Author: Ambrosia

Friday Firsts #8

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The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
Link back to Well-Read Reviews in your blog entry.
Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

I am sorry I missed this one this week. I had a very bad Friday. But I promise I will be back on my game next week 🙂

Friday Finds #30

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In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world” moves in across the street and wants to be her friend.

Tully Hart seems to have it all — beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer’s end they’ve become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives.

Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack’s world forever.

In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant “The Shack” wrestles with the timeless question, Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You’ll want everyone you know to read this book!

Book Review: Unmasked by Author: Janet Dailey, Jennifer Blake, Elizabeth Gage

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In sultry New Orleans, passion and scandal are… UNMASKED.

On a warm spring night in a New Orleans Garden District mansion, the pick of society are gathering. Masquerading as Legendary Lovers, they have come to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Duchaise masquerade ball. Charles and Millicent Duchaise have spared no expense — everything is perfect. Everything, that is, except their guests.

Amidst the glitter and the beauty, the music and the revelry, some of the world’s most legendary lovers are in trouble. Napoleon is doubting his Josephine, who in turn suspects him of deception. Violetta, Lady of the Camellias, has found her Alfredo; only, she’s not sure she can trust him with her heart. Petruchio is attempting to seduce his Kate, who is reluctant to be tamed. And Juliet has discovered that her long-lost Romeo is not who he seems.

Come midnight at this year’s Duchaise ball, passion and scandal will be… UNMASKED.

Let these New York Times bestselling authors take you away to steamy, sexy New Orleans with their contemporary love stories, all centered around one magical night.



Not much to say about this one. I honestly did not enjoy the book. I tried, and I stuck with it til the end. But none of the offered stories were appealing to me. If you ask me this is one to skip.

Booking Through Thursday – Unknown Favorite

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Who’s your favorite author that other people are NOT reading? The one you want to evangelize for, the one you would run popularity campaigns for? The author that, so far as you’re concerned, everyone should be reading–but that nobody seems to have heard of. You know, not JK Rowling, not Jane Austen, not Hemingway–everybody’s heard of them. The author that you think should be that famous and can’t understand why they’re not

Oh, this could be a couple of authors for me. Lauren Willig comes to mind. Nancy Moser is another one. And P.C and Kristin Cast. These are all authors I truly enjoy with books I love. I want to run around and tell everyone to read them and than tell the Hollywood people to make some movies.

Wicked Wednesday #23

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Wicked Wednesday a place to be wicked to other book readers and make them get those TBR piles growing. The concept is simple. Pick a book or two and tell s about them. If its one you read tell us what you liked. If its one you found tell us about that to. Than leave a comment to let us know where to find your Wicked Wednesday titles. Make sure to link back in your posts for other people to follow Wicked Wednesday.

From the acclaimed bestselling authors of Living Large and A Whole Lotta Love come four romantic and sexy stories celebrating big, bold, and beautiful women.




Teaser Tuesday #36

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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!

He pushed himself up from the bed and started to walk away than stopped. Why the hell was he giving up so easily? ~ Pg. 77 Big Girls Don’t Cry by Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson, Monica Jackson & Francis Ray

Book Review: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos

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In this 13th novel, George Pelecanos returns to the gritty streets of Washington, D.C.—a far cry from Georgetown and Capitol Hill—at the top of his game. Critics agree that Night Gardener transcends the crime-novel genre. While it contains whodunit elements, it’s much more about crime, criminal motivation, and the souls of everyone involved. Authentic descriptions of Washington’s urban landscape, the compelling characters, and the story line’s immediacy make Night Gardener one of the author’s best to date. A few critics noted a meandering plot and stylistic quirks (the victims’ names are all palindromes), but most agreed that Night Gardener “is heart-in-your-throat gripping from beginning to end”



This was a bit of a return to the genre for me and the first book by this Author I have read. I felt a little bit out of my comfort when I first started reading simply because it has been a while since I have firmly looked into this genre. I used to read crime novels all the time.

