One Sentence Review – Peace by Piece by Carol Fragale Brill @carol_brill

One of my goals this year is to read through all the paperbacks I won that are stacked around the house. I won this signed paperback last year and it was a wonderful surprise when I finally got around to reading it.

I love this beautiful cover. Are you a beachy person?

Peace by Piece

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MY ONE SENTENCE REVIEW

Peace by Piece deals with some series issues…insecurities, eating disorders and settling for less, but Maggie is a wonderful character that makes the hard choices and the writing creates a rollercoaster ride of emotions that read as if this could be a true story.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos 4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB:  Peace by Piece deals with unshakable first love, family, relationships, the difficulties of being a stepparent—all shadowed by the curse of anorexia/bulimia.

Six years after fleeing college and Thomas’s betrayal, Maggie has nearly given up on love.
Enter Izzie, a motherless eight year old, and every maternal instinct kicks-in. With Donald, Izzie’s dad, Maggie waits for the thrill—for anything magic: a spark, a quickening, a quiver racing up her spine. The magic never comes, but it is precisely the ordinariness of his kisses and subsequent proposal that make her feel safe. She imagines that loving Izzie is enough to finally lock Thomas out of her heart.

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Sherry’s Shelves #67 – Senior Bowl Football Fun

Sherry’s Shelves is my weekly update from January 24 – January 30, 2016. Happy to have you join me for some books & football fun.

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I love football and have loved watching the playoff games. The Senior Bowl is right next door, in Mobile, Alabama, and I was able to catch a glimpse of the players during practice. I even got my picture taken with A J McCarron, an Alabama quarterback who has made it to the NFL. He plays for the Cincinnati Bengals and is doing a right fine job.

senior bowl practice 1232016As football season winds down, I wonder what sports I will be watching next. Well…Nascar and the Daytona 500 is just around the corner.

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FREE BOOKS

Be sure and check for the “0”.

I try not to grab all the freebies I see, but I went click happy and got all of these.

Flashback: Siren Song: A Yancy Lazarus Novella (Yancy Lazarus Flashback, #1)

Sadie Sugarspear and the Weeping Willow (The Sugarspear Chronicles, #1)

Shearwater Part One

Played to Death (Scott Drayco Mystery Series #1)

Bone Maker: Will Finch Mystery Thriller Series Book 1

The Truth Fairy

The Fey (Alex the Fey thriller series)

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NEW to fundinmental

Beach House (Bondi Beach Love, #1)

Murder and Brandy Boy (A Liz Lucas Mystery #2)

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FOR REVIEW

The Passenger

Betrayed (World Without Love, Book One)

Avengers of Blood (Cass Elliot, #2)

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WINNINGS

Hope you had some goodies come your way. 😀

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REVIEWS

Release Day Launch – Review for BLOOD ON THE BAYOU

Monday Mini – Coral & Bone @TiffanyDaune

Coral & BoneSaturday Shorts – Come to the Cemetery by Jackson Dean Chase

Come to the Cemetery (Young Adult Horror, #1)

GIVEAWAYS

Giveaway – Paradise Cove @PatriceWilton

Release Week Blitz Giveaway – Shearwater by Derek Murphy @Creativindie Free Book & Giveaway – The Sugarspear Chronicles @NicoleArlyn

OTHER POSTS

Sherry’s Shelves #66 – Books & Fun

Love Paws – Show Your Love for the Critters

Teaser Tuesday #58 – Northwoods by Bill Schweigart

Need Less Stress In Your Life

Friday 56 #69 $ BB #45 – Cuba by Stephen Coonts

Cuba (Jake Grafton, #7)

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THIS WEEK ON fundinmental

Sherry’s Shelves

Review – Monday Mini – Murder on the Horizon

Review – The Halfing by H D Gordon

Spotlight – Murder in White Sands

Friday 56 – The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

Cover Reveal – Whereafter by Terri Bruce

Review – Heaven Enough by Ken La Salle

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Review – Life Descending

by John Hennessey

Life Descending (The Cry of Havoc, #1)
After killing his boss, Tom Navo found himself on the roof. One voice told him to jump, the other said no, don’t do it. Before he knew it, he stepped off, all the while listening to the voices in his head argue. He grabbed for a railing, but couldn’t hold on. When he felt all was lost, just waiting for the splat on the pavement, he found himself on a lounge chair, bruised and broken, but alive. He left the building and to avoid a passing cop, slid into a market.

As he sat at a table, eating and drinking, a robber came in. In all the confusion, Tom and the robber made a break for it at the same time. The voices spoke to him and he saw a vision of a man with a crown wearing a robe covered in gold and jewels telling him he will rescue him as he runs for the door, gets shot and then run down by an SUV.

A girl came by and said, “Welcome to the Waiting Room, take a number please”. A man sitting next to him told him the waiting time was so he had time to decide what room he would enter and what he wanted to become. When he realized he felt no pain, he knew he was dead and the doors would lead to his afterlife. When he asked how Ferrick knew all this, he said it was in the book. But Tom didn’t have a book. Everyone else there did, so Ferrick handed his book to Tom. Tom glanced at it and handed it back, only to have a book magically appear in his hands.

When he rifled through the pages, he read, “I have saved you from the fool”. He dropped the book and puked all over it. He felt better after he dropped it, but it was gone when he looked back for it. Something wasn’t right.

When his number was called, Tom opened the door and began going down, down, down, down …. and fell asleep. When he awoke, he was in the Stained Lands of Hell – the land of the dead. Is he dead? Is he dreaming? Magic? Insanity?

Disclaimer: I received this book in return for an honest and unbiased review.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos 3 Stars – Would Recommend to Others

I also read, At The End, by John Hennessy. I like his books and find them entertaining. The cover was OK and the title was appropriate. I always like when they pertain to the story. It took me about a quarter of the way through to really get into the book. So don’t give up too early. It is worth getting to the end. I like this author and will be on the lookout for more of his books to read.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5306669.John_Hennessy

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