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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: This Week’s Topic is Rainbow Colors

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge

Create a Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge (CFFC) Post

Cee at Cee’s Photography hosts a weekly Fun Foto Challenge. Each week she presents a specific theme. The weekly photo runs from Tuesday through Monday. You can always check her page to see a list of upcoming challenges. Fun and interesting topics! Feel free to go through your photo archives to ascertain which photos fill the current week’s challenge or grab your camera (or in my case, my cell phone) and take a new photo!

To Create a CFFC Post:

Then add a link to your blog in my comment box.
To make it easy for others to check out your photos and post, title your blog post “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” or “CFFC”
Remember to follow her blog to get your weekly reminders and see her weekly examples (which are gorgeous, by the way!).

(She will usually respond to your entry on your blog, rather than her page.)

Feel free to use her fun banner from her challenge page. (I’ve used her banner with a slight addition of my own.)

This week’s challenge is Rainbow Colors (must have four colors). As there is no specific topic, I’ve chosen some of my more popular Insta/Bookstagrams. Obviously I love bright colors!! Check out her website and get creative. Then link your photo(s) to the comment box on her website!

Please check out Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge to learn more what this challenge is about!

Instagram-Bookstagram Fun Depends on Your Phone–Any Help Here?

#TBR

I’ve mentioned on this blog before how much I enjoy photos, especially doggy and gorgeous landscape shots and that I love working on graphics, particularly in relation to the books I’m reviewing. Many times a neat book cover will grab me and I can’t wait to “play” with it. (HOPE that is okay!!)

To that end, I discovered Instagram, and behind that, Bookstagram. Yeah, I know. Millions of people discovered it long before now and let’s face it, a free account is not going to get the glitz and glamour of a business account, but it has provided more fun than a new canvas and oils–until now.

#TBR - Freedom Road

Sprint socked it to us again and we finally gave up. Can’t afford them anymore and went hunting for an inexpensive (read: cheap) cell phone carrier. There are several who advertise “senior specials.” Uh huh…Trying to change cell phone carriers is almost as difficult as buying a car. Perhaps more so. With tons of cell phones out there, it boils down to…hmm…anything that doesn’t require half the social security check. We went to see about Consumer Cellular and learned for the first time about locked and unlocked cell phones. My old cell phone (emphasis on old) was a Samsung Galaxy S5 (Android). Easy, intuitive, and fairly fast, the only downside being the camera. Not the best. But it’s a great phone! And I could use the Later app to schedule my Instagram/Bookstagrams. But even unlocked, my trusty Galaxy could not be interfaced with the new carrier (T-Mobile).

Now I have a “basic” phone (read: really cheap). An LG K30, it’s still an Android. Ever heard of this thing? It doesn’t like Instagram (it freezes) and absolutely refuses to open Later. I’ve scoured the internet for any information on it as granted I hate switching phones; it takes me forever to learn to use a new device and thought it might be my fault.

I can still view some of my favorite blogger/bookstagrammers, however, and love to see how so many talented artists put together gorgeous and engaging book photos. Here are just a few:

Lynne at http://www.instagram.com/fictionophile56 – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBHJ2xHoYv/

Shalini at http://www.instagram.com/shalini_g26 – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGmZ4BH4U8/

Lorilin at http://www.instagram.com/thebugbug – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtDnKvAnvzf/

Jessica at http://www.instagram.com/oddandbookish – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGmvCknT4g/

Betty at http://www.instagram.com/ thegeekybibliophile – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtDnKvAnvzf/

Holly at http://www.instagram.com/ hollysdressedtoread – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtDnKvAnvzf/

Dee at http://www.instagram.com/deesradreads – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHfayVHrK5/

http://www.instagram.com/book.inspector – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHC_H6Hle2/

Amy at http://www.instagram.com/novelgossip – https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEDp_inPTK/

Nicole at http://www.instagram.com/thebookwormdrinketh – https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgcCuLnpK2/

Ava at http://www.instagram.com/noveldeelights

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(Don’t ask me why that last copy/paste worked and the others didn’t. I’ve no clue.) Obviously, I love looking at so many fantastic, original pieces of art woven into the beauty of book covers. There must be a way to get Later to work, or failing that, is there another scheduling program for Instagram?

Any ideas or suggestions would be more than welcome! Thank you!!

Book Review – Bella Toscana by Nanette Littlestone #BookBlogger #AmReading

Shalini has risen to new heights in her reviews, delivering some awesome prose herself. This a beautiful book regarding past lives. I’ve had that feeling–I think most do–admit it or not. Keep up the super work, Shalini!

Flower Friday: Hibiscus #FlowerFriday #Hibiscus

Love her beautiful posts on Flower Friday!

Metal Detecting in the UK

We here in the states love metal detecting and I’m sure there are as many hidden treasures to find across the pond as in “the colonies.” Of course, one of our favorites is gold!

