Book Review Wednesday Starts NOW. Come Link Up!!

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Welcome to Book Review Party Wednesday.

It is real simple. Link up any (old or new, any genre) book review that you have
written to the below MckLinky.

A couple of things to remember while you're linking.

1. Add a permalink to your specific post, not the main page of your blog (only one review per blog will be included in the giveaway). Permalinks from Amazon & other Book Review Sites are permitted.
2. Add my Book Review Wednesday Badge or a simple link-back to the party at the end of your review post.
3. List the name of your blog, Title of Book or Genre. Be sure to use spaces and limit characters to 50. For example: The Lost Symbol, Thriller - or whatever you want to say!

4. Visit the other linked up reviews and leave comments....it's a party, have fun!
5. I will announce the winner in a weekend post. The winner is chosen from the linked up reviewers using Random Number Generator. All included.

I am so excited to be reading all the reviews! This is always so much fun and gives me the opportunity to add new books to my list. 

-CYM

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The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (Audio Version) #Review

The Choice 
by Nicholas Sparks 
(read by Holter Graham) 
(Hachette Audio 2007) 

How would you react to having to make a life decision for your sweetheart?  What if the decision in your heart violated a promise that your love had extracted from you?  Would you follow your heart or a promise made long before the actual events framing the choice occurred?

Of course, none of us can know the answer to these questions until we are in such an uncomfortable place.   Were I the sweetheart who had extracted the promise from my mate, I think I would have trusted her to make whatever decision she thought best, not be riveted by some probably idle promise and the views of the medical establishment about what should be done.

In any event, The Choice is a lovely story told by a gifted storyteller, Nicholas Sparks.  As the story evolves, we are invested in the evolving love of Gabby and Travis on the shores of North and South Carolina.  Their beloved dogs initially bring them together.

We listened to an abridged version while driving from the beach back to Texas.  The tape was about 5 hours in duration, professionally edited and read.  It was thoroughly enjoyable and consumed our attention for most of an 11 hour drive.  We have become serious fans of audio books.

This sweet story of love and devotion warmed our hearts, just as it would had we read it sitting on the beach with a bottle of wine.

I am delighted to recommend both the story and the audio version.

Warms, Cym

AMAZON

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Winners of Wednesday's Book Review Link-Up Party!!

     *all winners are selected by Random Number Generator *

And the winner of the Amazon Gift Card ($15 value) from Wednesday's Review Party is...

(**Drums Rolling in the Background**)

Congratulations to Buckling Bookshelves and





Read Into Hiding!!





Be sure to check out Buckling Bookshelves and Read Into Hiding, leave a comment!


Send me your email address for the Amazon eGC.

Warms-
CYM

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Book Review Wednesday Starts NOW!! Come Linkup!

<a href="http://cymlowell.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="CymLowell" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3960797566_f11cfb2f41_o.jpg" /></a>

Welcome to Book Review Party Wednesday.

It is real simple. Link up any (old or new, any genre) book review that you have
written to the below MckLinky.

A couple of things to remember while you're linking.

1. Add a permalink to your specific post, not the main page of your blog (only one review per blog will be included in the giveaway). Permalinks from Amazon & other Book Review Sites are permitted.
2. Add my Book Review Wednesday Badge or a simple link-back to the party at the end of your review post.
3. List the name of your blog, Title of Book or Genre. Be sure to use spaces and limit characters to 50. For example: The Lost Symbol, thriller - or whatever you want to say!

4. Visit the other linked up reviews and leave comments....it's a party, have fun!
5. I will announce the winner in a weekend post. The winner is chosen from the linked up reviewers using Random Number Generator. All included.

I am so excited to be reading all the reviews! This is always so much fun and gives me the opportunity to add new books to my list. Last week's winner will be announced this weekend!

-CYM

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Fuck Cancer

This is what my scalp cancer (Melanoma) looked like about 2 weeks before I saw my dermatologist and a month before my surgery (January 2013).

When I received the diagnosis of melanoma, at age 66, I was at my home in Rosemary Beach, FL. You see, At the age of 70, my Mother finally succumbed to breast cancer. My Dad was diagnosed with skin cancer at age 65 and died of kidney failure at age 94.  

On my own, I cried. In my prayers, I asked God to "Please let me live. I have found such happiness and fulfillment with my sweetheart. If I am to die, thank you for what I have enjoyed and please be with her to find her own happiness as I wait for her to join me again."

