My Holiday Swap Package!!

I got my Holiday Swap package this week from

Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit!
Early Christmas ~ Yes I opened it!

Lots of Goodies and two books!

I never heard of either book but reading the blurbs they both sound extremely interesting!

Nice shower gels and splash - I will smell really good!

Three very cool and pretty elastic book marks! They slip over the cover and then mark two - four places with ribbons!
These will come in handy so I can mark a page for notes on a review and (don't throw anything at me) not bend the corner of the page ever so slightly 'till I can make note of the thought I had on that page!

The chocolates didn't last past lunchtime!!
I'll remember Mrs. Field's brand as they were yummy!

Thank you so much Serena!

Good Job especially since I didn't have a wish list posted when I signed up!!

Giveaway and Review of Evidence of Angels by Suza Scalora!

Title:  Evidence of Angels
Author:   Suza Scalora
Genre:   Illustrated Gift Book/Childrens
Publisher: HarperCollins Books
Buy Link
ISBN: 978-0-06124343-1
Release Date: September 29, 2009

Rating:  5.0 of 5.0

Author Website

Product Description:
Open your eyes.
Open your mind.
Open your heart.
They are with you every day.
They are everywhere.
They are angels.
Open and begin your journey. . . .

Review:  Anyone who has ever thought about guardian angels or any good angels would love this book!

The book is filled with pictures like the cover – absolutely beautiful images and brushes of angels!!  The author gives a very gentle story of her loss of a loved one and then her journey to healing and peace through the vision of angels captured in her photography in her everyday surroundings!

Near the beginning of the book Ms. Scalora mentions an ancient tome on angels that she is given by a being of light at the city library.  My first impulse was to go online to look up that book. But I didn’t want to interrupt the lovely flow of the text.  As I continued to read and experience the warmth and peace of this remarkable book, it no longer mattered whether I looked up the ancient volume!

Angel of Harmony

Experiencing Angels displays Angels of grief and of comfort; of seasons and colors; of courage, healing, peace, love and more.  It is written with a flow that moves with the beautiful representations of the various angels who are depicted as offering insight and strength for our inner needs. The author includes letters written to her of others who saw angels or who were seeking help to see angels for comfort or healing!

Although this may have a listing as a Children’s book – it is not.  Children may well love the bright vibrant, or soft and soothing but still colorful, illustrations, as my two year old granddaughter did. However, the message of miracles and an everyday presence that keeps us from being alone are to be experienced by adults.  This book is a treasure as a gift for someone who needs hope and peace or a book to keep handy in your own home to provide you with a sense of angelic protection and calm.  I truly feel a warm peace each time I pick up the book and look at the beauty of it!

You can see pages from the book at this link.

Ms. Scalora has generously offered to giveaway one of these beautiful books!

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:

1. Please visit the author's site and tell me something you find there!! (Use the author website link above or go to http://myth.com/). REMINDER: You MUST COMMENT TO ENTER and Please include your email address or make sure your e-mail is available on your profile, so that I can contact you if you win.

2. For an extra entry, become a follower or tell me if you are already a follower.

3. For another entry, share this giveaway on your blog, my space, facebook or Twitter and tell me where you shared it.

4. It is not necessary to enter separate comments unless you want them spaced out for numbering in the random number generator.

(Three total entries possible.)
Angel of Winter


* This contest is only open to residents of US and Canada.

* No P.O. Boxes Please - for shipping reasons.


This contest will close Midnight (Central) on December 30, 2009 so you will have the book mailed in the New Year! The winner will be randomly selected from all entries.

Wow! Growing Followers - Watch for new Follower Giveaway at 200!

I thought we just celebrated 152 followers and now I am pushing 200! My goodness!!!  Thank you people for following.  I hope after this crazy month of giveaways calms down that you will stay to comment on the reviews and continue to meet new authors!!  I'll be doing another follower giveaway when the number reaches 200!

With a little luck I'll hit 200 followers as an early Christmas present or maybe birthday present!  Yes my BD is coming up on December 27!

Is everybody getting tired of giveaways?  I hope not! I still have several review book giveaways to be posted!

I am trying to think what I will due to celebrate my BD and the New Year!  I could do a gift card for my age!! That would make someone really happy except I'd have to tell my age!! LOL.  I'll be thinking on it and get it posted this weekend!! If you have suggestions feel free to make them!  Just know that I'm not up to buying an eReader just yet as much as I'd like to!!  I might have to stop doing the follower giveaways and save up for an eReader giveaway.... hmmmm???

Garden Bloom Day December 15, 2009

This meme can be found at May Dreams Gardens.

I was out to seminar all day so just getting this posted - but it is still the 15th!! I took these pictures this morning!
I am glad the Christmas Cacti are still blooming for today's pics and they didn't drop their buds like last year!
I think this one is two plants as some are light pink and others are the bright shrimp orange/pink.

Here is the purple one:

and the "baby" hasn't bloomed yet!

The rest of our outside flowers got moved in doors when the weather dipped to freezing last week

so our spring room is now a garden room:

 

A lot of the geraniums and mums need cutting back.

Tiger Lily is under the table - she had to be where the action was again!

Giveaway and Review: Kismet by K. Starling

Title:    Kismet

Author:   K. Starling 

Genre:   Contemporary, Autumn Rose Over 40+

Publisher: Red Rose Publishing

Buy Link

ISBN: 978-1-60435-421-8
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Heat Rating: Sensual (Publisher Rating)

Rating:  4.5 of 5.0

Author Website

Blurb:  Love blossomed in 1940 but life intervened. Can Harold and Bea regain that lost passion after seventy years?

Harold and Bea met and fell in love in 1940. Both enlisted to fight in WWII and then came home to marry other people. Now, seventy years later, they agree to attend a high school reunion. Neither of them know if the other will show or what happened so many years ago. These two find that a broken proposal is hard to forgive but when you're almost ninety you don't have time for regrets.

Review:   This is a wonderfully sweet romance gem!

The blurb gives a good synopsis of the basic story.  The charm is in the telling! It is fun to learn what happened that kept these two apart years before and how they each fared during the intervening years.  There is contentment and sorrow portrayed along the way and a chance for newfound joy when they reconnect.

Bea is quite a colorful and mouthy character!  No shy, quiet grandmother here!  Harold is a very sweet man who lives with his divorced daughter, Stephanie, and gets to visit often with a charming young granddaughter.  Bea’s cleaning man and helper, Jonathan, is another likable character who helps keep things rolling. 

The high school reunion scenes will have you chuckling!  The writing tone is warm and comfortable.  At 88 pages you can read this in one sitting.  I liked the poems at the beginning too!  Treat yourself to the enjoyment of this cute, heartwarming and somewhat sassy story of sweet reunion!

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:

Download of Kissa's book!

1. Comment here telling me if you know of an over 40+ romance - either real people or a book. Please include your email address, so that I can contact you if you win.  NOTE: YOU MUST COMMENT AND LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL OR HAVE YOUR E-MAIL AVAILABLE IN YOUR PROFILE TO BE ENTERED.
2. For an extra entry, become a follower or tell me if you are already a follower.
3. For another entry, share this giveaway on your blog, my space, facebook or Twitter and tell me where you shared it.
4. Another extra entry if you comment on Kissa's interview.
5. It is not necessary to enter separate comments unless you want them spaced out for numbering in the random number generator.
(Four total entries possible.)

• This contest is open to anyone who can get a download of a pdf!!
  

This contest will close Midnight (Central) on December 28, 2009. The winner will be randomly selected from all entries.