Would You Like a Reblog? Leave a Link — Dream Big, Dream Often

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Well, saw this and just loved the banner. Then thought–a reblog? Been awhile, so I’ll give it a try. Perhaps you would try as well!

An observation of the world around me intended to provoke thought in you.

It has been a while since I have done this, but with a new year comes new posts. If you would like me to reblog your post YOU must do 2 simple things:

Reblog this thread post to your readers
Then leave a link to your post in the comments. Please keep in mind I only reblog Blog posts. I do not promote non-blog links or blogs who are selling wares.

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And the Winner is…2018 Goodreads Choice Awards

The Best Books of 2018 as announced by the 10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards are “the only major book awards decided by readers.” There were 5,027,741 votes gathered from three voting rounds for 21 categories. Winners were recently announced. Did any of your choices make the grade?

Because I read a majority of the Mystery and Thriller genre, that is the first category I checked out and was astounded to see a total of 328,570 votes of which 62,170 votes went to category winner The Outsider by Stephen King. He also won the category in 2016 for End of Watch and came in second in 2015 with Finders Keepers and number one in 2014 for Mr. Mercedes.

Apparently, it is possible to win against Mr. King in the category as proven in 2015. I thought, however, Mr. King was a horror writer and yes, he also took a number one spot in that category with Elevation. That would be his eighth Goodreads Choice Award.

Number two winner in the Mystery and Thriller category is The Woman in the Window by A J Finn at 55,003.

Number three winner is Lethal White by Robert Galbraith at 39,2987 who also trailed at #3 right behind Stephen King in 2015 and a winner before that in 2014 with The Silkworm. Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling.

Number four winner is The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen at 26,711 votes.

Another book that caught my eye is Indianapolis, No. 18 with 1,105 votes in the History and Biography category. I mention that as it came in No. 1 for Best History Book of 2018 on Amazon. This was also a 2016 movie with Nicholas Cage, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, based on a true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history.

https://youtu.be/ZDPE-NronKk 

By the way, The Woman in the Window was also named Best Mystery and Thriller of 2018 on Amazon.

How many of these winners had I read?

Zero, Nada, Ništa, Nula

Was I living under a rock or busy reading cozy mysteries? I saw two of the books above listed on NetGalley during the year. I coulda, woulda, shoulda, and didn’t. Evidently, I need to start paying more attention. But Robert Galbraith? How many of you also knew that was from the pen of J. K. Rowling?

How did you fare? Any of your winners here? I appreciate your heads’ up suggestions. Obviously I need them.

Rosepoint #BookReviews – December Recap – Welcome to 2019!

Rosepoint Reviews - Recap - Welcome 2019

Welcome 2019 and Happy New Year to You All!

So thrilled you are here to celebrate the beginning of a new year with me and hoping yours gets off to a wonderful start with excitement for things to come.

My December, as yours, was fast and furious. I got in some great reads, however, including cozies, a children’s book, literary fiction, a domestic thriller, and a sci-fi for a total of ten book reviews, as well as a couple spotlights.

My book reviews for December:

If you missed any of my full reviews, just click the link below.

Dec 2 – A Midwinter’s Tail by Bethany Blake

Dec 4 – Violet Tendencies by Kate Dyer-Seeley

Dec 7 – The Kooky Kids’ Club by Robbie Yates

Dec 9 – Tandem Demise by Duffy Brown

Dec 14- Quantum Marlowe by Glenn Lazar Roberts

Dec 16- Chasing the Blue Sky by Will Lowrey

Dec 23- The Water Tower Club by B K Mayo

Dec 25- Oh Holy Fright by Teresa Trent

Dec 28- Justice Gone by N. Lombardi, Jr

Dec 31- Live and Let Pie by Ellie Alexander

I found new authors to follow and learned another lesson, that of trying a different series by the same author of a series you are not wholly thrilled with. I’ll mention Ellie Alexander, as I reviewed one of her Sloan Krause Mystery series, The Pint of No Return, and loved it. Guess I’m just not that into baking, but I know there are plenty readers out there who would love her Bakeshop Mystery series. You can’t go wrong with the children’s book, The Kooky Kids’ Club, while reading went serious (big time) with both The Water Tower Club and Justice Gone. (Raising awareness.)

If you joined a Goodreads Challenge, this is the fun time of year where they take all your stats and feed them back to you in interesting little chunks.

my year in books — According to Goodreads Stats

Goodreads Totals Stats

(My Longest Book didn’t fare well. Most Popular was a book my associate read!)

My Shortest Book – 27 pages – by Brent Jones A Book With No Pictures

Highest Rated on Goodreads – Yes, same book!

This little book really packs a punch and the success obviously acknowledged by more than myself. Take a look at your Goodreads stats. Mine have been skewed because of the contributions from my husband, which after some investigation discovered I couldn’t separate because we established one account on Amazon years ago which has now locked in our email addresses. And have you signed up for your Goodreads Challenge for 2019? Now’s the time!