tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80766545982660401272024-03-13T09:05:46.818-04:00By The BroomstickAdventures, Travel,Fun, & Life from the front seat of the broom.Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.comBlogger679125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-634496113254659052024-02-14T09:00:00.002-05:002024-02-15T23:17:15.041-05:00As Pagans..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1CzdbfyLjXvp9bwSrDRz5F_kTdHKfgE7rTDJe9WSdKeSrXiIjo8Ss_jjwhEUMJa_sDbmzeQwHFLTrdH5kkPoGIOHJdPe1yPKO93-JiPbmjW-ySgDuJKIP5XJtVikQTgPme6HFO_SMj1KnDxoHQV382TS59gNW1ZCYV8rVRiqVJBwLfJ3gJe0TLmfaUc/s1080/nelson%20qoute.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1CzdbfyLjXvp9bwSrDRz5F_kTdHKfgE7rTDJe9WSdKeSrXiIjo8Ss_jjwhEUMJa_sDbmzeQwHFLTrdH5kkPoGIOHJdPe1yPKO93-JiPbmjW-ySgDuJKIP5XJtVikQTgPme6HFO_SMj1KnDxoHQV382TS59gNW1ZCYV8rVRiqVJBwLfJ3gJe0TLmfaUc/s320/nelson%20qoute.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>...it is my belief that as Pagans we should be fighting for balance in the world. We can't always be love and light, while that is certainly needed in the world; there have to be witches, Pagans and others who have to be willing to step into the grey and the dark and fight to keep the balance. </p><p>Our world is seriously out of balance. I believe that this is why the top 1% hoard 99% of the world's wealth. It's why blood money has become so easy to get, just sign here and you too can earn a couple thousand dollars trading stock in companies with monetary values that are arbitrarily made up, none of this is real, none of it can protect us. When the world stopped in 2020 money couldn't prevent the disease from taking you out. My Grandfather used to say Death was an equal opportunity employer and everyone rich or poor would have to clock in eventually. </p><p>Why am I talking about this?? Well we are currently watching as the fake country does it's best with the help of <b>our</b> American US tax dollars, which are being used to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians from their historic land. As Pagans, we should be outraged not just at the loss of human life but at the blatant disregard for the environment. In their bid to hide the fact that Palestinians have lived in Palestine for millennia, they (isnotreal) have worked to cut down centuries old olive groves, destroyed rivers and wells by blockading them, damming them or just placing concrete within the river beds. Amnesty International shares a really great article called <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/11/the-occupation-of-water/" target="_blank">The Occupation of Water </a>which discusses this. I've linked a feature on an international channel which also discusses this: "Gaza Polluted Water due to Israel Blockade"</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ig-MzZIQYy0?si=9nwOXIfsGpKwiQpF" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p><p>Not to mention the weapons they are using on the civilians of Palestine, weapons which are against the Geneva convention like white phosphorus smoke which when it comes in contact with the human body gives severe burns and is almost impossible to wash off. The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750025.html#:~:text=White%20phosphorus%20burns%20in%20air,primarily%20due%20to%20gastrointestinal%20irritation." target="_blank">CDC</a> & <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/white-phosphorus" target="_blank">WHO</a> (World Health Org) label its use as a terroristic warfare and that because it's chemical compound makes it into acid when introduced to moisture, it destroys a human's lungs. This checical causes severe chemical burns on skin and damages the lungs, & eyes of those exposed along with being a forever chemical so even if it's washed off it has now contaminated the whatever it touches. And yet this was used on <b>children</b>. </p><p> Israel (or Isnotreal as it will be known on this blog forever since it's not a recognized state and is instead an evil colonial attempt at apartheid). states Palestine was : "A Land without a People, for a People without Land" Like where have we heard that shit before, oh in every place that colonists have gone, wherever the Europeans landed and wanted to control. They are doing their best to mimic big brother America and the way it dealt with the Native populace, but where America didn't follow through on the complete Genocide of all the First Nations peoples of Turtle island; they have them penned in concentration camps and laughingly call them reservations. <i>Baby that's a whole other topic for a whole other day</i>.</p><p> There are millions of things I could take the time to say about what isnotreal is doing, but we are running out of time. They have penned over a 1.5 million people into the southern most part of Palestine against the fences into Egypt and they are now starting to carpet bomb them. What part of this is "never again a holocaust??" Why is ok, that the victims of one genocide get the free will and money and support of the Western powers to perpetuate a genocide on another group???</p><p><span> People always say if they lived during WW2 or in the occupied lands during the Holocaust they would have been the "good Germans" and hid people and gotten people out. Right now is our chance to show that we would have the quiet warriors who snuck children out of the ghettos, and out of the camps.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5DfGUwTPS2uY1X5jb8y-Rqgxqm8fHQ-Inj1Q7I9k4bdoT05PZr5ue1NnpthKguQFicWpWZVBHDTo9A5aVaJMOf8pCWEAOzPbQKytV920Tk7QcjbaNa7PdBA5_g6o8kK8mhz7frCmhM-MLp8d2nc3eE_w7jxWzGNxqvPnUNc5XXOotS83Qfu0p_PeYjw/s2240/PalestinePNG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5DfGUwTPS2uY1X5jb8y-Rqgxqm8fHQ-Inj1Q7I9k4bdoT05PZr5ue1NnpthKguQFicWpWZVBHDTo9A5aVaJMOf8pCWEAOzPbQKytV920Tk7QcjbaNa7PdBA5_g6o8kK8mhz7frCmhM-MLp8d2nc3eE_w7jxWzGNxqvPnUNc5XXOotS83Qfu0p_PeYjw/s320/PalestinePNG.png" width="320" /></a></div>How we can help:<p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span> Call your senators, email your senators, hell even fax to get your voice heard. Here are some links to use if you don't know what to say or whom to email/ call <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+email+your+senators+for+palestine&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS708US708&oq=how+to+email+your+senators+for+palestine&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDc5MTVqMGo0qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Link</a></span></li><li><span>Show up in your city council meetings and push like Chicago did to pass a resolution demanding a permanent ceasefire. </span></li><li> <a href="https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza/~my-donation" target="_blank">Donate to UNRWA</a> because America and most of Europe have decided to retaliate against the UN for calling what Isnotreal is doing a genocide, by gutting the funding to this aid org that helps to feed the people of Gaza and so many other countries dealing with starvation and warfare. </li><li><a href="https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/give-monthly-double-your-impact-search-onetime-reverse?ms=ADD2310U1U89&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BRAND.DWB_CKMSF-BRAND.DWB-GS-GS-ALL-DWBBrand.E-BO-ALL-RSA-RSARefresh.1-MONTHLY&gclid=Cj0KCQiAw6yuBhDrARIsACf94RUAdNhAjmlAr1Cl0HiNud8KW8gtIyJmoCnfEfUIrVKcFERGiPXdlGAaAi7FEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Donate to Doctors</a> without Borders because they have lost people who have been trying to help in the hospitals as they are being bombed, which is again AGAINST THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS. </li><li>Whatever you donate, <b>DO NOT DONATE money </b>to the Red Cross, they have a history of taking donations and never doing what they promised with it. They are a scam, donate blood to them yes, but do not donate money. The people of Haiti are still waiting for their money from the massive earthquakes that struck 14 years ago. (it happened in 2010) <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=red+cross+stealind+Haiti+moeny&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS708US708&oq=red+cross+stealind+Haiti+moeny&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhAMgYIAhBFGEDSAQg2MjExajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Source</a> Same for many of the victims of Katrina. