---it’s a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen.
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (March 15, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031261246X
ISBN-13: 978-0312612467

MY THOUGHTS: Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures. Zero Day involves a very realistic portrayal of cyber-terrorism. There is only one man for this job. Jeff Aiken is the man they call. Jeff has to figure out what's going on and fix it. Can he do it? Does he do it? You'll have to read the book to find out.

MY RATING: 5

[This is a free review book.]

REVIEW - AMBUSHED IN JAGUAR SWAMP

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(129/200)
Global Reading Challenge(South America)

"Ambushed in Jaguar Swamp" by Dave & Neta Jackson
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Although Kyemap wants to accept a missionary’s teachings, he fears the witch doctors and others who might hurt the man.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Bethany House (July 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764220144
ISBN-13: 978-0764220142

MY THOUGHTS: To prove the witch doctors are wrong about the ghost of babies, Kyemap spends the night by the grave of a baby. He is very scarred but he makes it through the night. And he has his proof that the ghosts don't hurt you.

MY RATING: 5

REVIEW - A STUDY IN SCARLET

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(128/200)
Vintage Mystery Challenge

"A Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle
Product Description(Amazon.com)
A Study in Scarlet was Sherlock Holmes' first outing into the literary world. Published in 1887 (after many rejections) it was an immediate success. Conan Doyle's quirky hero, with his cold deductive mind, violin playing and cocaine addiction, fascinated the reading public, and laid the foundation for the many Sherlock Holmes books and short stories that were to follow over the next three decades. In this first work, all the winning ingredient of a Holmes novel appear fully-formed: a murder, puzzling clues, evil villains, startling locations and an elegant, surprising solution provided in typical laconic style by the arch-sleuth himself.
Paperback: 106 pages
Publisher: Aziloth Books (August 31, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1907523324
ISBN-13: 978-1907523328

MY THOUGHTS: I must admit I haven't read but 1 of Arthur Conan Doyle's books. I really liked this one. All the ingredients were there for a great mystery. A mysterious murder with no signs of a weapon. A word in blood on the wall...RACHE. Which everyone took to mean Rachel, but of course it wasn't. Everyone is baffled by it all. But in comes Sherlock Holmes. He has the crime solved, now all he has to do is catch the guy. So who done it? I'm not telling, it would ruin this delightful little mystery for you. So read the book, it's really good!

MY RATING: 5

REVIEW - THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF CHARLEY DARWIN

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(127/200)
YA Historical Fiction

"The True Adventures of Charley Darwin" by Carolyn Meyer
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Young Charley Darwin hated school—he much preferred to be outside studying birds’ eggs, feathers, and insects. And so, at the age of twenty-one, he boarded a ship called HMS Beagle and spent five thrilling but dangerous years sailing around the world, studying plant and animal life that was beyond anything he could have imagined.
Historical novelist Carolyn Meyer tells the story of his unconventional adventures of the author of the legendary book The Origin of Species. It’s the story of a restless childhood, unrequited teenage love, and a passion for studying nature that was so great, Darwin would sacrifice everything to pursue it.
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Graphia (February 22, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0547415648
ISBN-13: 978-0547415642

MY THOUGHTS: I've always thought of Charles Darwin as an old man with grey hair and a beard. But this book gives you a bird's eye view into the young Charley Darwin. This book is about Charley in school, which he hated, and as a young man sailing around the world. What starts our as a voyage of 2 years turns out to be 5 years. He sees things he's never seen before. And he is so sea sick during the voyage. He spends most of his time on ship in his hammock. But once on land Charley is his old self again. Off to find the elusive plant, rock, animal or whatever he finds. If you like reading about history this is the book for you.

MY RATING: 5

THEME THURSDAY

Kavyen over at Reading Between Pages is the host for Theme Thursday. Here are some rules for playing along.

*A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
*Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
*Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
*It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”

This weeks theme is.............

TREES (Plants/Greenery)

Mine comes from the book - The True Adventures of Charley Darwin by Carolyn Meyer

I accomplished a great deal with my "galloping"--collecting animal skins, mice, fish, plants, insects, seeds, fossils, and a good many geological finds.

