A-Z Wednesday "P"

Vicki at Reading at the Beach is hosting A-Z Wednesday.
Today's letter is "P"




I read somewhere that one of the most important things when submitting your manuscript to a publisher was to edit, edit, edit but most importantly to check your grammar and spelling. Well I suck at both so, I was given this book by my son when I first decided to write a romance novel.



Synopsis:

If you've hated every grammar book you've ever had to open, get ready for a pleasant surprise! this book mixes parts of speech and punctuation with large portions of humor, down-to-earth examples of correct usage, and funny cartoon illustrations. As you learn painlessly about how to make a verb agree with its subject, or a pronoun with its antecedent, you'll look at some of the wackier words in the English language and see how they are often misused.

Today, while I was still cleaning, I came accross it and thought viola (voila) I could really use this. So here it is.

Be sure to check out the rest of the gang at A-Z Wednesday.

While I was cleaning...

Monday is cleaning day, well sometimes. After watching my mother deteriorate physically and having these very long days to live through with nothing to do, I've decided I must persevere and teach myself to listen to books. I think I would not want to live if I couldn't read, or write or paint or sew, yet I know that day will come. Soooooooooo I borrowed a number of books on tape, and yes it's tape, thank goodness I don't throw anything out. So while I was cleaning my sewing room yesterday, (the furnace needs replacing and I don't want accidents) I put on my tape. This is the book I listened to, a light hearted mystery, good thing, It's Christmas!


Synopsis

The folks who picked a beautiful eighty-foot blue spruce from Stowe, Vermont, to be Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree don't have a clue that Packy Noonan, a scam artist just released from prison, hid priceless diamonds in it more than twelve years ago. But when Packy learns that his special tree will be heading to New York City the next morning, he knows he has to act fast.

What Packy does not know is that Alvirah, everyone's favorite lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and savvy private investigator Regan Reilly are visiting Stowe with their friend Opal, who lost all her lottery winnings in Packy's scam. And just when they're supposed to head home, they learn that the tree is missing . . . and that Opal has disappeared.


P.S. In my paper book I'm still reading "by the pricking of my thumb" I've noticed that McBeth has been mentioned at least twice, as well as the title. I guess that is my next self imposed challenge "read some Shakespeare". You see I didn't read Shakespeare in school, I was in a business class and the English dept. thought that would be too difficult for us dummies. I'm kinda glad, because now I can be and Administrative Assistant to S. Vincent while we do the challenge together.

P.P.S. S.Vincent won't let me read the "Twilight" series, until I finish Jane Austen. Who's the parent here ? I think I may just rebel.

A Knight in Shinning Armour

I'm not sure my mom thought of my dad as a Knight in Shinning Armour, but this is the stuff of fairy tales. He does look like he's come to her rescue doesn't he? I don't think this was my mothers horse Zigmund either, but then again I might be wrong. Well this Knight would have been 96 years old today.

Just a little traditional musical tribute.

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1st Holiday book read

Join one of the original magi, Ramates, on an uncharted journey of revelation this Christmas. What begins as this hunter-priest's darkest day turns into a remarkable quest to discover the transforming truth of an ancient prophecy.

Ramates is compelled to follow a new luminary he has discovered in the night sky. He knows the ancient prophecies. He has heard of the Promised One. He must see for himself.

Daniel Gilbert combines ancient history, detailed astronomy, prophecy, and legend in this imaginative tale of one of the original magi and his life-changing meeting with the new child king.

This was a short but interesting read. I'm not very familiar with the traditions and ways of life of the peoples in the book, so it was just a glimpse, but a pleasant story.

Happy Holidays

Margaret at Creative Madness is hosting a Holiday Challenge. I'm in, hoping this will inspire me to not only get my home prepared for the holidays, but get my heart there as well. Of course it may not be such a good idea to read a murder mystery that happened around the holidays. But nonetheless I'm in.
Challenge Requirements:

1- Challenge will start Friday, November 20 and will end Thursday, December 31.

2- You can read anywhere from 1 to 5 books for the challenge and, of course, if you're like me, you are more than welcome to surpass that number.

3- And now, here's the clincher... they must be holiday related books. That's right, the holiday doesn't really matter, but it would be more "jolly" if your choices were Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.

4- The size of the book does not matter, nor does the genre. It is also okay for the book to overlap with other challenges. The only thing I ask is that they are not children's books. YA is okay. And so are re-reads. I for one tend to read the same books every Christmas - they are tradition.

5- To sign up - leave a link back to your challenge post. There will also be a post for review links as well as one for challenge wrap-ups.

6- And.... there will be goodies. That's right, we'll call them presents. At the end of every week that the challenge is running I will choose one winner from the review links and I will allow them to pick a book of their choosing (of course, I will provide a list). Meaning the more books you read, review and link up, the more chances you have at winning a "present".

A-Z Wednesday

Well it's that time of week again, A - Z Wednesday, todays letter is "O". I love Philipa Gregory's works and this is yet another one in my TBR pile. I was trying to read them in chronological order...

From Amazon.co.uk
Everyone knows the fate of Anne Boleyn, but not many know the story of her rise to majesty and the part played by her rival and sister, Mary, who was Henry's mistress and mother to two of his bastard children before the dazzling older Boleyn girl even caught his eye. Philippa Gregory, whose own role as the Queen of historical romance grows more secure with each new novel, has surpassed her self with this epic tale of lust, jealousy and betrayal. The Other Boleyn Girl charts the lives of both Boleyns--each in their turn "the other Boleyn Girl"--and their fiercely ambitious, conniving family who used the girls as pawns to advance their own positions at the court of Henry VIII. At 13, Mary is little more than a child when she is presented to Henry, ordered by her scheming family to serve her King and country by opening her legs whenever commanded, or doing anything else the great monarch desires. And while his loins are satisfied, life at court is sweet for the unofficial Queen and her pushy coterie. Inevitably though, the King's eyes soon begin to wander and Mary is overlooked, helpless to do anything but aid her family's plot to advance their fortunes, replace her with Anne and give Henry the greatest gift of all: a son and heir.



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I also have to add a little something about the word "other". Many moons ago my boys had a rabbit named SOX yes like the baseball team. Must have been in the days when Daniel was going to be a pro player, and Sasha just wanted a rabbit. Well as it happened on Christmas Eve, we were at mass and the priest announced that someone had left a rabbit on the doorstep. Imagine, he (the priest) was not sure what their intentions were. Did they expect him to make this a meal or a pet? As he was not interested in either end he asked for someone to adopt this fuzzy delight. Since we already had Sox, the guys, and I mean my husband as well, raced out to see this little creature, and before I was done with my duties "The Other Bunny" was ours. He remained "the Other Bunny" until his death many many years later. Now the advertising peoples have adopted The Other Bunny, and just like that commercial for Windows 7 it was our idea.

Mellow Yellow Monday

How much more mellow can one get?






Welcome!
I chose yellow for this photo meme because it's my favourite colour and I think the world is always better with a splash of yellow ... whether it's in your home or in nature.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Mellow Yellow Monday #43