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=red+cross+stealinhurrican+katrina+money&sca_esv=de3b8b35270c999b&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS708US708&sxsrf=ACQVn08iiDNf1x1xtrdWZmEdrn0XK_Bd-Q%3A1707872346989&ei=WhDMZez6O4OA5OMPu_mPoAg&ved=0ahUKEwjsj8Gk0KmEAxUDAHkGHbv8A4QQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=red+cross+stealinhurrican+katrina+money&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJ3JlZCBjcm9zcyBzdGVhbGluaHVycmljYW4ga2F0cmluYSBtb25leTIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESK49UIMgWM84cAB4A5ABAZgBnQKgAdQSqgEGMy4xMi4yuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIEEAAYR-IDBBgAIEGIBgGQBgg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp" target="_blank">Sources</a></li><li>Take part in the <a href="https://bdsmovement.net/" target="_blank">BDS boycotts,</a> (Boycott, Divest & Sanctions) check their list of products and companies to avoid, including McD, Starbucks, Unilever and so much more. </li></ul><div>If you can send any images, tiktoks, youtube videos, social media posts that the Isnotreal military shows or shares on social media to the ICJ, which is the highest court in the world and their recent ruling of Israel committing acts of genocide, after South Africa filed a case against them. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=icj+evidence+on+israel&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS708US708&oq=icj+evidence+on+israel&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDczMjdqMGo0qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Source</a>. They have until March to provide evidence they aren't committing acts of genocide, let's use their own arrogance against them and send that information to the International Court of Justice. Currently Ireland, South Africa and a few smaller nations are the only ones standing up to Isnotreal and America and the rest of Europe who keeps pretending they aren't aware of what is happening. </div><div><br /></div><div>Please for the love of all the Gods, and for our descendants who will one day ask what did we do at this time, SPEAK UP, donate, boycott and do your best to amplify Palestinian voices on social media, don't let others forget what is happening. </div><p>With Love and Light, As Mandela said We Can't be Free until Palestine is Free</p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/blogger_img/ACSeONcVqqD82LZXc6L-Des405QX3MkjWfbywGVWxGanuHtPEetugkGCortM=s101" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="101" height="100" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/blogger_img/ACSeONcVqqD82LZXc6L-Des405QX3MkjWfbywGVWxGanuHtPEetugkGCortM" width="101" /></a></p><br />Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-41381336868460140502020-03-19T00:00:00.000-04:002020-03-19T00:00:10.837-04:00Real Life Check In: Anxiety & the Pandemic, How Am I Coping??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How are we doing my loves?? I know I haven't written on this particular blog since 2015, but boy do I need to talk.<br />
As a person with social anxiety, this feels like I should be excited to not have to socialize, but my other anxiety is seeing the worst-case scenario of this and wondering just how the world is going to go down. Will there be global ramifications?? Of course and how will that impact us here in the US?? I'm panicking and don't have anywhere to put all the anxiety. Where are the Winchester Brothers when you need them to stop the end of the world??? If I were Christian this would be one of the Horsemen riding and heralding the end of the world and just iCan't.<br />
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Last week I ended up going to the doctor because of back pain that lasted more than five days and wasn't remedied by OTC medication. Turns out I had pancreatitis and needed immediate gallbladder surgery. It's been five days and watching the news as the world and our government slowly implode has not been good for my mental health. Yeah I know I could stay off social media and distance that way, but guess what I can't I work in healthcare so daily what we need to do changes. Even while I'm out of work for the next few days until I'm cleared to return to full duties I'm still talking with my co-workers and learning what the new updates are because I need to know how it's going to impact my return.<br />
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I also feel like an idiot because I am an extreme couponer who decided to take a hiatus due to our home being completely filled with products and now that we are on the downswing of my pantry we get hit with this pandemic, to say I'm fucking pissed is an understatement. I felt the call to start a small scale prepper food pantry three years ago and I really did a good job of making it a working pantry with long term products stacked up, and then I ran out of room, and it didn't seem like anything was going to kick off so I decided to stop couponing. Now the couponing policies have drastically changed, some of the coupon values are less than stellar and instead of getting it free like we used to there is a cost now. And boom PANDEMIC!!!!<br />
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I'm also realizing I never went beyond the first few pages of the book on prepping that I had. I kept putting it off, I have half-ass plans in place for my car, for the parents' house but none of them solid, None of the pages complete and I feel like a failure which doesn't help much. I mean I had two years' worth of food, which we have only started to go through and now the pandemic hits and there are so many holes in my prep I want to scream and unlike before I don't have the financial freedom to do the complete prep like before. It's sobering to realize this.<br />
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It's worse because I've seen all those discovery channel pandemic documentaries talking about what would happen here in the US and watching it unfold is scary as fuck. Even worse having lived through Hurricane Gilbert and the devastation to Jamaica and knowing that untouched traumas and things are coming up because of this situation now??!! This isn't a wow is me, I know I'm beyond privileged in some aspects, hell I have the internet to sit down and bitch about this. I'm bitching about not having enough instead of not having any at all. I think for me to not feel powerless in this, I'm going to share with you how I'm coping. What steps I'm taking to get ready, to plug the holes in our plans, to have the bug out plan ready.<br />
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What are you doing to cope?? I'm trying not to create unrealistic lists of things to get, I'm trying to be good and just think rebuild by two weeks then three then a month.<br />
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How is your anxiety my loves?? Are you one of the few who can work from home?? Or are you like me an out in front working in the 'essential jobs"?? What's it look like in your area??<br />
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Remember to wash your hands, physically distance and take mental health breaks.<br />
Drink lots of water my loves<br />
With the Goddess's Blessings and Love<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-47120694969992089772015-10-01T07:00:00.000-04:002015-10-13T21:05:24.147-04:0031 Days of Samhain: The 2015 Edition. Day 1 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi my loves, long time no see.<br />
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I know it's been two years since I have been here and I missed you guys so much. I've been gone for a while and been struggling on how to come back so I decided to just come on back, no big to do just come back and enjoy my writing and sharing with you. <br />
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This month I plan to vlog and blog and share all the fun I'm having this month reveling in the season. I have some projects I wish to share, some ideas for the season and some shopping events I wish to go to, and I want you to come along. <br />
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Are you planning to do anything fun?? Share down below.<br />
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Thank you and happy Samhain season.<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-7953453053377152662013-12-03T00:00:00.002-05:002024-02-13T21:02:30.288-05:00Book Review and Giveaway: (CLOSED) Christian Louboutins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello there lovely readers. Please do a quick detour over to the Bewitching Bibliophile Book Blog (CLOSED) and check out the latest book review and enter for a chance to win a pair of Christian Louboutins. Information about entering is in the bottom of the review!!<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 14.5455px; line-height: 18.1818px;">Author: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 14.5455px; line-height: 18.1818px;"> Sylvain Reynard </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 14.5455px; line-height: 18.1818px;">|<a href="http://www.sylvainreynard.com/" style="color: #674ea7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Website|</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/sylvainreynard" style="color: #674ea7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSylvainReynard" style="color: #674ea7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>|</b><br />