REVIEW - THE WIDOWER'S TALE

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(126/200)
50 States Challenge(Connecticut)

"The Widower's Tale" by Julia Glass
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Seventy-year-old Percy Darling is settling happily into retirement: reading novels, watching old movies, and swimming naked in his pond. But his routines are disrupted when he is persuaded to let a locally beloved preschool take over his barn. As Percy sees his rural refuge overrun by children, parents, and teachers, he must reexamine the solitary life he has made in the three decades since the sudden death of his wife. With equal parts affection and humor, Julia Glass spins a captivating tale about a man who can no longer remain aloof from his community, his two grown daughters, or—to his great shock—the precarious joy of falling in love.
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (July 12, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307456102
ISBN-13: 978-0307456106

MY THOUGHTS: This is my book clubs pick for August. This book is rich with the complexities of everyday life. There are 4 men telling their stories, Percy, Robert, Celestino, and Ira. The story line gives you glimpses into relationships, love and self-forgiveness, family loyalty and betrayal. Percy is the only character that is in first person and his story is the title of the book. After 30+ years Percy falls in love. But does it work out? You'll have to read the book to find out. Really great book.

MY RATING: 5

REVIEW - THE CIVILIZED WORLD

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(125/200)
52 Books in 52 Weeks(Wk.34)

"The Civilized World" by Susi Wyss
Product Description(Amazon.com)
When Adjoa leaves Ghana to find work in the Ivory Coast, she hopes that one day she'll return home to open a beauty parlor. Her dream comes true, though not before she suffers a devastating loss—one that will haunt her for years, and one that also deeply affects Janice, an American aid worker who no longer feels she has a place to call home. But the bustling Precious Brother Salon is not just the "cleanest, friendliest, and most welcoming in the city." It's also where locals catch up on their gossip; where Comfort, an imperious busybody, can complain about her American daughter-in-law, Linda; and where Adjoa can get a fresh start on life—or so she thinks, until Janice moves to Ghana and unexpectedly stumbles upon the salon.
At once deeply moving and utterly charming, The Civilized World follows five women as they face meddling mothers-in-law, unfaithful partners, and the lingering aftereffects of racism, only to learn that their cultural differences are outweighed by their common bond as women. With vibrant prose, Susi Wyss explores what it means to need forgiveness—and what it means to forgive.
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; First Edition, Second Printing edition (March 29, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805093621
ISBN-13: 978-0805093629

MY THOUGHTS: This book has nine stories told from the perspective of five female characters. There are plots and subplots in this book. The characters are very clearly presented. The novel provides a snapshot of everyday life in Africa. Revolving around all the characters in the book. Janice, an American working in Africa, Adjoa, a Ghanian who goes to work in the Ivory Coast to raise money to open a beauty salon, and Ophelia, an expatriate who is adjusting to living on another continent. That's just three of the characters. There are several more and they are all interwoven through the beauty salon. Their hopes, dreams and everyday life makes up this book. Very well written and easy to follow along. I really enjoyed reading about the women in this book.

MY RATING: 5

[This is a free review book.]

IT'S MONDAY, WHAT ARE YOU READING?

Sheila over at Book Journey is the host for It's Monday, What Are You Reading? Head over and check it out. You could find your next book.

Last week I read and read and read. Awesome week for me to just read. This is what I got read last week. They are linked to my reviews if you want to check them out.

Mothers & Daughters - Rae Meadows
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
In My Hands - Irene Gut Opdyke

I have a couple books I've been reading. I have 2 almost done so be looking for the reviews soon. I'm also working on another one. So yes I have 3 books I"m reading. Some days it gets a little crazy around here so I get pieces of a book read. So what are the 3 books I'm reading pieces of?

The Civilized World - Susi Wyss(review up coming)
The Widower's Tale - Julia Glass(review up coming)
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin - Carolyn Meyer(review up coming)

I have 2 more books waiting. I've gotten a little read in each one. These are library books and will probably be renewed as I won't get to them in time.

Black Duck - Janet Taylor Lisle
Sixteen Brides - Stephanie Grace Whitson

Well, that's my week and next at a glance. What are you reading?

SATURDAY FAVORITES

Alyce over at At Home With Books is the host for Saturday Snapshot and Freda over at Freda's Voice is the host for Quote it Saturday.

While me or my son is cooking supper, my hubby peels the potatoes. And of course the twins love to watch him. Their little hands reach in and get a potato. They chew on them, they love potatoes. Keep your eye on Bella. She's the one with the pink pacifier in her mouth.

Oooooops........

Darn, I dropped it!

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
Oprah Winfrey

REVIEW - IN MY HANDS

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(124/200)

"In My Hands" by Irene Gut Opdyke
Product Description(Amazon.com)
IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Laurel Leaf (September 14, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553494112
ISBN-13: 978-0553494112

MY THOUGHTS: This is an inspiring tale of courage and resistance. It is also the hope-filled story at a time when all hope seems to have disappeared. Above all, this is a story of choices. The people around Irene who make choices to help. It details the life of one seemingly ordinary nursing student who decides to help a Jewish family. Written in a warm and direct style, very personal, it helps you understand WW II and the Holocaust. Do pick this book up and read it. It's a very moving book.

