Tents

Walls made out of tents
Yes
Your heart is as fragile as these
And you wonder why
I’m afraid to break you?

What I’ve Been Listening To

This might become a thing, it might not. Basically I just wanted to share with y’all some of the things I’ve been listening too this week, because why not? Have listen, hope you like and all that jazz. 🙂

Making Yumminess

Today I made a Spicy Avocado Soup and it was SO good I just had to share it with y’all. And yes I did take step by step pictures, lol, I was that excited.

Cutting up the avocados.

Mixing, mixing, mixing.

Onions and garlic, my fave. 😀

The soup broth.

And it’s cooking…

Yay! Finished result.

It was pretty good actually, the hubby didn’t think too much of it though.  I added crushed chili to mine, which was awesome.  Next time I think I’ll add more veggies.

 

Top Ten Tuesday

Today I’m linking up with The Broke and the Bookish for Top Ten Tuesday and the theme is: “10 books I’d love to read with my book club”.

 

I’ve seen this post going around a lot blogs and I thought it looked fun so here I go.

I’m reading this book right now and I’ve always thought it would be fun to read this with other people.

 

I love this series! What fun to share this series with friends.

 

Gail Carson Levine is one of my favorite writers, this book would be so much fun. 

Again one of my favorite, therefore must share it. 🙂 

Adventuring into a new book, why not with friends? 

Always throw in a good historical character.

Thought provoking story is a must. 

A good fantasy. Check. 

My kinda female character on a bus. lol How can this book go wrong? 

Another thought provoking book. 

There you go! Be sure to comment what you think.  🙂

My Family

This post is a confession.  Last week I did a terrible job at my writing goal for this month.  So this post is to help start the week of right, I started a timer when I began this post. 😉

As some of you may know, and some of you may not know, I am the oldest of 11 children.  The second oldest is 18 and the youngest will be born in July.   Yes that does make a total of 12 of us.  No they’re not Mormon, or Quiverfull Protestants, but Catholic.

My dad, Uncle and baby sister at my wedding.

My dad and mum. 

 

The youngest boy of the family.  All the pictures are from my wedding. 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

Four more of my sisters, rag curlers in their hair before the wedding. 🙂 

 

My mom and another sister.  Yes, we’re mostly girls in my family. Only two boys. 

 

And here he is, the other boy, the one wearing the white shirt. There is 10 years in between my brothers. 

 

The third oldest, and a happy little cousin. 

 

 

And the second oldest, who actually has a blog here: https://missionarywriterforhim.wordpress.com/

 

 

So there you go, a little bit about me, my family and some pictures.  And a I didn’t quite make 15 minutes.  Thanks for sticking around peeps!

 

 

My Week (Part 2) Book Covers

 

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Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanhood, working fifteen-hour days and sending her pay to the family who abandoned her.

In “Women of the Silk” Gail Tsukiyama takes her readers back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk. Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the young women use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own. Tsukiyama’s graceful prose weaves the details of “the silk work” and Chinese village life into a story of courage and strength.

 

This book took me awhile to finish because I still don’t have a library card, and therefore can only read it when I make time to go to the library.   But I really enjoyed this book, I gave it 4 of 5 stars.   The story was unique and interesting.

 

In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister. A sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, and equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. If only she had found the means to create, argues Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay, Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give voice to those who are without. Her message is a simple one: women must have some money and a room of their own in order to have the freedom to create.

My review is here: https://whimsywriter3.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/januarys-book-a-room-of-ones-own/

 

In an attempt to manipulate the future, a family and a nation are forced to decide between two brothers. Guided by a prophecy spoken hundreds of years before, the King and Queen of Llycaelon have set their course. Their goal: to fulfill the prophecy and save their nation from a dire fate.
Rhoyan has always understood and accepted his own role as second born and perpetual prince. He looks forward to the day when he will be a warrior in his older brother’s guard. When Rhoyan is sent on a quest filled with unimaginable danger, nobody anticipates the greater repercussions.
As Rhoyan journeys far across the seas on his appointed trial, he will battle creatures of legend, suffer shipwreck, endure captivity, and lay claim to a fallen star. When tragedy strikes, Rhoyan must struggle to return home believing his quest has failed. However, the home he left no longer awaits him and the true test of his strength and character has only just begun.
Long before Aom-igh needed a champion, Llycaelon had a Second Son.

After getting past the unrealistic dialogue in the beginning I started to really like the book.  The characters, while a bit cliche, were developed well, I felt I knew them.  And then my favorite character died, and things went down hill from there.  I also felt the story dragged on for way too long.  This book I gave three of five stars.

 

This book I won in an giveaway.  It’s your typical fantasy story thrown into a Sci-Fi world.  This book had a lot of potential but was ultimately boring, confusing and cliche.  I gave it one star.