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<b>Publisher:<span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span></b>Berkley Trade<br />
<b>Genre:</b><b> </b> Erotica Romance<br />
<b>Series/Standalone:</b> Series Book 3<br />
<b>Format:</b> ebook/paperback</div>
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<b>Cost:</b> $7.99, $9.41</div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 496</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> NetGalley</div>
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<b>Purchase: </b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gabriels-Redemption-Inferno-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00CDUVUP4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1386067662&sr=8-2&keywords=gabriels+redemption" style="color: #674ea7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amazon </a>| <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gabriels-redemption-sylvain-reynard/1115131253?ean=9780425266519" style="color: #674ea7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313673/gabriels-redemption-by-sylvain-reynard/" style="color: #674ea7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Publisher</a><br />
<b>Shelfablilty:</b> Must Read It<br />
<b>Season:</b> All Year<br />
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<span style="color: white;">Professor Gabriel Emerson has left his position at the University of Toronto to embark on a new life with his beloved Julianne. Together, he’s confident that they can face any challenge. And he’s eager to become a father. But Julianne’s graduate program threatens Gabriel’s plans, as the pressures of being a student become all consuming. When she is given the honor of presenting an academic lecture at Oxford, Gabriel is forced to confront her about the subject of her presentation – research that conflicts with his own. And in Oxford, several individuals from their past appear, including an old nemesis intent on humiliating Julia and exposing one of Gabriel’s darkest secrets. In an effort to confront his remaining demons, Gabriel begins a quest to discover more about his biological parents, beginning a chain of events that has startling repercussions for himself, Julianne, and his hope of having a family.</span></blockquote>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-7573088708329941192013-11-01T00:32:00.001-04:002013-11-01T00:33:29.312-04:00Happy And Blessed Samhain 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello my loves and welcome the blessed new year!!!! I hope your Samhain was amazing and made you happy, reflective and determined that the new Year bring much better news, or even carry on the news you have been listening to.<br />
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Mine was great filled with lots of laughter, and love from siblings and bonding moments, especially over Scandal which totally slayed last night, but I digress. There are many new plans in the works, wonderful ideas to share and a new determination to not only explore my faith, but the walk the talk even more in the coming year and share it with y'all as much as I can. It's going to be EPIC!!!<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-6730331115521903802013-06-16T03:05:00.001-04:002013-06-16T03:05:42.220-04:00I totally Apologize<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My computer broke recently and all the posts I need to create my blog posts are on there, yeah I know backing up your blog and info is smart we'll just go ahead and call me dumb now. It should be back in a week or two and I will be back to regular scheduled posts and all the fun stuff will come back then.<br />
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Thank You and see you in a few weeks I love y'all<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-48506015714868072872013-06-05T10:50:00.001-04:002024-02-13T22:09:54.032-05:00Book #Review: Billion Dollar Cowboy by Carolyn Brown <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Author: </b>Carolyn Brown <b>|<a href="http://www.carolynlbrown.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| </b><br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Romance<br />
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<b>Shelfability</b>: Must Have!!<br />
<b>Season</b>: Beach Read<br />
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<span style="color: white;">A Billionaire Can Buy Anything... Colton Nelson was twenty-eight years old when he won the Texas Lottery and went from ranch hand to ranch owner overnight. Now he's desperate to keep the gold diggers away. It shouldn't be too hard to find a pretty girl and hire her to pretend to be his one-and-only. Or Can He? Laura Baker's got mixed feelings about this--she's on the ranch to work, not to be arm candy. On the other hand, being stuck for a while in the boondocks with a gorgeous cowboy isn't half-bad. What neither Colton nor Laura expects are the intensely hard lessons they have to learn about the real cost of love... (</span></blockquote>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-8555028321968559372013-06-05T00:00:00.002-04:002024-02-13T22:29:49.538-05:00Bear With Me through these Changes: <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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long time no post. Well life has done it's best to kick my ass the past few months so the few posts you have seen have been so scattered and crazy. I'm back now more and will be doing better blogging I swear. One of the changes taking place on the blog will be the transitioning of all book reviews from the blog to my new book blog <a href="https://www.bewitchingbibliophile.com/" target="_blank">Bewitching Bibliophile</a>.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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There are several reasons for the move of the book reviews, one of them being this blog was originally created as a safe place to vent about being a pagan woman in America, and I kind of let it slip away from that, for my loyal readers who simply skipped those posts thank you for still reading and coming back every day, for my new readers who are here only for the book reviews, I will post on Tuesdays the link to every new review on the second blog, just click and swing on over to that one.<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-77819347477585656172013-05-30T05:53:00.000-04:002013-06-05T10:50:41.653-04:00Book Spotlight: Dancing in the Flame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Genre</strong>: Spicy Paranormal Romance<br />
<strong>Author</strong>: Ann Gimpel<br />
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Life in a were bordello is all Keira has ever known. Because of her mixed blood, none of the magicians’ guilds want her, or protested when the Weres bound her as an indentured hooker. Mired in the hopelessness of her dreams, Keira longs for more.
Barrett, one of the Daoine Sidhe, runs a magician supply shop in what’s left of Seattle. No one is more surprised than he when the Sidhe leader commands him to extricate Keira from the weres.
Magic and intrigue throw Keira and Barrett into one another’s arms. Convinced they have a job to do, they struggle against the heat of the passion between them. Until it gets way too hot to handle.<br />
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Eleven Years Later
Keira opened a door in the were bordello where she lived and worked and peeked out into the long hallway spanning the first floor of the building. Empty. Good. It was the middle of the afternoon, always a slow time. Her last customer had just left. Maybe, if she snuck out the rear door, she could claim a few hours of freedom. She ducked back into the room she shared with one of the other indentured hookers, donned a cloak and boots, and walked down the hall, making as little noise as possible.
The air was crisper than she’d expected as she eased the door shut behind her. Keira wrapped her arms around herself, wishing she’d brought a warmer coat. Most of her working clothes were wispy and suggestive. At least she’d been smart enough to put on tattered jeans, a moth-eaten sweater, and her favorite black cloak. For once it wasn’t raining. A pallid sun hung midway to the western horizon, bathing what were once busy urban streets with sallow light.
Keira emptied her mind, trying not to feel she was playing hooky. It wasn’t as if the weres kept her prisoner… She glanced at her left arm. Under the sweater and cape, she could have sworn the indenture bracelet spanning her upper arm tightened<i>. Who am I trying to kid? They can find me anytime they want.</i>
She walked briskly through Seattle’s Queen Anne district. Keira had the streets to herself today, but then she usually did. Good thing, too. Those like her, mixed-blood magic wielders with minimal power, were at pretty much everyone else’s mercy. Bottom of the New World totem pole.
