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Stop by their site today to see one of my books featured, answer a question, and enter to win a prize!
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It’s a 15th year Anniversary Party over at Long and Short Reviews; @LASReviews #HappyAnniversary
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#LongandShortReviews #weeklybloggingchallenge 9.30.2020
This week’s topic is a goodie ( but they’ve all been goodies, lately!! hee hee) : THE NON-FICTION BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD READ AND WHY.
I’ve got 3 and I’ve read them both multiple times because they are so fab.
- MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt This is a must read for any one who likes a society murder mystery who-dunnit. The story has everything from old society mores, nouveau riche money, hidden homosexuality, and a wealth of characters that you truly couldn’t think up for fiction. Forget the extremely tedious movie version and read the book. It is eons better!!!
- DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson A murder at the Chicago World’s Fair that is so intricately woven with real life events of the time, you won’t be able to put this one down. Its history is richly depicted and it’s not for the faint-hearted.
- UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN by Jan Krakauer How the Morman church developed and how it turned into a Fundamentalist nightmare of murder, polygamy and corruption from within. Couldn’t put this one down. Once I read it, I went back immediately and re-read it. Believe me, this is not an easy read by an definition of the word. But so worth the effort!
All three of these books deal with greed, murder, and envy – a trifecta of deadly sins. If you like investigative journalism at its finest, mixed with historical accuracy and flavor, these 3 books should be on your Kindle.
Let’s see what some of the other authors in this challenge consider books worth reading: L&SR
And don’t forget: 10.14.2020 is the release of my newest Holiday Rom Com MISTLETOE, MOBSTERS, & MOZZARELLA. I’m currently on a book tour for the book and you can join in, here: MMMBookTour
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#LongandShortReviews #Wednesdaybloggingchallenge 9.16.2020
So my post today is going to be short and sweet. I’ll explain why in a sec.
Today’s topic is BOOK(S) WITH THE MOST WORDS I HAD TO LOOK UP.
This is so easy. I am a logophile from waaaaaaaaaaythehell back. My favorite Christmas gift when I was 6? A dictionary. Words just do it for me and I very rarely have to look one up. And since I don’t read SciFi, I’ve never had to struggle through made up words, names, and places.
But…..
When HARRY POTTER hit the world, all those latin phrases, names, and words were a bit much for me, especially since my 8 year old daughter and I were reading it at the same time and she kept asking me what different things meant.
I hadn’t a clue. Latin wasn’t my thing in college.
So, that’s my post for the day. Hee hee
Let’s see what some of the other authors in this challenge, and probably the ones who read SCI Fi the most, have to say: L&SR
Hey! Did you know I’ve got a new book releasing on 1014.2020? It’s Holiday RomCom titled MISTLETOE, MOBSTERS, & MOZZARELLA and it’s up for preorder right now, here: MMM
If you like books with strong female heroines, hot cops, food and family, AND you like to laugh, this is the book for you.
Just sayin’. Hee hee
Until next time, peeps, ~Peg
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#LongandShortReviews #wednesdaybloggingChallenge 9.9.2020
When I saw today’s topic listed: TOPICS I NEVER GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT, I have to admit, from everything that flew into my mind, I knew I’d have to pare it down considerably! Because if there’s anything I lovelovelove to do, it’s talk about stuff near and dear to me — which, believe or not, is a lot of topics!
Hee hee
So, in no real order, if we were having lunch, here’s what I’d love to talk about and never tire of doing so:
Writing. Duh, right?
Skin care. I am a lady of a certain age and I am always ALWAYS on the lookout for new skin improvement gossip. Creams, treatments, pharmaceuticals, you name it and I am conversant in it and want to talk about it. Does that make me vain? Yeah, it kinda does and I ain’t apologizing for it.
Gardening. I can wax prolific for hours on end with anyone who want to talk with me about flowers. veggies, the best fertilizers, and crop rotation.
Books. Another DUH, right?
Let’s see what some of the other authors in this challenge have to “talk” about: L&SR
Did you know I’ve got a new Holiday 2020 RomCom releasing on 10.14.2020? It’s called MISTLETOE, MOBSTERS, &MOZZARELLA and is up for preorder now, here: MMM
Finding a body in the freezer of the family deli isn’t the way Madonna San Valentino planned to start her day.
