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Love 2 Encourage You Giveaway

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!  Hi! This is Rebecca! I have the Sweetest Fans here at Love2EncourageYou! Your kindness and support on the blog, and Facebook Fan Page has been amazing! Thank you to those who follow by email or Rss feed, (sign up in the right side bar) and Google+ , Pinterest , or Twitter too. I appreciate each and every one of you! Please feel free to share your heart, prayer requests, parenting tips, recipes or just stop by and say hello. I'd love to get to know you better. :) I love making friends, and maybe you've noticed my friendship-themed focus lately on the Facebook fan page . I hope all of you are blessed by God's words and the wise quotes from so many people who knew how to nurture and develop friendship like an art form. My friends are my life here in FL as all of my extended family live up north and are far away. A special thank you goes out to my dear friends, my loving relatives, and all my church family who faithfully support me

Seven X Book Trailer

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After reading this amazing novel, I was thrilled to see a book trailer made.   Enjoy!

Teaser Tuesday!

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • 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! My Teaser     "Take me to M. Gady.  He will help me," she rasped, frantic for breath.     "Don't worry.  I won't leave you, little one."  He removed his jacket and then his shirt, ripping it and tying it around the wound in her leg.  - pg. 127 of Two Crosses by Elizabeth Musser  

Weekly Roundup

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New Books In This  Week Title: The Book of James  Author: Ellen J. Green Read my Review July 7   Title: The Taker Author: Alma Katsu Title: Gift Author: Andrea J. Buchanan Current Reads Title: Two Crosses Author: Elizabeth Musser Review coming soon Future Reads Title: The Miracle Chip Author: Stanley Grainger Review coming July 23   Title: Wilde's Fire Author: Krystal Wade Review coming August 13

New Blogger Opportunity!

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Adventures of the Mommy Homemaker is hosting a Fan Celebration Event to give one special winner a $50 Build-A-Bear Gift Card! What's the Prize: $50 Build-A-Bear Gift Card Why Build-A-Bear? Fans and Followers, aren't just fans and followers, they're friends too! I honestly believe that each and every one of you has come to my blog, or facebook page, or twitter page for a purpose. Something I have written has touched you in some way, just like something you have written has touched me in some way. I couldn't think of a better way to thank you all! Open To: Internationally!!! It's a Gift Card!!! So we are also celebrating my very first International giveaway!!! YAY!!! Event Dates: Sign Ups will close on June 15, 2012. Giveaway will begin on June 22, 2012 and end on July 6, 2012. Price: $5 for two links (Facebook and Twitter) $2 for every extra link you want to include up to 4. Special Surprise:   The Blogge

W...W...W... Wednesdays

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May 23 This meme is hosted by  MizB   of Should Be Reading   To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions: • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading?    • What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? T wo Crosses by Elizabeth Musser Su mmary:  The glimmering Huguenot cross she innocently wears leads her deep into the shadows. When Gabriella Madison arrives in France in 1961 to continue her university studies, she doesn’t anticipate being drawn into the secretive world behind the Algerian war for independence from France. The further she delves into the war efforts, the more her faith is challenged. The people who surround her bring a whirlwind of transforming forces—a wise nun involved in the smuggling, a little girl carrying secret information, and a man with unknown loyalties who captures her heart. When she discovers a long hidden secret from

Happy Monday!!!

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FINISHED Title: Seven X Author: Mike Wech   Here's what I'm currently reading... Title: Two Crosses Author: Elizabeth Musser 32% Complete Next up! Title: The White Oak Author: Kim White   Title: The Miracle Chip Author: Stanley Grainger

REVIEW: SEVEN X

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Seven X By Mike Wech ISBN: 0615505813 Genre: Horror Published: March 6, 2012  About the Book SEVEN-X is a spine-tingling pendulum of extremes where the purest love and deepest evil cut into your soul and take you on a journey deep into the heart of the human condition. Los Angeles Times Investigative Reporter Eddie Hansen gets a tip on a missing death row prisoner being held at a Behavioral Health Center in a remote location outside the small town of Dell City, Texas. With an opportunity to break the story, he ventures into a world he was never prepared for. Eddie voluntarily commits himself into the asylum in hopes of finding Annette Dobson, "The SIDS Killer." She is rumored to have had her execution faked so she could be shipped to the asylum, have an exorcism and give birth to the child the world thinks is dead. Eddie's journals, video diary and recordings leave a trail of breadcrumbs into experimental procedures conducted on patients without

2011 Shirley Jackson Awards

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Well, after reading The Devil All The Time, I was curious what the Shirley Jackson Award was.   Here's what it says... In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors.  The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories:  Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.  The Devil All The Time won the award but here are the other nominated novels which I will be reading as time permits...   The Dracula Papers by Reggie Oliver     The Great Lover by Michael Cisco Knock Knock by S.