Her gaze swept over urban rot. Keira grimaced. Buildings still stood, some of them, anyway. But most of the glass had been rocked out. Piles of trash blocked the roadways. Cars were a thing of the past. Out-of-control garbage had obliterated the sidewalks long ago. Paths wound through it, carved by varieties of magic wielders and prowling beasts. She made a point of ignoring what was underfoot. Most of it was too gross to even consider. It was a damned shame so many humans had been wiped out during the war. They’d taken care of things like that.
She pretended to consider what to do with her freedom, knowing her deliberations were a sham. She’d do the same thing she always did: head for Barrett’s magician’s shop. Housed in a cavernous Victorian on lower Capitol Hill, it was only about an hour’s walk from the were bordello. With its dark wood furniture, Oriental carpets, and overflowing shelves, the shop exuded a homey atmosphere which was irresistible.
<i>Face it. The thing which makes it so enticing is Barrett.</i> Keira smiled to herself as she pictured the tall, broad-shouldered Daoine Sidhe with his thick, coppery hair and pale blue eyes. Beyond his obvious beauty, though, he seemed kind. Not that she’d ever exchanged more than a few words with him, but he had laugh lines in the corners of his eyes and she’d watched him interact with other customers. He was always helpful, doing that little bit extra to assist someone find something. There was still bad blood among magic wielders, but not in Barrett’s shop. Everyone was granted equal status there. Never mind Daoine Sidhe magic was far more powerful than were, fae, or witch. Druid magic barely counted; it was nearly as feeble as hers.
The first time she’d stumbled into Barrett’s shop, it was by accident. She’d gotten into a big blow up with Simon, one of the staff at Were Calls, for refusing to service a customer in his animal form. Simon slapped her, which was a big no-no; punishment was supposed to be delivered through her bracelet per the terms of her indenture.
Keira had never seen Simon quite so angry. She didn’t wait around to see what he would do next. Despite being in her hooker garb, including high heels, she’d raced out the door and ran until her arches ached. It hadn’t helped when the skies opened and it began to pour. Not knowing what else to do—because she was <i>not</i> going back to Were Calls until things cooled down or they zapped her through the bracelet—she’d opened her magic senses. They’d led her straight to Barrett’s shop. It was only a couple of blocks from where she’d stopped.
Keira had pushed the heavy, carved wooden door open, ready to bolt if anyone so much as looked cross-eyed at her. No one did. The shop smelled heavenly. Herbs. Lots of them. They hung in bundles from a raised walkway, ten feet off the ground, which accessed a partial second story. Feeling a bit braver, she let her gaze roam the large room, crowded with shelves. No one paid her the slightest attention, which was amazing since all the other patrons were garbed in cloaks and coats. She glanced at her low-cut top, barely-there micro mini, and high heeled boots and winced. Her top didn’t leave much to the imagination since it was half-soaked through. Because she was cold, her nipples had pebbled into suggestive peaks.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ann Gimpel is a clinical psychologist, with a Jungian bent. Avocations include mountaineering, skiing, wilderness photography and, of course, writing. A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a few years ago. Since then her short fiction has appeared in a number of webzines and anthologies. Several paranormal romance novellas are available in e-format. Three novels, <i>Psyche’s Prophecy, </i><i>Psyche’s Search,</i> and <i>Psyche's Promise</i> are small press publications available in e-format and paperback. Look for two more urban fantasy novels coming this summer and fall: <i>Fortune’s Scion</i> and <i>Earth’s Requiem</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her latest books are <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Magics-Daughter-ebook/dp/B00C9KWQSI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365861974&sr=8-1&keywords=magic%27s+daughter+ann+gimpel" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">Magic</span>’s <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">Daughter</span></a></i></b> & <b><i>Dancing in the Flame</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit her website at <a href="http://www.anngimpel.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.anngimpel.com</a></span></div>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-48910551991185793892013-05-30T03:00:00.000-04:002013-06-05T10:52:57.188-04:00Book Review: Magic's Daughter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Magic's Daughter<br />
<b>Author: </b>Ann Gimpel<b> |<a href="http://anngimpel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>| Twitter| Facebook|</b><br />
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★★☆<br />
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Cassie’s friend, Jeremy, warns her about her scumbag boyfriend, but she doesn't listen until deeply disturbing events unfold and her life hangs in the balance. With few choices left, she and Jeremy join forces to battle the darkness threatening them. Meanwhile, Cassie warms to Jeremy in ways she never could have anticipated. Love was there all along if she’d just opened her eyes and looked</span></blockquote>
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Let's just start with, ain't no way someone was pushing me out of my house or making me feel uncomfortable & I didn't fight back. Cassie's life just went to hell in a hand basket, even more than she realizes, her mother is a shadow of her former self and Cassie is desperate to find a way to reach her, so she quits her job and creates the e Quija, yeah it's complicated.<br />
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For such a small book I was pulled in from the start, Cassie seemed to be struggling to keep her head above water, considering she's swimming with sharks and she's a dolphin, she's doing a decent job. My only problem with her is her complete reluctance to get help, why why when your drowning aren't you screaming for the lifeguard in the form of her close friend Jeremy?? I can totally understand the feeling like a fool part, and not wanting to admit you were wrong, but man oh man did it really hit the fan.<br />
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For a fun fast read, it was well written, engaging, & funny. The characters were well written and drew you into the story from the very beginning. I couldn't put it down. From the crazy talking bird to the wild cat and even the villain was pretty well written *in a way that clearly made him the villain*.<br />
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I really enjoyed the novel and the glimpse into a world inhabited by Druids who would do the CIA proud with their abilities to keep secrets. Fae hell bent on well what Faes are always hell bent on.<br />
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I heartily enjoyed it and hope you do to. <br />
Check out more of Ms Gimpel's books on Goodreads and on her website linked above.<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-85440574388988143332013-05-18T01:32:00.003-04:002013-05-18T02:02:03.837-04:00Book Review: Conquer the Dark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Conquer The Dark<br />
<b>Author:</b> LA Banks |<a href="http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>|<br />
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<b>Series/ StandAlone: </b> Series<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Christian Urban Fiction| Urban Fantasy<br />
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<b>Pages:</b> 339</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> Library</div>
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★★★<br />
<b>Erotica Rating: </b>★★★<br />
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This is book two in the series, and it picks up a few months after book one took place. I loved visiting this world again, meeting up with the characters and learning more about them. Within the first chapter I got a new song, the one by Santana that one of the angels played. It's become a new favourite of mine. LOL, so while you read the rest of the review, click play and get into the feel of the book:<br />
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That first scene just blew my mind, I can't believe the author is no longer with us and won't be sharing more fun and fantastical tales. I love Celeste & Az together, they just have so much chemistry, the struggle Az and the other angels feel as they get ready for the battle ahead, the way Celeste inspired them and gave them hope, just made me love her especially, after she comforted them.<br />
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Isda is the MAN!!! And he's so clearly Jamaican, I loved his character in this book, although his story was so sad, the heartbreak he must have felt knowing ... well I'll let you read and discover for yourself. Aziza is my girl!! I loved her from the very beginning, she reminds me so much of several women I know that I couldn't help but love her, the lessons she had to learn were clear though & man it's a lesson I needed as well.<br />
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The journey, the battle, the true stories shared within the fiction, the history lessons, I just was so floored, I kept going to google to see if what she was sharing (especially about the Founding Father, who broke the rules in Philly, yeah that was real too) was real and being surprised and happy when I found out they were. (then being freaked out that they were real..oh noo)<br />
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The few sex scenes between the couples were very sensual and well written, they just drew you in and were so sexy, hmmm. Which is why I gave it the three stars, not so much for the raunchy wildness but for the steamy love, especially on the train, WOW!!<br />
