WEDNESDAY REVIEW - Season of Crows

 Good morning, everyone!

I know I'm going off the norm this week. That's my life - and my choice - when Bob is home. This is his last week and I'm gone the last four days. 

Today, I'm talking about Season of Crows by Prix Guatney.

NOTE: Prix is no longer with this publisher but you can find used copies of this as well as Season of Madness on AMAZON

I'm not a big fantasy reader. I much prefer a cuddle-up with a Hallmark movie/ story kind of reader. That said, Prix has the ability to create a world you want to be a part of. You want to run amongs the tree roots and rocks, following the creatures as they go about saving their home.

As someone who lives in a rural area, I know about crows! Thieves and bullies they be, so I was on the fighting side with the Walnut Keepers as they fought for the only home they know. Like people, the creatures use what they have and call on their courage to help in their defense. 

Bob calls me Dr. Doolittle for many reasons... the squirrels, snakes, turtles, birds, deer, mice .... none of which are afraid of me and will often sit where they are while I talk to them.

Like Wind in the Willows, Watership Down, Tales of Peter Rabbit, The Willows in Winter and similar adventure reads, this is one book you will want to read... perfect for curling up underneat a shade tree on a hot summer day and rooting the Walnut Keepers on! I'm giving SEASON OF CROWS:

You'll find Prix on the following social media locations:

    WEBSITE   BLOG   FACEBOOK   TWITTER   INSTAGRAM   

AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE

All my best

~Angela

MONDAY MOTIVATION

 

Hello, everyone!

I did not realize until today that I totally skipped my Monday post the past week! Time does get away from me once Bob comes home. As I type this (Sunday), he is in his man cave (where the temperatures are much more bearable!), giving me time to get some things caught up.

Looking back at my Goals for the first week of June, I did not manage to get all of my June blog posts done but have been working on them every week. The only blog that has suffered of late has been my creative blog. That said, my Stampin' Up! business is beginning to pick up so I'll be showcasing that on a more regular basis there.

With the world flinging open the doors, music venues and the entertainers I promote are keeping me busy. Actual concerts, CD release parties, and the new CD releases to be reviewed, the music blog is beginning to shape up again for the first time in months.

Thanks to all of my new followers across the board on Instagram and Twitter. Your support means the world to me. 

This is Bob's last full week home, so here's how things are shaping up:

* Finish blog posts through end of June

* Garden planner together, new garden beds constructed and planted. 

* 10,000 words on An Ozarks Homecoming

I should have most of the first point done by the time you read this.

Monday (today) I'll finish getting the pages at least in the garden planner. Bob and I will work on the beds tonight and tomorrow night then I can plant the weekend after he goes back to work.

On that note, last week I transplanted 155 Roma tomato seedlings into cottage cheese-sized containers, as well as those larger 8 qt pots that roses come in. I also transplanted 14 slicing tomatoes and green peppers into 4" pots. I'm hoping to get the zucchini and cantaloupe planted tonight.

Daytime heat indexes are just killer! We wake up to them - and I'm up at 5 a.m.! Still muggy in the evenings but some things just can't wait.

As to the final point, I'm taking Thursday - Sunday next week at a hotel to do nothing but write and prep for July. June 19th, there is a FREE writers conference on -line. There's still time to sign up to join us!

BETWEEN THE PAGES WRITERS CONFERENCE

The conference takes place in the middle of the day on Saturday so on either side of that as well as Thursday night and all day Friday I'll be writing. 

I have a great guest lined up for us this week. I will be introducing you to another Cassville writer. Prix Gautney writes Juevenile Fiction/ Fantasy/ Magic. I'll shine the spotlight on her tomorrow as well as review her first book - Season of Crows on WEDNESDAY (as opposed to the usual Tuesday). Then on Thursday, Prix will share a writing tip then take us inside her unusual Writer's Nest on Friday.... proving you can write ANYWHERE!  

All my best

~Angela