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Friday Fun Facts!

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Rick Riordan (Richard Russell Riordan Jr.)

Born: June 5, 1964

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Wrote: Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, and Rick worked on The 39 Clues series

Awards: Edgar Award, Hampshire Book Award, Anthony Award, Shamus Award

With two of his books being made into movies, (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief; Percy Jackson and the  Sea of monsters), Rick has gained quite a following of readers. I enjoy these books as much as my teenagers. They are fun to read, you don’t see blood, sex, or gore, and they are still exciting! Well, some blood and gore, but nothing I am concerned about my girls reading.

Quotes: If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.

All serious daring starts from within. (I love this one!)

If you would like to visit his website, you can find it here: http://rickriordan.com/home.aspx

Which Rick Riordan stories have you enjoyed?

Happy (almost belated) Father’s Day!

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Hoping all the Father’s had a most wonderful day, and got lots of books to read! My Dad is an avid reader and I love buying him new books! The easiest people to shop for are book-readers. At least in my opinion!

I hope your day was full of blessings, and surprises, and all of your loved ones!

Friday Fun Facts!

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John Green is an author who seems to be on a roll with his Best Selling novels. Currently the author of 5 books, and hopefully more to come! He has also written short stories and several anthropologies. “The Fault in Our Stars” seems to be dominating the movie theaters right now. Although I do enjoy movies based off books (Harry Potter, anyone?) I always prefer the books.

John grew up in Orlando, Florida,

John Green

John seems to be full of great quotes as well! Some of my favorites?
I don’t know a perfect person, I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.
I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.
You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.

What is your favorite John Green book? Did you see “The Fault in Our Stars” yet?

Another Abraham Lincoln Book I Need to Read! (Oooops)

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Another Abraham Lincoln Book I Need to Read!

Boy did I goof. I know that Sarah Bush was Abe’s Step-Mother, and Nancy Hank was his birth mother. Hence, my post below is completely incorrect; although Abe did love his mother very much (and his step-mother) and I think I am going to read this book regardless. It is fairly small so although it smells like old books tend to, it should be a quick read. I apologize for my inaccurate information!

This book is about Mr. Lincoln and the relationship he had with his Step-Mother, whom he grew to love very dearly. He had a difficult time when his Mother passed away.

Tuesday’s Thought For The Day!

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Jon Stewart

I had to “borrow” this. Even though I have a Nook, I will never give up my books! Actually, I use it to play crossword puzzles on, and get my magazines, so I can save a few trees.

For Your Reading Pleasure! Meet a New Author

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Crushing Hearts Publishing

July 8th, 2014 – 7 to 9 pm, Eastern Standard Time

Joe Roper: Author and Writer at Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing.

Here is your chance to catch a new series right from the get-go! I am definitely going to be there, and as long as you have an internet connection that enables you to read this post, you can make it to the release party too!

 

Don't Miss This One!
Don’t Miss This One!

Find it on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/769023239795535/769236923107500/?notif_t=event_mall_comment

Hope to see you all there!

Friday Fun Facts!

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James Patterson…since I brought him up this week, I figured this would be a great Friday Fun Facts, since I love his writing, and really had no idea exactly how many books he has written.

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The number of books he has written? I could not find a definite answer, or even a fairly recent answer. He has numerous series, including “The Women’s Murder Club”, Alex Cross, Maximum Ride, Private, Daniel X, and Witch and Wizard. He has very recently started writing a series of books aimed at middle-school aged children, and my kids love these books.

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He has also had 10 of his stories made into either movies, made-for-television movies, or television series.

Mr. Patterson has won numerous awards for his writing, and dominated the New York Times Bestsellers list more often than not, including setting a record for 76 hardcover fiction bestselling books by a single author.

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He also often writes with other authors, including Maxine Paetro, Mark Sullivan, and Michael Ledwidge.

Like him or not (and I am so glad I do) this is a writer that I doubt will be retiring his ink pen, or typewriter, or laptop, or anything else he uses to write his stories.

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Do you have a favorite series by James Patterson?

 

 

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

I bought this book several years ago off Ebay, along with a smaller book about Abraham Lincoln and his Step-Mother. I really never had any intention of reading either, as I just purchased them to put with all the rest of my Abraham Lincoln things I have collected over the years.

With all the big names that contributed, I think I may indeed end up reading this!
Abraham Lincoln Old Book