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Cons of the story, being the <a href="http://www.bythebroomstick.com/2011/08/rip.html" target="_blank">author passed away</a> and wasn't able to finish the series, many of the characters' stories were just beginning to be told and having the series be incomplete meant that we only got the bare minimum on them, the battle isn't complete, it's just really beginning and it was left on a bit of a cliff hanger and I want to know what happened DAMMIT!!<br />
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Even though the rest of the series won't be done, each book does stand on it's own, the essential plot pieces for each book are taken care of in the book, but there are more pieces to the main puzzle that won't be revealed until the next one, which unfortunately won't be coming along.<br />
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It's a fabulous read, especially because the books are with strong black characters and have music within it. There are strong Abrahamic traditional information/messages within the book, so if you don't like Christian/Jewish/Arabic/Egyptian lore then this might not be for you, but if you don't mind that?? DIVE IN!!!<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-54136334940224201842013-05-17T09:11:00.000-04:002013-05-17T09:11:00.135-04:00Book Tour Review: Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Cassie Scot <strike>Para</strike>Normal Detective<br />
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<b>Cost:</b> $4.99 (ebook)</div>
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<b>Erotica Rating: N/A</b><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Cassie Scot is the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. At 21, all she wants is to find a place for herself, but earning a living as a private investigator in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. When she is pulled into a paranormal investigation, and tempted by a powerful and handsome sorcerer, she will have to decide where she truly belongs.</span></blockquote>
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Ok so when I first got this book I was a little scared it's a first time read from this author so I wasn't sure what was going to happen. The story is pretty good, it pulled me in, Cassie's description of her desk alone was awesome. I was drawn into the story and so wanted to know more about her world.<br />
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I was a little put off on the insistence in calling them sorcerers and sorceresses, but hey it's not my writing, Cassie was a pretty awesome character to read, strong, stubborn, hell bent on proving herself, you know a typical American woman. I liked that many of the side characters were actually well written as well; I can't wait to learn more about her brothers gift (being a healer seems awesome). I'm not sure how I feel about her going back and forth about Evan; either you do or you don't have feelings the outside stuff is just that stuff, deal with that later. In the end it doesn't matter because that spell seems pretty damn effective to me. <br />
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I'm sure there is going to be more explained in the next book, and this one really tied up the case well, but still left enough mystery about Cassie herself, like why is she from such a powerful family yet completely talent-less Evan doesn't seem to mind, then again he's got a mind like a chess board and seems to playing way ahead of the rest of us. As for her human boyfriend erm Braden Sir, why would you be happy to settle for being someone's backup plan instead of their first choice?? Cassie shouldn't even be thinking about that, considering how much danger she is in, although <i>everydamnbody</i> seems ready to let her go walking around without explaining the full danger she is in. Yeah that <i>never</i> goes wrong O_o<br />
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The world that was built was done in a way that wasn't ridiculous and let you fill in the blanks a little on your own, I read another reviewer on Goodreads who called it Dresden files in a small town, and I had to giggle because the comparison is actually spot on. It's engaging and pulls you in, without really bogging down the story. I'm sure more will be revealed in the next book & I can't wait to see how she handles all the little fires that are beginning to burn around her. Evan being the biggest one, her parents disowning her being the next, yeah, she's got a few issues to go handle. Nothing a good normal detective can't handle.<br />
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Happy Mother's Day to the American (or those celebrating across the world) Mothers (since the Brits celebrated in March).<br />
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Being a mother is a job, with no vacations, very little appreciation *at first*</div>
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Happy Mother's Day to you!!</div>
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Well there you have it my loves, be happy, celebrate your mother's the women who helped you, the women who mentored you, not necessarily the woman who birthed you, but the women who choose to give you guidance, love, affection and when you needed it a good kick in the rear to get you on the right path.</div>
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<b>Book Title:</b> Thrill Ride<br />
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★★1/2<br />
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Ex-Navy SEAL Rock Babineaux’s job is to get information, and he’s one of the best in the business. Until something goes horribly wrong and he’s being hunted by his own government. Even his best friends at the covert special-ops organization Black Knights Inc. aren’t sure they can trust him. He thinks he can outrun them all, but his former partner—a curvy bombshell who knows just how to drive him wild—refuses to cut him loose.
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I'm so in love with the Black Knights. Where can I meet them?? This is the second book by Julia Walker I have read and I love her writing. Rev It Up was my introduction to her and I loved the Jake the Snake so much I went and got all the other books in the series that I didn't have right away. I really loved the glimpses of Rock and Vanessa we got in the book. I love that each book gave you a preview of the next Black Knight to fall in love. I'm so intriqued I can't wait to read the next one.<br />
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In reading Rev It Up, I had some serious expectations for Rock & Vanessa's story and Julie delivered on them all. Rock is just that man who is so awesome but doesn't take himself too seriously, he's confident but not arrogant, and he fell hard for Vanessa although he didn't think he should act on it. Vanessa fell for the hot cajun the minute she walked into the Black Knights building, she wanted to be a tough operator and she did her best to toughen up so she could fit in. She totally kicked ass when she needed to, and even though her goal was 'tough operator" she was still in touch with her feelings; & still knew when she was totally out of her depths and allowed Rock to lead where Rock led. <br />
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That moment in Eve's house?!?!?!?! OMGawds, even though I knew what was happening I was still devestated right along with her. I was totally invested in the story and couldn't put it down, Poor Vanessa, she probably lost like ten years off her life. <br />
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It took one day to read this because I dived right in and didn't come up for air until I finished it. The characters are so well written and it's so engaging, the wit, the funny stories, I can't wait to read Steady's story by the way, "details are superflouos" indeed, I loved those glimpse into each character's personality. I loved the inner monologue of both Rock & Vanessa, they are so awesome, I so couldn't stop reading that garage scene then when Ghost caught them?!!! The laugh was pretty loud when I read that scene. Heck I'm smiling now writing about it.<br />
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Eve looks like shs's going to be a great character as well. I can't wait to read the story between her and her guy, it should be totally interesting. Now excuse me while I catch up with the rest of the Black Knights I'm heading to Becky's first then I hear Ali's story is kick ass as well. See you guys. Have fun!!<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-11815567466591923702013-05-06T05:41:00.000-04:002013-05-06T06:30:49.385-04:00May is Lupus Awareness Month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I know I haven't really talked about my lupus in a long time, I like to come on the blog world and leave the troubles behind as much as possible, you know embrace the good in my life. But it's not cured it's not gone it's still there lurking like a stalker in the background of everything in my life. It's there I live with it because unlike most I have it really good. I am well aware of that, I am also really happy about that. Make sure to check out the information I have included for you below.<br />
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This month I figured lupus could earn it's keep and share some resources for those who are seeking to learn more about the disease, find resources to help them or a loved one deal and even learn how they can help to make a difference.<br />
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Some facts about Lupus:<br />
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<li>90% Of Lupus sufferers are women generally between the ages of 15 & 44; 10 to 20% of those cases are generally severe as they carry with them severe health complications.</li>
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<li>African Americans, Hispanics/Latinas, Asians, Pacific Islanders & Native Americans are more frequently diagnosed than Caucasians; it does however affect anyone in any race at any time.</li>
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All of those facts were taken from the <a href="http://lupus.org/" target="_blank">Lupus.org </a>website, which is a really great resource for those new to the disease and it's development. They have a link to local support groups as well as how to talk to your doctor about the disease.</div>
