Let's get Together

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Marilyn by Little Dragon Design
Word Art -Get Together by Nadine's Art Scraps

Week 33

credits:
Backyard BBQ - Gingerscraps Collab
project 365 - Gingerscraps collab

Busy Girl

Credits:
Baby's Dark Blues by Harmonystar
paper by Scrappin' Cop
Word Art by Bethany

Quote - Talents

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?"
~Benjamin Franklin

Lemon Tart

5 families living on Peregrine Circle
1 flowered curtain tieback
1 missing child
1 body in the field
Mix with a long list of suspects and top with two very different detectives. Increase heat until only the truth remains.

Award-winning author Josi S. Kilpack introduces a new series of culinary "cozies" that is sure to tantalize mystery lovers. In this debut volume, cooking aficionado-turned-amateur detective, Sadie Hoffmiller, tries to solve the murder of Anne Lemmon, her beautiful young neighbor - a single mother who was mysteriously killed while a lemon tart was baking in her oven. At the heart of Sadie's search is Anne's missing two-year-old son, Trevor. Whoever took the child must be the murderer, but Sadie is certain that the police are looking at all the wrong suspects - including her!

Armed with a handful of her very best culinary masterpieces, Sadie is determined to bake her way to proving her innocence, rescuing Trevor, and finding out exactly who had a motive for murder.(goodreads)

May sound a bit funny for a middle age home maker to solve mysteries, and to be honest I had my doubts, but the characters were likable, or unlikable, the setting realistic, the emotions true, and the mystery intriguing. I enjoyed it a great deal even if it was a bit cheesey. I was patting myself on the back for thinking I had it all figured out early on in the book only to be proven wrong. lots of fun twists to keep you wondering. Since this is a series, I need to go borrow the next one from my mom. :)

week 32

credits:
template - Julie
Backyard BBQ - Gingerscraps Collab
project 365 - Gingerscraps collab

week 31

credits:
template - Julie
Backyard BBQ - Gingerscraps Collab
project 365 - Gingerscraps collab

Water for Elephants

Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell." Jacob was there because his luck had run out - orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive "ship of fools." It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act - in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival. (goodreads)

Sounds good doesn't it? I picked this book up because we were reading it for the Gingerscraps bookclub this month. Unfortunately the person that suggested it didn't mention the swearing and graphic detail of things that a hint is all that is needed. I got a thrid through the book thinking I could skip the undesirable parts but soon realized it was unavoidable and I closed the book for good.

I believe the story is good and am going to have someone from the book club tell me what happens. This is in the works of becoming a movie and I think it may be likely I'll have to pass on that also. We'll have to see. So read at your own risk, details extremely dirty for sensative ears like mine. :)

Ithaka

Many years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return home. The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors from the surrounding islands who are vying to win Penelope's hand in marriage, thereby gaining control of the land. When a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes. . . .

Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus--Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.
(goodreads)

Mythology has always interested me, of course this includes the great story of Odysseus. How could I resist the chance to read about the lands and amazingly loyal woman he left behind.

The story was good. Strength, weakness, love, betrayal. I found this story in the young adult fiction section, but it is not a book for the young. There is quite a bit of descriptive love making and violence. Not as much as a full blown romance novel, but more than I would suggest to even the teen age. Just my opinion. I do however plan to read her first novel, Troy, because I did find the story pretty interesting.

week 30

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template by Julie *edited
project 365 - Gingerscraps collab
tags - Harmonystar
border - Andrea