Speed Scrap every day!

May is National Scrapbooking Month. To celebrate Gingerscraps is doing something amazing! A speed scrap every day!!!
And to help you keep track of all the Speed Scrapping goodness, Charmaine has made this handy dandy flyer. (If you click on it, you will get a larger version that you can right click and save.)

Scrapping Bootcamp

This is a great opportunity! Each section will be taught by the best. Somehow I got chosen to teach the photo editing section. I'm very excited about it. Click on the picture to go to the forum to sign up. No cost! Just learn all about scrapping!

Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Book 4)

Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton s Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault housing one of the artifacts. In order to retrieve it, the Knights of the Dawn must enter a death trap a dragon sanctuary called Wyrmroost. The mission cannot proceed without stealing a sacred object zealously guarded by the centaurs. Anybody seen Seth? The race is on to acquire all five of the artifact keys to the great demon prison. Will the Knights of the Dawn conquer Wyrmroost? Who can stop the Sphinx? Can Vanessa be trusted to help? What artifact will be found next? Find out in Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary.

Loved it! Love all of 'em. If you havn't read this series yet what are you waiting for? The last book to come out? oh, well there is one more being written write now to tie up the series. You can get started on the first four while you wait.

I am amazed at how every page seems packed with action and yet there's still enough character development to make us really love and hate the characters involved. Like Kendra and the others, you wonder who you can trust, who's on which side. . . In this book there was a major betrayal. I'm usually fairly good and picking out traitors, but this one totally blind-sided me. It was so well done that I myself felt a great betrayal and muttered to Ryan about it long after I finished the book. (he doesn't read books so I can spoil them all I want to for him).

Kendra and Seth are growing up, maturing, and developing their own special magic talents. I love this character growth. I'm greatly looking forward to the final book in the series, though will also be sad when it's over.

This is a great clean book. It's safe to read to your kids, but can get pretty scary so perhaps not if they are sensative to that. It's also great for all ages. Plenty to keep you guessing and fun creatures to imagine.

Quote - Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

"I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered. Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied."

~ Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull

Wizard's First Rule

The masterpiece that started The New York Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth. In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them--for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say. In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword--to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out. This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.

This is the beginning of the Sword of Truth Series. I became interested in this one when CW started airing a series called Legend of the Seeker. I enjoyed the series so much that I decided to try out the books it was based on.

This book was really well written and I enjoyed most of it. I love the wizard's first rule and how Richard used it to his benefit. The reason I say I enjoyed most of it is because there were some extremely violent scenes in the book described in such detail to make me literally sick to my stomach. I'm sure that's what Goodkind was after, but I didn't like it so much and tried to skip ahead when these things happened.

So I'd say I suggest this book to those strong of stomach that are not concerned with violence, I for one will likely not be reading the rest of the series.

As I said, there is a tv series based on the books and is much less graphic. I would suggest this series to fantasy lovers. If for some reason you don't get CW, or if it's not playing there on yours, you can also search for Legend of the Seeker on Hulu.com. I will say though, there is still violence and some talk of sex, but it's not too graphic. I just wouldn't suggest it for kids. Enjoy!

Quote - Wizard's first Rule

"The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything."

~ Zedd from Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind