Teaser Tuesday 6/25/19

June 25, 2019 - Ambrosia 8 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Ambrosia’s little note:

The last Teaser Tuesday for June, wow! I have not gotten much reading done since last week personally. The truth is I have been under the weather in a major way and it has caused some issues. Hopefully, everyone else got some great reading done though. I am going to use a teaser I might have used before, I keep adding books to my currently reading pile, as I keep misplacing the ones I am reading. I clearly have a problem at the moment, LOL.

Book Review: I, Jane (In The Court of Henry VIII #4) by Diane Haeger

June 21, 2019June 18, 2019 - Ambrosia Leave a comment

I,Jane Though her path to the throne was long and paved with treachery. Jane Seymour would win the heart of her king—and heal her own. Jane Seymour of Wiltshire is not meant to go to Court. Not a child like her, with her lack of beauty and no title. But family connections are enough to have her named to the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor. At the French Court, the plain and docile Jane meets the girl who will grow into her rival in years to come. The already charismatic and conniving Anne Boleyn.

Would she get to stay in the countryside she craved?

Soon back home in the English countryside, Jane wants nothing more than peace and quiet. And the devotion of her childhood protector, William Dormer. But his family vows to keep them apart And Jane is called back to Court to serve Katherine of Aragon, who is fighting for her life as Queen in the face of Anne Boleyn’s open seduction of King Henry VIII.

In those turbulent years, Jane will learn the value of loyalty and honesty, while holding fast to her convictions. And it is her unblemished soul that will slowly rise above the chaos—and turn a king’s head.

Teaser Tuesday 6/18/19

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 - Ambrosia 8 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random pag
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

Ambrosia’s little note:

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like June is flying by? The 18th already wow! Teaser Tuesday always makes me slow down enough to see how fast things are flying by and I am glad for that check in every week. This week I am already feeling exhausted, but that is because I have been pretty much going non stop since last week. Also got some of the summer crud that has been going around. Anyone else? I think the summer crud is the worst. That being said, the show must go on! So here we go with this weeks Teaser.

Book Review: Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer

June 17, 2019 - Ambrosia Leave a comment

The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director of a major NYC hospital looks poignantly at patients’ lives and reveals the author’s own battle with cancer.

Dr. Manheimer describes the plights of twelve very different patients–from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker’s Island, to illegal immigrants, and zing.Wall Street tycoons.

Manheimer was not only the medical director of the country’s oldest public hospital for over 13 years, but he was also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.

Teaser Tuesday 6/11/19

June 11, 2019 - Ambrosia 7 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random pag
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

Ambrosia’s little note:

Welcome to another Teaser Tuesday here at The Purple Booker. I just want to take a moment today to thank all of you who come and share your Teaser with everyone. While I don’t always get the time to comment on every shared Teaser, but I assure you I visit everyone’s teaser. I can’t tell you how many books I have added to my TBR thanks to you guys. No regret’s about that either! I just wish there was more then one of me sometimes, so I could get to everything and all the books too.

Teaser Tuesday 6/4/19

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 - Ambrosia 6 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random pag
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

Ambrosia’s little note:

How can it be June already? This year just seems to be flying by way to fast. Seems like yesterday it was January and I was in Daytona. Here we are though summer is almost here. Kids are out of school and I am in full working on a cross country move mode. EEK. That said I am working hard on reading more to calm down and I am almost caught up on reviews. Yay!

Book Review: When We Were Brave by Karla M. Jay

June 3, 2019 - Ambrosia Leave a comment

In WHEN WE WERE BRAVE, we find a conflicted SS officer, Wilhelm Falk. Who risks everything to escape the Wehrmacht and get out the message about the death camps. Izaak is a young Jewish boy whose positive outlook is challenged daily as each new perilous situation comes along. American citizens, Herbert Müller, and his family are sent back to the hellish landscape of Germany because of the DNA coursing through their veins. In the panorama of World War II, these are the high-stakes plots and endearing characters whose braided fates we pray will work out in the end.

Book Review: A Dog’s Purpose (A Dog’s Purpose #1) by W. Bruce Cameron

June 2, 2019 - Ambrosia 2 Comments

A dog's purpose This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog’s search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life’s most basic question: Why are we here?

Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey’s search for his new life’s meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog. But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey’s journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders, will he ever find his purpose?

Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh out loud funny, this book is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog’s many lives, but also a dog’s eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man’s best friend. This story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.

Teaser Tuesday 5/28/19

May 28, 2019May 27, 2019 - Ambrosia 15 Comments

Teaser Tuesday Time

1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

Ambrosia’s little note:

I hope that everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. I spent a lot of time reflecting on the men and women who have given their lives in honor of our freedom. Because of this reflection I was reminded, freedom has a very high cost that is not always acknowledged. So I want to give a heart felt thank you to all of our armed forces. Besides that fact, my dad is a retired Marine so I learned to respect our armed forces at an early age. I know the climate is all over the place these days about armed forces and police etc. and I won’t preach here about it.

I just want to say one thing. Whether you agree with a war or not, support them men and women who are sent to fight it. They aren’t the ones who make the choice to go to war, they are following orders. They make the choice to sign up to protect the rest of us and lay down their life for us if they have to. Above All that is something noble and they should be thanked for it.

Tada! The new Purple Booker design has arrived….well mostly.

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 - Ambrosia 2 Comments

Once upon a time…

Okay, so I announced on the previous teaser Tuesday that you would likely find the place was a little bit changed here at The Purple Booker. Or a lot changed, depending how you look at it. The bottom line though is after almost 11 years of this blog being a blog, it was time to really spruce up the place. And to work on getting a little more savvy with the times.

I have loved books my whole life. I am sure that is a statement that will strike a chord with just about any reader of this blog. Trips to the library growing up for me were like trips to mecca. Getting to go to the used bookstore and select a few books as a treat was better then any fancy doodad or pair of designer shoes that other kids preferred.

I simply devoured books from an early age, summers I was usually found curled up on the porch reading a book I would also beg my Mom to take me back to the library so I could swap out books. I read under the covers with a flashlight all the time. And finding out that I would never ever be able to read every book in the world was truly a sad event for me. It was an event that I literally grieved for.