Welcome to where the ideas are let loose.
Here you will find the latest updates of my ongoing projects be it writing, knitting, crocheting, canning, or whatever else I have going on and a recipe or two.
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Book Review: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD.
Van der Kolk’s book, first published in 2014 by Viking and Your Coach Digital, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Sean Pratt, is delivered in a dry tone, rendering the listening experience monotonous at…
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Book Review: Bloody Bones, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #5 by Laurell K. Hamilton
The fifth installment in the Anita Blake series is brutal and dark. The book, first published by Penguin Publishing Group in 1996 and Penguin Audio in 2010, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Kimberly…
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Book Review: The Lunatic Cafe, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #4 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake’s Vampire Hunter series continues strong with book four, in which Hamilton introduces a love triangle. This harrowing tale, first published by the Penguin Publishing Group in 1996 and made accessible in audio format by Penguin Audio in 2009, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at…
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Book Review: The Laughing Corpse, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #2 by Laurell K. Hamilton
The second book in Hamilton’s Vampire Hunter series sees Anita Blake raising and chasing zombies. This chilling thriller, first published by the Penguin Publishing Group in 1994 and made accessible in audio format by Penguin Audio in 2009, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local…
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Book Review: Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back, by Gary John Bishop
The author of Unfu*k Yourself, who told us it was time to stop making excuses and to recognize and take responsibility for our negative self-talk holding us back, brings us a new self-help book building on that message, teaching us to stop self-sabotaging behavior. Bishop’s no-holds-barred approach guides us through the cycles of self-sabotage to…
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Book Review: The Last Bookshop in London, by Madeline Martin
Martin’s The Last Bookshop in London, published by Hanover Square Press and Harlequin Audio in 2021, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Saskia Maarleveld, is lovely, portraying the enduring story of wartime loss and…
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