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July 8, 2026

A part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday

Listening to the Beatles as I seek inspiration:

Enough said.

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Review: The Awakening by Nora Roberts

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July 7, 2026

The Awakening (The Dragon Heart Legacy, #1)The Awakening by Nora Roberts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I can’t decide which person I am most impressed with: Nora Roberts with the writing, or Barrie Kreinik and her versatile storytelling.

Fantasy usually bugs me. Too scary, too weird that ghosts, vampires, werefolk, etc. interbreed. I like the adventure and opportunity to travel to new lands, but the rest… Anyway, this book followed a different path. The romance wasn’t a gaga kind of love, but rather, different kinds of love are featured: friends and family, and a bit of romance. The main character’s trainer is tough and doesn’t take any flak from his new trainee, but you see that it isn’t out of hate or meanness, but rather out of a hope to instill enough fear in the newbie to take it seriously.

Apologies are always handy in this story. I rarely see that kind of person written about. I get upset with most books that they don’t take responsibility for actions or emotions.

Some would say this was boring, but I loved it more than I do most fantasy. And as I said before, the narrator was fantastic.

No sooner did I finish this book than I went back to Libby to borrow the next book in the series. I’m loving it, too!

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Sisters of the Midnight Sun by Fiona Valpy

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July 6, 2026

Sisters of the Midnight SunSisters of the Midnight Sun by Fiona Valpy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received this copy of Fiona Valpy’s from NetGalley. I feel so blessed to get to read, well, listen to this story using Kindle’s text-to-speech.

The story starts with two women getting to know each other. Both in grief. Soon we learn their stories. I don’t want to give too much away because the depth of their lives and loves is the best part of the adventure.

War. Interrupts life, and this part of the story about survival is the saddest.

Stories about families and loved ones are my favorite kind of story. I loved this book so much. I highly recommend it. I can’t wait for it to be an audiobook, as I would love to hear the languages, if not the accents, of the people in this book.

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Sunday Sunset

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July 5, 2026

Front (northwest)
Back
Front later
I’m too slow to capture the lightning next to the rainbow. Sorry for the window spots. A different window looking back (south).
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Stream of Consequences Saturday

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July 4, 2026

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “spark.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

Why is it that when I start a blog with ideas, the spark dies? It’s like all the sparks crash into each other and explode as I get ready to write.

I hope my USA  neighbors are having a great holiday. We’ve been enjoying the ABC celebration until it became clear we needed to watch ID4. Tradition, ya know?

Milo is an old man. He barks at anything near his space, or sounds he’s not used to. His bark says, “Get off my lawn!” So the fireworks and sparkles are going to drive him crazy. My plans for tonight will be doggy hugs and gentle chatting.

I wish you all a safe one. Please, no fires!

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Review: Cursed by Casey Odell

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July 3, 2026

Cursed (Cursed Magic #1)Cursed by Casey Odell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A four-star rating is pushing it. Mainly because I decided to try to read Book Two, I’m hoping it will get better. I picked this first book up in 2013. I kept putting off reading it. I was getting tired of Young Adult books, even then. Most are so angsty. Sadly, thirteen years later, I feel the same way.

The story started interesting enough, but as soon as the main character gets with the elves, the angst starts. ‘Why doesn’t he pay more attention to me? I can’t help myself; I have to kiss him. I know he’s bad for me, etc., etc.’

I pushed myself to get through this with Kindle Text-to-Speech. But it still was hard to read/listen to.

Okay, I will admit I was probably not the preferred audience; 76 is not YA, except in my own mind.

By the way, you can get this as a Kindle Unlimited title. Maybe you’ll like it better than I did.

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Thursday Beauty

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July 2, 2026

Another breathtaking sunset.
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One-Liner Wednesday

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July 1, 2026

A part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday

Third day, no Internet. 😥

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The Seven Rings

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June 30, 2026

Sorry, we have no Internet so I’m doing this from the phone. I’ll come back to edit in a few days when it’s working again.

Check out this book on Goodreads: The Seven Rings https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228436880-the-seven-rings

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Milo Monday

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June 29, 2026

I finished a book but can’t write the review for now as our Internet is out. The guy comes tomorrow.

Luckily Milo posed for me this morning. This guy!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

For some reason I hear Morgan Freeman’s voice when Milo is serious like this.
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