Adding insult to injury, the investigating detective is the one guy she’s never been able to forget. After seven minutes of heaven in the back seat of his car when they were teenagers, Tony Roma skipped town without so much as a thanks for the memory.
Just when Madonna thinks the present situation can’t get any worse, Tony is ordered to go undercover at the deli to ferret out a killer. Forced to work together, she vows to keep their relationship cool and professional. But with the sexy, longing looks he tosses her at every turn, Madonna’s resolve is weakening.
With Christmas drawing closer and Tony’s investigation taking an unexpected turn, Madonna is at her wit’s end. Can she really be falling for him again? And will he wind up leaving her broken hearted and alone like the last time?
Until next week, kids ~Peg
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#LongandShortReviews #WednesdayBloggingChallenge 9.2.2020
Today’s theme is : TOPICS THAT MAKE ME STOP READING A BOOK
This one’s gonna be easy.
RAPE trope. I recently found out that this still a THING in some books that claim to be romances. Back in the day, I tried to read a Rosemary Rogers historical I’d heard everyone talking about, but I couldn’t get past the supposed hero taking the heroine’s virginity under a forced situation. She didn’t consent and was traumatized thereafter. Since then, I make sure I never buy a book with that trope or anything resembling rape.
DECEITFUL heroine. I won’t name the book I started recently that was claimed “unputdownable” by the NYT, but from the first 3 pages, the heroine’s intent was so abhorrent to me that I closed it and put the book in the donate pile. Everything about this heroine was a lie – her name, her background, the fact she didn’t love the man she married, her career, the way she was ruining someone close to her. It was just too deceitful for me.
WAR. I have to admit, I don’t read books where a war -any war – is the main subject/topic.
CHILD ABUSE. I don’t even think I need to explain why I won’t read a book with this as the topic, do I?
TELL-ALLs. Books with a tell-all topic are usually one sided, skewered to and by the author, and only one interpretation of events. I hate these kind of books, no matter if the author is a present day politician, a celebrity, or a public figure of some other renown.
Let’s see what some of the other authors in this challenge have to say about this topic: L&SR
Did you know I’ve got a new Holiday 2020 RomCom releasing on 10.14.2020? It’s called MISTLETOE, MOBSTERS, &MOZZARELLA and is up for preorder now, here: MMM
Finding a body in the freezer of the family deli isn’t the way Madonna San Valentino planned to start her day.
Adding insult to injury, the investigating detective is the one guy she’s never been able to forget. After seven minutes of heaven in the back seat of his car when they were teenagers, Tony Roma skipped town without so much as a thanks for the memory.
Just when Madonna thinks the present situation can’t get any worse, Tony is ordered to go undercover at the deli to ferret out a killer. Forced to work together, she vows to keep their relationship cool and professional. But with the sexy, longing looks he tosses her at every turn, Madonna’s resolve is weakening.
With Christmas drawing closer and Tony’s investigation taking an unexpected turn, Madonna is at her wit’s end. Can she really be falling for him again? And will he wind up leaving her broken hearted and alone like the last time?
Until next week, kids ~Peg
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#LongandShortReviews 13th Anniversary Scavenger hunt!
I’m participating in the Long and Short Reviews 13th Anniversary Party and guess what? There’s a scavenger hunt and a rafflecopter!!!! hee hee
Click the following link, follow the instructions, and I hope you win a prize!!! L&SR13
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#LongandShortReviews #Wednesdaybloggingchallenge 8.26.2020
Okay, today’s topic – THE STRANGEST THING(S) I’VE EATEN – is going to be a very short piece for me because I am a food-shunner.
Let me ‘esplain.
I have MULTIPLE food allergies, the largest of which belong to the NIGHTSHADE family.
Just from this classification alone I can’t eat potatoes, tomatoes, onions, peppers or eggplants without getting violently sick. Just think of all the dishes one or a combo of those ingredients are in. Spaghetti sauce, any kind of Mexican food, most Asian foods. Yeah. It sucks…big time.
But I also have other weird food allergies, such as one to FUDGE – I can eat chocolate, but whatever the chemical combination is that make’s fudge fudge, if I eat a piece, I break out in vibrant hives that last for days.
And let’s not talk about strawberries.
