Friday Finds #33
Author: Ambrosia
Booking Through Thursday – Encouragement
How can you encourage a non-reading child to read? What about a teen-ager? Would you require books to be read in the hopes that they would enjoy them once they got into them, or offer incentives, or just suggest interesting books? If you do offer incentives and suggestions and that doesn’t work, would you then require a certain amount of reading? At what point do you just accept that your child is a non-reader?
In the book Gifted Hands by brilliant surgeon Ben Carson, one of the things that turned his life around was his mother’s requirement that he and his brother read books and write book reports for her. That approach worked with him, but I have been afraid to try it. My children don’t need to “turn their lives around,” but they would gain so much from reading and I think they would enjoy it so much if they would just stop telling themselves, “I just don’t like to read.”
Well I do not have any kids of my own and both of my step kid’s love books so not an issue there. However, if I did have a child who was a non-reader I think I would select books that went for their interests. I have always been a reader I cannot honestly remember a time when I was not interested in books. My sister was a different story however, she took a while to warm up to books and I remember many summers when I was baby sitting her I would purposely select a few books from the library that were more her interests. Sometimes she did start reading them.
Now she reads a lot. I like to think I helped.
Wicked Wednesday #24
Imagine that, on the night before she is to die under the blade of the guillotine, Marie Antoinette leaves behind in her prison cell a diary telling the story of her lifefrom her privileged childhood as Austrian Archduchess to her years as glamorous mistress of Versailles to the heartbreak of imprisonment and humiliation during the French Revolution.
Carolly Erickson takes the reader deep into the psyche of France’s doomed queen: her love affair with handsome Swedish diplomat Count Axel Fersen, who risked his life to save her; her fears on the terrifying night the Parisian mob broke into her palace bedroom intent on murdering her and her family; her harrowing attempted flight from France in disguise; her recapture and the grim months of harsh captivity; her agony when her beloved husband was guillotined and her young son was torn from her arms, never to be seen again.
Erickson brilliantly captures the queen’s voice, her hopes, her dreads, and her suffering. We follow, mesmerized, as she reveals every detail of her remarkable, eventful lifefrom her teenage years when she began keeping a diary to her final days when she awaited her own bloody appointment with the guillotine.
Teaser Tuesday #39
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read.Let the book fall open to a random page.Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!Please avoid spoilers! “Casey knew she’d ordered to much. She could’ve easily given back two of the cheaper entrees.” pg. 316 Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Book Review: Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
Lose yourself in the magical new novel from Cecelia Ahern — the No.1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You
How can you know someone you’ve never met? Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn’t. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair. When she leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, Joyce moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her and she can’t figure out why! Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets attractive doctor Sarah, who persuades him to donate blood. It’s the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Justin receives a basket of muffins with a note simply saying thank you,he is sure someone is playing a trick on him. But then a series of gifts begin to arrive. Intrigued and disturbed, Justin is determined to find out who is sending them. What he discovers will change his life forever.
This book took a little bit of time for me to get into. It was not as instantly gripping as P.S I Love you, however once you get into the book more it is a good read. The idea that a from the heart giving up some blood is connecting between the giver and the one who got the blood is interesting. It was a bit hard to get a handle on at first however the way it has been set up in this book.
But over all it turns out to be a very good plot. There is a scene where both people go into a Salon to have their hair cut at the same time that made me giggle a bit. If you are looking for a good heart warming chic lit book and do not mind a slightly slow start (I promise it does pick up!) I recommend this book as one you should read. By the end, you will be smiling and feel very warm and fuzzy.
Musing Monday #39
I’ve seen several bloggers mention reading multiple books this week. Do you frequently read more than one book at a time? Do you try to limit this to a certain number? Do you have different books for different purposes/topics?
Nope I cannot read more than one book at a time. When I am reading a book, I am into that book jumping around and different stories just makes my brain have a little heart attack. Especially because lately I have been having issues even concentrating on one story at a time. I applaud people who can read more than one book at a time.
The Sunday Salon #19
Another week and more trials have gone by. This week was a rough one for me health wise I was not feeling adequate at all and I had some serious issues sleeping. But aside from that, it has not been a horrible week.
I have had some creative snaps while not being able to sleep and that comes in handy 😉 I have also been officially signed up and accepted to sell Stationery Products from Exaclair. I am very excited about this as they carry some of the finest stationery’s out there.
I plan to list the unscented items of G. Lalo and Clairefontaine on my Lady Ambrosia’s Creations website, as well as my custom scented items. So far, I have my custom scented items listed on Etsy to see if there is any interest. Once I get packaging done on some of my other things I plan on listing those as well. But I have to do packages and pictures first.
Reading has also been slow, but I am slowly but surely doing it. I finished the Candice book and I just have t do the review. I am reading my next book in line slowly and it is good. I am enjoying it. I have some serious writer’s cramp from all the pen paling I have been doing but I cannot complain too much I really do enjoy pen paling. I enjoy writing so much.
I also did my first ink review on my ink review blog and that went over pretty well I think.
So overall while I have not been feeling well it has been a very busy week and fulfilling. I hope this coming week I get some more reading done.
Quotable Sunday #24
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
George Washington
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
George Washington
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
George Washington
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
George Washington
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
George Washington
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.
George Washington
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George Washington
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
George Washington
Saturday Sanctuary #13
The Saturday Sanctuary will be a Weekly Writing Post. I will ask something or give a topic. Sometimes it will be short, sometimes it might be longer. The idea is just to write! So others can read. I thought it would be a great idea for a Book Blog to do something about writing. We are bloggers after all so we must have some enjoyment of writing too! So hop on in and Join the Saturday Sanctuary, grab our link and our picture and post your replies here. Make sure you visit others blogs out there and leave comments. Mostly have fun.
Saturday Sanctuary again. Is it already Saturday?
My question for the Sanctuary today will be simple. What are your plans for Super bowl Sunday?
I plan to write and do some reading. Because my husband will be rabidly watching the game. And I will give you one reason.
This guy
He is a Colts fan. To the end. I had been hoping that we would have a household divided. However, alas my Vikings lost. Therefore, I guess in the end I am going to be a Colts Fan because I do not want the Saints to win. Sorry today’s Saturday Sanctuary is short but it is all I can think about on my sleep-deprived state of mind. I will give a weekly update in the Sunday Salon.
*If Mr Linky is down please leave a comment. Mr. Linky has been a pain lately*
Friday Finds #32
Doh..sorry no finds this week. I have been lost in letter writing.