Happy Monday!

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Here's what I'm currently reading...     Title: Seven-X  Author: Mike Wech  20% complete Title: Two Crosses Author: Elizabeth Musser 17% Complete   Next up! Title: The White Oak  Author: Kim White    Title: The Miracle Chip Author: Stanley Grainger

REVIEW: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME

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The Devil All The Time By Donald Ray Pollock ISBN: 038553504X Genre: Crime Thriller Published: July 12, 2011 About the Book In The Devil All the Time , Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that marries the twisted intensity of Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers with the religious and Gothic over­tones of Flannery O’Connor at her most haunting. Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrifi­cial blood he pours on his “prayer log.” There’s Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial kill­ers, who troll America’s highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There’s the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-

REVIEW: THE BRIDGE OF PEACE

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The Bridge of Peace by Cindy Woodsmall ISBN: 1400073979 Genre: Christian Fiction/Romance Published: August 31, 2010 About the Book Love alone isn’t enough to overcome some obstacles.   Lena Kauffman is a young Old Order Amish schoolteacher who has dealt all her life with attention raised by a noticeable birthmark on her cheek. Having learned to move past the stares and whispers, Lena channels her zest for living into her love of teaching. But tensions mount as she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises at the schoolhouse that threaten her other students. Her lack of submission and use of ideas that don’t line up with the Old Ways strengthen the school board’s case as they begin to believe that Lena is behind all the trouble. One member of the school board, Grey Graber, feels trapped by his own stifling circumstances. His wife, Elsie, has shut him out of her life, and he doesn’t know how long he can continue to live as if nothi

REVIEW: THE HOPE OF REFUGE

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The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall ISBN: 1400073960 Genre: Christian Fiction/Romance Published: August 11, 2009 About the Book Raised in foster care and now the widowed mother of a little girl, Cara Moore struggles against poverty, fear, and a relentless stalker. When a trail of memories leads Cara and Lori out of New York City toward an Amish community, she follows every lead, eager for answers and a fresh start. She discovers that long-held secrets about her family history ripple beneath the surface of Dry Lake, Pennsylvania, and it’s no place for an outsider. But one Amish man, Ephraim Mast, dares to fulfill the command he believes that he received from God–“ Be me to her ”– despite how it threatens his way of life. Completely opposite of the hard, untrusting Cara, Ephraim’s sister Deborah also finds her dreams crumbling when the man she has pledged to build a life with begins withdrawing from Deborah and his community, including his mother, Ada Stoltzfus. Can the

REVIEW: MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy ISBN:  1593083092 Genre: Classic Literature  My Review: I was surprisingly pleased by this book.  Although there were many tragic aspects to this story, I don’t think this was the most tragic book I’ve ever read.  It was sad how Henchard sold his wife and daughter.  Because he does this stupidly drunk thing, it begins a sorrowful chain of events.  I felt pity for poor Henchard but my heart broke the most for Elizabeth Jane.  All of the things Henchard went through is a great example of there being consequences to our actions.  All  in all, this was one of the greatest emotional novels I have read in a really long time.

REVIEW: FRACTURE

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Fracture by P. B. Dillon  Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy   My Review: I received this as an advanced copy. First of all, I have to start off by saying, sometimes you have to read some comical novels to lighten your spirit and this is one of them. Fracture is a great Sci-Fi adventure. Gordan is on a quest to find out who he is, along the way he has a few bumps on the road, but his reactions are so funny. A great novel, thank you Mr. Dillon!

REVIEW: MIDDLESEX

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ISBN: 0312422156  Genre: Fiction   My Review:  I was originally unsure of this novel. My curiosity was peeked to find out what made Middlesex a Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction. The story started out to seem slow, until you understand that the family history is vital in the development of the story. Halfway into the story, you feel the emotional struggle Callie goes through as she finds herself. As a teen, her heartbreaking realization after reading her doctor's files, that she isn't gay, but a Hermaphrodite. The subsequent running away, living on the streets as she understands who she is and what it all means. This novel opened my eyes to the emotional conflict that many face.

REVIEW: HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY

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The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins My Review:  I loved this trilogy! Katniss shows strength in her character and her will to survive. I was drawn in from the first chapter. At first she seems cold, uncaring, but you see her turn her desire to survive into caring for others. The end of the trilogy was rather unexpected, it took me by complete surprise.

REVIEW: THE MOONLIT MIND

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The Moonlit Mind by Dean Koontz ISBN: 0345530136 Genre: Horror My Review: Another amazing novella prequel by Dean Koontz. I love the way the book show today's Crispin and flash back to when it all began. This book starts off slow but ends up being Flowers In The Attic meets Rosemary's Baby.  I hope Crispin and his trusted pal Harley makes an appearance in 77 Shadow Street.