I had one – once – and wound up being transported to the ER via ambulance in anaphylaxis. And I’m not joking…not even a little. Because of that allergy I shy away from any fruit with a “hair” covering like peaches. Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, passion fruit and kiwi all make me violently sick to my stomach so I stay away from them as well.
So….from all that you can surmise that I don’t eat food I’m not certain I’m allergic to if I can help it and that narrows my scope of trying new dishes and recipes.
The weirdest thing I’ve ever tried – and actually liked, though – is snails. Or escargot for those of you who like to Francophile the word.
The first time I had them I was 7 and they were smothered in a lovely garlic butter sauce. I’ve eaten them that way every since. Yummo.
I know….I’m really boring, aren’t I?
Let’s see if the other authors in the blog challenge have better luck with food than I do: L&SR
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#LongandShortReviews #bloggingchallenge 8.19.2020
This is always one of my favorite writing prompts – FAVORITE BOOK OR MOVIE QUOTES ( and why!)
I’m gonna do both. Books, first
From NEW YORK TO DALLAS by J.D.Robb.
“Want to finish, give my report. Is my face messed up? I hate when that happens. Not like I’m pretty or anything, but–”
“You are the most beautiful woman ever born,” Roarke said from the doorway.
“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.”
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
“I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, I can’t do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire.”
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
“Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all.”
In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Lord Tennyson
And now the movies
“After all… I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” Anna Scott, Notting Hill (1999)
“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.” Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind (1939)
“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love… I love… I love you.” Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice (2005)
“Do, or do not. There is no “try”.
– Yoda
“Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.”
–Professor X
“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”
–Alan Turing
“When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you.”
–Roy McAvoy
“Get off my plane!” Air Force One, the President
Okay, those are mine. Let’s see what some of the other authors in this challenge have to say: L&SR
And remember, if you’re looking for me, I’m usually here:
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#LASReviews #bloggingchallenge 8.12.2020
Some of the topics in this blog challenge are so easy for me to write, this one no exception. WHAT I WANTED TO DO WHEN I GREW UP vs WHAT I DO.
When I was a lonely, solitary, and quirky kid growing up in Staten Island, I wanted to do 2 things when I grew up: write stories and be a Nurse.
Luckily, I became both.
As a nursing student, and then a Registered Nurse, I had several articles on Nursing care and topics published in trade magazines and newspapers. Topics ranging from Nurse Preceptor programs, to feeding issues for Alzheimer patients, even the importance of keeping sexually active into our golden years were topics I covered and was thrilled to see in print.
The desire to write more than non-fiction, though, burned through me, so I also wrote short stories, many of which were published in literature magazines.
To be able to combine the two things I’d always loved was simply wonderful.
As a child I never had lofty aspirations. No desire to be a prima ballerina, the first woman President, or fly to Mars. I simply wanted to care for sick people and write stories to entertain them.
And I do.
Let’s see what some of the other bloggers in this challenge have to say: L&SR
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Until next time, peeps ~ Peg
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#LongandShortReviews #Wednesdaybloggingchallenge 7.22.2020
Character Names in books I can’t pronounce is today’s writing prompt from Long and Short Reviews.
I don’t read fantasy or sci-fi, so most of the names I read I can pronounce, but there have been a few in literature that I’ve stumbled with over the years.
As an American, I will say unabashedly, HERMIONE GRANGER was a name I had so much difficulty with, as did my daughter, when we first read the Harry Potter series. We both thought it was pronounced HERMI-ONE ( like the number 1) until I heard JKRowling’s pronounce it on the Rosey O’Donnell show. After that we were good.
HERCULES POIROT by the amazeballs Agatha Christie. I read my first Poirot when I was 12 and thought his name was pronounced HerculEEEEZE PI-O-RATE. Nope. Not even close.
SCHEHERAZADE. Too many vowels and consonants placed too close together on this one for me to be able to pronounce it correctly until I heard it done so my a librarian.
Those are the ones I can remember from the top of my head. Let’s see what some of the other authors in this challenge have to say: L&SR
And before I forget, tomorrow night, JULY 23 I will be the featured guest on the Love Romance Reads Facebook chat because my summer book VANILLA WITH A TWIST was voted the book of the month. Hope you can join us – it promises to be fun!
Here’s the link to join: LRRBoTMChat
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