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Here is the book I have returned to time and again since getting this disease:</div>
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You can find more blogs <a href="http://lupusadventurebetweenthelines.wordpress.com/great-lupus-blogs/" target="_blank">here</a> and of course you could always just google and find some. Most of these on this list I have read at some point & know they are legit and great. </div>
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So there you have it, some good information on Lupus, & a few good resources & books. These are ones I can vouch for I'm sure there are many more out there. Swing by and let me know if you have any you think I should check out.</div>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-10579840414242538102013-05-04T01:25:00.000-04:002014-03-04T00:22:41.711-05:00Book Review: An Angel For Christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Erotica Rating: N/A</b><br />
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I'm beginning to think Christmas books should only be read during Christmas, because then we are a little kinder, more willing to believe.<br />
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This was a different kind of Heather Graham book, mostly because I may have read horror books, this was really in your face Christmas themed. It's still good, it was kinda more of a Christian fiction book. It's not really what I expected from her, but it's really still good.<br />
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I liked Stacy but at times she was also stubbornly stupid in my opinion. Why did she have to do it right then?? It wasn't until the end of the book that I caught on to "who" the criminal and the cop really were.<br />
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Now I know this makes me a little heartless but it's how I feel. If you're told not to do something, you do it and almost die, in the process?? Yeah you so deserve it. Even if you're a kid, especially because we don't want you passing on the "stupid gene". All the time in horror movies it always the idiot kid who was told to stay put who causes everybody to die. Grrrrr<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-54629829840113403112013-05-01T11:40:00.000-04:002013-05-04T11:42:56.799-04:00Clean Sweep Challenge: May 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble</li>
<li>The Moonstone ^ Miss Jones by Jillian Stone</li>
<li>*five different books by * Heather Graham</li>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-75332260201445701472013-04-30T04:59:00.000-04:002013-05-03T18:57:21.810-04:00Book Review:Indulgence in Death # 31<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Indulgence in Death #31<br />
<b>Author: </b> JD Robb <b>|<a href="http://www.jdrobb.com/" target="_blank">Webste|</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jdrobbauthor" target="_blank">Facebook</a>| </b><br />
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★★1/2<br />
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Random hits, thrill kills, murderers with a taste for the finer things in life-and death-are making NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas angry. And an angry Eve can be just as an efficient and dangerous predator as the killer.
As time runs out on another innocent victim's life, Eve's investigation will take her into the rarefied circle that her husband, Roarke, travels in-and into the perverted heart of madness... Discover more in the In Death series »</span></blockquote>
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Ohh this very well might be one of the better books. LOL Eve, that's a great present to your hubby for your anniversary, every once in a while Eve does something totally awesome. Good to know Ireland hangs onto it's charm after the Urban Wars. Ahh I'm guessing this book is going to be character driven then?? Yep it's going to be character driven. <br />
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Yeah it's going to be really awesome.(I'm on page 13 so let's hope it stays that way). Okay onto the review: this has got to be the best of the series, they actually do some really good work in this one. <br />
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I still couldn't believe the nerve of the thrill killers like really??? Who the hell does that?/ Just because your...well I'll let you read and discover why. This is one of the few times I was with Eve the whole way, the story grabbed you from the very beginning and made you love Eve and Roarke even more than before.<br />
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I loved the character development that was taking place, especially between Roarke & Eve, they really kicked butt this book (I'm not sure I would be comfortable on a squeaky bed in my families home, just.NOT.happening ). It's a really great fast read and kept you hooked, I believe I read it in one day it was that awesome.<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-51818549420756659132013-04-30T03:00:00.000-04:002017-01-29T22:41:15.281-05:00Book Review: Guarding The Princess<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Guarding The Princess; Sahara Kings #5<br />
<b>Author: </b>Loreth Anne White<b> |<a href="http://www.lorethannewhite.com/" target="_blank">Website|</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Loreth" target="_blank">Twitter</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Loreth.Anne.White" target="_blank">Facebook</a>|</b><br />
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<b>Pages:</b> 288</div>
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★★★<br />
<b>Erotica Rating: N/A</b><br />
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It was supposed to be a 72-hour mission, in and out, until Brandt Stryker got stranded in the arid African plains with predators before him, a killer at his heels and an exotic princess by his side. Dalilah Al Arif stirs his blood, makes him crave things he'd lost long ago - but she is off-limits, promised to a sheik.
Dalilah's wedding contract stipulates she must wed before her 30th birthday - just months away. It's a duty she accepts. But in the arms of her handsome protector, she's torn between her sense of duty and honor, and her freedom. And as the terrorists close in, she fears the most dangerous creature in the savannah is Brandt himself ...</span></blockquote>
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I haven't read any of the other books in this series and I so need to get on that. This book is so awesome. I loved Dalilah as an character, she was strong, she knew what she wanted and when it looked like her life wasn't going the way she wanted she made the tough choices and did what made her happy.<br />
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OmGosh I so fell in love with them as a couple, and with the landscape as it was being described. I so fell into the story and felt like I was right there with them as they struggled to make it out of the country. Brandt was so well described ( I love the show Arrow on the CW and he reminded me of the man who was teaching Oliver you know the hot Aussie para military guy, yeah him hotness) so that's who I pictured Brandt as, and man oh man I totally understood his dilemma,, but I personally really did feel bad for that girl she was a class A idiot. And she left Brandt with scars because of her stupidity. Just some people really don't deserve a good thing when they have it.<br />
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I loved the story of Jock & of South Africa, of Brandt's home. Poor Brandt had a tough life, and I never really thought of what it meant to be a princess and seeing Dalilah's choices and the brutal life she and her family has had was heart breaking. I loved that they fought for their happiness, as it wasn't easy. I loved that she faced the practicality that it was lived with her ideals and die or do what was necessary to stay alive (even though she was a little stubborn at first). <br />
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In the end the intensity of feelings expressed in the book drew me in, I am intrigued enough to put her brother's stories on my list of books to read sometime in this lifetime. This has been a first time read from this author, and her writing is so beautiful that I will be checking her out again ( at least four more times as those are the books in the series). ohhh I also learnt something I never knew about giraffes, that was pretty interesting. I loved how the Safari played just as much a part in the story as the characters did as well. And the symbolism at the end of the book wasn't lost on me either. Yeah the Lions have certainly returned.<br />
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Highly recommend it my loves, so enjoy it and fall in love with Brandt, Dalilah and the beautiful Safari.<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-2415037984201838902013-04-25T05:00:00.000-04:002013-05-27T21:54:51.382-04:00Paranormal Telly: Teen Wolf (2011)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Show</b>: Teen Wolf</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>Seasons</b>: 3<br /><b>Run Time</b>:<b> </b> 40mins<br /><b>Air Dates & Time</b>: Mondays @ 10pm (est)<br /><b>Reruns can be seen</b>: Netflix, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/teen_wolf/series.jhtml" target="_blank">MTV</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Wolf is an American television series developed by Jeff Davis for MTV. It is based on the 1985 film of the same name. The show's central character is Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), a high school student and social outcast who is bitten by a werewolf while looking for a dead girl in the woods. Scott attempts to maintain a normal life, keeping the fact of his being a werewolf secret from everyone, with the exception of his best friend "Stiles" Stilinski (Dylan O'Brien), who helps him through the changes in his life and body, and another mysterious werewolf, Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin).
