The Body Heals Itself by Emily A. Francis

If you are looking for a story skip this book. This is a book that actually looks into the body, mainly the muscles. It teaches you exercises and takes you to a deeper level of healing then popping a pill. It is a bit dry but still interesting if you are into learning not just mindless reading.

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Beginner's Garden Alex Mitchell

I love growing plants, whether it be flowers or veggies. Some plants I have better luck at then others. Also I live in Florida and some plants just won't grow well here while others thrive. This book was extremely helpful in teaching me about the different types of plats, what they need in order to grow well, and the best planting times.  The illustrations were great. The information in this book even though it says the book is for beginners would be helpful to anyone. I wholeheartedly believe you know know enough to stop learning.

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The Fear by Rae Louise

This is my first book by Rae Louise but I have to say it will not be my last. She scared the crap out of me. This only words I can use to describe the story is Creepy and Scary. It started a bit slow but when it kicked in it kicked in hard and fast.  If you like haunted houses and ghosts you will love this book.

Mia, her 5 year old daughter and 17 year old sister Jamie are looking for a better life when they inherit their Uncle's house. It's not a mansion or anything but much better then where they were living.  That is until the demonic entity that comes with the house rears his ugly head and targets Jamie.

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Siriously Delicious by Siri Daly

5*
Siri Daly, the wife of Carson Daly has brought us this awesome cookbook. Unlike some cookbooks you don't have to travel to all the grocery stores in town hoping to find the ingredients for the recipes. Siri has come up with these recipes that are pantry friendly. Just flipping through the book I noticed I would not have to go to the store in order to make several recipes in the book because everything was already in the pantry.

Not only are these recipes Pantry friendly thy are also family friendly even for the kids, and  time friendly. Most of the recipes in the book a easy to make. They are tasty and nutritious. I love to cook personally and can make just about anything I set my mind too. But this book is made for the average home cook and you do not need special skills in order to make these recipes even though they may taste like you do.

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Margaritaville: The Cookbook: Relaxed Recipes For a Taste of Paradise by Carlo Sernaglia

5*

Have you ever heard the song or even just the saying "It's 5 O'clock Somewhere? This book will make you wish it was 5 O'clock so you can set down to the dinner table. The recipes in this book can make you feel like its Summer in the Islands even in the middle of a snowstorm. The fun tasty dishes in this book will have you running for the local farmers market to grab some fresh fruits and veggies to add to these recipes.

There are recipes for Smoothies, Appetizers, Soups & Salads, Sandwiches, and main dishes.

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Darkview Part One: Psychosis by R.J. Bathgate and M.J. Hall

About the Book

Title: Darkview Part One: Psychosis

Author: R.J. Bathgate and M.J. Hall

Genre: Ghosts / Paranormal / Horror

Take a journey into the disturbed, delusional mind of Jack Cyrus ... take a journey into Darkview ... a small,
remote coastal town, deep within the Scottish Highlands.

The sleepy, isolated spot bears a sinister, horrific history, shrouded by a chilling secret. A secret one man
must unveil, which will ravage his soul ... and sanity!

Jack Cyrus is in damnation!

After witnessing the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, he has become plagued by dark memories and devilish
visions, the result of post traumatic stress.

After returning home to Scotland and compounding his trauma, he is faced with the sudden death of his
wife, from cancer.

Lost, alone, and struggling to forget the horrific circumstances surrounding her passing, Jack has developed
schizophrenia, experiencing chaotic, disturbed thoughts and demonic hallucinations.

On the sixth anniversary of his wife's death, Jack receives a cryptic, hand written letter from her, telling him
she is still alive. Suffering and held captive, she pleads with him to return to Darkview, the place she spent
her last days, and rescue her from purgatory.

Upon arrival in Darkview, strange things start happening, and what appears to be a centuries old mystery,
starts unravelling itself.

Jack must piece together the clues and lost fragments of his sanity to solve the unravelling mystery.

Is any of it real, or is it just a manifestation of Jack's mind, or another facet of his schizophrenia?

Excerpt #1

Jack,

Where are you? Why have you abandoned me? Why, Jack? Why? You promised you would never leave me … that you would never hurt me. Help me. I’m scared. I can’t remember how I got here. I’m in that place again, the place I spent my last days. But it’s different. It’s dark, always dark. It’s not as I remember it at all. I’m in pain. A pain you cannot understand. I don’t know how or why I’m here. Please help me. Please come and take me home!

I love you Jack

FAA Chloe

At the end of every letter Chloe sent Jack, she wrote FAA—Forever and Always before her name. It was their little peace of mind, their little piece of trust. To anyone who read the correspondence which passed between the couple it may have seemed over the top, but to Jack Forever and Always meant the world. When he spent half the year working in Africa FAA affirmed that Chloe was waiting, faithful and devoted, for him. Perhaps it was because Jack felt insecure that FAA provided the reassurance he needed, especially when so far away from home.

However, Chloe had stopped writing to Jack six years ago, so receiving this was bizarre. There was no explaining it. The strangest thing about this letter wasn’t the bloody fingerprint stains, or the fact that the handwriting was most definitely Chloe’s, it was the date she had supposedly written it: June 6, 2001. Exactly six years after her death.

