It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - June 3

Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.   

Welcome to June! Can you believe we are starting the sixth month of 2024? Hope you had a great week. Lots going on here, so been slow in responding to comments. In addition to working, I finished an editing job, and have another one right behind it. The girls and I went to the CT Bridal & Wedding Expo on Sunday. The Lil' Diva is in full planning mode. 

In my reading world, I finished this one. Great information, and I think an updated edition might be helpful. 

I started this one. Don't think I will finish it. Content is good. Not a fan of how the narrator delivers the material.

My review of this book appeared Friday. You can read it here.

I started this one on NetGalley. 

I need to read these two. 

I still didn't finish this one, but I will read the last few chapters soon. 

These will come on vacation with me in July. Not sure what else I will bring, but my Kindle will join me. 

This new arrival came Friday.

Upcoming virtual book tours:

• Royally Arranged by Amber Malloy - June 4 (First Chapter Review)
• Rock, Crush, and Roll by Hunter Snow - June 12 (First Chapter Review)
• Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction? You Decide... by JB Miller - July 3 (Review)
• The Righteous Arrows by Brian J. Morra - July (Review)

Such great Christmas news to share this week at the Christmas Year Round blog. You can check that out here.

That's it for me. Hope you enjoy your week! Looking forward to seeing what you're reading. 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - May 20

Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.   

Welcome back to Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful week. We had lots of good news around here. The Lil' Diva is getting married! She released her Save the Date postcards last week, and we are going dress shopping on Thursday. So hard to believe this little girl is old enough to get married. 

The Lil' Princess learned this week that she made the Spring 2024 Dean's List at UNCW. She worked so hard and ended up with all A's! 

It was also a week of snuggling with and snapping photos of our zoo.

Boots

Giggles

Travis

Dwight

An unhappy Theo

We dog sat Tyno this weekend

Sunday evening walk

In my reading world, I reviewed this one at The Children's and Teen's Book Connection. Funniest book ever! Read my review here.

My review of this one appeared on May 16th. You can read it here. 

You can read my review of this book here. 

I started this one for a May 31st review. 

I also need to read these three. 

I didn't finish this one in time for book club, but I will read the last few chapters this week. 

These will come on vacation with me in July. 

Upcoming virtual book tours:

• I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind the Kit Martin Murder Trial by Emilio Corsetti III - May 31 (Review)
• Royally Arranged by Amber Malloy - June 4 (First Chapter Review)
• Rock, Crush, and Roll by Hunter Snow - June 12 (First Chapter Review)
• Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction? You Decide... by JB Miller - July 3 (Review)
• The Righteous Arrows by Brian J. Morra - July (Review)

Shared a Christmas in the News post at the Christmas Year Round blog. You can check that out here.

Feels weird not sharing a Mailbox Monday post, but alas that meme has run its course. Maybe it will return one day. 

That's it from me. Looking forward to visiting your blogs today. 

Book Review: Mastering Your Scenes by J.A. Cox

 

Looking for tips on crafting scenes, then check out Mastering Your Scenes: Your Blueprint for Success by J. A. Cox. 

In this helpful and engaging resource, Cox discusses the elements of a scene from sketching to objective and beyond. Breaking down each element in detail, the author shares the whens, the whys, the hows, and their practical application, providing you the tools to craft scenes.

Mastering Your Scenes is a helpful resource for writers. In less than a 100 pages, the author guides you along. Its brevity is what attracted me to it. I've bought other writing craft books that explore too much territory and go unread. That Cox focused on this aspect and delivers a succinct product makes it a resource to keep handy to refer back to later with ease. An additional edit and run through with a book designer to fix typographical, grammar, and formatting issues would perfect the overall product. 

If you seek insight into understanding scene creation and their objectives, Mastering Your Scenes can help. 

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ J.A. COX UNITED STATES (August 28, 2020)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 77 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 098957735X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0989577359

I received a copy of this book from the author. This review contains my honest opinions, which I have not been compensated for in any way.

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - May 6

Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday.   

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.   

Welcome to May! Hope you had a nice week. Χριστὸς ἀνέστη (Christ is Risen) to those who celebrate Orthodox Easter. It was so late this year, and with both in-laws gone, I almost forgot about it. We are going to wait until the Lil' Princess is back home to have our Easter dinner. 

Another hectic week, but with lots of high points.

• New listings are coming.
• Signed up a new buyer.
• Submitted two offers.
• Wrote the query letter for the small town romance I wrote in November.
• Grabbed some new books on house history from the library and raided their annual used book sale.
• Lil' Diva's first dance recital was this weekend, too!

Working at the office

Pumpkin muffins and pumpkin cornbread

Caught a nice sunset

The teaching staff being introduced

As for my reading world, not a lot happened this week. I've been on the road a lot, so Audible is the only thing I can really get to lately. 

My review for this book appeared on Wednesday. You can still enter the giveaway here.

This review is coming May 17th. 

I am enjoying this book for our Prairie Pages Book Club.

I am on the last 30 minutes of this one. 

I need to start this one this week. 

I'll start this one this week. I grabbed a Kindle version to make reading easier. 

This will come on vacation with me in July. 

Upcoming virtual book tours:

• Be Resilient in Your Career by Dr. Helen Ofosu - May 16 (Review)
• Mastering Your Scenes by J. A. Cox - May 17 (review)
• I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind the Kit Martin Murder Trial by Emilio Corsetti III - May 31 (Review)
• Royally Arranged by Amber Malloy - June 4 (First Chapter Review)
• Rock, Crush, and Roll by Hunter Snow - June 12 (First Chapter Review)
• Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction? You Decide... by JB Miller - July 3 (Review)
• The Righteous Arrows by Brian J. Morra - July (Review)

 

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

Here is what I grabbed at the library for books on house history. The second photo is the books I added to my TBR pile thanks to the used book sale. 

This was the free book I grabbed as a thank you for donating books to the used book sale. 

Sheila Roberts sent me this one to review.

That's it for me today. Hope you enjoy traveling the blogosphere seeing everyone's books.