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So I totally didn't know anything about this show at first. I believe one of my sisters may have mentioned it, but I figured it's MTV what the heck would they know right???!?! Somebody back me up on this right?? No no..ok then, I was bored last week and turned on Netflix and saw this so I decided to try it out. I was hooked, from the first; especially because the first few episodes the wolves actually looked like wolves especially the Alpha (who was female, how kick ass was that??).<br />
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The comedic timing in this show is awesome, the love story along with the need to protect the towns people, the mystery of who some of these people are, why they don't change, who is the Vet. I mean really who is he. & I totally got a kick out of seeing a Pretty Little Liars star on the show & I can't wait to see more from her character. The story lines keep you guessing on some of the issues and others are obvious, but I truly love when the story all comes together and little secrets get let out of the bag.<br />
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It's a pretty decent take on the movie, allowing us to see how the modern version of this would be, especially in a world with cameras on every cellphone and everywhere has them. I was totally intrigued by Derek, and loved Stiles from the get go, I knew why Scott McCall was such a pain in the ass long before Derek figured it out. I love the hunter family and their issues and the what ifs of it all. I was really into the fact that the women were the leaders of the group and the men the soldiers <br />
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Although I love the story lines and the relationship between Scott & Alison is intriguing. I do have a few problems with the story. <br />
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<li>One of them being ermm don't wolves have tails. Yeah why don't they have any, even in the 1980s movie they gave him a tail.</li>
<li>also in the beginning the Alpha and those who were born wolves actually changed into wolves, now the Alpha looks like Scott when he changes,</li>
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There are also a few continuity issues that I noticed, but then I'm a bored former film student, those who can't will criticize <i>brutally</i>. I do love the show though and can't wait to see what is in store for the new pack and the battle between the alphas. <br />
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Here's a quick sneak peak of all the awesomeness that is there:<br />
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Have fun my loves & make sure to check out the season three premiere on June 3rd.<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-63296994261189509762013-04-24T07:00:00.000-04:002013-04-24T07:00:11.501-04:00KWW:Which Witch is Which??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Welcome back to another instalment in the Kitchen Witch Wednesday series. <br />
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A few weeks ago, I asked what you considered to be a kitchen witch. This was prompted by an article I read which pointed out that having recipes on your blog doesn't make you a kitchen witch (<a href="http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usnj&c=words&id=14051" target="_blank">Source</a>). Personally, I believe it does make you a kitchen witch simply because your making magic in your kitchen with basic ingredients, it's not easy and not everyone can cook. Heck some people can burn water, ask me how I know. <br />
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I made it my mission to seek out some ideas about kitchen witchin, and have discovered that just about everyone agrees, each witch forges his/her own path when it comes to this tradition. According to Scott Cunningham's Wicca in the Kitchen,<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">We must eat to live. Similarly, we must take control of our </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">lives to be truly happy. The tools for doing just this are in your </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">cupboards, in your refrigerator, and on your kitchen table. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Turn the page, and discover the magic that awaits! </span></span></blockquote>
You can add in some hoodoo, to hex someone, to keep your partner, to drive away someone. You can heal with food, bring people together. Food and 'breaking bread' together makes for some powerful magic. There is a reason some cliches have stayed around, especially say for Valentine's Day, what do we know of it here in America?? Good Food, lots of chocolate, wine & roses = Your partner being willing to try all kinds of tricks best left for the more limber. We are taught as young women that "<i>the way to a man's heart is through his stomach" </i>* at least that's what my Grandmere said* In just about every commercial now they equate food with sex & love.<br />
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I believe that when this was started it was a way for us to share OUR version of Kitchen Witchery, for everyone has their own personal brand of what makes them happy. I may not share all the hoodoo/witchy tricks I have in the kitchen that others may perform, but then again aren't you supposed to keep some of your spells to yourself???<br />
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Anyhoo, my intention when doing my kitchen witchin is to share as much fun crafts, recipes, altar pictures, homemaking as possible. It is my hope that these are the things you wish to see. If there are other things you wish to see and view please share in the comment box and I will endeavour to share what I can.<br />
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I did like her ideas on how to learn your kitchen better, getting down and dirty with the herbs sounds like fun. Sometimes I just throw herbs into the pot just to see what comes out. As my Grandmere says "It's not the food that comes out the pot, it's the love that goes in, that's what makes a good meal"<br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-48226606685440781032013-04-23T08:46:00.000-04:002017-02-01T01:17:19.642-05:00ARC Book Review: Lucretia & The Kroons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> Lucretia & The Kroons<br />
<b>Author: </b>Victor LaValle<br />
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★1/2<br />
<b>Erotica Rating: N/A</b><br />
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<span style="color: white;">From one of the most acclaimed young writers of fiction in America today comes a fast-paced and fantastical novella about a young girl's journey into a dark netherworld to find her missing best friend. This eBook edition contains an exclusive excerpt from Victor LaValle's new novel The Devil in Silver, about which Gary Shteyngart raves, "Literary horror just found a new master."
Lucretia's best friend and upstairs neighbor Sunny-a sweet pitbull of a kid, even as she struggles with a mysterious illness-has gone missing. The only way to get her back is for Lucretia to climb the rickety fire escape of their Queens tenement and crawl through the window of apartment 6D, portal to a vast shadowland of missing kids ruled by a nightmarish family of mutants whose designs on the children are unknown. Her search for Sunny takes Lucretia through a dark fantasyland where she finds lush forests growing from concrete, pigeon-winged rodents, and haunted playgrounds. Her quest ultimately forces her to confront the most frightening specter of all: losing, forever, the thing you love the most.