MY RATING: 8-12

REVIEW - THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE

This book is for 3 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(123/200)
52 Books in 52 Weeks(Wk.33)
Follow the Blurb Challenge

"The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" by Aimee Bender
Product Description(Amazon.com)
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the slice. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon, she’s privy to the secret knowledge that most families keep hidden: her father’s detachment, her mother’s transgression, her brother’s increasing retreat from the world. But there are some family secrets that even her cursed taste buds can’t discern.
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (April 19, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385720963
ISBN-13: 978-0385720960

MY THOUGHTS: I want to say I probably never would have read this book if not for the reading challenge I'm doing called Follow the Blurb. But I'm so glad I did read it. It's a wonderful book and kept me glued to the pages for 3 days. I just couldn't put it down. I wanted to find out all about Rose and her family. Rose's gift or curse of being able to get feelings of other people from the food she eats is sometimes good and other times it's heartbreaking. The story follows Rose and her family through childhood to adulthood. With all the things families do. School, sports, and family discussions. Rose soon learns which foods she can eat without being bombarded by other people's feelings. She mostly lives on vending machine foods. And then one night a dinner Rose gets a secret about her mother. Should she tell or keep it to herself? To find out what the secret is, you'll have to read the book. I really recommend this book, it's really good.

MY RATING: 5

READING THE DAY AWAY

I'm doing nothing but reading today.

REVIEW - MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(122/200)

"Mothers & Daughters" by Rae Meadows
Product Description(Amazon.com)
A rich and luminous novel about three generations of women in one family: the love they share, the dreams they refuse to surrender, and the secrets they hold
Samantha is lost in the joys of new motherhood—the softness of her eight-month-old daughter's skin, the lovely weight of her child in her arms—but in trading her artistic dreams to care for her child, Sam worries she's lost something of herself. And she is still mourning another loss: her mother, Iris, died just one year ago.
When a box of Iris's belongings arrives on Sam's doorstep, she discovers links to pieces of her family history but is puzzled by much of the information the box contains. She learns that her grandmother Violet left New York City as an eleven-year-old girl, traveling by herself to the Midwest in search of a better life. But what was Violet's real reason for leaving? And how could she have made that trip alone at such a tender age?
In confronting secrets from her family's past, Sam comes to terms with deep secrets from her own. Moving back and forth in time between the stories of Sam, Violet, and Iris, Mothers and Daughters is the spellbinding tale of three remarkable women connected across a century by the complex wonder of motherhood.
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition (March 29, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805093834
ISBN-13: 978-0805093834

MY THOUGHTS: Rea Meadows wove the lives of these women together. You see them as children, young women, and adults woven over time sharing the roles of mothers and daughters. A box that arrives at Sam's house starts the journey for her. Finding out about her grandmother and mother's lives. Beautifully written and the characters are wonderful. I really enjoyed reading about Violet, Iris and Sam. What does Sam find out about her grandmother and mother? You'll have to read the book to find out.

MY RATING: 5

[This is free review book.]

REVIEW - THE DEVIL WEARS PLAID

This book is for 3 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(121/200)
Romantic Suspense Challenge
Color Coded Challenge(Plaid)

"The Devil Wears Plaid" by Teresa Medeiros
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Emmaline Marlowe is about to wed the extremely powerful laird of the Hepburn clan to save her father from debtor’s prison when ruffian Jamie Sinclair bursts into the abbey on a magnificent black horse and abducts her in one strong swoop. Though he is Hepburn’s sworn enemy, Emma’s mysterious captor is everything her bridegroom is not—handsome, virile, dangerous . . . and a perilous temptation for her yearning heart. Jamie expects Emma to be some milksop English miss, not a fiery, defiant beauty whose irresistible charms will tempt him at every turn. But he cannot allow either one of them to forget he is her enemy and she his pawn in the deadly Highland feud between the clans. So why does he still want her so badly for himself? Stealing his enemy’s bride was simple, but can he claim her innocence without losing his heart?
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Pocket (August 24, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 143915788X
ISBN-13: 978-1439157886

MY THOUGHTS: Yesterday I spent the day reading outside on my deck. I don't get to do this very often and I enjoyed reading there. This is the book I read. I had just finished reading several heavy books so needed something a little different and this is one of my favorite genres. Emma has been sold to the highest bidder. An old man of 80, Hepburn is the laird of the clan Hepburn. Emma is 21 and this was her last season before becoming an old maid. Her family is about to be kicked out of their house and her father sent to debtor prison. Emma has made the sacrifice so that doesn't happen. But she's stolen from the alter by Jamie Sinclair, an enemy of the man she is marrying. Sinclair takes Emma into the Highland mountains to wait for his ransom. Emma's tries to run away and falls into a ravine and Sinclair has to rescue her. She also gets a gun and tries to shoot Sinclair. But all this is leading to romance. There is also a big secret surrounding Sinclair's parents death. And Emma figures it out. What is the secret? Well, if I told you that it ruin the book, so you'll have to read it to find out.