Author Bio

R.J. Bathgate, born and bred in Scotland, is the creator and co-author of Darkview:
Psychosis. A father of two, and enormously proud of his heritage, he has studied
psychology, social sciences, and is currently working towards an advanced diploma
in psychotherapeutic counselling and hypnotherapy. His heart lies with new
experiences and an interest into the unknown, particularly with writing. He has
travelled the world from the dusty, wildlife-filled plains of Zambia, to the glaciers
of Alaska, and the soaring peaks of the Canadian Rockies. He is extremely fond of
NHL ice hockey, video games, good films, fine wine, and Jack Daniels. He originally
wrote Darkview as a screenplay when living in Canada, but upon returning to
Scotland, researched mental health issues, namely psychosis and schizophrenia.
Inspired by this research, he brought in his lifelong friend, M.J. Hall, to help
create a more realistic take on Darkview. The result is a story that combines
traditional Scottish history with real life, catastrophic world events, told through
the eyes of the protagonist, Jack Cyrus.

M.J. Hall was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, at the turn of the eighties.
Despite being born in England, he identifies more with his ‘adopted’ country,
Scotland – he’s lived there since he was four, and his late maternal grandfather was
Scottish, too. He presently lives in Edinburgh and is currently studying
Environmental Science at the Open University, but has always dreamed of a career
in music or writing, or both. He is vegetarian, loves animals (especially cats) and
is devoted to his black and white moggy, Tahlula. He humbly admits being just a
small voice in a big chorus, and his life changed for the better, or at least would
never be the same, when his lifelong and best friend – R.J. Bathgate – invited him
to collaborate on Darkview.

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Seventh Born by Author Rachel Rossano

In a world where seventh born sons are valued for their strength and power, she is born a daughter.

Zezilia Ilar is the disappointment. Born after six brothers, she was supposed to be the son to restore her family’s prestige. She intends to remedy her shortcomings by being a dutiful daughter, marrying well and producing children, preferably a set of seven sons. But when someone offers her an alternative, she begins to dream of more.

In a society that worships a goddess, he follows the Almighty.

Hadrian Aleron, as a seventh son of a seventh son, stands to take up the second highest position in government, Sept Son. His main qualification for office is his birth. Despite preparing for this role from childhood, he does not desire what is to come. As a follower of the Almighty, he knows he will be the target of many, and his faith might eventually lead to death.

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Now she spends her days being a wife, mother, teacher, and household manager. Her evenings and free moments are devoted to her other loves, writing and book cover design. Drawing on a lifelong fascination with reading and history, she spends hours creating historical feeling fantasy worlds and populating them with characters who live and breathe on the page. 

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I took the opportunity to step out into the sunlit balcony. The heavy scent of zezelia blooms filled the air tinged with the lighter smells of kalyee roses and jurnar. Tall trees, great green expanses of grass, organza ferns, and plants I had never seen before called to me. I lay my hands on the sun-warmed iron railing and looked down on them all.

“Is your bedchamber satisfactory, Donellea?”

Startled away from my thoughts of cool green glades, I turned to find the Housemistress regarding me seriously. Her slightly flushed countenance indicated Mother had found something wrong with her rooms.

“Yes, thank you. I am sure it is fine.”

She bowed and turned to leave. Though I didn’t mind her haste, I did have one question.

“Are the gardens open to guests?”

“Yes, they are for your enjoyment.”

“Thank you.” I turned back to survey the greenery. I was going to soak in as much as I could now before I was ushered into the dim audience chamber for my presentation. However, my quiet revelry was cut short.

“Zezilia Calypso,” Mother called.

I reluctantly turned away and entered the cooler confines of the building. “Yes, Mother.”

“It is time we went. The presentations begin shortly and we don’t want to be late. Now turn around so that I can see you.”

Obediently, I submitted to a last minute poking and prodding. I can endure this, I told myself, promising myself I would wander away and explore the green and fragrant wonderland as often as possible before we left. If I had known the extent of the High King’s gardens, I wouldn’t have been dreading this trip quite as much.

A long convoluted journey through the passages and down and up staircases ended in the two of us pausing before a set of great carved doors. The guard standing outside moved to open them for us, but mother tutted him into waiting. Turning to me, she smoothed my clothing once more before adjusting her own.

“Remember your role.”

“Yes, mother, silence, grace, duty, and reserve will impress her most.” I arranged my hands as I had been taught, fingers lightly splayed one hand over the back of the other. Composing my features into a serene mask, I lifted them for her inspection.

Apparently they were satisfactory. She motioned for the guard to announce us.

He flung open the door and announced, “Queen Ilar and Princess Zezilia beg audience with the High Queen.”

“Come,” an answering herald immediately responded.

Mother preceded me into a long narrow room. White ornately carved walls rose to meet an airily high ceiling. A single array of column guarded windows lined the far end of the room, lighting the whole in bright daylight. At the far end of long ranks of similarly bedecked mothers and daughters both slightly older and younger than I, the queen and her attendants sat with their backs to the windows. The shadows on their faces left us in the dark as to their expressions.

Mother proceeded forward as though nothing was amiss, so I followed her example. Slow and gliding, she paced the length without hurry or apparent worry. When we reached about ten feet away from the Queen and her cohort, my mother curtsied and I did likewise.

“So this is your seventh born?” The Queen’s voice sounded tired, but the women around her stirred with interest.

“Yes, Majesty,” Mother replied. “Zezilia is our youngest.”

“No use trying after a girl messing up the works,” someone to the left hissed in a false whisper.

Mother didn’t flinch. I tensed, but held my expression of calm. It didn’t help to react.

The queen didn’t appear affected in the least. “It is a pleasure to see you, Nascio, and to meet you, Zezilia. Come and sit by me. I would love to hear about your plans for the next year.”

Mother accepted the invitation with her usual grace. I followed out of duty. The following hour filled with polite talk of people I barely knew. My eyes kept straying to the glimpses of green I could see through the Queen’s reception room window and my mind to the freedom it promised.

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