Overall, I have to say I enjoyed the book. There was a large cast of characters and they were on occasion hard to keep straight, but for the most part, they were well explained. Some of them were likeable and several were not very likeable. That is a sign of a true to life book; you can never like everybody all the time.

Overall, the book is well rounded and well written. I wish I had read it when I first got it and did the giveaway. However, I got to it now and it was a great January book.


Musing Monday #36

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I have to say, I got a giggle today I misplaced my link for Musing Monday and when I googled it my Blog came up in the 3rd spot for Musing Monday’s. I know it is not a major thing but it made me do a happy smile dance. And I am now using the new button that won the poll on the site. Now onto my Muse..

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about tidy reading around people.

When is it inappropriate to read in front of others? Is it ever appropriate?

This is an interesting one. I have no issue reading in public. When I took the bus, I read while waiting for it. Could not read on the bus because I got motion sick, but I would if I could have. I read while waiting for someone to pick me up or when I drove more of course while waiting for others. I will read when camping out with friends, I will read just about anytime.

There are exceptions of course. Like when camping if everyone else is talking, I join in the conversation it is only when everyone is either settling in for sleep, or doing their own reading that I will take out my book and read. If I have house company I wont read unless they are reading as well. Because I find it just a little rude. Therefore, I think its fine to read in front of others you should just use your ettiquete judgment.


The Sunday Salon #16

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It is Sunday again it is hard to believe how fast 2010 is going, I think I still write 2009 on two letters I wrote this week oppsy. Oh well I will get used to it eventually. Yesterday was a bad sleep day and I ended up not getting to sleep until around 4pm or so, and than waking up pretty late. Which was alright to do anyways because my hubby was working all morning he came home for a short period of time and than he had a concert so he was off doing that?

I have had a decent week, sick wise it was a little bad because I was not feeling well. But emotional wise I managed to keep me up. I finished a short story for my Marked Ambrosia site and that turned out pretty well. Not my best work but certainly not my worst.

I also completed 5 letters to Pen Pals 4 were replies and 1 one as an introduction letter with me starting first. I am going to find some more pen pals to write to as I found the letter writing very therapeutic. I just felt good to be writing letters again and than when I got to use my sealing wax that helped as well. Very much.

Presently I am watching Transamerica it is a very interesting movie. It is about the journey that a Transgender person takes on their way to get their gender reassignment surgery. Along the way Sabrina finds out that she has a Son. Its interesting to be sure.

Happy Sunday.

Quotable Sunday #21

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Mothers Day Gift Ideas

This week, Missing you Quotes.

You never know what you have until you lose it, and once you lose it, you can never get it back.

The worst way to miss someone is when they are right beside you and yet you know you can never have them.

Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but some how feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.

I might not get to see you as often as I’d like, I may not get to hold you in my arms at night, but deep in my heart I know that it’s true. No matter what happens… I will always love you.

I’m holding on to something that used to be there hoping it will come back, knowing it won’t.

If you love someone more then anything, then distance only matters to the mind, not to the heart.

I want to be with you tonight, tomorrow, and today it can’t happen now but it will someday.

Nothing hurts more then waiting since I don’t even know what I’m waiting for anymore.

And if you were to say ‘come with me’, even now I might go.

I have waited for you for 2 years and I will wait for you for the rest of my life. Even if that means I have to give you up for the rest of my life, I will wait for you. I love you that much and nothing will ever change that.

Can miles truly separate you…? If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?

You know you love someone when the mere thought of losing them brings you to tears.

I wish that I could hold you now… I wish that I could touch you now… I wish that I could talk to you… be with you somehow.

Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle… rather a beautiful reminder of just how strong true love can be.

A lot of people walk in and out of my life, but… you’re one of the only ones I ever really wanted to stick around.

Just because I moved on doesn’t mean I won’t be here if you change your mind.

Maybe he’s doing the same thing as me… maybe he wants so bad to call me, but just won’t because I haven’t called him… then again, maybe I shouldn’t fill myself with false hope that he might just be missing me like I’m missing him.

You asked me what was wrong, I smiled and said nothing, when you turned around and a tear came down and I whispered to myself… everything is.


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