Lucretia and the Kroons is a dazzlingly imaginative adventure story and a moving exploration of the power of friendship and the terror of loss. This all-new novella serves as the perfect companion piece to The Devil in Silver, a thrillingly suspenseful work of literary horror that continues the story of Lucretia.</span></blockquote>
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It took forever to get to this book, and it's one of the few novellas I have read that went as fast as it did. I've never read this author before, so his writing style was new to me. The story just jumped right into it, now pretense or build up, it just went right to it.<br />
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Now this is a very different kind of book for me, a bit of a magical realism, yet very different. Loochie is a kid who doesn't realize that the world is kind of harsh; her best friend was sick from leukaemia and dying and she still doesn't understand just how bad the disease is. When her older brother visits just before her friend comes over to celebrate her birthday, he shares with her the story of the Kroons as a way to scare her about being alone in the house for the first time by herself. <br />
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I was kind of confused reading this book, what would have happened if her brother didn't tell her about the Kroons?? How would have this worked out?? How comes she didn't hear the sirens and think anything about it?? I knew immediately what was wrong, but she was completely clueless.<br />
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I felt so bad for her knowing what was going on and she didn't know. Then the Kroons happened and I was just engrossed in the story. Holy Crap, I just...WOW. What a story. I was still confused reading it, the main thing that stuck out to me was the fact that if her brother didn't tell her this story about the Kroons would the rest of it happen??<br />
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It's an okay story, engaging while you're reading it. The ending didn't make any sense, why not say ok maybe I was dreaming; but she refused to back down even when it meant she was going to get into trouble. <br />
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-67756318291226833252013-04-22T01:37:00.000-04:002013-04-22T02:57:03.290-04:00Spring Forward 1: Edible Bird Decorations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Old tennis ball or similar, sliced in 1/2 & with a small round hole cut out of the top. Resealed by wrapping a length of wire around the ball and twisting the wire ends together, securely.</li>
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<li>Add handfuls of the dry food to the melted lard and mix them toether. The dry ingreidients should be well-coated in the lard.</li>
<li>Insert wire which is a little longer than the mold into the center of the mold. Pack mix in around the wire.</li>
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Remember if you start feeding birds that they will believe you will continue, so don't do it if you don't plan on continuing to feed them throughout the year. Hang high enough that squirrels and rodents can't get to it but the birds can. There are bird feeders available that sense when the weight is too heavy for a bird and will drop the squirrel.</div>
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You can also try any of the awesome ones on Pinterest (so many different ideas). This is a great way to start off spring, helping out </div>
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**Please note this isn't my recipe, I have had it in my collection for a few years and the journal I had it in was damaged so I don't have who the recipe came from. If you know please leave it in the comments and I will add the attribution. **</div>
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Aisha @The Bewitching Bibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747046019797410273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076654598266040127.post-39611000723582105952013-04-20T08:00:00.000-04:002017-01-29T23:05:01.866-05:00Book Review: About Last Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Book Title:</b> About Last Night<br />
<b>Author: </b>Ruthie Knox | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RuthieKnox" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ruthieknox" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.ruthieknox.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5308032.Ruthie_Knox" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
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<b>Publisher:</b> LoveSwept, Random House Digital<br />
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<b>Pages:</b> 248</div>
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<b>How I got it:</b> NetGalley</div>
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<b>My Rating</b>:★★★★1/2<br />
<b>Erotica Rating: N/A</b><br />
<b>Synopsis</b>:<br />
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<span style="color: white;">Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go . . . in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her.
Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family’s banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine—even her name turns him on—with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies.
When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night last a lifetime?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "blackadder itc"; font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br />
I'll be honest, I didn't get much work done yesterday because of this book. It was slow at work so I read while I should have been doing 'busy' work, you know the crap that normally doesn't get done during a regular week, you do when there is nothing left. Yeah I said screw that & stuck my nose to the phone screen so I could read this book. <br />
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I was totally engaged and engrossed I almost didn't get any sleep trying to finish this book. I knew I loved this book within the first chapter when Cath had me laughing out loud on a crowded bus. Cath is witty, sarcastic, funny and the kind of woman I could totally be friends with, so I loved her as a character. Plus she works with the arts, like knitting and the awesomeness of history and knitting, yeah I was all over that.<br />
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City, good gawd City, can I have one of him served up please??!!! What a guy, what a man. I just wow, He was everything awesome that scene with them after he blind date?? Especially when she said 'don't murder me" I was laughing and snorting so much on the bus, the guy next to me moved. You could feel the chemistry from them, they were great from the first. Especially when you realized City liked her as much as she liked him<br />
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I really wanted them to get together, I just knew that the crap was going to hit the fan when he took her home. I couldn't wait to read the fireworks between Cath & his mother, they were also awesome, especially when they went head to head, then Cath did what she does so well. If I was Nev I would have kicked my siblings' a**, you not pulling this crap round here. Nope not going to happen sir..<br />
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It's a good engaging read. I had quite a few laughs at Cath's expense, I totally get that she doesn't want anymore mistakes, and Nev's answer to that just floored me. I love them together, I really loved the ending, I personally loved that Cath had extensive tattoos and was such a buttoned up woman at work; & that Nev's job was so boring but he was such a passionate artist. Just goes to show you never know. <br />
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A definite must read, it was extremely fast and funny, & wasn't too outlandish like so many other romance scenarios now a days, which made it even more fun to read, because you could totally see this happening.<br />
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Have a fun time reading my loves.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Show</b>: Vikings</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>Seasons</b>: 1<br /><b>Run Time</b>: 45 mins<br /><b>Air Dates & Time</b>:<b> </b>Sundays @ 10pm EST<br /><b>Reruns can be seen</b>: <a href="http://www.hulu.com/vikings" target="_blank">Hulu</a> | <a href="http://www.history.com/shows/vikings" target="_blank">History Channel</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">The HISTORY® original series Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore—and raid—the distant shores across the ocean. His ambition puts him at odds with local chieftain Earl Haraldson (Gabriel Byrne), who insists on sending his raiders to the impoverished east rather than the uncharted west. When Ragnar teams up with his boat builder friend Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard) to craft a new generation of intrepid ships capable of conquering the rough northern seas, the stage is set for conflict.
But for all its warfare and bloodshed, Vikings is also a story of family and brotherhood, capturing the love and affection between Ragnar and his wife, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), a respected warrior in her own right. It is the tale of Ragnar’s brother Rollo (Clive Standen), a fierce fighter who simmers with jealously; of Earl Haraldson’s wife Siggy (Jessalyn Gilsig), a dutiful beauty who may be less than loyal; and of the monk Athelstan (George Blagden), whose Christian morals clash with the Vikings’ pagan society. As ambition and innovation rattle a civilization, these characters will be put to the test—and their way of life will never be the same again.
Vikings was created and written by Michael Hirst (Elizabeth, The Tudors).
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The show is based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Lodbrok" target="_blank">Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok</a>, a legend in the Old Norse. It is an amazing show. I'm not a Norse follower, I do know enough to know they have done an excellent job capturing as much as possible, sharing great historical details about the housing, the methods of war, even the system of hierarchy within the Norse communities.<br />
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Each week we are introduced to something new going on within the community under the Jarl's protection and we see the very beginning of the tradition of Norse raids in Britain I LOVE this show, from the wild Floki to the hot Rollo, we are immersed in a world of politics, violence and just straight craziness. <br />
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I really love that they're showing the Shield Maidens and that they Norsemen allowed women to go to war with them. I like Lagertha, Ragnar's wife, she's pretty freaking kick a**. I highly recommend this show, especially because they show how integral the Gods are to the Norse way of life.<br />
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Nerdy moment: I just however wish they would point out that being called a viking is actually incorrect, "a viking" is the name given to raiding/ or going on an expedition, the Norsemen were actually going 'a viking' when they travelled to England, they actually aren't "vikings" but the term had become synonymous with them and has stuck.<br />
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