MY RATING: 5

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COLOR CODED CHALLENGE WRAP-UP
Bev over at My Reader's Block is the host for The Color Coded Reading Challenge. Thanks Bev for hosting this challenge. Enjoyed reading all my colorful books.

1. Blue - Ghost Girl: a blue ridge mountain story - Delia Ray
2. Red - The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
3. Yellow - Behind the Yellow Tape - Jarrett Hallcox
4. Green - Green Thumb - Ralph M. McInerny
5. Brown - The Trouble With Lacy Brown - Debra Clopton
6. Black - Jack's Black Book - Jack Gantos
7. Gold - Dreams in the Golden Country - Kathleen Lasky
8. Orange - Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book - Rachael Ray
9. Plaid - The Devil Wears Plaid - Teresa Medeiros

SATURDAY FAVORITES

Alyce over at At Home With Books is the host for Saturday Snapshot. Freda over at Freda's Voice is the host of Quote it Saturday. Hop over and check them both out.

Hubby and I were sitting outside and a tree frog hopped on his pants leg. He picked it up and it hopped onto his watch. Luckily I had my camera. This is a Indiana Grey Tree Frog. We have lots of them around here. After a good rain they sing. Most of the time you don't see them, just hear them. They have suckers on their feet so they can hold on to the trees. This one is a juvenile frog. He must have fallen out of the tree we sitting under. We put him back in the tree and he hopped off up the tree. Click on the picture to see up close.

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
Mao Tse-Tung

FRIDAY FAVORITES

Freda over at Freda's Voice is the host for The Friday 56 and Katy over at A Few More Pages is the host for Book Beginnings.

Both of mine come from The Devil Wears Plaid by Teresa Medeiros

The Friday 56

P. 56
She had no intention of just lying there and waiting for his shadow to fall over her, blocking out the moonlight and covering her in darkness.

Book Beginnings

"Ah, jsut look at the dear lass! She's all a' tremble with joy."
"And who could blame her? She's probably been dreamin' o' this day her entire life."
"Aye, 'tis every lass' dream, is it not? To wed a wealthy laird who can afford to grant her every wish?"

These two women are talking about something going on. It's obviously a wedding, but what do they think she's dreaming of? Is she dreaming of her wedding night? Is she happy about this day?

REVIEW - TALES OF AN AFRICAN VET

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(120/200

"Tales of An African Vet - Dr. Roy Aronson
Product Description(Amazon.com)
The heart-wrenching and adventure-filled stories of
a South African wild animal vet and his colleagues
When do you watch a wild animal suffer and let nature take its course, and when do you intervene? In his more than twenty-five years as an African vet, Dr. Roy Aronson has seen and done some remarkable things. He has tracked lions and cheetahs, anesthetized rhinoceroses and king cobras, collared rogue elephants, performed eye surgery on a lion out in the bush, been attacked by a puff adder, come face to face with an angry hybrid wolf, and nearly lost a foot to a crocodile. Dr. Aronson has also worked with some of Africa’s most dedicated conservationists and wildlife veterinarians. He has witnessed their passion and bravery and been with them when hard decisions had to be made.
Tales of an African Vet brings together Dr. Aronson’s adventures in a rare behind-the-scenes look at those who treat wild animals in their natural habitat. For those drawn to outdoor adventure stories, African wildlife, or the veterinarian’s trade, it is a riveting book replete with rich insights into both the animal and human cultures of Africa.
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Lyons Press; 1 edition (October 5, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1599219425
ISBN-13: 978-1599219424

MY THOUGHTS: This book is a delightful collection of short stories. The author, Dr. Aronson, has way of writing a story that makes you feel like your are there in the room with him. He fully explains the medical treatments in a way that you understand everything he's doing. Dr. Aronson tells stories from the domestic to the wild animals of Africa. If you have a chance pick this book up and read it. It's really an enjoyable book.

MY RATING: 5

[This is a free review book.]