God heard my prayers. We got the lab results back & we are in the clear. I am so blessed. If any of you out there reading these words get such a diagnosis, or if I do again, say your prayers of thanks and await heavenly reunion. If you/I pass muster this time, adjust your life for what you learned - life in this world is ephemeral; in the next it is eternal. Be thankful and patient with your comfort that God and your earthly fellows love you! 

Earthly anxiety be put in perspective.

I still work even while waiting for surgery! Edit, Edit, Edit!

-Cym

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Book Review Wednesday Starts NOW!

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Welcome to Book Review Party Wednesday.

It is real simple. Link up any (old or new, any genre) book review that you have
written to the below MckLinky.

A couple of things to remember while you're linking.

1. Add a permalink to your specific post, not the main page of your blog (only one review per blog will be included in the giveaway). Permalinks from Amazon & other Book Review Sites are permitted.
2. Add my Book Review Wednesday Badge or a simple link-back to the party at the end of your review post.
3. List the name of your blog, Title of Book or Genre. Be sure to use spaces and limit characters to 50. For example: The Lost Symbol, thriller - or whatever you want to say!

4. Visit the other linked up reviews and leave comments....it's a party, have fun!
5. I will announce the winner in a weekend post. The winner is chosen from the linked up reviewers using Random Number Generator. All included.

I am so excited to be reading all the reviews! This is always so much fun and gives me the opportunity to add new books to my list.

-CYM

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The Confession by Charles Todd #Book #Review

The Confession 
by Charles Todd 
(2012 William Morrow/HarperCollins)

Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Have you ever tried to work through the twisted dynamics of dysfunctional families? 

How about stories set in the realm of wealthy English families with their estates and servants all set in the immediate post World War I period? 

In The Confession, Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge is confronted by a young man claiming to have knowledge about the murder of a friend by another friend occurring during the war. Of course, Gallagher does his duty and begins to investigate.

He finds that all three were connected by a relationship with an interesting young lady. The family home was abandoned after the matron disappeared in the marshes. The fishing atmosphere of the local community along the North Sea was devastated by the location of an airfield to defend the homeland, and London down the river, from onslaught by the German airplanes of the time.

The resulting surveillance disrupted local smuggling activity from nearby France.

Our hero Gallagher relentlessly pursues all of the twists and turns in this well told story. It turns out, not surprisingly, that there are lies and secrets all around. He parses through each of them, including a disgraceful history of the community on the sea. In the end, the hints are brought together for a surprising conclusion.

If you like the mysteries and settings that are now so popular with the Downton Abbey series, you will enjoy the latest tale of Inspector Rutledge. 

The Confession is a fine addition to the long-running series.

Warms, Cym

AMAZON

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Winner of Wednesday's Book Review Party Link-Up

     *all winners are selected by Random Number Generator *

And the winner of the Amazon Gift Card ($15 value) from Wednesday's Review Party is...

(**Drums Rolling in the Background**)

Congratulations to Paranormal & Romantic Suspense Reviews!

Be sure to check out Paranormal & Romantic Suspense Reviews and leave a comment!


Send me your email address for the Amazon eGC.

Warms-
CYM

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Wednesday's Book Review Party Link-up Starts NOW!

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Welcome to Book Review Party Wednesday.

It is real simple. Link up any (old or new, any genre) book review that you have
written to the below MckLinky.

A couple of things to remember while you're linking.

1. Add a permalink to your specific post, not the main page of your blog (only one review per blog will be included in the giveaway). Permalinks from Amazon & other Book Review Sites are permitted.
2. Add my Book Review Wednesday Badge or a simple link-back to the party at the end of your review post.
3. List the name of your blog, Title of Book or Genre. Be sure to use spaces and limit characters to 50. For example: The Lost Symbol, thriller - or whatever you want to say!

4. Visit the other linked up reviews and leave comments....it's a party, have fun!
5. I will announce the winner in a weekend post. The winner is chosen from the linked up reviewers using Random Number Generator. All included.

I am so excited to be reading all the reviews! This is always so much fun and gives me the opportunity to add new books to my list.

-CYM

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I {Heart} Books ~ A Valentine Idea Post

Here are some cute book ideas for your Valentine....

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-CYM

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Winner of Wednesday's Book Review Party Link-up

     *all winners are selected by Random Number Generator *

And the winner of the Amazon Gift Card ($15 value) from Wednesday's Review Party is...

(**Drums Rolling in the Background**)

Congratulations to Silver's Reviews!

Be sure to check out Silver's Reviews and leave a comment!


Send me your email address for the Amazon eGC.

Warms-
CYM

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