This last shirt, Feed Me, is really getting my goat… I threw one away this weekend; and again, these bottom letters will not stick to the shirt. The whole black flower background and wording is one piece of vinyl; and as you can see, I still have the transfer paper on the bottom…
Either way, I am making pillows of the “I Read Past My Bedtime”.
And tomorrow; I have two different stories to work on.
Happy Friday; I give you well wishes that you are more productive than me…
It has been a long time since I have done a Friday Fun Facts post, and it is long overdue. Today’s topic: Bizarre book facts.
Do you know of any strange or fun facts about books? I would love to hear them!
References:
1: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248141/most-read-books-in-the-world/
2: http://mb.ntdin.tv/en/article/english/stolen-book-guinness-book-world-records-10-fun-facts-never-imagine
3: Guinness World Records
4: https://malwarwickonbooks.com/who-has-written-the-most-books/5:
5: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10475282/The-worlds-most-expensive-books.html
6: https://andyrossagency.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/the-first-book-ever-written/
It has been quite a while since I have read one of the Hannah Swensen mysteries by Joanne Fluke. They are all titled with fun food references, such as Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (book 1), Carrot Cake Murder (book 10), and Raspberry Danish Murder (book 22). I am currently reading book 19, The Wedding Cake Murder. The Double Fudge Brownie Murder that I am reviewing here is book 18.
Although I know I have not read all of the books up to book 19 that I am on now, I would say by looking at all of the covers and titles, I have read about 14 or 15 over the years. Hannah Swensen owns a bakery, and is the classic cozy-mystery heroine whom solves the murder case in each story. These books are significantly longer than most cozy mysteries, and they also contain several wonderful recipes throughout the story.
Hannah has her mother and two sisters in her life, a fluffy orange and white tomcat, as well as her assistant at her bakery; Lisa. She has two men in her life throughout this series, Norman and Mike. Both love her, she loves them, and they are obviously aware of the other being in Hannah’s life. Traditional to a cozy mystery, there is no swearing, graphic murder scenes, or sexual innuendos or unbearable scenes to read through.
I will not go into too many details on this story, in order to avoid spoilers, but Hannah and her sisters are helping their mother get married, and they all enjoy a trip to Las Vegas for the nuptials. What Hannah does not know, is that she is in for her own surprise in Las Vegas. This helps to keep her in positive spirits as she knows when she returns home she has to go to trial for an involuntary manslaughter charge from an accident she had (I am guessing in the book immediately before this, that I have not read). Finding the Judge who is going to try the case bludgeoned to death with his own gavel gives Hannah a lot more to worry about!
You can find all of the book titles here: Hannah Swensen Mysteries by Joanne Fluke
I highly recommend all of the Hannah Swensen mysteries! Have you read any of the Hannah Swensen mysteries?
…and pick up the pen!
I have been investing a lot of time trying to make my Etsy store better; with bookish gifts for everyone. It has also kept me from writing my 2 books.
I will admit first and foremost; I am afraid to finish these books; only to be told they are rubbish. So I bide my time doing any number of other things in order to leave them sit in my files; rotting and angry because they have a story to tell.
My poor characters want to be heard; and I continue to silence them. It is time to give them the recognition they deserve; because if I do not speak for them; no one will.
What keeps you from writing?
Well, mainly crafting; I don’t count all the Nancy Drew books I have been going through as heavy reading, as I can read one in a couple hours.
New Christmas ornaments are going into my store; slowly but surely. Yes: I said the naughty “C” word, and believe-you-me, I could wait about 11 1/2 more months for it to get here if it were up to me.
I will have some baby onesies (bookish-themed, of course), in the next couple of days, as well as personalized book boxes for anniversaries and other gift ideas.
If I had more patience with my Cricut machine, I would be a lot farther along than I am. Luckily, my 17 year old is awesome at weeding vinyl letters 😉 I am also working on some more book bags, with a variety of images available.
There is not much in it at the moment, but you can find my Etsy store here: Books and Opinions Etsy Store
What is keeping you from reading at the moment?
…I loved it; liked it; had a few moments of mehhhhh.
It takes a LOT of hype to get me to buy a book outright, but I really wanted to read this one. I am glad to have it in my library, and to be able to loan it to friends. But I would not read it again. I am a huge fan of re-reading books, so I felt a little let down.
I feel at this point that so many people have read this book that my review would mean nil, so I am not writing a review here.
I am more curious about how all of you felt about this book?
I am a huge fan of Patterson, and have no issues with Bill Clinton (Yes, as a woman and the whole scandal; sorry, but I do not care).
Did you read this? What did you think?
Yes; this is what I am doing after working 10+ hours a day and not reading your books!
None of these are completed, and all need some alcohol ink and a whole lot of resin!
Another vacation is forthcoming, along with 4 book reviews for what I have read in the last 2 weeks.
What are you reading right now? I am missing reading my cozy mysteries as I am in the middle of writing two!
…do NOT miss this!
I cannot speak highly enough about author Roy Bright; and I apologize, but I am going to blow up my blog for a bit about him.
You can check him out here: Roy Bright Author
I randomly found the first Judas book from a search, and it is one of the best things I ever did!
I have let several friends borrow this book, and they have bought it as well as the second book!.
Tomorrow, I will have the links to get these books ASAP, and it is not often I get on here and rave about a series, but you will NOT be disappointed!
…but it has been a helluva few weeks for me.
I am still writing, and reading. I am currently taking the week off from work because my youngest, my last high school freshman, has major pre-band-camp practices all week.
I know I don’t usually get too personal here, but I am pretty sure my followers know I am a single Mom of four daughters.
Last Thursday; I put my 2nd oldest, my 20 year old, on a plane to move to Colorado. All my girls and I were able to have a last night together and a sleep-over at my oldest daughters house, and I had a panic attack as soon as I walked in her apartment. It’s been a long time since I slept somewhere other than my bed, but we swam, hit 3 different drive-thru restaurants so we could all get what we wanted to eat, and played Mario Cart for hours.
My anxiety had been 150% this week coming up to her leaving, and I thought it would stop once she got there; but it has not…
So I’ve been working on stuff for my Etsy store.
Not impressed….
Still working on the book boxes; trying to get the 3-D effect on the paint.
I haven’t given up on my cozy mysteries; but I have Stephen King’s Outsiders, and Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s The President is Missing. I officially got the diagnosis that my Nook has died; and honestly, I don’t care about the books, but I am really pissed about my Townspeople who are dying in my app….
As soon as I get caught up on Castle Rock, Shameless, and the Kardashians, I will be right on it!
Originally posted on Frank Morelli: photo cr. – Alex @ Finding Montauk I’m excited for a few fun events coming up in August. I’ll be in Philadelphia to start off the month, and I’ll close out the month at the Alzheimer’s Association conference in Charlotte, NC. I hope to see you there! (event info below)…
via Upcoming Author Events — Frank Morelli
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